Women's Activities

7/20/2024 Saturday social with the GGACC women

Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club women invited the RRFF Women's Group to their casting ponds in Golden Gate Park for a day of casting, socializing and a potluck lunch.

05.17-19.2024 Luk Lake Outing

Summary by Catherine:
Luk Lake is named for Luk which means goose in the language of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians. This is a man-made lake that is located on Indian land not far from the Rolling Hills Casino in Corning. It is stocked with Bass and Rainbows. We had 6 women and 1 man fisherpersons and 4 men mentors fly fishing the lake for half a day on Friday and sunrise to sunset (about 6 am to 8 pm) on Saturday. Everyone caught fish. For some it was the first fish ever caught using a fly rod. Mostly we used floating lines, casting or trolling wooly buggers or damsel nymphs. Mentors helped the fisherpersons try different techniques, helped net fish fish and position the boats while doing a bit of fishing along the way. The lake was beautiful and had a lot of birdlife.
Saturday afternoon we had a feast about 4 pm, early so that we could get back out on the water to fish the evening bite until sunset about 8 pm. We were able to use RVs or trailers to camp on-site while the women could stay overnight in the "Lodge", a ranch house on the property not far from the lake.
This was a lot of fun and everyone enjoyed it. The new flyfishing persons learned a lot. Some had attended a session to tie some of their own flies. All had practiced casting and learned to tie knots. For the mentors, it was very satisfying to see new flyfishers cast from a boat and catch fish .

Women's Flytying class - 4 tuesday evening sessions October 10-24 + nov 7

Jeff Cratty instructor, Don Shaw instructor, with students Maria, Tracie, Rosa, Angela tying flies: Wooly Bugger, Zebra Midge, Blood Midge, Marabou Damsel, Chernobyl Ant.

Oct 10, 2023 Women's Wading Safety clinic

This was a first clinic of this type when we had a half day clinic on the Russian River at Del Rio Regional Park with Women's group members Catherine, Angela, Maria, Rosa, Shawna, Pam, Jody and Linnette (and husband Glenn). Mike, Jeff and Gregg were instructors. Catherine was an active participant with us in putting this together. We covered safe wading topics along with equipment orientation, turning over rocks to find aquatic insect creatures and fishing techniques. It was a beautiful warm day on the river to get into the water and practice followed by lunch at Healdsburger and a short visit to the mouth of Dry Creek. Participants were presented with a wading safety card and a whistle.

Women's Flyfishing Day trip to Windsor Foothill Regional Park 6/17/2023

All the women hooked fish - bluegill and shots at largemouth bass!!!

First Women's Casting Clinic 03/23/2023