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Founded in 1947, the Pasadena Casting Club is a group of fly fishing enthusiasts dedicated to the art of angling and casting, conservation, education, catch and release philosophy, and camaraderie through Club meetings, outings and events.
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Pasadena Casting Club Past Presidents




1947 & 1948
Herbert C. Shefflin

1949 & 1950
J. Carl Boles



1951
George Slack


1952
Ray Neice


1953
R. L. Griffith


1954
John Wit


1955
Leo Johnson


1956 & 1957
Gordon Roberts


1958
Donald Montgomery


1959
Charles A. Stevens


1960 & 1961
David Heard


1961
President Pro tem Ken C. Stever

1962
President Pro tem Munn Holberton



1962 & 1963
Harold Storey


1964 & 1965 & 1966
Earl Martin


1967
Robert D. Cathcart


1968
Kenneth B. Anderson


1969
Bernard M. Lindsay


1970 & 1971
George W. Hofmann


1972
Donald F. Sturzenacker


1973 & 1974
Ralph M. Van Wagner


1975
Robert J. Hoback


1976
Wayne P. Strong


1977
Lance King


1978
Adam McCleod


1979
Ralph M. Van Wagner



1980
L. Larry Hampy


1981 & 1982
Jay Engle


1983
Diane Prossen - Armstrong


1984
Richard Baron


1985
James Griswold


1986
Henry Palmer


1987 - 1988
Joyce Merigold


1989 - 1990
Daniel P. Reed


1991
John Hogg


1992 - 1993
Warren Lee


1994 & 1995
Tom Fox


1996
Wayne Williams


1997
Joyce Merigold


1998
Randy Carter


1999
Will Trefry


2000 - 2001
Eric Callow

Eric Callow started fly fishing in Idaho at age 7 but it wasn’t until he joined the PCC in 1994 that he truly started to learn the sports of fly fishing and, ultimately, casting. Eric became a Certified Casting Instructor in 2014 and now serves as Director of Casting Activities for the Southwest Council of Fly Fishers International.  He is active as a tournament caster in the American Casting Association. He served as President of the PCC Board 2000-2002 and led a number of initiatives for the club, including landscaping the grounds in 1998. Currently, he chairs the Public Relations Committee .


2002
Kip Gomez


2003
Bill Woolson


2004
Seymour Singer


2005
Don Wolfe



2006 - 2007
Manuel Camargo

Manuel is a Southern California native and lifelong fisherman whose father, Manuel Sr., introduced him to fishing at an early age. He picked up fly fishing in the early 1990s and joined the Pasadena Casting Club shortly thereafter. He served as fundraising chair for a few years and as president from 2006 to 2007. In recent years, Manuel has supported two wounded veterans trips in the Mammoth Lakes area. His adult children, Isabella and Alexander, also fly fish. He lives with his wife Irene in Glendale. In addition to fly fishing, Manuel also is a marathoner and endurance cyclist.


2008 - 2009 - 2010
Tom Smith


2011 - 2012
Seymour Singer


2013 - 2014 
Dennis Greninger
Dennis started fly fishing in 1973, joined PCC originally in 1976, drifted away, and rejoined in 2004. Both Dennis and his wife Erika are avid fly fishers. Their favorite fishing spots include Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Hot Creek, the Madison River, and the Big Horn River. Dennis retired in 2008 after 38 years teaching U.S. History in the Los Angeles Unified School District. His son Ethan is also an active Club member. Dennis is also a longtime photographer and railroad buff.


2015 - 2016
Leigh Ann Swanson


2017 - 2018
Wenda Payan
Wenda is responsible for organizing PCC's Annual Fundraiser, an auction and raffle held in March of every year, as well as the raffles held at every monthly meeting. Wenda’s ideal vacation is a wilderness destination road trip with her camp trailer in tow and a trunk full of fly rods. She was introduced to fly fishing and fly tying by her father when she was a teenager living in the Eastern Sierra. After her husband, Paul, became interested in fly fishing, they signed up for classes at PCC. Paul and Wenda are now inseparable river partners, but still competitive with everything fishing, so it’s no surprise that Wenda warns Paul “game on” whenever they hit the water!


2019
Adrian Uribe
Adrian Cid Uribe was born and raised in Northern California where he grew up fishing alongside his cousins and uncles as a boy. His passion for fishing expanded as he grew into an adolescent jumping at every chance he got to fish with his Uncle Manuel for steelhead, salmon, and stripers in the Sacramento, Feather, Yuba, and American Rivers. Adrian had to put his fly rod down temporarily to focus on his studies at UCLA, but returned to his passion shortly after graduation, when he moved to Miami to join the Teach for America program. Adrian took advantage of the many fly fishing opportunities available in South Florida, and now he enjoys both the fresh and saltwater water fly fishing the Los Angeles area offers. He has a particular affinity for fishing the rivers he once fished as a little boy with his spey rod. Adrian is an attorney practicing civil rights and criminal defense law in Pasadena.


2020-2022
Sam Hagen
Sam has been fly fishing for many years and is still humbled every time he goes out. Fly tying makes his ADD kick in hard, so he is a fly buyer rather than a fly tier. However, he enjoys the art of fly casting and loves this aspect of our great sport. He and his wife are empty nester's that live in Claremont, but enjoy their time with their adorable dog, Cash. Sam has been a Mortgage Salesman for over 20 years and often introduces his clients to our great sport.









2022-2024
Becky Rakisits
Becky was born and raised in Pasadena, and first started fishing when she met my husband, Zackary. Being an adventurous woman, she took up fishing right away. She even caught a bigger fish than her husband ever had! She has been fishing for about ten years, she has immersed herself into the club to learn everything she can because you can never stop learning. Other than fly fishing, her interests include hunting, traveling, and painting. While President, she became a mother to a wonderful baby girl, Zoe. She is now pregnant with her second baby and due in August 2024. You will also see Becky with her two Bracco Italiano doggies, Diesel and Lugnut. They are always there for the catch, and maybe to play in the water! Fly fishing has become a huge part of Becky's soul and she can’t wait to continue this with her daughters!