Casting Clinic Page 2

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Fly Fishing and Cameras Page 3 & 4

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Blue Gill Fest

Fly Fishing Fair Page 4

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From The President Page 5

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What’s Cooking

Youth Clinic Page 6

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Flint Oak Resort Page 7

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June Meeting

Club Information Page 8

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Next Meeting June 6, 2013 7:00 P.M.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

June 2013

Volume 18 Issue 6

Wichita, Kansas

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Walk With Wildlife

Calling Flatland Fly Fishers Club

members because volunteers are needed

to help with the “Walk With Wildlife”

outreach program that Flatland Fly Fish-

ers help sponsor. “Walk With Wildlife”

will take place at Great Plains Nature

Center & Chisholm Creek Park on Satur-

day, June 8, 2013 from 9:00 AM till 3:00

PM. A Kids Fishing Clinic, sponsored

by Kansas Department of Wildlife and

Parks, Flatland Fly Fishers, and The

Wichita Eagle will be offered for kids 12

and under.

KDWP needs volunteers to help run the

Kids Fishing Clinic. You may volunteer

for the morning (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM) or

the afternoon (12:00 PM - 4:00 PM)

group. Each fishing session will have 50

kids and last 30 minutes. Please bring pli-

ers, clippers, hat, sunglasses, and water.

July Meeting

Date Changed

With the first Thursday in July

being Independence Day the club

meeting has been moved

to July 11th.

Volunteers' responsibilities include;

Baiting hooks and releasing fish

Taking photos of each kid with their fish

Having fun with kids catching fish

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CLUB CASTING ACTIVITY

Saturday, June 1st 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM

GARVEY PARK AT THE RIVER

(Intersection of Washington St and Galena where they both

dead end)

Instructors will be FFF certified instructor Doug Meyer and

club vice president Eric Schmidt

PROGRAM OUTLINE 8:00 TO 10:00 (ON THE GRASS)

Basic Casting (with one on one training)

Specific Techniques of Interest: (Examples: shooting line;

Single hauling; double hauling; casting into the wind;

etc. 10:00 TO 10:30 BREAK (Light Snack and cold drinks provided)

10:30 TO 12:00 (CASTING ONTO THE WATER)

Roll Casting

Mending Techniques

Dry Fly Presentation

Nymphing

Spey

Other

Come to work on basic casting

Come to learn and/or practice special casting techniques

Come to learn/practice fishing techniques in moving water

Come to exchange ideas and enjoy the camaraderie

Bring equipment and flies

Bring waders or boots for casting on the water

Bring lawn chair (there are some tables)

Billed cap or hat with brim and glasses required for safety

Directions: From Kellogg and 135 interchange go South on

135 to the Hydraulic exit. Turn right onto Hydraulic, go a

block north to Fortuna St and turn left. Go one block to Victo-

ria and turn left. Go one block to Galena St & turn right. Fol-

low Galena four blocks to Garvey Park on the left.

Flatland Fly Fishers

3

I was asked to write an article about Digital cameras both

DSLRS and the point and click cameras. He also asked if I

could include a short review of the Nikon D7000 and the

lenses that I bought. Sorry Canon fans I am not able to review

any of the cameras that Canon makes. Now some of you are

curious about how do cameras and fly fishing go together.

How many times are we out fishing and we catch a really nice

fish and wished that you could have a picture of it to show off

to family and friends of your prize fish (since most of us fol-

low the catch and release principle). This way the BIG fish

that you caught can be really proven instead of people wonder-

ing if it’s nothing but a long tale. If we do not have time to go

fishing, we have time to go outside and spend time with family

and we can take pictures of the time we are outside but cannot

fish.

