Join us at the Annual Picnic on August 18th at Reynolds Landing on the South Platte River. A limited number of volunteers needed starting at 4pm, picnic activities officially starts at 5 pm. This year, due to Covid-19 precautions, we will not be serving food or beverages…please bring any food and drinks for you and your guests’ personal consumption…or purchase food from the Philly On The Go Cheesesteaks Food Truck (6 different sandwich/drink/chips combos, each for $12).
All picnic attendees must wear masks and practice social distancing at all times. Please also bring your own folding chairs to allow for social distancing if the benches fill up.
Special Group Activity (5pm Start) – Group Casting Lesson with Jonathan Walter from Clear Creek Fly Casting
We are lucky to again have Master Certified Casting Instructor Jonathan Walter from Clear Creek Fly Casting to do a group casting event for us starting at 5pm. Jonathan will focus on how to improve your casting, with tips and advice on the elements essential to better casting whether it be for presentation, accuracy or distance. If you want to participate in this event, you must bring your own rod for casting. Additionally, please bring a hat and eye protection (sunglasses or eyeglasses). Jonathan has lived in Colorado for over 30 years, has over 20 years’ experience teaching fly fishing, fly casting, and fly tying and is one of only a handful of FFI Master Certified Casting Instructors in the state. He created the Fly Fishing Section and Fly Fishing School of the Colorado Mountain Club. His teaching approach is based upon understanding your goals, assessing what is needed to achieve them, and breaking down the required skills into manageable steps. He feels that mastery of the fundamentals is critical to success at all levels. You can reach Jonathan at…
www.clearcreekflycasting.com jonathan@clearcreekflycasting (303) 981-8116
2020 Raffle Prize Drawing – We will also be conducting the drawing for the winners of the 2020 Fundraising Raffle…all 40 prizes. Don’t have to be present to win, but another great excuse to come to a truly fun chapter event. The raffle drawing will occur starting at 6pm.
Reynolds’s Landing Location - Reynolds Landing address is located off Santa Fe, just a little north of Aspen Grove. Quick directions are (from C470) north on Santa Fe, proceed past Aspen Grove, turn left (west) on Brewery Lane, proceed past Breckenridge Brewery, road dead ends at the park.
Zoom Online Broadcast of Raffle – Starting at approx. 6:15 we will broadcast the Raffle Drawing via Zoom. Hopefully audio visual quality holds up. Join Zoom Meeting at the following link, or go to Zoom.com and type in the Meeting ID and Passcode below.
https://ccaurora-edu.zoom.us/j/96425884761?pwd=Zk8wUlRjSkFPODV5RjhiOE5salRGUT09
Meeting ID: 964 2588 4761
Passcode: trout