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SALEM — The Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife (ODFW) is plan-
ning four online public
meetings later this month to
present information about
the agency’s proposed
budget for the 2023-25
biennium.
ODFW offi cials will
also take questions and
comments from the public
during the meetings.
ODFW is not proposing
any increases in hunting
or fi shing license fees.
The last increases were
approved by the 2015 Leg-
islature and took eff ect in
2016, 2018 and 2020.
The agency will use
public comments from the
meetings to help draft its
budget request for the Fish
and Wildlife Commission
to consider during its June
17 meeting. Prior to that,
the Commission will have a
special meeting on May 13,
also online and open to the
public, to take public tes-
timony about the proposed
budget.
The budget proposal
approved by the Commis-
sion then goes to the Legis-
lature for its consideration
in 2023.
ODFW headquarters
staff will attend each of the
four public meetings, along
with regional offi cials, who
will have local information
for their area.
The schedule:
• Northwest Region,
April 12, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• Southwest Region,
April 13, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• Northeast Region,
April 14, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• Southeast Region,
April 15, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
All meetings are acces-
sible through the same
link and phone number.
For the video meeting,
https://www.zoomgov.
com/j/1602917760.
For phone only, dial
1-669-254-5252, or 1-669-
216-1590, or 1-551-285-1373
or 1-646-828-7666. The
webinar ID is 160-291-7760.
The beauty of fl y-
fi shing is it gives you
exactly what you demand
of it. The art of the angle
can be complex or simple,
technical or sublime.
Last year, over a Zoom
presentation to a fl y-
fi shing club, I talked to
a guy who said he was
going to go fi shing again
as soon as COVID was
over. Meanwhile he was
going to sit in on video
fl y-tying and travel discus-
sions. I’m guessing that is
what he wanted from fl y-
fi shing, for the time.
A friend of mine was
treasurer for a fl y-fi shing
club in Portland. I invited
him once on a dry fl y
trip to Chile and he was
ready to buy his airline
ticket when his fear of
being found out kicked in.
He was not as skilled as
he wanted to be, he said.
He confessed his casting
skills were sub-par and
his knowledge of bugs
was lacking.
“I’m just not ready for
a trip like that, Gary,” he
said. “Invite me next year.
Maybe next year I’ll be
ready.”
I tried to point out that
if he went on the trip I
proposed, and that he was
well able to aff ord, he
would acquire the skills
he wanted with the help
of the guides and the
fi sh. Along the way he
would catch big trout and
medium size trout and
even a few small ones.
“Maybe I’ll go on a
trip around here and get
the skills, I need,” he
said.
Do you think he did? I
don’t either.
There are always
people that will tell you
not to go fi shing. I got
grounded from fi shing
when I was in ninth
grade because my algebra
scores fell off . I got up
earlier in the morning
than my parents on a Sat-
urday morning and went
anyway.
Ask my dad if you
bump into him on the
river this season. Was it
more important to Gary’s
future that he improve his
grades from Cs to Bs in
algebra? Or was fi shing
more important? Dad will
say I did pretty good in
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2022
geometry, especially the
part that deals with the
angle.
One time I was on
the Kalama River in the
middle of an epic steel-
head bite and the offi ce
called my grandparents’
house and wanted me to
come in. Do you think I
came off the river before
dark? No. Did they fi re
me? No. I quit a month
later. No one needs that
kind of pressure.
I am not a fl y-fi shing
guide but I fi nd myself in
the position of teaching
people to fl y-fi sh every
season. Lots of times it’s
11-year-olds or spouses
of friends or people who
show up on trips I’m on.
The thing I spend the
least amount of time on
is the casting. Truth is,
anyone who can pick up
a fl y rod and keep it off
the ground is equipped
to catch fi sh on small
streams or still water.
What they need is work
on presentation, on
theory, on line control. If
they like fl y-fi shing, they
can get a casting lesson
next week. Think I’m
wrong? Watch someone
with a 7-foot tenkara rod.
They can’t cast more than
12 feet at best, but they
can catch fi sh all day long
on good water.
People pick up fl y-
fi shing for a lot of rea-
sons. Catching fi sh may
not be at the top of the
list, but it is important
enough a person should
go fi shing when they want
to.
What do you want
from fl y-fi shing? Are
you getting it? If not, go
out and demand it. Want
to be a better caster?
Go fi shing. Then get a
casting lesson. Want to
learn more about bugs?
Go fi shing and turn over
rocks. Want to multiply
your fi shing skills? Hire
a guide.
If someone tells you
not to go fi shing for
whatever reason — your
health, your grades, their
status or their money,
you are better off going
fi shing anyway. Just get
up earlier in the morning.
█
Gary Lewis is the author
of Fishing Central Oregon
and Oregon Lake Maps and
Fishing Guide and other titles.
To contact Gary, visit www.
garylewisoutdoors.com.
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FOR THE COUNTY OF BAKER
In Probate
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF
THE STATE Of OREGON
FOR THE COUNTY Of UNION
[Probate Department]
In the Matter of the Estate of:
DONN ROGER BALLANTYNE,
Deceased
Case No. 22PB02801
NOTICE TO
INTERESTED PERSONS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned has been ap-
pointed personal representative.
All persons having claims against
the estate are required to present
them, with vouchers attached, to
the undersigned Personal Repre-
sentative at the office of DAN
VAN THIEL, Attorney at Law, P.O.
Box 805, Baker City, Oregon,
97814, within four (4) months
after the date of first publication of
this notice, or the claims may be
barred.
All persons whose rights may be
affected by the proceedings may
obtain additional information from
the records of the court, the
Personal Representative, or the
attorney for the Personal Repre-
sentative, DAN VAN THIEL.
Dated and first published April 9,
2022.
Personal Representative:
David Smith
3021 Battaglia Avenue
Gresham, OR 97080
Attorney for Estate:
DAN VAN THIEL,
OSB No. 641102
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 805
1831 First Street
Baker City, OR 97814
541-523-4515
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In the Matter of the Estate of
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