Education
Up your game! Improve your casting, fishing techniques and fly tying.
The FWFF club has an active education program available to everyone, with something for new, novice fly fishers to experienced anglers. Each month we have a Quick Clinic featuring a specific topic that provides insight and practical learning on a fly fishing-related topic, and quarterly we organize a local fishing outing, which we call Fly Fish 101, dedicated to helping first timers and those with little experience fly fishing. We teach them to how to cast, make contact with a fish, and land it!
Monthly – Quick Clinics
Starting at 6:40 p.m. before each monthly meeting, we hold a Quick Clinic. A member of our club presents a brief review of tips for tackle, tying knots or catching a specific species of fish. Just arrive by 6:40 p.m. and look for the Quick Clinic table and gathering of folks.
Quarterly – Fly Fishing 101 Events
Take Advantage of Fly Fishing Educational Opportunities provided by the FWFF club. For those of you who are new to the club, we have an active education program that will help you through the learning curve from how to set up your rod, select flies, cast and present your fly to the fish. Once a quarter we organize a local fishing outing, which we call Fly Fish 101, dedicated to helping first timers and those with little experience fly fishing, and teach them to how to cast, make contact with a fish and land it.
If you’re a novice and want to take the full “tour,” we have casting help as well as instruction on tying on tippet and how to make fly choices for the types of fish being targeted that day. If you just want some tips, we will have mentors on location to help with that, too.
For those of you who are new to the club, you’ll be asking lots of questions about “how”, “when” and “where” to fly fish locally or get ready for that trip of a lifetime. We do our best to answer those questions, too.
Jerry Hamon talks kayak fishing in September
Our Sept. 5 membership meeting welcomes Jerry Hamon, whose presentation, “A Man, A Kayak, and A Fly Rod” is a virtual tour with him as he spends retirement travelling, fishing, camping, kayaking, volunteering and guiding veterans and first responders on fly fishing...
Port Aransas is base for October coast trip
By Bryce BezantFWFF Director The FWFF Coast outing is heading to the Port Aransas/Mustang Island area Oct. 19-22 (three nights). We have blocked out 10 rooms (20 people at two per room) at the Mustang Island Episcopal Conference Center. The cost is $145 a person per...
Dutch Baughman shares experiences Aug. 1
Our own Dutch Baughman shares his fly tying and fly fishing experiences with the club at our Aug. 1 membership meeting at our usual venue, the UNT Health Science Center at 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. in Fort Worth at 7 p.m. Join us for another educational and entertaining...
Come chase carp on the Nolan River July 1
By Chris Patnode Outing Host NOTE: This article reflects is a change of location for this outing.If you’ve never caught a carp on a fly rod, you’re missing a fun fight. They are tricky to catch, but if you know the right techniques, flies, and skills, you will get a...
Sharpen your kayak casting at June 6 meeting
With the June 6 meeting we begin our Summer Learning Series, which will continue in August. NOTE: THIS IS A SPECIAL EVENT. DO NOT GO TO OUR USUAL VENUE AT UNT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER. . The June Casting Clinic will start at 5 p.m. at the Panther Island Pavilion area,...
May speaker Pat Vanek presents tips for Brazos bass fishing
For our May 2 membership meeting, Pat Vanek of Bosque Valley Fly Fishing in Waco shares his approach to chasing bass in the Brazos River, based on 30 years of fishing downstream of Lake Whitney and other central Texas waters. He owns and operates Bosque Valley Fly...