Out and About: Fly fishing club to meet

The Clark Skamania Flyfishers will hold their monthly members meeting Wednesday at the Camas Meadows Golf Club.

Jeff Perrin, the owner of The Fly Fishers Place in Sisters, Ore., will present an introduction to European nymph fishing. The public is invited, and families are welcome. “Wet Fly Hour” is from 6-7 p.m. The meeting begins at 7 p.m.

States OK one-day sturgeon season

Fisheries managers from Oregon and Washington have approved a one-day sturgeon retention fishery for Saturday, October 12 on the Columbia River from the Wauna Powerlines up to Bonneville Dam.

Enough fish remain of the 1,230-sturgeon harvest guideline for the fishery to take place. There is about 450 fish left on the quota, and the expected catch for the one-day fishery is about 150 fish. That would leave enough fish in the river for the states to hold another opener, which they will consider once the Oct. 12 fishery results are in.

Anglers may keep one legal-sized sturgeon a day, with a two-fish yearly limit.

A legal-sized sturgeon is defined as one measuring 44-50 inches fork length.

Willapa Bay group to review salmon plan

The Willapa Bay salmon advisory group will meet twice this month to discuss salmon management policy for the bay and its rivers. The advisory group meetings are open to the public and will be held at the Raymond Elks Lodge.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, (WDFW), has scheduled two meetings with the public to review the policy. Public comments will be taken.

The policy is designed to help restore native salmon runs, reduce conflict between the commercial and recreational fisheries.