Re: [VFB] Forest fires no rain.
It's happening and just announced. Oregon river closures due to too warm water and fish deaths: http://tinyurl.com/p8zu3dx Last time they closed the high lakes due to drought and warm temperatures, it occurred on September 1st, so waiting on that announcement. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [VFB] Forest fires no rain.
And another story on the Oregon closures from the local TV station: http://tinyurl.com/pk6rqqv On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 8:24 AM, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: It's happening and just announced. Oregon river closures due to too warm water and fish deaths: http://tinyurl.com/p8zu3dx Last time they closed the high lakes due to drought and warm temperatures, it occurred on September 1st, so waiting on that announcement. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [VFB] Forest fires no rain.
I guess there will be other stuff to do in Bend in Mid August as there could be no fishing when the FFF Faire takes place by the looks of things. Our plan is to drive out the shortest route and then take 2 weeks getting home via the Bad Land, Winnebago plant, and some friends visiting. I have the National Park Passport and collect the stamps so the return trip will take in some parks. Anyone else going to Bend? Peggy B On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: Hi Neville, Feeling for your and your fisheries. We had a similar year last year in Oregon. This year, the weather has been bizarre. We were expecting an early spring in due to a very warm, dry February. Then a long stretch of more normal, cold, wet weather for spring. Then some heat, then super heat that broke all sorts of records across the western USA for two weeks. We had very little snow in the winter, but lots of rain, so the reservoirs filled. They are emptying pretty quickly, with some already at fall levels, and water levels dropping below the boat ramps. If we don't get at least a normal winter of snowpack, we are simply screwed. And the El Nino forecast is not favorable. IMO, the main effect of this nutso weather has really affected the quantity, quality and consistency of bug hatches. People fishing tailwaters have been fine, but the lakes have been very difficult to fish. Then, there is the famed Deschutes River which is having all sorts of problems. See Deschutes River Alliance http://www.deschutesriveralliance.org/. I am getting in a fair amount of camping and fishing, with five rainbows over five pounds this year so far. That includes two fish over 26 that ran 6-1/2 and 7 pounds. Hopefully the best is yet to come this season, as next season is not assured at all. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:32 AM, Allan Fish afi...@sbcglobal.net wrote: We could do with your rain here in Nev, I certainly wish we could send some of our rain up to you. Al -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Peggy Brenner -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [VFB] Forest fires no rain.
Hi Neville, Feeling for your and your fisheries. We had a similar year last year in Oregon. This year, the weather has been bizarre. We were expecting an early spring in due to a very warm, dry February. Then a long stretch of more normal, cold, wet weather for spring. Then some heat, then super heat that broke all sorts of records across the western USA for two weeks. We had very little snow in the winter, but lots of rain, so the reservoirs filled. They are emptying pretty quickly, with some already at fall levels, and water levels dropping below the boat ramps. If we don't get at least a normal winter of snowpack, we are simply screwed. And the El Nino forecast is not favorable. IMO, the main effect of this nutso weather has really affected the quantity, quality and consistency of bug hatches. People fishing tailwaters have been fine, but the lakes have been very difficult to fish. Then, there is the famed Deschutes River which is having all sorts of problems. See Deschutes River Alliance http://www.deschutesriveralliance.org/. I am getting in a fair amount of camping and fishing, with five rainbows over five pounds this year so far. That includes two fish over 26 that ran 6-1/2 and 7 pounds. Hopefully the best is yet to come this season, as next season is not assured at all. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 3:32 AM, Allan Fish afi...@sbcglobal.net wrote: We could do with your rain here in Nev, I certainly wish we could send some of our rain up to you. Al -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [VFB] Forest fires no rain.
