Hi again all. I apologize for my long delay in posting all we are doing. This will take several installments over the next days and here goes.

Please watch our Events section as I just posted Dennis Brauer's adventures program for our April 8 general meeting evening you will all want to see and we will post more soon.

Please also check your records and pay your 2025 dues even if you hadn't paid for last year (or beyond) as we are fine tuning our membership tracking and show almost 50% of you are behind.  That really cuts into our meager cash flow and thereby limits many of our hoped for activities.  You will soon get more send-outs via the website if you are paid up and will be dropped too if you delay too long now that more of our system is moving to fuller automation.  You can still mail a check or pay with check or cash at the meetings, but on-line is fastest and populates your profile best.  Also please always now put in your street address and mailing address if different as we want to do more mailings to you of your new membership cards and know where all our members are for regional activities going forward.

One in-process project you won't get if you snooze is the new detailed survey Ian made that will get your desires known if you take it if you get it if you get it; get it???? snicker-snicker 

Trout in the Classroom Project.

IDFG has again asked MVFF to help with the Trout in the Classroom fishing days for the kids at the end of their projects this spring. All will be 8:00 am. to 2:00 pm. at Riley Pond at the Hagerman hatchery except for the last three to be held at the Hayspur hatchery off Hwy 20 by Silver Creek. 

IDFG brings all the gear, worms and their folks to help teach fishing and fish handling skills, the kids are bussed in and out, and we assist with teaching, baiting hooks and untangling lines. Fred is even proficient in netting cell phones off the bottom of the pond at dock!! The kids’ teachers and parents are a great help too with lots of kids coming to learn and have fun.

Please call Chris Foster, our IDFG liaison and fabulous fish filleting & cooking teacher at 206-794-4802, or me at 208-934-6405 with any questions.

Days are as follows. 

April 29, Tue.

May 6 Tue, 7 Wed, 8 Thurs, 12 Mon, 14 Wed, 15 Thurs, 19 Mon, 20 Tue, 28 Wed,

29 Thurs, at Hayspur Hatchery.

June 3 Tue, 4 Wed, at Hayspur Hatchery.

Thank you in advance for your help with these kids, some of whom may have never been fishing before, ever! It’s really great to see them catch their first fish. Bryan.

Please watch too for IDFG’s free fishing days that will be posted here later in the spring and summer with details to help get everyone out fishing and that we also help with.

 That's all for now and as I always close, more soon and call me anytime.

Bryan

Good evening. Please review our Events lead in and February and March dates as we are adding new things you all want to see and they will be coming more often in the days and weeks ahead.

Our February fishout is being worked out and will be posted soon and discussed at our Tuesday February 11  first monthly meeting posted in events. Mark your calendars for the second Tuesday of each month Feb through June for a fun and informative evening at the Barn.

Dues are now payable for 2025 and if you have any trouble give me a call at 208-934-6405.

Thank you and more very soon, Bryan.

Good afternoon.

Please read all that is new in Events, both the new updated green summary and each event posted with additional Events to follow soon both there and here in club news and with much more detail added as we know it.

Things have evolved and changed so much over the last months that we  chose to stabilize things as much as possible for all our benefit and now we have a clearer path ahead for me to report on.

For First Tuesdays and Fishouts, things are working "pretty good" with only "minor disturbances in the force".

For our re-start of General Meetings, things have been a bit more bumpy. Therefore, I put a bit more into that starting Third Tuesday Event writeup to emphasize our need to boost attendance and get members renewing and new ones joining [and all being active and participating!!!] so we can again bring speakers / presenters down here to good old Twin Falls! We have fewer choices in this new, more costly environment and with fewer players in the game that is running on an even more complicated timeline. 

We want to again see our new folks that have joined over the last few years that haven't been to a meetings much this year, and we especially would like to see and work with our former active (old?) members that are out-there, in all senses of the term?

I know we all want to get back to the future in all the best ways we can.  So, as I can't remember where I parked my DeLorean, I best go find it!

Cya.

Much more soon, Bryan. 

Please note that the July 2 event had to be canceled due to scheduling conflict.

New News and Events will be posted after our upcoming board meeting.

Club News,  Reminder & IDFG days for June & July                 June 3, 2024

Remember Tuesday, June 4.

Tomorrow Evening’s Fly Tying, Casting and General Fun at the Barn.

Hope to see you all there.

IDFG fishing days that they have requested our club’s help for June and July.

All Trout in the Classroom kids fishing days in April and May were great successes.

All days are from 8-9 am to 2-3 pm at the locations listed.

Please call Chris Foster 206-794-4802 with any questions.

JUNE

Wed. 6-5  =  The last Trout in the Classroom kids fishing day at Gavers Lagoon.

Sat.   6-8   = Free fishing day at Riley Pond Hagerman.

