In January of 2015, The Foundation was given flies, hooks, fly tying materials, rods, reel, etc. which resided at Dennis Black’s home on the North Umpqua prior to his death in December of 2013. Dennis was the founder of Umpqua Feather Merchants and his desire was for the items to be sold and the proceeds given to the Foundation.
There was much discussion on the process of exactly how to get it all into the hands of people who would enjoy having some of Dennis’ equipment.
At this point, some items have been sold and The Foundation was pleased to donate some of the rods and reels to the Roseburg Project Healing Waters Chapter, whose mission is a dedication to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military personnel and disabled veterans through fly fishing and associated activities.
The following is a list of the remaining items for sale:
- We have lots of really nice Loop reels.
- We also have some Asian machined reels that appear to be really high quality but not well known.
- We have lots of spare spools, many that we don’t have a reel to go with.
- There is a big pile of flies, hooks, and tying material.
For more information contact Karl Konecny at karlnwp@centurylink.net.
