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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...
3 winners in 2020 kayak raffle, plus FWFF!
The Sept. 12 drawing in our 2020 kayak/pontoon boat raffle produced three winning ticket holders as well as producing a big win for Fort Worth Fly Fishers, as ticket sales topped expectations. If your name was Chip, it really topped expectations. Here are the lucky...
Sept. 1 meeting CANCELED due to bad weather
The Sept. 1 membership meeting, a casting clinic planned for Fort Worth's Trinity Park, has been canceled due to the forecast for wind and rain. We will try to reschedule this popular event for another time in the near future. Stay tuned for updates. .
Time to buy your Sept. 12 kayak/pontoon boat raffle tickets!
By Bill HodgesFWFF Past PresidentYour odds of winning one of three fine watercraft in FWFF’s annual raffle are pretty good right now. We have sold fewer coupons than in previous years and you now have triple the chance to win. See the flyer below for a full...
CANCELED! — Loughridge Lake on Sept. 19
The scheduled outing set for Sept. 19 at Loughridge Lake in Fort Worth has been canceled. Individuals who wish to explore this urban lake can do so on their own. Information on the location continues below. Loughridge Lake is located inside the Northwest Community...
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
May newsletter now available
The Fort Worth Fly Fishers May 2018 newsletter is now available. Click on the link below to read it. FWFF-Newsletter May 2018
April newsletter now available
The April 2018 Fort Worth Fly Fishers newsletter is now available. Just click below. FWFF-Newsletter April 2018
How FWFF member Adam Tate landed a record hybrid striper in the Trinity
Many FWFF members have already seen the big hybrid striper that member Adam Tate wrestled from the Trinity River last month. But here, as they say, is the rest of the story, told in Adam's own words. Two Records in Two Weeks: Tate’s Tale On Feb. 5 I was trying to gear...
March newsletter now available
The Fort Worth Fly Fishers March 2018 newsletter is now available. Click on the link below to read it. FWFF-Newsletter March 2018 for website
Only a week until the March 3 auction!
The annual Fort Worth Fly Fishers Fundraising Festival and auction is March 3. If you haven't registered yet, do it now one of three ways: online at www.eventbrite.com; by mailing a check to Fort Worth Fly Fishers, P.O. Box 1133, Fort Worth, TX 76101 (email Rick...
Enter the fly tying competition at this year’s auction!
So you think you're a pretty good fly tyer, huh? Then warm up the vise and whip out a few masterpieces for a judged fly tying competition at this year's upcoming Fort Worth Fly Fishing Fundraising Festival on March 3. Enter a fly (or...
Get ready for the annual Fly Fishing Fundraising Festival auction, March 3
It's just a couple of weeks from the club's 2018, the Fly Fishing Fundraising Festival, set for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 3. We've got a great new location, Wild Acre Brewing in Fort Worth, where you'll get three beer tickets and trip through the Mexican food...