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Fly-fishing authors will visit By MARK FREEMAN Three noted authors of fly-fishing books involving Southern Oregon rivers will be in Ashland on Sept. 23 to sign books and help kick off a local fly-fishing fund-raiser set for next weekend. Authors Michael Baughman, Robin Carey and James "Doc" Hall will read selected passages from their books as well as sign copies during a 7:30 p.m. event at Bloomsbury Books store at 290 E. Main St., Ashland. Baughman is the author of "A River Seen Right," about the North Umpqua River. Carey wrote "North Bank: Claiming a Place on the Rogue," and Hall is the author of "Doc Hall's Journal: The Ramblings of a Sportsman." The readings and signings are considered a kickoff for Oregon Trout's Rogue River Steelhead Single Fly, a weekend-long fund-raiser to raise money for Oregon Trout's programs and projects in Southwest Oregon. Events center around a Sept. 26 fishing event in which teams of fly-casters will use one artificial fly to catch as many Rogue summer steelhead as possible in one day. Teams catching the most steelhead -- measured by total length and released -- will win prizes. More than 40 catch-and-release anglers will float the Upper Rogue during the event, which is the first such single-fly derby focusing on steelhead. The fishing event will be followed by a 5 p.m. awards dinner and auction at the Riverhouse in Shady Cove. Tickets cost $15 and are still available for the dinner and auction. Buy them at Bloomsbury Books or telephone 772-7988. Oregon Trout is a non-profit group that works to protect and restore native fish and their habitats. The organization is based in Portland, but it has a Medford field office. GRANTS PASS -- The Southern Oregon Fly Fishers will hold its sixth annual club picnic Saturday at Tom Pearce Park near Grants Pass. The picnic will begin at noon and focus around the park's Pavilion 2 area. The cost is $3 for adults, with children under 12 free. Food and utensils will be provided, but people whose last names begin with A-M are asked to bring salads, while the N-z people should bring desserts. The fall rifle-hunting season has not yet begun in Southern Oregon, but it has elsewhere in the state, and already there's a hunting-related shooting fatality. A 12-year-old Portland-area boy was shot and killed in an apparent hunting accident about three miles from Timothy Lake Saturday. It was unclear what species of game animal the boy was hunting. Craig Clark of Milwaukie was on his first hunting trip when he was shot by 18-year-old Jaron Galloway, who fired at what he thought was a deer. Clark died instantly, just after 8 a.m., said Clackamas County Sheriff's spokesman Damon Coates. The boys were with Clark's father, 44-year-old Daniel Clark, who waited with his son while Galloway went back to their campsite at Timothy Lake for help. Craig Clark had recently completed a hunting safety course, but wasn't wearing blaze-orange clothing, a precaution that safety instructors encourage, Coates said. The shooting happened on the first day of the High Cascade Rifle season, which runs Sept. 11-19. Clark had been camping with his family at the Oak Fork campground on Timothy Lake, which is in the Mount Hood National Forest. Police are investigating the incident as an accidental shooting, Coates said. He said he anticipates the case will be forwarded to the Clackamas County district attorney to be reviewed for possible criminal charges. Outdoor Journal main page Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 1999, Medford, Oregon USA