We’ve come up with these locations for our 2015 Summer Fishing meetings. We will meet at the following locations around 3:00 or 4:00pm (sooner or later if you like) and fish till dark. This is open to all members and non-members alike. We will have a few small grills, (if you have one, bring it) and bring along some ‘dogs’ and ‘burgers’ and we’ll cook ‘em up. Also, bring a chair for yourself. Chips and water will be available.

MAY 14th – Bristol Narrows (in-coming) High Tide @ 5:30pm
Take Metacom Ave. (Route 136) to Narrows Road, go straight down road to parking lot at the end of road.

Rhody Fly Rodders members and friends,

Here is the April ‘Rhody’ Newsletter for your enjoyment. This will be the last newsletter until we reconvene for our winter meetings in October.

Of course we will have our ‘Summer Fishing Get-Togethers’ till then. The list of the places and directions of these get-togethers are in this newsletter, and we hope to see you all sometime during the summer.

We have our annual cookout get-together at this April meeting, and invite you all to attend. We will do a bit of fly casting on the lawn of the club before the cookout, and after we eat we will have an interesting DVD, called “Rivers of a Lost Coast”, showing steelhead fishing on the rivers of the west coast from the 1920′ thru the 1960′s and the tragic demise of those fabulous rivers. A great show!

Please join us, bring a friend!

Have a great summer and fishing season!

Best to you,

Peter Nilsen
President / Newsletter Editor

‘America’s Oldest Saltwater Fly Fishing Club’

Greenpeace activists prevent industrial fishing giant Omega from reaching a large school of menhaden.

The commercial menhaden industry is promoting plenty of menhaden, preparing to make a move to get the quota restrictions eased at the ASMFC level.

Since the restrictions are starting to work, and the menhaden are
starting to increase, they want to go right back to catching as many as
they can.

Typical commercial attitude.

Click here to see the press release.

Via Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association

Ed Lombado requested this be sent to Rhody Fly Rodders members in case any of our members have children or grandchildren that may be interested.

The Annual Kid’s Day at Addieville East Farm

WHAT: Annual Kid’s Day at Addieville East Farm, learn fly-fishing, fly tying, fly casting, knots, and, basic entomology all from highly qualified instructors.

WHEN: April 18th. 2015 starting time 9:00am to 3:30pm

FOR: Kid’s 12 and up / accompanied by an adult • All equipment and fly tying materials supplied. • Lunch/ cook-out is also provided for all whom attend • This program is free of charge to all that attend

SPONSORS: RI/DEM’s Fish and Wild Life Agency, New England School of Fly Fishing, NRITU (Northern RI Trout Unlimited Ch. 737), and UFTRI (United Fly Tiers of RI) For directions and to register please call Kim Sullivan at RI/DEM / Fish & Wild Life, 401-539-0037

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Cinderworm Workshop 2015 on Again, April 28, May 4 and 9

Hello to everyone.  Ray Stachelek and I are at it again, with the Cinder Worm Program.  The attachment, prepared by USF&W, spells it out very nicely.

This program fills up rapidly, and has been oversubscribed in recent years.  If you are planning to participate, pleased register as soon as possible with Janis Nepshinsky of USF&W, whose contact information is in the enclosure.

Dave Pollack

Rhody Fly Rodders and Friends,

Rhody Members,