Hey all,
I'm looking for a fishing club somewhere inbetween Tacoma and Puyallup that hosts "LOCAL" outtings
I've looked into two. Puget Sound Flyfishers has its primary focus in eastern Washington.
Puyallup Hawg Hunters appears to have its main focus on the competition aspect of the sport.
I'm an experienced fly angler with budding "gear" skills. I'd like to improve my skills in both methods I'd really like to go out to some local waters with some local folks.
-Larry

Steelworker, I've had same problem. It's either focus away from us, or they're polictal in some aspect. I'd love to have just a "friends" type club. No BS, no presidency, just members who love to fish. Hmmmm, maybe we should start one?? lol

Hey Steelheader69,
Not a half bad idea. The other site I regulalry visit is Washingtonflyfishing.com and they occasionally get together and fish. I like that idea. If we could get enough people from both that site and this one, we could get enough input to piece something together. Perhaps something to break down the barriers of the different schools of angling through local outtings.(e.g.- different methods)
I spent about 6 months in a local flyfishing club and thier greatest challenge wasn't recruiting new members, it was keeping them. Having to drive 250 miles to have someone help show them how to use thier gear was a terminal deterant.They also felt the need to only fish the prestigious Rainbow trout waters.Not exactly a begginers Shangri-La. Maybe to you and I, taking Panfish on a dry fly or hooking a small water stocker trout on a worm and bobber may not be all too challenging, but to someone who's never done it, it's a memory forever etched into thier minds. And another conservation minded, sportsman voting, and kid teaching fish'n addict is born.
I can't say that the club was all bad. I really liked thier efforts in conservation("hands-on" projects), the work they did with kids, and the skills classes they offered. I also learned alot from thier library. These things were all local.

Maybe this post will get a brainstorm going?

(B.T.W.- cool little site you got going there. My step-mother has been after me for years to do something like that. It's a great way to support ones fishing habit )

-Larry