Next Monthly Club Meeting & Program

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.

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

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 Park, with Lance Gray

Presentation to be Made Person

Legendary waters, such as Manzanita Lake and the headwaters of Hat Creek, are concealed within the boundaries of Lassen Volcanic National Park. This new presentation from Lance will cover fishing opportunities for both backpackers and car-top anglers. It will highlight and discuss equipment and techniques, including Tenkara. Lassen National Volcanic Park is a fly fisher's dream. Lance’s presentation will focus on various fisheries, including stillwater and freestone streams.

Lance and his wife Kirsten started Lance Gray & Company – a full-service outfitter – for their friends, family and every guest who values the sport of angling. Lance and Kirsten take pride in their dedication to service, attention to detail and honesty. Lance started fly fishing with his father and brother Lincoln at age seven. 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 manufacturing and distributing products for saltwater fly fishing. Kirsten worked behind the scenes, handling the day-to-day operations and running the company's manufacturing floor. In 2003, they launched Lance Gray & Company.

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. 

Lance is a columnist. His column “The Foraging Angler” is published bi-monthly in the California Fly Fisher Magazine. As a photographer, Kirsten’s images have been published in many fly-fishing/outdoor periodicals, such as Fly Fishermen and California Fly Fisher, and on various fly fishing websites.

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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