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After the Blake’s presentation at the last meeting, he has offered up 6 spots for TFF members to join PACK on their next Devil’s river trip March of 2027. There is a firm deadline of August 20 to register. If you are interested, please reach out to Blake. More information about the trip and his contact info is in the event post below.
I’m sure there are more adventurous types than the few signed up so far.
Since we are finishing so late, I plan to camp in place rather than drive home.
Sign up at this link:
We need to get out onto the water, but the temperature is to high for comfort during the day. The moon will be just leaving the full phase, so we will have plenty of light.
Here is our current plan: Damon 7 Lakes from 1800 Friday to 0300 Saturday, fishing from a watercraft, the type depending on how many of us feel the need to be on the water.
There would be a $30/person guest fee for anybody willing to join in.
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Friends,
With the rain stopping later in the day than anticipated, I don’t think camping tonight, Friday, would be very comfortable.
Let’s not camp tonight, but enjoy the cooler weather and clearer skies tomorrow, Saturday.
Feel free to text, or email, David or I with questions.
See you in the morning.
“Puck”
The TFF monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday 28 of April, 2026. Our topic will be on fly fishing for sunfish at Damon 7 Lakes. This may help you in preparation for our annual Sunfish Spectacular. This is our annual fun family fishing event Saturday, 2nd of May 2026, at Damon Seven Lakes.
St. Thomas Presbyterian Church PC(USA), 14100 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77079
Fellowship hall, see the map below:
Topics covered include gear for sunfish, our favorite flies, how to fish them, a review of Damon Seven Lakes and the different options to fish.
During the socializing pre-meeting we will have some fly tying going on.
Howard is also planning to bring books from storage in an attempt to re-home them.
Some of our group had to cancel, opening up these prime spots.
We need folks to sign up early. The headcount is needed to buy the correct amount of food and make sure that we have enough volunteers to make a successful event.
Also by signing up early you save $10. ($20 for early sign-up, $30 for show up).
Online registration closes at midnight on Wednesday, April 29th. We like early online registrations to give David a better count of attendees; he can more accurately purchase the correct amount food for our lunch. (It takes two days to thaw the hamburger patties and a thawed hamburger cooks quicker. So the food will be purchased on April 29th.)
All of the details are here:
If you have a favorite bluegill/panfish fly that you are willing to share, contact Puck.
We are looking at 50 of each fly so we can give flies that work to the folks that sign up early.
So far we have :
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Fish were caught. Fun was had. Weather changed late Saturday afternoon,
7 anglers showed up early on Friday morning to get some fishing in before the anticipated weather change on Saturday afternoon.
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This is THE family friendly event of the year!
The May 2025 and 2026 JSSFS Trip Reports are available for viewing, see link2025 and link2026.
2026 JSSFS Trip Description:
Join us for our 23nd annual fun family fishing event and lunch on Saturday, May 2nd, at Damon’s Seven Lakes (D7L). This is a little later in the year than previously. Hopefully the water and air temperature will be warmer, allowing the fish to feed more actively. If you want to camp you may come after 3 pm on Friday, May 1st. Fishing is mostly from the shore, but kickboat, canoe, and/or kayaking are quite successful. Members are encouraged to bring guests. These guests are how we spread the word, and it is always good to have friends on the water. To learn more about how the Texas Flyfishers of Houston (TFF) Club’s John Scarborough Sunfish Spectacular (JSSFS) event came about, please click this link for a video of Puck giving the explanation.
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