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  3. ISA Bronzeback Blowout March 4, 2023!

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    32 minutes ago, Ryan S said:

    What's the last day to purchase Blowout tickets? Waiting to see if a friend wants to attend. Thanks!

    You should be good up to the night before. Please try not to do that though. Now, of course I must mention, purchasing  your tickets as soon as possible is a great help in our planning for this event. 
    Time and Space are running out. Get your 2023  Bronzeback Blowout  tickets now while you can.

     

  15. The Vitality of Fishing Clubs - Where will ISA be in 10 Years? 20 years? 50 years?

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    No worries. From my records I would say that membership has gone up 30 to 40 people over the last year. Which I’m pretty happy with.
    I have followed many Smallmouth Alliance fishing groups over the past few years along with other fishing groups. I would say that about 95.99% of the ones that fold are because they fell into the situation whereas one person was responsible for everything and when that one person decides to move on and there’s no one there to carry on then the club folds. I believe that is what happened with Indiana Smallmouth Alliance and Ohio Smallmouth Alliance. Their Illinois Smallmouth Alliance has carried on because of our team of ISA Offers that we have had over the years and still today. 
    Over the last 3 years we have been challenged with the pandemic scare, and the retirement of Scott, who did so so much for the ISA.  It takes a team to move forward and as long as we keep a leadership team in place the future looks bright.

  17. The Vitality of Fishing Clubs - Where will ISA be in 10 Years? 20 years? 50 years?

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    Hey, I do the ISA Facebook page! Ha! Yeah that FB isn’t all that much. Our YouTube station is looking nice but that’s about it for my abilities in the social meadow world. I know those other platforms are much more popular but I just don’t have any interest in learning Ckik-Clak,  or Golden Grams, at this point in my life.    You an English teacher by chance? 😬

  20. The Vitality of Fishing Clubs - Where will ISA be in 10 Years? 20 years? 50 years?

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    They’re out there. They care and I can tell you, just off the top of my head, that The ISA has added in upwards of 10 new members in the last year at or below the age of 35.  I think conducting some type of seminar to local high school fishing teams showing them what the ISA is about, what we do, the fish we catch, and the care we give in handling them and the care we give to our waterways. I would think many of them young lads would be interested in being active members. I’m pretty sure I can guarantee that their mouths will hit the floor when they see the kind of fish, not just smallmouth, that our rivers have to offer. It’ll probably be awhile before any of them can afford a bass boat. There’s somewhat of a dead area there, in between graduation and buying your own bass boat, maybe that’s something we should try to pounce on?

    I am still to this day absolutely impressed with the high quality fisherman in the ISA. None better that I know of. Not only the fishing part but then we have some pretty damn talented fly tiers and fly fisher also. Some of who are almost famous. Ha!
    I know a few of the younger new members came over from my Smallmouth Hunter Mobile App and Site. They’re great guys and I am looking forward to getting out this early Spring for some Yellow Sign posting, river clean up and, of course, some smallmouth fishing with these guys. It’s gonna be a fun year. I can feel it!

  22. next zoom tying fly

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    13 hours ago, John Loebach said:

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

    I also have Feb. 8th. locked up for a Zoom Toolbox Meeting. Rich needs to get a hold of Bart and set up a date and time.

  23. Winter Zoom Toolbox Meeting with Terry Dodge. Wednesday, February 8 @ 7pm.

    in Event Announcements & Follow-up

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    ISA Toolbox Meeting

    Wednesday, February 8 @ 7PM.

    In this Zoom Session, ISA Vice President, Terry Dodge, will discuss his experiences in Reporting Stream Pollution and the other tools inside the ISA Toolbox. 

    This will also be a good opportunity for any members to address any ISA Website or Newsletter issues they might be experiencing. 

    Hope to see you on the Zoom!

    (Zoom link will be edited in on later date)

  25. ISA NW Region Breakfast Bash

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    Heck yeah! We had a sweet turnout for the ISA NWR Breakfast Bash.  We had a total of 12 show up, one of which was a non-member that I think we were able to wrangle in and will hopefully see him later this year as a member at one of our upcoming NWR outings. The food was damn good and the smallmouth talk was 10x better.  Thanks for coming out! 
    Bring on the Bronzeback Blowout!!

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