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August Meeting - Summer Mini Expo 2010 August 31 – 6-8:45PM – Bayland Community Center
Join us on the August 31st from 6:00 to 8:45 as we show off our club’s talents and exploits in a miniature expo style meeting that you don’t want to miss. We will have tables at our regular monthly meeting location featuring fly tying, rod building, knot tying, leader building, and fishing trip presentations. A casting demonstration and clinic will also be a part of this second Summer Mini Expo.
The fly tiers table will be manned by: Mike Arnold, Don Puckett, Bob Powell, Alex Blacque, Bill Heugel, and John Carpenter.
The rod building table, hosted by Joe Nicklo, will showcase work of the club members.
Brent Ewald will teach knot tying.
A casting demonstration and clinic will be presented by guide Steve Soule.
Learn how to use those tough to figure out fly fishing gadgets. Have you got one of those knot tying tools that don’t seem to make knot tying easier, well Bob Logan will teach you how they are used.
Fishing Trip presentations (20 minutes each) will be presented by:
There will also be food trays and soft drinks available. Raffle tickets will be sold “Buy one, get one free”. You can target your favorite major prizes by loading up a bucket at one of the table with tickets. Bring family and friends.
posted 12 August 2010 - David Lemke
San Luis Pass and Christmas Bay Outing - Saturday 28 August
Spend the day fishing the waters of San Luis Pass, Christmas Bay and, conditions permitting, the surf just outside the pass, for speckled trout, redfish, flounder, ladyfish and the other denizens of San Luis Pass. These areas can be accessed by boat, kayak or by wading. Check the Saltwater Outing Plan for all the details. If you are a TFF member sign up on the Forum. If you would like to be a guest, and guests are always welcome, contact Don Puckett - your outing leader.
posted 12 August 2010 2010 - Don Puckett
Pay your dues with PayPal
Membership dues for Texas FlyFishers cover the Club fiscal year - from 01 July through 30 June - so if you haven't already done so it is time to renew. Our dues have been unchanged for the last fifteen years and this year we have added a PayPal memberhsip dues payment option for those of you that prefer the convenience of electronic payment. You do not need a PayPal account to use this feature and can pay with your credit card. Using PayPal means that the club website does not have access to any of your billing information. If you are not comfortable with electronic payment systems please use the conventional SnailMail option. See the Memberhsip page for more details.
posted 1 June 2010 - Harry
San Marcos with Fishhead - Saturday 21 August
This year we will run the river from the San Marcos River Retreat and down to Spencer Canoe / Shady Grove Campground, about 5 miles. This is Kevin Hutchison's favorite run and like the headwaters it has some tricky water but nothing that you can't navigate. We have done this run in the past and most of the members enjoyed it. Check the Freshwater Outing Plan for all the details. If you are a TFF member sign up on the Forum. If you would like to be a guest, and guests are always welcome, contact Steve Sheaffer - your outing leader.
posted 11 July 2010 - Steve Sheaffer
Club Contribution to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
We all know that the Texas FlyFishers's Redfish Rodeo is a two-person team, honor system based tournament with the primary goals to promote catch and release fly fishing and generate a donation to a conservation-minded organization. This year the Board agreed with Chris Sumers's recommendation that a $400 donation be made to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Angler Education program to be used in youth flyfishing education because the objectives of the youth education program are aligned with the interests of the Texas FlyFishers. See the acknowledgement and thank you letter from Ann Miller, Aquatic Education Coordinator, TP&WD.
posted 7 January 2010 - Harry
Fly Tying Roundtable at Bass Pros
Join Russel, Puck, Robert, and Brent for some flytying at the local Bass Pro Shops. First Wednesday of the month will find them at the Bass Pro in Katy. Last Wednesday of the month they hang out at the Pearland store. Contact Don via the forum for more info on times and what to bring.
posted 6 January 2010 - Harry
Club Meetings
Club Meetings are held at the Bayland Community Center in Bayland Park on the last Tuesday of the month. The Harris County District 3 Bayland Park Community Center is located at 6400 Bissonnet Street, Houston, Texas 77074. The phone number at the center is (713) 541-9951. To find the community center within the park download and print this Bayland Park map. For directions, go to this Interactive Map and Directions site.
posted 17 July 2008
Other Stuff
Texas River Access
"There are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers that meander through 191,000 miles of Texas landscape. These vastly important aquatic ecosystems play a major role in protecting water quality, preventing erosion, and providing nutrients and habitat for fish and wildlife. Along the way, water that eventually flows into seven major estuaries, supports over 212 reservoirs, countless riparian habitats, wetlands, and terrestrial areas. Each year Texas rivers and streams provide recreational opportunities to millions of Texans and visitors from all over the world.
The Texas River Guide provides river enthusiasts with an evergrowing source for internet based information related to Texas Rivers. However, rivers are a natural resource that can be dangerous. When planning to recreate on rivers your individual skill level or the skill level of the least experienced person in your river party should dictate the level of river activities you should participate in."
