Outings
It’s all about the fishing!
Fort Worth Fly Fishers organize weekend outings to lakes and rivers within easy driving distance. Some are one-day events and others are multi-day. All provide opportunities to learn new waters and share the experiences with members.
FWFF makes lemonade out of lemons with Cleburne “popup” outing
By Elizabeth Davis “Let’s make some lemonade!” exclaimed Les Jackson, tenured Fort Worth Fly Fishers member in a recent email. Now, before you suppose “lemonade: is a new fly pattern recipe or the fabulous dance move Les is displaying in the picture below, please...
Second chance for coast outing to Sargent, Texas, on Aug. 16-18
June’s outing is to Sargent, Texas, was canceled due to all the freshwater flowing in to the bay. This gives those who couldn’t go at that time a second chance to make it. We have rescheduled for August 16 - 18. The setup is the same. We have three houses reserved...
2019 Colorado trip set for new venue
South Fork, Colo., offers great fishing in a beautiful setting with opportunities for fellowship. Russell Husted, our fearless leader on the always popular South Fork, Colo., trip, says the lodging and dates for this year's unofficial event are set. "This year we...
Head to the Nolan River for sand bass on March 16
The time is near for my favorite season of the year: Springtime and white bass fishing. Every spring, white bass run up creeks and rivers for their annual spawn. Large numbers of white bass can be concentrated in small sections of water, exposing themselves to...
April outing to Bill Ward ranch in Mexia a favorite
It’s time for another of the club’s all-time favorite outings – the overnighter to Bill Ward’s Ranch near Mexia (pronounced muh-HAY-uh). Bill wants to remove some of the population of bass and sunfish/perch and we are just the group to do it. Bill’s clear,...
Fly Fish 101 draws a whole pack of students in Glen Rose
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...
The Brazos River through a professional photographer’s lens
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 and enjoy.
Join us for a special Fly Fish 101 on the Paluxy River on March 2
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...
Fly Fish 101/January outing canceled
The Jan. 19 FF101/outing on the Brazos below the Possum Kingdom dam has been canceled. Water flows are at dangerous levels, the weather outlook is atrocious and the state has not been stocking trout because of the high river flows. It’s a completed turnaround from...
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...
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...
Fly Fish 101/January outing draws a crowd
More than 60 members and non-members enjoyed a gorgeous day on the Brazos River during the club's combined Fly Fish101/January outing on Saturday. And by the count of Kay and Les Jackson, close to half the attendees were women and young people, two groups that we'd...