Rainland Fly Casters
Conserving, Restoring, and Educating through Fly Fishing
Programs
The Rainland Fly Casters monthly meetings are at 6:45pm on the 3rd Thursday of each month at El Compadre restaurant in Warrenton, OR (119 S. Main Street). Members typically arrive around 5:30pm for dinner prior to the meeting.
Presentations/Events (2024):
Date: January 18, 2024
Presenter: Derek Wiley
Topic: Fly Fishing Films
The Rainland Fly Casters next monthly meeting will be on January 18th via Zoom. Club President, Derek Wiley, will show several fly fishing films and we hope to have a few new folks show up virtually for the meeting. Hope to see you there!
Date: February 15, 2024
Presenter: Pete Rosenau
Topic: Fly Fishing SW Washington Coho
Pete Rosenau of Spawn Fly Fish will share the ins and outs of pursuing B-run coho on SW Washington rivers. He'll also open up his fly box to share some of the patterns he tied in pursuit of these fish.
Date: March 22, 2024
Presenter: N/A
Topic: Fly Fishing Film Tour
No monthly meeting this month as we will be co-hosting the Fly Fishing Film Tour with Spawn Fly Fish at Fort George Brewery on Friday, March 22nd. Doors will open at 6pm and folks are encouraged to arrive early as tickets and spacing are limited. Should be a great event so hope to see you all there!
Date: April 18, 2024
Presenter: TBD
Topic: Black Lake/Lost Lake Presentation
This is the first in our new series of presentations on local fly fishing opportunities. This presentation will include all details on fly fishing one of these lakes and be followed up with a club outing on that lake on Sunday, April 21st.
Date: May 16, 2024
Presenter: TBD
Topic: Coffenbury Lake Presentation
Local fly fishing opportunity presentation on Coffenbury Lake. This presentation will include all details on fly fishing Coffenbury Lake and be followed up with an outing on the lake on Sunday, May 19th.
Date: June 20th, 2024
Presenter: TBD
Topic: Spawn Fly Shop Fishing Videos
For the meeting we will show videos covering several fisheries on the Long Beach Peninsula and nearby area. Hope to see you all there!
Date: July 18th, 2024
Presenter: TBD
Topic: POSTPONED Cullaby Lake
Local fly fishing opportunity presentation on Cullaby Lake. This presentation will include all details on fly fishing Cullaby Lake and be followed up with an outing on the lake on Saturday, July 20th.
Date: August 15th, 2024
Presenter: Graham Klag (NCWA)
Topic: NFNF Klaskanine River Fish Passage
Our next monthly meeting will be on August 15th at 6:45pm at El Compadre Restaurant in Warrenton. Graham Klag, Executive Director, of the North Coast Watershed Association in Astoria will present on the current dam removal project that will restore fish passage to the North Fork of the North Fork Klaskanine River. The Klaskanine River is a Youngs Bay tributary and one of the first major watersheds that ocean returning salmonids encounter on the Oregon side of the Lower Columbia River Estuary.
Date: September 19th, 2024
Presenter: Andrew Pampalos
Topic: Fishing the Long Beach Peninsula
​Our next monthly meeting will be on September 19th at 6:45pm at El Compadre Restaurant in Warrenton. Local fly fishing guide Andrew Pampalos of The Coastal Fly (https://www.thecoastalfly.com/) will discuss fishing on and around the Long Beach Peninsula. If you want to learn about some prime fishing opportunities near Astoria, this is a must-attend meeting.
Date: October 17th, 2024
Presenter: Club Presentation
Topic: Naselle & other Washington Rivers
Local fly fishing presentation on salmon fishing the Naselle and other Washington rivers. This presentation will include all details on fly fishing for salmon in Washington and be followed up with an outing on Saturday, October 19th. We will meet at Okies Select Market in Naselle at 8am for the outing. The meeting will take place on October 17th at 6:45pm at El Compadre restaurant in Warrenton.
Date: November 21, 2024
Presenter: Kelcee Smith
Topic: ODFW's Program to Restore Oregon's Chum Salmon
Our next speaker will be ODFW's Program to Restore Oregon's Chum Salmon (PROCS) Coordinator, Kelcee Smith. Kelcee will discuss ODFW's Chum Salmon recovery efforts in the Lower Columbia River Basin. The meeting will take place on November 21st at 6:45pm at El Compadre restaurant in Warrenton. Hope to see you there!
Date: December 14, 2024
Presenter: N/A
Topic: Holiday Banquet
We will have our first Christmas banquet in more than a few years. The party will be held on Saturday, December 14th from 1-4pm at Ilwaco Cider Company in Washington. Members should respond to the email and link sent out recently to RSVP and provide the requested information. Hope to see you all there!
