Dates

Event

Annual Picnic
Pot Luck Dinner
Date Saturday, September 18, 2010
Place Camp Bartlett, Santa Paula (same place as in 2009)
See below for directions.
Time: 3 pm
Who: All members and spouses/friends
Bill and Joyce Blackstone will provide sliced tri-tip roast for everyone. The Club will provide plates, napkins, cups and utensils.
What to bring:
Your own ice chest with beverages (wine and beer are OK), and if your last name begins with…
A - D bring dessert for 10 people
C - O bring appetizer for 10 people
P - Z bring salad for 10 people

Fee - $5 per each family if RSVP and fee paid by Sept 1st - $7 per family after Sept 1st.

Please pay by cash or check at the August Club meeting, or mail check to Carl Rhoads, Treasurer. Make checks payable to Sespe Fly Fishers.

RSVP to Chuck and Marcia Colwell
805 987-5474
e-mail: crc4411@verizon.net

Directions to Camp Bartlett:
From Ojai – go east on Ojai Avenue, bear right at Bocacalli’s Restaurant and continue up Dennison grade. When you reach the Summit Restaurant you are 1.8 miles away. Camp Bartlett will be on your left.
From Ventura – take the 126 Fwy to Santa Paula. Take the 10th Street exit towards Ojai. Go north on 10th Street, bear right and continue on Ojai Road. When you get to Steckel Park you are 2.6 miles away. The turn into Camp Bartlett will be on your right, at the end of a curving (concrete) railing. There is an arching

Belize 2011

San Pedro/Placencia Split Trip Overview
This trip encompasses two unique fisheries and locations that will thrill just about every fly rodder. We start out by bringing guests up to the town of San Pedro for 4 nights and three days of fishing. San Pedro is located in Northern Belize on the island of Ambergris Caye . The town is a really nice, friendly beach community. It's clean and safe and has a laid back vibe to it. There are lots of great bars and restaurants and the main part of town is located in a fairly centralized area so everything is within a short walk from the hotel.
The fishing out of San Pedro encompasses a wide area that offers a highly diversified fishery. One day you can be up fishing on the Belize/Mexico border for good sized bonefish, the next day you can be 10 miles southwest of town, drifting on the tarpon flats, looking for rolling tarpon. This area also has a healthy permit population. The permit fishing out of San Pedro is similar to that found in the Yucatan : fish in 4-6 feet of water, either cruising or floating on the water surface. This area is predominantly a marl based bottom, which means that wading opportunities are limited. That said, we have some great guides who love to wade and they have some very good areas where guests can wade for hours. The reef is about a half mile offshore from the town so if guys feel like targeting big „cudas and jacks, snappers and the like, this is always a great way to spend a day. San Pedro is a good mixed bag fishery with a lot of bonefish.
For the second leg of the trip, we fly guests down to the Southern Belize village of Placencia for 4 nights and 3 days of fishing. This location is all about permit fishing; with some tarpon thrown in for good measure. The flats off the coast of Placencia are about as good as it gets for targeting tailing permit in very shallow water. Here, guests will be wading for almost all of their shots. The permit will be tailing in 1-3 feet of water. For those who are interested, there is a huge mangrove estuary to the west of town that can provide great fun for juvenile tarpon and possibly some snook?
Placencia village is smaller than San Pedro, but there are nonetheless plenty of little restaurants and bars for post fishing relaxing.

See Jeff Hereford for details