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NEWSLETTER #20 -
JANUARY 2004
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Leland Fly Fishing Travel Newsletter – January, ‘04
TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE:
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Bush Street Shop Day Jan 8 – Ascension Bay and
Val Atkinson Featured
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Considering New Zealand In ’05? – Consider This
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Leland Salt Water Flats Fly Fishing School
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Fly Fishing Quips and Quotes
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Remaining Opening’s ’04 – Minipi River Brookies,
Belize, Christmas Island
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Trinity Steelhead Excitement – Reports
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Leland’s Agent Agreement With Frontiers
This is the twentieth edition of our monthly
newsletter with updates on great fly fishing venues
and insights for our traveling fly fishers. We want
to help you match the right location with your fly
fishing goals and objectives and properly prepare
you to fully enjoy the experience. We’ve been to
most locations and pride ourselves on our ability to
research new sites. Whatever unbiased information
on timing and locations we can provide comes at the
same cost to you as booking direct – i.e., no extra
cost.
BUSH STREET SHOP DAY JAN 8 – VAL ATKINSON AND
ASCENSION BAY FEATURED
Things will be happening in the Bush Street shop
this Thursday. Valentine Atkinson, the world’s
premier globe-hopping fly fishing photographer, will
be in the shop from 11:00am til 6:00pm. Val will be
signing his fly fishing books and displaying slides
of many of his famous photographs. I’ll also be in
the shop during the same times. We have scheduled
slide presentations featuring the salt water flats
of Ascension Bay and the Boca Paila Lagoons at 12:30
and 5:00. Also, I’ll be available to schedule time
to discuss and view slides of any of our fly fishing
destinations. Let me know if you’d like me to come
prepared with slides of any particular destination
including our “discovery trip” to Crocodile Bay last
month.
IF YOU’RE CONSIDERING NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand has become one of the
fly fishing world’s most popular destinations and
for good reason. It’s the people, the country, the
outdoor activities, and most of all, the finest
rainbow and brown trout fishing. The growing
interest in NZ travel has created a few challenges.
If you want to go “prime time,” getting space at the
best lodges and time with the best guides book up
very early – often a year or more in advance. I
learned from arranging itineraries for over 25
people this year that places like Poronui Ranch,
Lake Rotoroa Lodge, and Blanket Bay are often full
for prime weeks 12 months ahead. Also, if you want
to use frequent flyer miles for your air travel, you
need to be making reservations within the first few
days that free travel is available to get the dates
of your choice. New Zealand is a great destination
for both hard-core fly fishing trips or couples
experiences with some fly fishing. We specialize in
both – but plan early if you want to go “prime
time.” All of our New Zealand itineraries are
personalized to meet the objectives of our
individual clients. New Zealand visits offer a
multitude of options and different approaches. Now
is not too early to begin the process of exploring
the options if you plan to go in ’05.
LELAND SALT WATER FLATS FLY FISHING SCHOOL – ON THE
WATER
We’re considering instituting a new program for
those interested in expanding their fly fishing
skills to include salt water flats (bonefish,
tarpon, permit, and snook). The purpose of this
paragraph is to gauge the amount of interest. The
program would include two preparatory sessions held
in the Bay Area. Those sessions would focus on
casting skills (“ready position” to 60 feet with no
more than two false casts), equipment and other
preparation to enjoy the excitement of fishing the
flats. The main part of the program would be a
fully guided 5 night trip to Belize. I would
personally be conducting the entire program and
hosting the Belize trip. The maximum number
involved would be five anglers. We’re thinking
about starting the program in 2005 with an outside
chance that we may still be able to put one together
for ’04. If this would be of any interest to you,
please hit “reply” and let me know.
FLY FISHING QUIPS AND QUOTES
“Calling fly fishing a hobby is like calling brain
surgery a job.” Steven Meyers
’04 LELAND HOSTED TRIPS – OPENINGS REMAINING
For 2004, Leland Fly Fishing Adventures has three
hosted trips with some space remaining:
Christmas Island,
bonefish, trevally: March 8 – 15, four openings
Minipi
River, Labrador, Giant Brookies: July 30 – Aug 6,
two openings
Belize Mothership, tarpon, bonefish, permit and
snook: Aug 27 – Sept 3, three openings
TRININTY STEELHEAD EXCITEMENT – REPORTS
Two exciting reports about Trinity River steelhead.
From Wayne Henry, Tom Flood, Jim Taylor, and friends
– the group had a successful steelhead trip to the
Trinity in ’02 and returned mid-November of ’03.
Best day saw Tom and Wayne with 30 hook-ups not
counting shakers. They released 22 of them, three
brown trout and the rest steelies from 20 to 27
inches. Biggest fish for the group was a 31 incher.
Kim Laur had a great day in mid-December with his
brother – hooked 10 fish and released 8 with the
three largest between 26 & 28 inches. Both reports
were the result of guided trips; Wayne and Tom in
the Lewiston area and Kim in the vicinity of
Junction City.
LELAND-FRONTIERS AGENT AGREEMENT
In addition to the many great destinations that we
represent, Leland Fly Fishing Adventures also has an
agreement with Frontiers to represent all their
properties (many of which we already represent
independently). If you are considering any of the
destinations that Frontiers offers, please give us a
call as it’s virtually the same process as booking
through Frontiers, and we need the “bonus points.”
And, we may have some personal experiences that can
add to your knowledge and preparations.
Either phone or drop us an e-mail if you have
questions or would like more information about any
of our destinations.
An enthusiastic traveling fly fisherman,
Don Muelrath
Leland Fly Fishing Adventures
888-347-4896
flyfish@napanet.net
www.flyfishingoutfitters.com
e-mail Josh Frazier at
Josh@flyfishingoutfitters.com
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