I personally became interested in photography in the

early days of digital photography, where a 2 to 3 megapixel

camera was considered a nice camera and state of the art in

digital photography. I owned an Olympus 2000 and really

liked the camera. The camera took nice pictures but, it was

very limited. About 3 years ago, I purchased my first DSLR

(Digital Single Lens Reflex camera) the Nikon D60 and pro-

ceeded to buy a couple of kit lenses, thinking that is all that I

would need (like fly fishing we only really need 1 fly rod) to

take nice pictures either when I am fishing or don’t have the

time to fish and still want to be outside. After a period of time

my wife Tracy bought me the Pentax WG-2 Waterproof/

Shockproof point & click camera for when I am fishing. We

were concerned of me dumping the DSLR in a stream, lake or

pond. I have used it some and it takes nice pictures but DLSR

cameras I have noticed, the colors are deeper, more detailed

and you have greater control of how you want the picture to

come out right from the camera compared to point and click

cameras. Around Christmas of this year I upgraded my Nikon

D60 to a D7000 and added the Nikon 18-300 Super Telephoto

lens & the Nikon 105mm Micro lens (I still have the D60 as a

backup).

Point and Click Cameras

The point and click cameras are great to stuff in your

pocket, in your waders or to clip them on the side of the pack

and they are great because they hardly weigh anything. The

downside of the point and click cameras is that you have less

control on the control and creativity of the picture compared to

the options that you have with a DSLR. The downside of

DSLR’s is the weight and it makes it tough if you are trying

not to carry or pack a lot of weight. This is where I believe that

most people would prefer the point and click camera. But there

are some of us that would rather carry the extra weight and

have the flexibility and better pictures of what the DSLR’s

offers. If you decide to go with a point and click camera, I

would suggest buying one of the waterproof, freeze resistant

cameras that are out there. Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Fuji and

Pentax all make point and click cameras that are waterproof,

freeze proof and crushproof that will fit perfectly in a pocket

or waders.

Fly Fishing and Cameras Dan Stark

Nikon D7000 Camera

When I was looking at cameras, I had narrowed my choices

down to the D7000 (a 1.5 frame sensor camera) and the D800

(Full frame camera). I chose the D7000 over the D800 after

researching and reading a lot of reviews from magazines, web-

sites and blogs from people that either owned the cameras or

reviewed and gave their impressions and feedback about them.

I chose the D7000 over the D800 because of the following

reasons: 1) a lot of the reviews preferred the D7000 over any

of the entire 1.5 sensor DSLRs and even was rated higher than

a lot of the full frame Nikon DSLRs including the D800; 2)

the price of the 2 cameras, The D7000 cost me online for

$1000 where the D800 at the time was about $3000 just for the

body and no lenses. So for the price of D800, I was able to buy

the D7000, the Nikon 18-300 Telephoto zoom and the Nikon

105MM Micro Lenses. (continued on page 4)

The D7000 has so many settings and options that to

explain everything about the camera is impossible since I do

not have the space in the article (it would take a book) that

you can do with the camera, but I will try to give advice on

the major points that I like about the D7000. The first thing

that I noticed was the Dual SD slots that the camera has and

you can choose to have the second card make a copy of the

picture at the same time it writes to the first card or after the

first card is full then the camera will write to the second card.

The ISO Sensitivity settings on the D7000 can go up to an

ISO 25600. I personally have only taken the ISO up to an

ISO of 3200 and the pictures came out really clean and not

grainy at all. My brother in law that has a D7000 and a Nikon

D600 Full frame (he likes the D7000 over the D600) has told

me has gone up to an ISO level of 6400 and most of the pic-

tures he stated have not come out grainy and looks very good.

Nikon also has added on the exposure mode dial a U1 and U2

setting that you can save the setting that you are shooting so

you can save it to shoot at another time. The D7000 has capa-

bilities to record video, I have not tried it but everything that I

have read that any of the DSLRS (including Canon, Sony,

Pentax and Fuji) that can play video the quality is not that

good. So I would not buy a DSLR to take video, I would buy

a video camera for those purposes. You can have 3 auto fo-

cus modes of AF-C (Continuous-servo autofocus), AF-S

(single-servo Autofocus) and AF-A (Automatic autofocus).

After you choose the mode the user can choose up to 39 auto

focus points or you can choose single point 9, 11, 21, 3D and

Auto area auto focus. There are four settings in the white bal-

ance where you can adjust the color and capture the scene to

where you can save and retrieve the white balance anytime

that you want to use that scene. The D7000 is a 16.4 mega-

pixel camera; the new D7100 has 24 megapixels and I be-

lieve 54 plus auto focus points. What I found out that on

DSLR’s the megapixel count is not that important as the

some of the other features like the quality of the sensor that

the camera manufacturer uses and the ISO sensitivity num-

ber.