Wed. 6-12 = Fishing Trailer Event at Freedom Pond Burley.

Sat.   6-15 = Fishing Trailer Event at Dierkes Lake.

Wed. 6-19 = Fishing Trailer Event at Filer Pond.

Sat.   6-22 = Vamos A Pesca at Freedom Pond Burley.

**Tue.  6-25** = Auburn Hospice Senior Fishing Day at Oster Pond #1, Hagerman.

Wed. 6-26 = Fishing Trailer Event at Riley Pond.

 JULY

Sat.   7-13 = Fishing Trailer Event at SV Elkhorn.

Wed. 7-17 = Fishing Trailer Event at Gavers Lagoon.

Sat.   7-27 = Fishing Trailer Event at Lake Cleveland.

More Club News will be posted after tomorrow night’s meeting.

Please call or text me with items you would like me to put in our club news.

Thank you for participating with your club.

Call me anytime,

Bryan- Secretary 2024.  208-934-6405

Please note the first 3 items especially and all are now new listings on our events  page that you can register for. We need all the members we can get for the 18th so please let us know if you can come and help.

Saturday May 18, 3 to 6 MVFF will be at the IDFG’s 125^th Anniversary Celebration at Twin Falls City Park. Our tables will be set up in the corner of the park at 4^th Ave. E and Hansen St. E that is directly across the street from the front door of the Public Library and just three streets from Troutfitters at 2^nd & Hansen.

We will have fly tying, fly casting and knot tying displays and demonstrations at our tables and hands on for a few of those wanting a little TLC as time, crowds and space allow.

All members that can come and help set up at 2:00 pm. / close up at 6, and help at the event are asked to come and work with your club to make this a memorable event for us all. Please bring your own chairs.

Please call or text Bryan at 208-934-6405 if you can come to help.

Tuesday May 21 General Meeting 6-8 at the Mountain View Barn. 

Our presentations will include our work underway with the City of Twin Falls Parks & Recreation. This includes our proposed use of the former C S I fish hatchery and property for both a kids fishing pond and future uses of the now closed hatchery for educational and other community purposes rather than being demolished.

Our documentation also details our larger, long standing, interests in restoration of Rock Creek for all fisheries, fishing and recreational purposes over its length from Magic Mountain to the Snake. These cover the many aspects of restoration and the ways MVFF feels these will benefit this important local stream and the County and City in the years ahead.

Other presentations will update you on our upcoming activities including fish-outs, meetings and summer schedule as well as plans for next fall now being formulated.  Please try to attend as this is now our last General Meeting of the spring and we always need to hear your feedback and who can help make these meetings successful.

Saturday May 25 Fishout is now scheduled for Roseworth Reservoir (also called Cedar Creek). It is west, about 8 miles, from the Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir Dam on the road across the dam, & about 15 miles out of Rogerson. Reports are lots of fish, good pontoon and float tubing, wading+/-, and boat fishing with space both sides of the main launch ramp at the house to fish, launch & set up our base camp Saturday morning with hotdogs at lunch. Call Fred at 208-969-1971, Mike at 208-410-0308, or Bryan at 208-934-6405 with questions.

June 4^th First Tuesday Fly Tying, Casting and Storytelling 5-8 at the Mountain View Barn.

More info to be posted soon.

Canceled-June 18^th Third Tuesday General Meeting

Saturday June 29 Fishout at Big Wood River at Stanton Crossing Campground.

More info to be posted soon.

July 2^nd  First Tuesday Fly Tying, Casting and Storytelling 5-8 at the Mountain View Barn.

More info to be posted soon.

Saturday July 27 Fishout at Billingsley Creek, Hagarman.

More info to be posted soon.

August 6^th  First Tuesday Fly Tying, Casting and Storytelling 5-8 at the Mountain View Barn.

More info to be posted soon.

Trout in the Classroom IDFG request for Help Reminder on May days-all times are 9 am -2 pm.

All May TIC days are at Riley Pond except the last that is at Gavers Lagoon.

Riley Pond days & dates are Tue. 5/14, Wed. 5/15, Thur. 5/16, Wed. 5/22, Tue. 5/28 and ending the month at Gavers Lagoon on Wed. 5/29.

June & July TIC and TMF days will be posted here in Club News to the end of May.  Watch this section for added day updates if we receive them from IDFG.

MVFF Club News and Reminder                                                    April 9, 2024

Good Evening Magic Valley Fly Fishers, Friends, Supporters and All the Ships at Sea!!

Reminder for next week’s Tuesday, April 16 general meeting.

The details below were just posted to next week’s General Meeting event a week from tonight.

Please go to Events, register and get ready for a good old fashioned club night of doing what we know & love best—fly fishing & all its facets and practicing all its parts!!

