Next Monthly Club Meeting & Program

Tuesday, July 21, 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

Eastern Sierra Region 3 - A Fly Fisher's Paradise, with Steve Schalla

Presentation to be Made in Person

Steve will offer an enjoyable evening reviewing many sites in the Eastern Sierra that offer superb fishing. Some waters will be familiar to all of us. For most anglers, there may be a favorite stream or lake to revisit each year. Some anglers might even get to know an area through the change of seasons. However, no angler has covered all this region, through all seasons, and that is where the interest will lie.

Steve expects plenty of feedback throughout his presentation as attendees share some great memories. Steve will cover Mammoth Lakes and the backcountry, Hot Creek, Upper Owens, Crowley Lake, McGee Canyon, Fish Creek/Cascade Valley, Rock Creek Lake, Little Lakes Valley, and Pine Creek, touching upon the highlights of each area. His background as a Cal Forester out of UC Berkeley will bring together geologic and naturalistic attributes of these areas. Steve also studied botany at UC Santa Barbara, which led to a career in establishing reforestation nurseries in California, Oregon, and Washington. During my tenure as a reforestation specialist, I grew about 45 million tree seedlings.

Steve will point out great areas to fish but will also look at the natural features of the region, from the impacts from glaciation and volcanoes, fish migration, introduction of fish species, and how fish populations adapt to their watershed. From the cultural side, he will offer a look at how timber, mining, fishery management, and water interests have impacted this region. By the end of his presentation, club members will walk away with the sense that this region of the Sierra Nevada is very special and that it is truly a fly fisher’s paradise.

Many members of Southern California fly fishing clubs are familiar with Steve through his involvement with FFI Southwest Council, where he was fundraiser, treasurer, and president over the last 10 years. He is also quite active within my own club, Sespe Fly Fishers, as their current president. And, if you are one to peruse the internet, Steve has managed his website, Fly Fishing the Sierra, since 2002. This website has maps of fishing locations within the Sierra as well as a plethora of information about fly fishing such as rigging, casting, and reading the water. The website has grown to over 2000 posts or pages since I enjoy sharing knowledge with other fly fishers who are just as crazy over the sport as Steve.

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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