The guide provides information on access to the rivers in Texas but it is not yet complete. Check it out at Texas River Guide .
posted 25 May 2008
About the Club
The Texas FlyFishers of Houston was founded in 1976 by a group of avid fly fishermen. Their objectives then, as ours are now, were to share their knowledge of fly fishing with one another and others who wanted to learn, to help in conserving our natural resources, to enjoy the camaraderie of fly fishing, and to have a good time doing it.
We have an active club with a full range of activities. There is something for everyone, from beginner to expert, from the very young to those who remember when all fly rods were made of cane, and for all skill levels, from those who haven't yet held a fly rod to those who can cast more fly line than you can buy.
Outing Reports
June Llano River Report
13 members made the 9-1/2 mile Saturday float trip. 10 stayed in the local motels, 2 in the state park, and 1 just drove in for the day. Everybody caught fish. No Miss Prissies were used. I have a few converts for the yellow spider, to include Hunter, Dub's GS. One of us broke his fly rod but had brought a "back-up" ultra-light spin-cast rod, with no lures. I gave him my heaviest "Swamp monster" and he once again went back to catching fish. Charles caught the biggest fish, a catfish (he has a picture). Jude or Eduardo caught the second largest fish, both large mouth bass. I haven't seen both pictures yet so can't be sure yet which was larger.
Tolls of the river: 3 broken rods, 4 swimmers, a lost set of pliers, and a bottle of water. One of us swam 4 separate times. And one of our party did a lot of “aggressive wading,” also know as “swimming.” 7 of us car-pooled from Katy. That's the way to make this trip, car-pool with a kayak trailer. We floated 9-1/2 miles. 10 of us met up at Jay's at 0700, even after transloading, and renting kayaks, we were still on the water by 0800. I told Jay to pick us up at 1800, which I now know is too early. I should have said 2000, but some of our crew wanted to go back to Isaak's for dinner. The GPS came in handy to keep us on time. I didn't bring enough batteries with me, but Eduardo had packed extra, so we were once again in business. We had 2 or three cameras with is so hopefully we can get them all to Dave. We may even have a few pictures of something besides fish.
posted 11 July 2010 - Puc
Terry McCafferty wins 2010 Sunfish Spectacular
Fifty-one club members and friends turned out for the 2010 Sunfsih Spectacular at Damon's Seven Lakes. Here are the stats for the thrity-four that turned in landing cards: 365 bream were caught for an average of 11 per person; 151 Bass were caught for an average of 4.5 each person. The largest Bream recorded and measured, a 10.25 inch red ear, was caught by Terry McCafferty. A 23"bass, the largest reported, was caught by Bob Powell on a fly he ties. The second largest bass recorded at 21" was by caught by Linda Powell; must be a family thing. Only one tree was recorded caught by Brett Young. I don't know if he landed the tree but I am sure a lot of other trees got away with our flies.
The club again would like to acknowledge the support and hard work of Mike, Sandy, and Matt Arnold that makes the Sunfish Spectacular such a success.
posted 18 May 2010 - Harry
Ron Kirchoff won a Seven Lakes Membership at the Auction
Ron Kirchoff won one of the three Seven Lakes memberships that Mike Arnold donated for the club Auction. To get a jump start on fishing the Lakes, the auction item came with a full day on the water with Harry to show him the ropes. Ron took full advantage of the offer and started at 6.00 am on Saturday. With Mike Arnold providing information on the structure of the lakes and plenty of coaching on the finer points of catching at Seven Lakes from his custom fishing cart it was hard to miss. He also poneyed up a couple of his version of Sam's One Bug. The fishing was slow in the morning but picked up after lunch as shown in the photo above. Thanks to Mike for providing the generous donation to the club and thanks to Ron for helping to support the club with a generous winning bid.
posted 3 May 2010 - Harry
Doc scores with a Madam X
Doc and John fished with Mark at Damon's Seven Lakes a few weeks ago and this is just one of the fish they caught. This one weighed in at more than 2 punds (John said it was more like 4 pounds) and was caught with a very slow figure of eight retrieve on a Madam X. John had equal success using that custom ultralight with the bailless Alcedo Micron reel.
posted 30 April 2010 - Harry
Matt Blyth wins Guad One Fly
The 2010 Guadalupe One Fly goes down in the record books as a success. The day started off overcast, but as the sun rose in the sky the weather cleared and the day was beautiful. The water was high from all of the rain over the past few days causing the water to be very cloudy in the morning. The water started clearing in the afternoon but unfortunately it didn't help us catch fish. Only a few fish were caught on Saturday. The big winner of the 2010 Guadalupe One Fly is Matt Blyth with a beautiful 16 inch rainbow trout. Our hats go off to you Matt, good job.
The outing was led by Steve Vigil. Thank Steve next time you see him for stepping up and leading a freshwater outing.
posted 19 January 2010 - Steve
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