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Covid Policy - 2024

The Flycasters Fishout Sign-Up Fairness Doctrine

The Flycasters fishout program continues to be very successful with a full schedule of fishouts planned for 2022. The fishmasters and Board of Directors have been discussing how to provide a fair system for year-to-year rotations for attendees on our most popular recurring fishouts. After several meetings, the Board has approved a new fishout signup and wait list policy as described below.

· Fishmaster maintains a signup list and a waitlist.
· After fishout is completed, all attendees wanting to return next year are moved to bottom of waitlist (suggest random draw for their order at bottom).
· Fishmaster begins filling next year’s attendance by starting at top of waitlist.
· A deposit will be required to hold your spot on next year’s signup list, the amount and timing to be defined by the fishmaster.
· If openings remain after working through waitlist, then fishout opens to club wide announcements.
· Members wanting to attend a fishout in future, either this year or next year, are then encouraged to sign up on the waitlist.
· If a fishout does not recur the next year, it’s considered cancelled and will be handled the same as all new fishouts with open signups from club wide announcements.
· Procedure to be implemented for fishouts starting 2022.

In addition to improving fairness, it’s hoped this policy will help fishmasters have more visibility for member interest and members have a path to attend the most popular fishouts. Members should review the fishout schedule, and if you want to go on a fishout that is already filled, make sure you add yourself to the waitlist, you will get highest priority for the following year.

Flycasters 2024 Fishout Schedule

Dates	Location	Fishmaster(s)	Document	Status
Jan 27 - Feb 3	Peacock Bass Brazil	Rich Otto
Mar 2-3	Lower Yuba - Cancelled	Lee Dorius
April 9	Rancho Seco with Granite Bay club	Jeff Lorelli / Jim Degnan	calendar link
April 7-10	Lake McCumber and Hat Creek	Phil Brouwer	calendar link
April 22-25	Pyramid Lake	Lee Dorius/Jeff orelli and others	calendar link
May 18	Surf Fishout	Luke Sing/Mike Lovejoy	calendar link
June 5-8	Spicer canoe trip	Greg Takata	calendar link	Full
June 14-15	Sawmill Lake Tahoe NF	Jeff Lorelli	calendar link
June 23-June 29	Montana Big Hole Lodge	Wade Goertz
June 24-27	Crater Lake Lassen NF (for new members)	Phil Brouwer	calendar link
June 10-14	Marble Mountain Wilderness Backpack	Todd Osborn	calendar link
Aug	High Sierra (packer supported)	Paul Lai
Sept 5-9	High Sierra Backpack	Bill Zuravleff	calendar link
Sept 19-22	Yamsi Ranch	Dan Romani	calendar link	Full
Sept - 3rd week	Fall River	Harris Hall	cancelled
Sept 27-28	Upper Sacramento	Scott Conradson	Calendar Link
Oct 5-6	Hwy 108 (for new members)	Jeff Lorelli / Lee Dorius	calendar link
Oct 11-14	Hat Creek, Baum and Manzanita Lakes		calendar link
Oct 25-28	Davis Lake	Lee Dorius	calendar link
Oct 26-29	Rogue River Steelhead float	Paul Kopacki / Roy Litherland	Calendar Link
Oct 30 - Nov 3	Klamath River	Frank Eldredge	calendar link
Nov 3-6	Trinity River	Jim Isaacson Mike Lovejoy	calendar link
Nov 6 - 9	Eagle Lake	Larry Sasscer	calendar link

FISH CARD FORM
Remember to submit your “Big Fish Cards” for 2022! Any fish caught during the calendar year is eligible, with a deadline for submission at the December club meeting.
The Flycasters Fishing Awards Program was established to hopefully encourage   more members   to participate   in club   Fishouts and   also submit “Big Fish Cards” to recognize the fish they catch.

The Flycasters Fishing Awards Program consists of several awards, including;
    1) Angler of the Year Award,
    2) Ring of the Rise Award in two categories, fresh and saltwater, awarded to the member who lands the largest fish on a fly
    3) 20-20 Club -- Name goes on a plaque which recognizes a catch of a fish 20 inches or larger caught on a dry fly size 20 or smaller More than one person can qualify each year, but since this is a rarity, it has not happened yet. The most recent recipient of the award gets to keep it at their house..

All of the awards are based upon the submittal of “Big Fish Cards” (which will be described below).“Big Fish Cards” can be submitted for each species of fish an angler catches.

There are two categories;
    1) California       2) Out of State
Anglers may submit a maximum of one species in each category, IE an angler may submit “Big Fish Cards” for a rainbow trout caught in California, and also for a rainbow trout caught outside of California.

Just submit a Fish Card Form

The purpose of the “Big Fish Cards” is to provide an objective evaluation system for the accrual of points in the determination of awards.

Eligibility Rules are as follows:
     - The flyfisher must be a member in good standing with the San Jose Flycasters.
     - The fish must be taken with fly fishing equipment only.
     - All applicable fishing regulations must be followed.

Eligible   fish   are   any   species   of   fish   considered   to   be   a   “sportfish”   listed   by   the   IGFA   or   the applicable government fisheries agency.

The fish must be caught in “public waters” open to all anglers (this includes waters that have a paid fee that is available to all).

The fish must be released and retention under any circumstances will disqualify the entry.

A photo of the fish must be submitted or a witness must be identified to verify the catch.

For the Angler of the Year Award, an angler cannot win the award in consecutive years (IE, previous year winner is not eligible the following year).

FLYCASTERS

OF SAN JOSE

Flycasters 2024 Fishout Schedule