“ALL LEADERS NIGHT”

Butt to tippet— Everything you’ve wanted to know, ask or thought you should share about your connection to the fly and the fish!!

James will “Leader” us through discussions, demonstrations, demystifying, describing & doing the answers to your connection and presentation questions. We can try tying your ideas on dynamite design deviations on the old standard knotted and knotless versions too.

Bring your stuff to tie a few for your vest pocket and show us how.

It will be a long and the short of it evening!! Far & fine gossamer 6 x 20+‘ er’s to 15# 6’ brush-bustin’ lip rippers!

He wants this to be an interactive evening with you all just for the fun and landed fish of it all!

Come on over & we’ll all tie one on at the Barn.

LEADERS, THAT IS!!

We think this will be a big draw evening, so please register soon so we can tell Nina at the Barn the number and not run out of her scrumptious burgers, fries, salads, & desserts and to not run the keg dry!

Cya there. Bryan.

More Club News, upcoming activities and updates.

Clear Lake Country Club Workday & Free Club Fly Fishing, Saturday April 27, 2024.

The following has been posted in our Events and we will again have a signup sheet at next week’s meeting so we know how many we will have helping, eating and fishing.

Clear Lake Country Club lake shore cleanup to continue to improve fly fishing access will begin at 7:30 am. and finish at 11:30 this Sat. April 27.   Those working must be paid members to be under our insurance and you can renew or join on line here any time or at the event. The rest of the day we fish for free. Register here and we will also have signups and more details and what tools to bring at the meetings before this event. 

The Country Club has graciously awarded us an additional two free MVFF club fishing days in advance for our hard work helping them make everyone’s fly fishing access easier around the lake. These two additional days will be planned and added to our events here as soon as possible. Due to schedule conflict, the outing to Salmon Falls Reservoir was canceled to allow this CLCC event on 4-27. Salmon Falls Reservoir may be rescheduled for later.

Please call Fishmaster Fred at 208-969-1971 or Bryan at 208-934-6405 with questions.

IDFG Schedule & Events.

IDFG has sent out their first schedule for Trout in the Classroom (TIC) fishing days and Take Me Fishing (TMF) days this spring and always need our help 8 am. to 2 pm.

T I C days start on Tue. April 30 at Riley Pond.

All May TIC days are at Riley Pond except the last that is at Gavers Lagoon.

Riley Pond days & dates are Thur. 5/2; Tue. 5/14, Wed. 5/15, Thur. 5/16, Wed. 5/22, Tue. 5/28 and ending the month at Gavers Lagoon on Wed. 5/29.

June & July TIC and TMF days will be posted here in Club News to the end of May.

Watch this section for added day updates if we receive them from IDFG.

IDFG’s 125 year anniversary party will be held on Saturday May 18 at Twin Falls Park downtown.  MVFF is honored to be asked to be a participant and we will have fly tying, knot tying and casting demonstrations as space and time allow along with lots of other info for potential new members.  More details will be posted here and we will need volunteers to help plan, practice, set up, meet the folks during the day and closeup. Please sign up for this too at next week’s meeting and/or call me anytime.

A fly fishing gear swap idea has been discussed and will be at next week's meeting. Please come and give us your input.  We will again need all the folks we can get to make this happen.

Other project possibilities are being researched by board members and will be brought to you all as soon as enough groundwork has been finalized and feasibility evaluated. These include the very old club desire to have a kids fly fishing pond close in Twin Falls, IDFG help with instream egg planting, IDFG help in tagging, IDFG help with stream access on Silver Creek feeder streams, and others long on back burners.  Now is the time to get us going again on many of them as we continue to gain back our old strengths. In-club things we have wanted are a youth group, ladies group, new comers group, our history projects and others.  All we need is people with the time and energy.  Please let us know how and where you want to help.

April and May high water, where to fish safely and where it’s fishing good now.

Like for bass on the Malad at the Snake that is good through May, but really high water now-from Chris today.

Intel for flows and fishermen: From Ian this afternoon.

Reservoir levels on upper snake aka the teacups: https://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/burtea.html

USGS water dashboard: https://dashboard.waterdata.usgs.gov/app/nwd/en/?region=lower48&aoi=state-id

Idaho Power releases, use the top left menu to select a dam. 

Data - Idaho Power WebPortal idastream.idahopower.com

Along with the above, please bring your knowledge and information on what’s fishing good now and therefore fishable and where to avoid. A good old round robin of recent fishing tails follows.

Fishouts at Riley Creek and Riley Pond  were super well attended and everyone had fun, ate well and caught good fish. Tell us about your day there and where ever you have been fishing.

Website and Membership.

Way too much detail for here, but GO TO THE SITE AND USE IT, THEN GIVE ME FEEDBACK.

