by Jim Fuquay | Apr 24, 2019 | Calendar Events, Club Event, Education, Monthly Speaker, News
On May 7 Donavan Clary will talk to us about fly fishing the Lower Illinois River – Oklahoma’s “unknown jewel.” It begins at the base of the Lake Tenkiller Dam in Northeastern Oklahoma, near Gore, Okla., and runs about 10 miles to the Arkansas River. The Lower...
by Jim Fuquay | Apr 24, 2019 | Education, News, Skills
Come help the Scouts complete their Fly Fishing Merit Badge THIS WEEKEND! Back in March at Flyfest a group of Scouts learned how to tie a fly, received basic fly casting instruction, learned and demonstrated how to tie the five basic knots required as part of the Fly...
by Jim Fuquay | Mar 4, 2019 | Calendar Events, Club Event, Club Outings, Education, News
The March 2 Fly Fish 101 in Dinosaur Valley State Park offered trout weather (chilly and damp) along with an unexpected pack of Boy Scouts from near Houston. And it was all just fine. With casting and fly-tying instruction led by FWFF member Russell Husted and a...
by Jim Fuquay | Mar 1, 2019 | Conservation, Destinations, Education, News
FWFF member Mark Kolanowski has combined his photography and love of fly fishing in a slide show of images from the Brazos River. It’s about four minutes long with a soundtrack. To view it on Mark’s website, http://www.imkphotography.com/, just click here...
by Jim Fuquay | Feb 18, 2019 | Calendar Events, Club Event, Club Outings, Education, News
Opportunity knocks! Texas Parks & Wildlife plans a special trout stocking on March 2 in Dinosaur Valley State Park on the Paluxy River near Glen Rose. We will make this a Fly Fish 101 event, but it is also open to the public, so feel free to tell a friend or...
by Jim Fuquay | Feb 12, 2019 | Education, Fly of the Month, Meetings, News
Why didn’t we do this sooner? Now you can watch FWFF member Bill Hodges tie February’s Fly of the Month, a March Brown Wet Fly. Bill wrote the Fly of the Month article in the club’s February newsletter, and here he takes the process from start to...
