Next Monthly Club Meeting & Program
Tuesday, Sept. 20, 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
Fly Fishing Lassen National Volcanic Park,
with Lance Gray
Presentation to be Made In Person
Legendary waters, such as Manzanita Lake and the headwaters of Hat Creek, are concealed within the boundaries of Lassen National Volcanic Park. Lance’s presentation will cover fishing opportunities for both backpackers and car-top anglers. It will highlight and discuss equipment and techniques, including Tenkara. Lassen is a fly fisher's dream. This presentation will focus on various fisheries, including stillwater and freestone streams.
Lance started fly fishing with his father and brother Lincoln at age 7. In his teens, he began tying flies commercially for shops around Northern California. At 17, he went to work at Powell's Fly Shop in Chico, where he worked in the fly shop and built rods. He guided Powell’s, conducted fly-tying and fly-fishing schools, and traveled.
In 1993, Lance and Kirsten started Saltwater Innovations, a company that manufactured and distributed products for saltwater fly fishing. Lance’s Crystal Popper, Gray’s Billfish Fly, the KO Charlie line, and the Raghead Crabs are all Saltwater Innovations products. Kirsten worked behind the scenes, handling the day-to-day operations and running the company's manufacturing floor.
Lance and his wife Kirsten launched Lance Gray & Company during 2003 for friends, family, and every guest who values the sport of angling. Lance Gray & Company is now a full-service outfitter that offers our guests the best fly-fishing experience in far Northern California. Every excursion is more than a drift down the Sacramento River or fishing the “Hex Hatch” on Lake Almanor.
Lance conducts presentations at fly clubs and fly-fishing shows. While volunteering with veterans, Kirsten and Lance support local groups like Cub Scouts and 4H. Lance is a signature tier for Aqua Flies. Lance and Kirsten are pro staff members for Sage, RIO, Simms, Fishpond, Yeti, Sitka, Outcast, Galvan Fly Reels, Knives of Alaska, and Umpqua Feather Merchants. Lance is a featured writer, with articles published in Angling Trade Magazine, California Fly Fisher, Fly Fishermen, and American Fly Fishing. His column “The Foraging Angler” is published bi-monthly in the California Fly Fisher Magazine.
Kirsten is a photographer, whose images have been published in many fly-fishing/outdoor periodicals, such as Fly Fishermen and California Fly Fisher, and on websites throughout the fly-fishing industry.
Join The Club!
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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