Yakima River Fly Fishers FFF Club

YRFF is having their quarterly membership meeting Saturday, March 1st at the Ellensburg Inn. There will be an auction following the dinner and guest speaker. Below is an approximate timetable for the meeting:

5:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Board Meeting
6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - No-host Social Hour
7:00 - 7:45 p.m.- Buffet Dinner (cost tbd)
7:45 - 8:15 p.m.- Guest Speaker
8:15 - 8:30 p.m.- Questions / YRFF update
8:30 -?- Auction

There will be a raffle to go along with the 15-20 auction items. All YRFF members in attendance will receive one "free" raffle ticket for a chance to win a Ross Gunnison G3 reel. Extra raffle tickets will be sold at the Social Hour. You must be an YRFF member at least 5 days before the March 1st meeting. A list of auction items will be sent out to all YRFF members after they are finalized. A few of the items to be auctioned off are fly rods and guided fly fishing float trips on the Yakima, lake fishing trips to Blackstone Lake in Ellensburg and to Grandma's Lake and Lodge in the Okanogan.

The guest speaker for the March 1st meeting will be Jay Robeson, who will speak about the leopard rainbows, kings, cohos and chums of Alaska. Jay has worked in the fly fishing industry for 13 years. Most of his work experience in the field has been with Fishing Pursuits in either sales or guiding. Jay has put together packages for anglers to fish from the Kanetok River for rainbows and salmon, to Ascension Bay for bonefish and tarpon, to Patagonia in search of trout. His fishing trails have lead him over that trail as well, as he has spent a considerable amount of time on the Kanetok as the head guide for Alaska West. YRFF members are encouraged to bring their significant others and to invite friends to attend.