John Loebach

I'll be there.

I'll be there.

I'll be there.

I'll be there.

Cane Cast & Compare

Saturday 10/7/23 8AM to 12 PM

Glenwood Forest Preserve

1644 River St., Batavia, Il. 60510

Come join us  as Jeff Fox , Illinois Bamboo Rod Builders hosts area bamboo builders & collectors for a day of testing, comparing & learning about bamboo fly rods. Come out & bring your bamboo to share. Other rods OK, I always have a couple glass rods to compare.

All outside event - hope to see you there.

John Loebach

Fly Fishing Director

630/251-5904

We had 21 people attend; great weather & some interesting new rods to try. Its good to see some of the regulars come out & visit for the morning. 

Cane event next month on 10/7 same location. Mark your calendar.

Six volunteers planted 11 flats of water willows in about 3 hours today.  A huge shout out to a small but determined crew.  Last year's plants grew until they were mowed short recently. We hope to get more support to prevent that from occurring again. I'm sure it was a misunderstanding as no one would want to take our money & efforts for granted. A great job done by the following:

Ed Buric

Eugene Collins

Kevin Dougherty

Pat Hirschtik

John Loebach

Alex Zelles

Many thanks, 

John L

We will plant water willows in Batavia on July 22nd. Meet at the skate park parking lot on Rte. 25 south of Wilson street. Start time 8am

Bring waders & gloves, we have 416 plants this time. The site is the rock bar just upstream of the large island. Cross the bridge to the island & go to the north end. The gavel bar is just upstream where we planted last year. Date pending water levels but for now it looks good. It should take about 3 hours & we can find lunch afterwards. Please RSVP on the boards or email me. We work in teams if you haven’t done this its pretty easy. Ask if you have questions. This year is 20years that we have done this!

j.loebach@comcast.net

John Loebach

630/251-5904

Sorry I missed it. Thanks for the notice. Craig was a quiet force whenever he showed up. Cool that he helped in so many other venues. 

And Ed Dahmer is coming.

Add Craig Riendeau to the list.

Rich - pick a date & post it by Sunday. Terry has a Feb. blast going out on the first & it should be there.

I'll be there & plan to go to the all Canada show afterward at Kane county Fairgrounds.

I'm going. Looks like a good crowd.

Our friend Ed Buric lost his son E. J. after a short illness on Tuesday 12/20/22.  Visitation is on 1/14/23 9am to noon at:

Modell funeral home

7710 Cass Ave.

Darien, Il. 60561

more information -.  Edward "E.J." Buric Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information (modelldarien.com)

Thanks, Terry. It will be fun great weather now & lower water levels.

Jeremy at Dupage Fly shop.

We are bringing the following rods:

NEW Scott WAVE  7wt

NEW Sage R8     5WT

New Scott Centric 4wt

Glooms NRX+ 7wt

Among a few others

If you have time this Saturday morning join us in Batavia at the Cast & Compare. I'll have several new & old glass rods to cast plus some early Scott G series graphite & more vintage rods by Bob Rogers. Today from Jeremy at Dupage Fly,

We are bringing the following rods:

NEW Scott WAVE  7wt

NEW Sage R8     5WT

New Scott Centric 4wt

Glooms NRX+ 7wt

Among a few others

Details in events forum & on the calendar.

Cast & Compare 2022

Saturday 9/10/22 - 8:00am to 12 pm

Glenwood Forest Preserve

1644 S. River St., Batavia, IL. 60510

Bring one or more of your new or favorite rods to compare to others. This is a great chance to try other rods on the water to see what you like. If you are new to fly fishing come out & learn!

This fall we have:

Doug Taylor Sage elite pro staff. Doug has Rio line kits to help fit your 2 handed switch & spey rods. Doug is an accomplished 2 hand caster & will also offer casting tips.

Jeremy from Dupage Fly Fishing is bringing rods from GLoomis, Sage & Scott.

John Loebach, ISA - I'll bring an Echo Bad Ass Glass 8wt., Orvis Superfine glass 5,6, & 8wt. plus some vintage 70,s Phillipson & Fisher rods.

All outside event - hope to see you there.

Stick around & I'll grill lunch after 12.00

Bite was a little slow. Most of my fish came off drifts tight to the bottom with a number at the end of the drift on a long pause. About average for me with the fly rod, 

Put me down for 5,6,7.

Thanks Bart & Eugene for the pics. A huge shout out to the 9 who put 400 plants in the ground. It felt so good to do something normal & the rain delay made for a nice time to catch up. 

Never fished a Steffan but a number of newer S glass rods do a great job. A right balance of length, action & line profile will make a rod sing. The only thing you get from fast graphite is 6" loops & long casts not that either of those are bad.

Picking up the plants tomorrow. 5 responses so far, this will be easy if a few more come. Stop by to visit if you have time.