Next Monthly Meeting:
Thursday, January 8, 2026 7:00PM
December Monthly Program
The 2025 Holiday Potluck Dinner is Thursday December 11
The annual club potluck dinner will occur on December 11. The clubhouse doors will open around 5:30 and dinner will start between 6:00 and 6:30. Get there early, latecomers will be assigned KP duty. Here’s what to bring based on the first letter of your last name:
A-E: Entrees
F-K: Appetizers
L-Q: Salads
R-Z: Desserts
Here are some helpful hints:
- Bring an extension cord – with your name marked on it – if your dish needs to be kept warm (slow cooker; crock pot; warming plate, etc.).
- Same thing with serving plates and utensils: mark them, too – this is a rough crowd.
- The club will provide napkins, paper plates and plastic utensils.
- The club will also provide hot coffee, sugar/sweetener, bottled water and some sodas.
- A limited amount of spices – think salt and pepper – will be available.
Check your email for any late breaking news or email/call me if there are any questions.
Kim Lloyd
(916) 425-7680
Leader’s Line
The Holidays are here, and I hope everyone enjoys Christmas with Family and Friends.
As we close out the 2025 year and start a new 2026 year, I want to thank all the leaders of the various fishouts we had. Also, I want to thank all the leaders for the events and support team throughout the year (The Leader, Webmasters, Casting Clinic, Fly Tying, Fishing 101, Fishmasters, Net Building, Golden Trout, Library, Photo show, Speaker Coordinators, Merchandise, Rod Building, Snack Coordinator, Salmon Egg Program, Annual Swap Meet, Annual Dinner). Also, thanks to all the volunteers that make these events happen. We have a fantastic Board, and they worked very hard in 2025, and we have many more things to accomplish in 2026. Thank you Board for your hard work.
Upcoming events include the International Sportsman’s Exposition (ISE), Annual Swap Meet and Chili Cookoff and the Annual dinner. The ISE show will be held at Cal Expo January 15-18. The show is a lot of fun. Don’t forget to stop by and say “Hi” to our fly-tying volunteers. Annual Swap Meet, December 6th at 8:30. Don’t forget to get your tickets for the 40th Anniversary Annual Dinner, which will be on March 28th from 4:00-9:00 pm at the Blue Goose in Loomis.
Our general meeting on December 11th will be a Potluck dinner—no agenda or speaker. Check the announcement in this newsletter for details of what to bring and the start time.
In closing, I would like to thank everyone who has helped make 2025 a fantastic year for GBF. Please show your enthusiastic support for our many activities in 2026 that you can. It’s your club, make the most of it.
Go out and have Fun!
Robert Farley, President 
New on the GBF site:
- Note that we now have the following 2026 fishouts and classes scheduled: Pyramid Lake, Manzanita, San Juan R. New Mexico, Sept Lower Sac with Jason Thatcher, and Vet’s day at Discovery Bay.
- Also the following classes/workshops: knots, net building and Fly Fishing 101. See Education tab or calendar.
- A Lower Yuba hatch chart has been added to the articles page, bottom RH side just above the Bill Carnazzo info.
- Launch of the updated Golden Trout Program was announced Nov 18, 2025
- A reminder that all historic FLY TYING JAM recipes back to May of 2017 are available here in a single location under the Fly Tying menu tab. New to fly tying? Check out the educational links at the top of that page.
- A list of GBF member achievers for the Fly Fishers International Fly Casting Skills Development Program is now available here.
- Collectors and aficionados of vintage rods and reels will now find contact info for long-time expert Jim Adams of Adams Angling on the GBF Links page under Vintage Fly Gear, Books and More. A good source to check the value of grand-dads vintage fly gear.
To join GBF, please click here.
To renew your 2026 Membership, please click here.
To purchase 2026 Annual Dinner tickets, please click here.
Purchase your Annual Dinner tickets by Jan 31st and you’ll be entered into an early bird raffle for 50 – $2 Annual Dinner raffle tickets!
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