The next club meeting is Wednesday November 19th at Centennial Golf Club
1900 N. Phoenix Rd. Medford, 97504
Wet fly 5:30 – 6:30pm
Dinner and meeting at 7:15pm
Raffle to follow Program

BUFFET DINNER is $25 per person

Lasagna, Caesar Salad, Veggies, Garlic Bread, Dessert

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED

RSVP’s need to be in by Saturday (November 15th) preceding the meeting.
Please email your RSVP to icrsrd303@gmail.com
(give your name and how many for dinner)
For those who cannot do email,
call (661)742-5835 afternoons only.
Pay when you arrive. We take cash or checks only.
Special dietary requests: email Steve Day at icrsrd303@gmail.com or call (661)742-5835
by Tuesday preceding the meeting

PROGRAM:
Christopher Traill

Diamond Lake Project Description:
Diamond Lake is a 3.5 mile long by 1.5-mile-wide body of water set in the Cascade Mountain range at an elevation of 5,191 feet and part of the Umpqua National Forest. The lake has been a popular trout fishery for over a century, with the historically fishless waters being first stocked in 1910. Over the last 115 years, we have seen two large explosions of the invasive tui chub (Gila bicolor), decimating the trout population and health of the waters, resulting in two separate eradication events to restore the lake’s ecosystem. Since our last treatment in 2006, Diamond Lake has seen the return of tui chub.  The project seeks to control the population of tui chub and golden shiners, maintain the ecology of the lake and continue to provide consumptive angling opportunities of hatchery produced trout. These project goals are realized through angler interviews (creel), analysis of summer growth of rainbow trout, mechanical removal of illegally introduced fish species, benthic analysis and the introduction of non-reproducing predators. Since the introduction of tiger and brown trout, there has been steady growth in the catch and release fishery of these sterile predatory fish.