BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — What the insects living in Northwest streams say about the health of those waters is the topic when the Bainbridge Island Fly Fishers hold their annual meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24, at Seabold Hall, 14450 Komedal Road NE.
Members will elect the club’s board at the meeting.
The program, “The Ecology of Pacific Northwest Aquatic Invertebrates: What They Tell Us About Stream Health,” will be presented by Rob Plotnikoff, a senior aquatic ecologist and water quality specialist. He has worked for 38 years as a salmon habitat specialist and aquatic invertebrate ecologist in the region, using monitoring data to judge stream health and habitat and water quality conditions “from a fish’s perspective,” and to help target restoration projects, according to the club.
For anglers, the bugs are more than a model for tying a fly. The club said aquatic invertebrates are an integral part of the freshwater ecosystem and a tool for understanding and improving watershed health.
Club meetings are family-friendly, and the club’s website says newcomers are welcome. Attendees can bring a fly to enter the raffle or buy raffle tickets at $2 each or three for $5.
The Bainbridge Island Fly Fishers is a nonprofit chartered club of Fly Fishers International that meets the last Tuesday of most months.
For more information, contact club President Eric Matthews at info@bainbridgeislandflyfishers.org or 206-718-2254, or visit bainbridgeislandflyfishers.org.
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