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.
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 outing set for Nolan River on Aug. 15
FWFF member Chris Patnode with a freshwater drum taken on the Nolan River in June. With the arrival of triple-digit heat in Texas, our August outing will move from the gravel banks of Brazos Point on the Brazos River to the shadier Nolan River near Blum. Blum is...
Colorado trip on for July 18-25
FWFF's annual trip to the South Fork, Colo., area will take place this at a new venue. Host Russell Husted has contacted Cottonwood Cove, located between South Fork and Creede, regarding their cabins. They not only have vacancies now, but anticipate cancellations as...
October outing to Lake Caddo canceled
FWFF’s scheduled outing to Lake Caddo in October has been canceled, according to Outings Director Chris Patnode. Organizers will work to present an alternative outing to a local site yet to be determined. he said. FWFF members who registered for the Oct. 18-20 event...
FWFF goes to Oklahoma’s Lower Illinois River in September!
By Russell Husted We are excited to share with you some details about our monthly outing for Sept. 20-22 . Many of you enjoyed the presentation that Donavan Clary shared with us recently. I know I did, and am really looking forward to this outing. We will be going to...
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.