I certainly wish there was some way to get some of our water to you. We finally had two dry days in a row. That's the first time in several weeks. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 16, 2015, at 10:26 PM, Neville Gosling nev.gosl...@shaw.ca wrote: Hi Wes: You are certainly doing a lot better than me. I have only had one camping/fishing trip and I am currently held up waiting for some parts for my 14 year old trailer before I can take another trip. My best fish so far is a 41/4 pound rainbow but the fishing this year was certainly not as good as the previous 2 years. I agree that the bug hatches are inconsistent or even non-existent compared with the same time in previous years. I suspect that I should have taken my trip 3-4 weeks earlier. In June we normally fish chironomids and dries when a hatch takes place. This year there were very few surface bugs and it is the first time in many years that I did not have a fish on a dry fly. The Province of BC recently announced a category 4 extreme fire risk and water shortage. Sport fishing has been temporarily banned for the lower half of Vancouver Island as the rivers are too low and the water temperatures too high. The last few days have been a bit cooler and we even had a very minor sprinkling of rain, but not enough to do any good. I have a fishing trip planned to Sunday (day trip) but I am half expecting the Ministry to ban fishing in the stream I am planning to fish. Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver BC Canada On Jul 16, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: Hi Neville, Feeling for your and your fisheries. We had a similar year last year in Oregon. This year, the weather has been bizarre. We were expecting an early spring in due to a very warm, dry February. Then a long stretch of more normal, cold, wet weather for spring. Then some heat, then super heat that broke all sorts of records across the western USA for two weeks. We had very little snow in the winter, but lots of rain, so the reservoirs filled. They are emptying pretty quickly, with some already at fall levels, and water levels dropping below the boat ramps. If we don't get at least a normal winter of snowpack, we are simply screwed. And the El Nino forecast is not favorable. IMO, the main effect of this nutso weather has really affected the quantity, quality and consistency of bug hatches. People fishing tailwaters have been fine, but the lakes have been very difficult to fish. Then, there is the famed Deschutes River which is having all sorts of problems. See Deschutes River Alliance. I am getting in a fair amount of camping and fishing, with five rainbows over five pounds this year so far. That includes two fish over 26 that ran 6-1/2 and 7 pounds. Hopefully the best is yet to come this season, as next season is not assured at all. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[VFB] Forest fires no rain.
Hi Wes: You are certainly doing a lot better than me. I have only had one camping/fishing trip and I am currently held up waiting for some parts for my 14 year old trailer before I can take another trip. My best fish so far is a 41/4 pound rainbow but the fishing this year was certainly not as good as the previous 2 years. I agree that the bug hatches are inconsistent or even non-existent compared with the same time in previous years. I suspect that I should have taken my trip 3-4 weeks earlier. In June we normally fish chironomids and dries when a hatch takes place. This year there were very few surface bugs and it is the first time in many years that I did not have a fish on a dry fly. The Province of BC recently announced a category 4 extreme fire risk and water shortage. Sport fishing has been temporarily banned for the lower half of Vancouver Island as the rivers are too low and the water temperatures too high. The last few days have been a bit cooler and we even had a very minor sprinkling of rain, but not enough to do any good. I have a fishing trip planned to Sunday (day trip) but I am half expecting the Ministry to ban fishing in the stream I am planning to fish. Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver BC Canada On Jul 16, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Wes Wada w...@wadaworks.com wrote: Hi Neville, Feeling for your and your fisheries. We had a similar year last year in Oregon. This year, the weather has been bizarre. We were expecting an early spring in due to a very warm, dry February. Then a long stretch of more normal, cold, wet weather for spring. Then some heat, then super heat that broke all sorts of records across the western USA for two weeks. We had very little snow in the winter, but lots of rain, so the reservoirs filled. They are emptying pretty quickly, with some already at fall levels, and water levels dropping below the boat ramps. If we don't get at least a normal winter of snowpack, we are simply screwed. And the El Nino forecast is not favorable. IMO, the main effect of this nutso weather has really affected the quantity, quality and consistency of bug hatches. People fishing tailwaters have been fine, but the lakes have been very difficult to fish. Then, there is the famed Deschutes River which is having all sorts of problems. See Deschutes River Alliance http://www.deschutesriveralliance.org/. I am getting in a fair amount of camping and fishing, with five rainbows over five pounds this year so far. That includes two fish over 26 that ran 6-1/2 and 7 pounds. Hopefully the best is yet to come this season, as next season is not assured at all. Wes Wada Bend, Oregon -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [VFB] Forest fires no rain.
We could do with your rain here in Nev, I certainly wish we could send some of our rain up to you. Al -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[VFB] Forest fires no rain.
Hi AF: We could do with your rain here in BC as the three western Provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia have in excess of 400 forest fires raging. Vancouver was affected by smoke and ash from a fire north of the ski resort of Whistler some 200 kilometres distant. I have never known it so bad. There has been some property damage and lives lost. They even called in the army and reservists to help fight fires and as group of firefighters arrived from Australia today to provide assistance. Water shortage is also a problem as we had minimal snow on the mountains last winter and no significant rain in May June - even fishing has been banned for the lower half of Vancouver Island as the rivers and streams are so low. No fishing here. Too much flooding. Too many storms. Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver BC Canada -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VFB Mail group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VFB Mail group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