Danny will cover camera lenses in

July Newsletter

Flatland Fly Fishers 4

(continued from page 3)

Blue Gill Fest

The Blue Gill Fest will be June 22nd at a lake located at 6711

West 53rd North. The lake is east of Ridge Road on the south

side of 53rd. Look for the Flatland Fly Fishers Club Banner.

The lake has plenty of blue gill and bass. Bring your kick

boat, float tube, kayak, canoe or small boat with trolling mo-

tor. However, no gasoline engines are allowed on the

lake. Those who do not have a floatation device there is plen-

ty of bank fishing.

A 3 to 5 wt rod is suggested but any rod will work. Trout

flies like a Prince, Crackleback, Buggers, San Juan Worm all

work well, but do not forget about your blue gill and bass

flies. This lake water can be clear so bring some split shot to

get deeper if needed.

The fishing will be from around 7 am till early afternoon. The

lunch menu will be hamburgers, hot dogs and chips. You

need to bring your own beverage.

Southern Council

Fly Fishing Fair

October 3-5

Mountain Home AR

The club is putting together a trip to Mountain Home, Ar-

kansas and the White River system on October 3rd to 5th to

fish and attend the Southern Council Fly Fishing Fair.

For more details on the Fly Fishing Fair visit the Southern

Council web site: www.southerncouncilfff.org.

click on “Fly Fishing Fair”

For more information on travel, lodging or any other con-

cerns talk with Rick Brown.

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Got Carp

How did it get to be June already! Where are the Carp?

It looks like we are going to be on the go this month. First ,

on the 1st we have the casting clinic, then on June the 8th we

will be at the Great Plains Nature Center Inland pond helping

with the Walk for Wildlife kids fishing program. Remember

that Wild Life and Parks, Jessica and The Great Plains Nature

Center provide us with a free place for our monthly meetings

and our Winter Program and a lot of other support for the club

and this is one way we can give them the same support they

give us. Finding the time to volunteer for an event is hard to

do. If you only volunteer for one event a year the Walk for

Wildlife would be the one to volunteer for.

These events should be on your calendar. But if your cal-

endar looks like mine it’s hard to find the time to do all of the

stuff that you need/want to get done. The last few months I

have spent more time at some doctor office than at work. I

have added two more doctors to my list. I am now supporting

about seven doctor’s. So if you see me just looking off into

space don’t worry it’s just my med’s kicking in. I know that

you have other things going on in your life also. Family and

work are important, and that a person cannot make all of the

club events that we offer. But nobody can say that we don’t do

anything. We all have to make choices on the most efficient

use of our time. It’s different for each person. I get asked all

the time how do I find the time to fish as much as I do. That’s

easy, I make the time. After work I can get my lawn mowed

and still have time to get an hour or two on the water before

dark. My wife has a list of stuff for me to do around the house

on Saturday’s that is never ending. And I will get most of it

done as soon as I get back from fishing the morning bite. I plan

to be at all four club events in June. Why, because as Presi-

dent, you the club member expect that I am there. OK I have

to go get some cheese now after all this wine.

From the President

Flatland Fly Fishers 6

Baked Stuffed Apples

12” Dutch oven

26 charcoal briquette

6 apples

1/2 cup raisins

1/2 cup slivered almonds

1?2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

2 1/4 cups water

6 ounces arrange juice concentrate, thawed

3 tablespoons honey

Wash and dry apples. Remove core, but do not cut all the

way through the bottom of the apple. In a small bowl, com-

bine raisins, almonds, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Divide fill-

ing among apples, using fingers and stuff filling into apples.

In a small bowl, combine water, orange juice concentrate,

and honey. Mix until well blended. Place apples in 12 inch

Dutch oven. Carefully pour liquid mixture over apples.

Bake with 9 briquettes on bottom and 26 on top for 50 mi-

nute, until apples are tender. Spoon excess sauce over ap-

ples before serving.

Serves 6.

