Diablo Valley Fly Fishermen

Outings List

Diablo Valley Fly Fishermen offers many outings and at least one seminar throughout the year. Occasionally outings are under the direction of a professional guide, but in all cases, they will have a Fishmaster to organize and administrate the activity. The Fishmaster will be familiar with the area selected. Most outings consist of weekend trips with 8 to 12 people attending. Catch and release is encouraged. Club outings are, without a doubt, the best way to meet other members and develop a sense of belonging to the Club.

To participate in an outing, you must be a DVFF member with a signed Liability Waiver on file. (Note that membership is a family membership includes both spouses and all minor children living at home).

Outings vary from short, single-day trips to multi-day trips. Single-day outings go to destinations within about a two and one-half hour drive from the Bay Area. Many multi-day outings are planned near a campground where members can camp together, socialize and share in activities. Participants have the option of making their own arrangements for staying in nearby lodges or motels. A few outings are scheduled in fishing lodges.

DVFF does not charge for nor make any money from the outings. Many times there will be fees if fishing on private waters, if paying a guide, and for lodging costs, etc. Of course, participants are expected to pay their share for meals, campsites, rides shared, etc. Outings are planned well in advance and published in Windknots and on the website.

Please note: Since space is limited on many outings, please only sign-up if you are reasonably certain that you are going to attend. If later you discover that you are not going to be able to attend either remove your name from the list or contact the Outings Chairman or Fishmaster so they can remove your name. This way, we can allow a maximum number of members to go on the Outing.

The Outings Chairman is Tom Seidman, who may be reached or at (510) 774-0316. The duties of the Fishmasters can be found here.

Help the Fishmasters

Remember that Fishmasters are volunteers who receive only the satisfaction of being of service to the club and the members. So be sure to express your appreciation to the Fishmasters. Also, please help make their jobs easier in the following ways:

• Respond promptly when the Fishmaster attempts to contact you regarding the outing.
• If you know that you aren't going to go, scratch your name off the sign-up list or contact the Fishmaster or Outings Chairman.
• Due to attendance limits on some outings, please only sign up if you are reasonable sure you will be able to attend. If you can't go at the last moment, still please contact the Fishmaster.
• Provide a legible e-mail address on the sign-up sheet.
• Provide an e-mail address that you actively monitor.

The following is the current schedule of outings and seminars for the year. To participate in an Outing, one must be a DVFF member with signed Liability Waiver on file.

 

2012 Outing, Trip, In-Field Seminars & Conservation If you are interested in being a Fishmaster, please contact Tom Seidman at (925) 256-8818 (home), (510) 774-0316 (cell), or email at .
Date	Location/Event	Target Species	Fishmaster/Contact
February/March	Yuba River	Trout & Steelhead	Robert Meadowcoft / (925) 631-0194
March 26-28	Pyramid Lake	Cutthroat Trout	Larry Griffis / (925) 947-4914
March	Stanislaus River	Trout	Needs Fishmaster
April	Kistler Ranch	Trout	George Willis / (925) 676-6690
April	Lower Kings River	Trout	Bernard Ringer / (925) 457-9082
April/May	Steiner Lake	Bass	David Lipscomb / (925) 283-8865
May	Baum Lake	Trout	Dennis Gregg
May	Kelsey Bass Ranch	Bass	Bill King / (925) 837-8799
June	Shasta Lake	Trout	Bill King / (925) 837-8799
June	McCloud River	Trout	Marc Ericksen / (415) 362-1214
June	Conservation Outing	—	Needs Fishmaster
June	Fall River	Trout	Needs Fishmaster
June	Shasta Lake	Trout, Bass	Alan Christian / (925) 820-7288
June 24-27 (Women Only)	Chester area (Feather River, Lake Almanor)	Trout	Chris Hicklin (510) 673-3260
July	Manzanita Lake	Trout	John Edwards / (925) 944-1762
July	Upper Sacramento River Seminar	Trout	John Barry / (707) 246-6831 or Alan Christian / (925) 820-7288
August	Golden Trout Wilderness	Trout	Phil Erickson (925) 837-0278
August	Manzanita Lake	Trout	Needs Fishmaster
September	Fall River	Trout	David Lipscomb / (925) 283-8865
September	San Joaquin River	Trout	Kit Kohler / (925) 820-0567
September	East Slope Sierra Trip	Trout	Pat Konoske / (707) 334-6849
September	Chester area (Feather River, Lake Almanor)	Trout	Chris Hicklin (510) 673-3260
October	Putah Creek	Trout	Dave McCants / (925) 673-5448
October	Heenan Lake-Markleville	Trout	Dan Maher
October	Delta	Bass	Needs Fishmaster
October	Stanislaus River	Trout	Bernard Ringer / (925) 457-9082
October/November	McCloud River	Trout	Marc Ericksen / (415) 362-1214