Next Monthly Club Meeting & Program

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.

Camellia Room
at Heather Farm Community Center
1540 Marchbanks Drive, Walnut Creek

Free Casting Instruction 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Doors Open at 6:30 p.m.
Meeting Starts at 7:30 p.m.
Invites to the Online Session to be
Sent to Members via Email

Summer Nastich
Creator of "A Bush in the Woods" YouTube Series

Presentation to be Made Person

Summer is very likely the most educated speaker DVFF has ever hosted. She has 3 science degrees from Humboldt State, a JD (cum laude) from Boston University and a master’s degree from UC Berkeley in Environmental Engineering. She’s been practicing law for 20 years and her solo practice, Nastich Law, is now over a decade old. Among her areas of expertise offered are Environmental Law, Land Use and Arbitration. If you get an administrative citation in Yolo or Solano counties, you may meet Summer. She has been recognized as a Super Lawyer for six years running starting in 2020. Quoting Summer, she ‘speaks Legalese, Geek, Science, Construction and Normal Person’. Wicked Smart would be the Bostonian description, and I suspect her kids don’t get away with as much as they think they do. 

Away from work, you might find Summer fly fishing, emersed in wilderness survival, carrying heavy stuff, pranking her kids or just catting around. Having discovered fly fishing just 10 years ago, Summer has visited 10 countries with her fly rod, posted over 110 YouTube videos and attracted more than 2000 followers, several of which are club members. This will be Summer’s first club presentation; however, rest assured it won’t be the first time she’s taken the floor to speak.

Unlike many of our speakers who are acclaimed (or self-proclaimed) experts, Summer comes as one of us just wandering through the woods angling for a bite. She’ll offer an inside look at her channel…how it got started and how it’s maintained including footage from her drone and GoPro cameras. We’ll move on to a quick mention of Putah. And then we’ll follow along as Summer hunts the rarest trout in the world for the CA Heritage Trout Challenge with footage that has never been posted. Hang on as we see some of the coolest stuff she’s seen that’s never been posted. This presentation will be many first glimpses of a regular fly fisher and her journey into unknown territory.

For a teaser, take 90 seconds on YouTube to view
 A Bush in the Woods Into Redux

“A Bush in the Woods is anyone trying anything new or learning from failure in anything, though here the focus is often on outdoor adventure like fly fishing and hunting. 
This channel seeks to demystify, encourage, educate, inspire, and entertain, but not necessarily in that order and not necessarily in equal measures. I fail publicly to encourage you to fail privately.”

You can join online or join the DVFF online or download a membership application. (The membership form requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.) Print out and complete the form and either bring it to a meeting or send it to the club mailbox (Diablo Valley Fly Fishermen, P.O. Box 4988, Walnut Creek, CA 94596). You may also pick up an application at a meeting. (You can renew your membership online by clicking this link.)

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