NBFF Sept meeting minutes

Minutes of NBFF Membership Meeting

09/28/2022 – New Braunfels Public Library

Ron DeMeyer called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm at the New Braunfels Public Library.

Pat McQuinn reported that we had 36 current members.

Pat also gave a report on the Trout Feeding project.  He reported that the group had its’ last meeting at River Rose and the schedule for the rest of the year is complete.  We are feeding through the end of October.  Ron mentioned that he is forwarding the trout feeding reports to Bill Marshall, President of GRTU, at Bill’s request.

Ed Sweet reported that we had 1583 followers on our Facebook page.

Ron said that the outing to the Blanco River was a success with eight members fishing.  Ron commented that he would schedule another trip to the Blanco in the future.

Ron reminded members who were interested in joining the LAP program that membership sales begin on October 1st.

Ron asked the club members to participate in the Holdover Tournament and that he would send the flyer to each member.  He emphasized that the tournament is our only form of fundraising and that club participation is crucial.

Our speaker was Jim Gray.  Jim’s topic for the evening was “Fly Fishing the Colorado River”.  He gave a detailed, informative and entertaining report on the subject.  Jim included put-in and take-out locations, float times, obstacles and tips on where to fish on the different floats.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 pm.

NBFF September Meeting

We are back at the New Braunfels Public Library on Wednesday, September 28th at 7:00 PM for a more traditional meeting agenda with the raffle, business meeting and a speaker. Our speaker for the meeting is Jim Gray whose presentation is ‘Fly Fishing the Colorado River”.  Jim’s presentation will be a practical guide to fishing the Lower Colorado River. He will cover several floats, flies and techniques for success. All are welcome, hope to see you there.

Fly Girl Society

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This is an awesome group, check them out! Repost from @grueneflygirlsociety
Fly Girls!! 📣 We’re back for a new year of outings and good times! We’ll be hosting our Fall kick-off party on October 16 in the side lot of @grueneoutfitters from 2-4 PM!
Old and new members alike will be there to gather and share their experience with the curriculum!
If you’ve been looking for a way to get into fly fishing…we want to meet YOU!! 🎣
Please join us for drinks and appetizers and to learn about Fly Girl Society!
RSVP requested!

Sept 2022 GRTU river clean up

Glad to have our friends from @texas_women_fly_fishers at the GRTU Cleanup yesterday!!! Repost from @texas_women_fly_fishers
We participated in the
@guadalupe_river_tu River Clean Up today. The good news is that the river is super clean and we didn’t find that much trash.
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Thanks Lil d]!!! Repost from Lil d]
Happy international women’s fly fishing day!!! Being a lady angler means loving our waters. Today we did a cleanup on the Guadalupe I got 3 bags and an old fish pole weighing just over 40 pounds #iwffd #aaoplasticfree #bettertogethercleanup @protectourrivers_org @orvisflyfishing
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