ABOUT

KEN J. McLEOD

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Mt. Baker Wilderness

Born in Seattle, WA., graduated from Roosevelt High, served (drafted) in the U.S. Army Signal Corp overseas (Vietnam Era Vet), and attended Bellevue and Shoreline Community Colleges. Past pres. of the Steelhead Trout Club of WA. and member since 1978, a member of the Trail Blazers Club since 1979 (Alpine Lakes fish stockers), a member of the Snohomish Sportsmen's Assc., Involved in outdoor/sportsman issues and enhancement projects as well as serving on a number of relating committees, and chaired countless meetings. A columnist for the Reel News 1993-'99 (Puget Sound Anglers publication). A conservationist and keen observer (naturalist-explorer) of nature. Enjoys outdoor photography, writing, wildlife watching, backpacking, climbing, giving outdoor related slide shows, carving hiking/walking sticks, all types of fishing,hunting and bird dogs, fly tying and shotgun shell reloading. A free-spirit thinker with a penchant for wine, women, song, and classic chevy cars.

25 Year Membership Award

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Forty year love affair with the camera, first being a Kodak Brownie. Studied photo composition of famed photographers such as: Ansel Adams, Josef Scaylea, Ray Atkinson, and Ed Cooper, which led to creative and instructional photo courses during high school.......thank you Mr. King!

Most of Ken's landscape photos were taken using a Franke & Heidecke Braunshweig Rolleiflex, using Vericolor Kodak 120 film. Closeup work is done wirh a 35mm Contax SLR/RTS camera with a Zeiss lens and Gemko 55mm close adapters using Ektachrome Kodak slide film.

OUTDOOR RELATED
VOLUNTEERISM & ACHIEVEMENTS:

Elected pres. Steelhead Trout Club of Wa. 1989-1990, 1995-1999. Elected sec./treasure Steelhead Trout Club 1980, 1988-1989, 1993-1994, 1996-1999. Steelhead Trout Club Conservation Award 1994, Steelhead Trout Club Inspirational Award 1991 and 1999, Howard Creek Steelhead Club Smolt Imprint Pond Chairman 1990-2000, Sportsfishing Summit Alliance Team in Snohomish, Washington, 1993 Deer Creek/Nfk Stillaquamish River Fly Fishers Policy Committee, Sportsmen's Show Kids Fishing Ponds and Kids Fishing Derby's, Hi-Laker & Trail Blazer Winter Social Photo Board Displays, American Fly Fishing Museum Exhibit 1982, Wild Sky Proposed Wilderness Bill Endorsements Campaign, Environmental Education Youth Program: Silverton, Washington. G.I. JOE'S Employee of the Month - July 2005.

PUBLICATIONS/CREDITS:

Salmon Trout Steelheader magazine, Fly Tyer, Sportsfishing Forum, Pack & Paddle, The Reel News, Gun Dog. Anacortas Art Gallery, Darrington Wildflower Festival, Greenwood Art Gallery, Crown Hill Sea First Bank Exhibit, Sears Interior Design Art Exhibit, Snohomish Library Arts Gallery Exhibit.

HISTORICAL FAMILY NOTE:

The McLeod family has been living in Western Washington state for 5 generations. Ken's grandfather (Ken McLeod) is considered the Founding Father of the State Game Dept. that began in 1933 (now the Wa. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife), he wrote most of Int.#62 which created the Dept. by then the peoples vote. He published the Northwest Sportsman Magazine from 1930-1933 in conjunction with that issue, as well as having the Northwest Sportsman show "On The Air" on KXA radio Tuesday evenings 7:30-8:00 PM. He was given a special WDFW award in 1984 recognizing his achievements for that. In 1985, he was awarded a Special Achievment Conservation Award by the National Wildlife Federation at their 50th Year Banquet in Seattle. He was also a charter member of many sportsmen related organizations such as: WA State Sportsmen's Council, King County Outdoor Sports Council, The Mountain Cabin Memorial Association, The Poggie Club, and the Wa. Fly Fishing Club and is noted as being a pioneer of steelhead fly fishing techniques using both floating and sinking fly lines, as well as a pioneer of 3-D photography. Ken's dad, George W. McLeod, is a noted fly casting champion who won early casting compitions before and after WW II, a NW venerated fly tier and fly fishermen known for his creations of: Skykomish Sunrise, Purple Peril, and the McLeod Ugly series, and being a long-time steelheader & salmon fisher, as well as a long-time hunter, and being a member of many sportsmen's organiztions. The McLeod's also had their own sporting goods shop in Kirkland, Wa. in the early 1950s. George went on to represent in the NW - Scientific Anglers Inc., St. Croix , and Headon developing fly lines and rods, as well as owning a successful fishing bait company called "Sure Strike" later in the 1960s-2000.

KJM
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