Try to log on and enter your e-mail address and password or choose “forgot” and reset.  If you are in the new database already even if not paid up to current it will let you in with a bill for your 2024 $45.  If it’s been since pre 2023, you are probably not in the database and just “join”.

Once in you will see the MEMBERS pulldown button under which is an under construction area where I will soon put our bylaws, etc.; the directory of members with phone and email; and our Forums, under construction. We know of some glitches that are minor but irritating and we are trying to learn how to not only fix them but build a better way to do stuff.  Try it, you’ll like it. Call me if you have any questions, trouble or if you can help with the site. We need you on the website team.  ALSO: Please pass the word to all your old buds to look at the new site, call me and rejoin.  I may send out an “after the final, final, final” email to all those we haven’t seen in several years but I don’t know when I can get to that.  Sure would like to have all our strays back to the BARN!!!!

More soon and see you next Tuesday.

Bryan. 208-934-6405

MVFF CLUB NEWS AND REMINDER Monday, March 18, 2024

REMINDER—Don’t miss tomorrow night’s presentation. Gerald has a new perspective on our local fly fishing and more. See this Event listing for more information and see you there.

WEBSITE evolution continues.

You must now be a paid active member to log on and see the Members Directory and Forums. We will now be able to add club-only content with greater security and build club forum discussions more easily on many topics. This is just happening now and may have some rough spots, so call Bryan 208-934-6405 with questions, ideas and if you want to provide hands-on website help to your club.

Log-in & dues.

If you can’t log in as last year, you need to go to Join Us and renew. If you were paid in 2023 and set up your log-in account, it will (hopefully) automatically populate that old data.  Make sure it is all correct before you pay your 2024 renewal. If your last dues were 2022 or before, rejoin and you’re in.  All dues payments by card will be on the website, not Square.  Checks by mail to our Box 1037 T. F. I. 83301 and cash and checks at meetings and events are accepted but must be hand updated into the system so by card is best for us all.  Hats, pins, maps and tickets are cash or checks only at meetings and events. At outside events like fish outs, cash or check only for dues also with no secure satellite Wi-Fi-link. 

EVENTS.  Please see our events section for our overview for the first part of this year and the specific event listings for the events with more information.

It’s a full schedule with more details being added as we know them.

Meetings at the Barn are now 6 to 8 pm. to encourage more to attend.

First Tuesday Tying and Fun Nights now will include casting on the lawn for those so inclined. If you or someone you know wants tying instruction, please contact Fred or me and we can go from there. Same goes for casting.  Please contact James, Mike, or one of us for that also.

We’re here to help.

Third Tuesday General Meetings with a speaker or other presentations on fly fishing, tying or related topics in local fisheries issues are gaining in attendance.  We hope you can all come to these through June and again through the fall. If you have speaker or topic suggestions, please contact us with your ideas as we want to find and book these folks as far ahead as possible.

Fishouts last year and this year have been going super well each month with lots attending and catching fish.  Riley Creek saw everyone catching fish and having fun on the stream.  Riley Pond this month will give us well stocked still water action and some potentially large fish too.

Please let us know if you have any questions or would like help at a fish out.

CLUB NEWS articles are best when written by YOU!!  Write a few lines about your last club fish out day or personal trip or other related topic your fly fishing friends here in MVFF will enjoy and send it to me to put in this to all.  YOU ARE our club!!  We’d love to hear from you!!

Much more after tomorrow night’s meeting.

See you there,

Bryan Woodhouse, Secretary 2024 &  mvffeditor2014@hotmail.com  208-934-6405

IDAHO STATE NEWS

IDFG Gathering Public Comments On Chinook Seasons, 2025-27 Statewide Fishing Seasons, & Fish Management Plan

R Phillips | IDFG

Published

January 26, 2024

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Fish and Game to hold two open houses in the Magic Valley to seek public input on three fisheries processes

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Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 12:07 PM MST

Public input is a critical piece to fisheries season setting and statewide management plan adoption

Idaho Fish and Game has three public comment periods opening on February 12,2024 that will address important issues impacting anglers in Idaho. They include setting the 2024 Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon fishing seasons and bag limits, the upcoming 2025-27 statewide fishing seasons and rules, and rewriting the 6-year, statewide Fish Management Plan. 

Fishery biologists from the Magic Valley Region will be hosting two open houses to hear from area anglers about ideas they might have about these upcoming documents, and they will outline a few proposals that are up for consideration from Fish and Game. 

The first open house will be held at the Magic Valley Regional Office in Jerome, 324 S 417 E, on February 13, 2024, from 6 – 8 p.m.

The second open house will be held on February 20, 2024, in Hailey at the Community Campus, Minnie Moore Room from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

To learn more about the three processes and the timeline for public please see this news article.

For more information about the Magic Valley Region open houses please contact the regional office at (208) 324-4359.