I apologize for the late notice to anyone who might be interested--hard to miss the Stan's popularity with a few members. This information was just provided to me.
Stanislaus Fly Fishers: River Cleanup
Date:This Saturday, March 14 Time: 9:00 AM Location: Knights Ferry. Click here for a map.
The following is information as received by cleanup coordinator, Jesse Anderson.
" The plan is to meet at the Knights Ferry Recreation Area parking lot (on the North side of the river) at 9:00 am this Saturday morning. We will then get all the rafts and gear ready to go and start putting people in the water. The plan is to float down to Horseshoe Recreation Area (the first take out downstream of Knights Ferry) and pickup as much trash along the way as possible. Folks can leave their vehicles at Knights Ferry and then we can shuttle people back up to them at the end of the float.
The USFWS has donated trash bags for people to use and the USACE has agreed to let us dump the trash in their dumpster at the end of the day.
The float should take folks ~4-5 hours with stopping along the way to pickup trash, fish, eat lunch, etc. They are reducing the flow little bit further today (down to 200 cfs) so it will be a bit slow going in some spots.
People interested in coming should bring their own personal items such as food, water, sunscreen, etc. I would also suggest waders and or wet suit/dry suit if people want to get real serious and dive down deeper in some of the holes. Also, if anyone has a personal watercraft that they can use they should bring it (i.e., raft, canoe, kayak, etc.).
If anyone has questions direct them to contact me at 209-968-5857 or my email address anderson@fishsciences.net. "