The BOD and officers have reviewed the responses from our member survey. Your feedback and suggestions are appreciated. Currently we are working to implement the following suggestions:

• New Member Meeting Format – Reduce the length of the Member Business Meeting to allow attendees to get home earlier. This was implemented at our February meeting
• Monthly Member Update Email – BOD suggestion to provide timely communication to all of our members, partners, and friends. This issue begins that publication
• Fishing Meetup Platform – Provide a way for members to connect and get together for a day of fishing on local waters. The BOD is testing an App called “Spond” to determine if it will work for our needs. Click on the App name to take a look
• Fly Casting Events and Workshops – Provide more events and communicate them better. We began our fly casting program last year and it was well received. It will continue this year with additional workshops to help you develop specific skills that are part of the program. As to communicate it better, we’re not sure what more we can do. Your suggestions are welcome
• Fly Tying Meetups – Provide beginning fly tying classes. We have received comment from local fly tying instructors and businesses that this would take away from their for-profit business. As a non-profit, we don’t want to do that. Instead, what we will do is a monthly fly tying meetup that connects with an upcoming Fishing Outing. Bod Harder will head this up, and attendees will share and tie fly patterns that will they use on the waters where the Outing is being held
• Beginner Fly Fishing Education – Provide workshops pertaining to learning how to fly fish. At the Western Idaho Fly Fishing Expo, we provide a beginner track of four (4) classes – equipment, knots, bugs, and how to put it all together on the water. We will look into to providing these classes this Spring
• Social Gatherings – Have more BBQ’s and social events. The monthly member meetings currently provide a social hour to begin. In March of this year, we are planning to have a Pizza Party Social gathering celebrating the volunteers who made the 2026 Expo a tremendous success