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FWFF favorite Landon Mayer is February speaker
Join us online on Feb. 2 for Landon R. Mayer's presentation, Mastering the Short Game, in which he points out that 80 percent of trout are caught within 20 feet or closer. Watch for an email from FWFF President David Hooper for the Zoom link as the meeting date nears,...
2021FWFF auction launches online
Get what you really wanted for Christmas! Does the end of the holiday season have you down? Fort Worth Fly Fishers can help! FWFF is hosting a virtual auction for a wide range of items available at great prices. The money collected from this virtual auction supports...
Jeff Currier talks bass and other warm-water species on Jan. 5
Jeff Currier was born in Massachusetts in 1965 and grew up fly fishing throughout New England. After graduating from Masconomet Regional High School, his search for new fly fishing adventures led him to Northland College in...
November outing to Tenkiller Lake in Gore, Oklahoma
On Nov. 20-22 the club returns to Oklahoma’s Tenkiller Lake for our monthly outing. Last year’s trip in September was well attended and lacked only better fishing, which ran into some hot weather. So this year we’re going a month later to resume our hunt for the...
Beyond Catching: Fly fishing the Everglades with November speaker Capt. Ed Tamson
Capt. Edward Tamson, our November speaker, has been a passionate angler and conservation advocate since his first backpacking and fly fishing trips into the California High Sierras more than five decades ago. After a successful career as a corporate consultant, he...
Brazos guide Pat Vanek joins FWFF live or online on Oct. 6
Pat Vanek will present “Fly Fishing on the Brazos River” at the Oct. 6 Fort Worth Fly Fishers monthly meeting.This month’s meeting will be at Backwoods Fort Worth and there will also be a simultaneous webcast. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Pat will display some of the...
Explore Florida saltwater fishing with Steve Bailey
Retired saltwater guide, summertime trout fisherman and longtime Fort Myers, Fla., resident Steve Bailey brings his wide experience as our November speaker. Steve has worked with some of the sport’s best-known figures, including the late Lefty Kreh and Walkers Cay...
Fishies and brewskis — a new Fly Fish 101 on Nov. 3
Please mark your calendars for Saturday, Nov. 3, for an upcoming free event. Fly Fish 101 will happen from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Trinity River behind the Martin House Brewery at 220 South Sylvania Ave., No. 209, in Fort Worth. Our host is member Vince Turley....
Octoberfisch postponed after flooding
Octoberfisch, the fall fishing gathering sponsored by Fredericksburg Fly Fishers, has been postponed after severe flooding hit the Junction, Texas, area that was to host the popular event. It had been set for Oct. 19-21. Jerry Hamon, president of the Fly Fishing...
October newsletter now available
The October 2018 newsletter is now available. To read the issue, click here.
Put some salt on it!
Sean Polk, our speaker at the Oct. 2 membership meeting, presents a great primer on saltwater fishing in Texas. His presentation is titled Saltwater Travel: What You Need and Need to Know Sean is the Retail Sales Manager for Tailwaters Fly Fishing in Dallas. He grew...
September newsletter now available
The Fort Worth Fly Fishers September 2018 newsletter is now available online. Click on the link below to read it. 201809 FWFF-Newsletter September 2018 (005)
Don’t forget: Casting Clinic is September 4 membership meeting
August newsletter now available
The Fort Worth Fly Fishers August 2018 newsletter is now available. Click on the link below to read it. FWFF-Newsletter August 2018sm
Annual Colorado trip dodges fires, low water conditions
By Russell Husted Well, another trip to Colorado is in the books. This year’s trips presented us new challenges and excitement. Water was in short supply this year, and that was both good and bad news. The good news was that the low water made the Rio Grande very...
July newsletter now available
We've got a look ahead to the club's summer learning series at the upcoming July, August and September monthly membership meetings, plus a recap and photos of the June outing to the Paluxy River in the July newsletter. The link is here.
Paluxy River outing draws a crowd
By Ken Bowers The Paluxy River is a place to go that is reasonably close to home and easy to fish. The Paluxy lived up to its billing as a mercurial bit of water -- fast to rise, even faster to fall. The hope, inspired by frequent roadside warnings to use caution for...
June newsletter now available
The Fort Worth Fly Fishers June 2018 newsletter is now available. Click on the link below to read it. FWFF-Newsletter June 2018 small