What’s Cooking’

Dutch Oven Accessories

Cooking Table Heat Gloves

Briquette

Starter

Lid Lifter

Infrared Temp Sensor

On May 18th we held the second youth clinic and we can

say that it was a successful one. We had 7 youth take part in

the clinic where they learned to cast and tie flies before head-

ing out to do a little fishing of their own. Fish were caught and

a good time was had by all. Hopefully the lessons taught will

be the first of many for all participants. A special thanks to all

those who volunteered and donated flies, this event would not

have been possible without you.

Youth Clinic

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Flint Oak Resort Spencer Percival

On Saturday, May 18th, six members of the Flatland Fly

Fishers agreed to volunteer at an event hosted by Cabela’s at

the Flint Oak resort facility southwest of Fall River, Kansas.

The volunteers in attendance were Ryan Allred, Gale

Brown, Austin Hanna, Doug Meyer, Spencer Percival, and

Dan Stark. As volunteers, each club member received shirts

and ball caps from Cabela’s, a gift card from Cabela’s, and

another ball cap from the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance. The

group departed at 6:00 am from the west parking lot of the

Great Plains Nature Center and arrived at Flint Oak at 7:30.

We checked in at the volunteer station and were provided with

staff t-shirts and ball caps, then hustled over the hill to our

designated location complete with tent, tables and close to 2

dozen fully rigged fly rods.

We spent the morning assisting a seemingly never ending

stream of outdoor enthusiasts on the art of casting a fly rod.

Mother nature was kind enough to supply us with a full day of

wind that kept the volunteers and participants thoroughly

challenged throughout the event. It would be a conservative

estimate that we helped over 200 people with casting tech-

nique and getting the feel of fishing with a fly rod. For nearly

all of them, it would be their first time to try fooling a fish

with a fly. A few were quite successful.

Flint Oak has a beautiful facility. All of the volunteers

were struck by the quality of the water; very clear and quite

deep. The shorelines, for the most part were well maintained

and there was no litter to speak of. The lake had plenty of sub-

merged structure to hold fish and the participants seemed to

really enjoy decorating as much of it as possible with flies and

lures. In many places along the shoreline there were rock

walls built up to waist high to presumably slow erosion from

rain runoff as well as to keep guests from turning a fishing trip

into an unexpected swim.

Cabela’s did a fine job organizing the event and keeping

our station well stocked with iced down bottled water. Many

times during the day we were resupplied and the staff never

failed to ask if there was anything we required to carry on. If

the club has the opportunity to help with this event in the fu-

ture, it would be advisable to, at a minimum, double our vol-

unteer force as when one guest was finished, there always

seemed to be more waiting for instruction.

The afternoon wrapped up at 4:00 pm and we were given

leave to fish in the lake for the rest of the afternoon. We sam-

pled the local fish population and found healthy specimens of

largemouth bass, hybrid bluegill, white and black crappie, and

green sunfish.

All in all it was a great day. We introduced our sport and our

club to many people. Hopefully a few folks reading this are

new members of the club. If that’s the case, great! We wel-

come you and are happy to have you with us!

The young man in the photo is Dylan Marks. He is

11 years old and fresh from the 6th grade. You know

who the older guy is. (Spencer)

Photos by Danny Stark

5709 N. Sullivan Wichita, KS

67204

Flatland Flyfishers meet monthly at the

Great Plains Nature Center, located at

6232 E. 29th St. N, Wichita, KS

Flatland Fly Fishers

Flatland Fly Fishing Club Upcoming Activities

June 1, 2013 Casting Clinic

June 9, 2013 Walk With Wildlife

June 22, 2013 Blue Gill Fest

October 3-5, 2013 Federation Fly Fishing Fair

October 19, 2013 Fall Picnic/Banquet

Ark River Anglers Fly Tying Class

Intermediate Fly Tying Wednesday June 12 & 19 at 6 pm Introduction to Fly Tying Wednesday July 17 & 24 6 pm

Fly Tying Seminars Saturday’s at 10 am Please Call 316-682-8006 for additional dates and information

Questions and Answer If you have questions regarding

any aspect of Fly Fishing please sub-

mit them to: dwan@mpmllc.net

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June Meeting

The guest speaker for the June club meeting will be

Steve Dally. Steve is the owner of Dally's Fly Shop

located in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

Steve will talk about dry fly fishing on the White River

and fishing the White during the Southern Council Fly

Fishing Fair in October of 2013.