Events Calendar

SFF Upcoming Events

Keep an eye on this page, 2010 will be a great year for the Suncoast Fly Fishers with some great events in the planning stages.

 

To sign-up for any of the events listed above, please click below.

 

 

FLORIDA FLY FISHING EXPO

October 22-23 2010

Ramada Celebration Resort

6375 Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee, FL

 

PROGRAM

An outstanding array of tiers, presenters, vendor exhibitions, auction/raffle items, casting demonstrations and competitions are scheduled for participants in this FFF Florida Fly Fishing Family Reunion.  Registration is $10.00 and most sessions are free.  FFF Florida web site has changed.  Go to http://www.fff-florida.org/expo_programs.html for details and registration information.

AUCTION/RAFFLE

Florida Fly Fishing 2010 Expo will feature fantastic silent and live auction items along with raffle buckets packed with fly fishers’ toys.  Sign-up bid sheets will describe donor, donation, approximate value, along with minimum bid.   Bucket tickets will be sold on site for a dollar per ticket, twelve tickets for only ten dollars.  Silent auction items and raffle buckets will be closed out randomly throughout the Expo.  A special conservation fund package will be included in the silent auction.  Winner’s names/numbers will be posted on Auction/Raffle flip chart.  Live auction of really good stuff takes place at the Saturday night banquet.

Expo tiers are donating flies for the auction, exhibitors are contributing merchandise, and guides are donating trips.  Florida FFF clubs are asking their tiers to donate boxes of flies and other items.  Merchants wishing to support the Expo can donate merchandise and be recognized with a web listing on the Florida Council Web Site. 

Contact Ken Hofmeister 727-521-1637 khofmeister@tampabay.rr.com should you have items to contribute to this Expo Auction/Raffle that would hook a fly fisher (preferably in the wallet).  Suncoast Fly Fishers donating flies will contact Myron Hansen   hansen3@tampabay.rr.com 727-393-5075.  Myron will collect these items for the EXPO.

Ken Hofmeister

FFF Florida Council Vice President, Auction/Raffle Chairperson

Project Healing Waters Rod Building

 

 

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

20th ANNUAL FFF-SEC FLY FISHING SHOW & CONCLAVE

IS AT UNICOI STATE PARK & RESORT JUNE 4 -5, 2010

You are cordially invited to attend the 2010 Federation of Fly Fishers Southeastern Conclave and Fly Fishing Show. It is scheduled for June 4-5, 2010. The new location is the beautiful Unicoi State Park and Resort in Helen, Georgia. Attached is the 2010 Edition of the the newsletter, The Watermark. A Conclave Registration Form is included in the newsletter, plus lots of detail about the conclave. Also, don't forget to visit our web site at www.fffsec.org. The web site's conclave information is updated on a regular basis.

 

Marine Quest was a success

Thanks to members like Ron Kelly who spent time with an interested fisherwoman.

2010 Annual Pig Roast

All said and told, the only one who did not enjoy the Suncoast Fly Fishers annual pig roast was Mr. Pig.  What started out to be a 137 lb pig was reduced to a little skin in the cooker and a lot of satisfied smiles on all those who partook.  The silent auction and basket raffle was a complete success with nothing left on the tables when the final accounting was complete.  Capt. Bob as always provided just the right background of songs and music we needed to make the night complete.  I even saw Annie Hays having a little lesson from the Man himself.

A smiling Ed Judge was the lucky winner of the fully rigged 12 ft Vapor fishing kayak and yours truely won the 10 weight fly rod door prize carefully crafted by none other than Mark Hays.  And I must say that I never win anything so you can be sure that a Lotto ticket was purchased on the way home.  Needless to say I will be at work on Monday.

A huge thank you to all that made this years pig roast a resounding success.  And a big thank you to the departing officers who have guided this club to great things.  We wish all who will now carry on the torch good luck and calm seas.

Woody

Tampa Boat Show, it was a success!

    

     How would have thunk it, a Fly Fishing club at a boat show made up mainly of pleasure and big off shore boats.  Well that is what we did and did it to the max.  This years boat show brought more exposure to the club than many of the other venues that we have participated in in recent years.  Friday started off a little slow due to the consistent downpours all morning but as the day progressed, so did the traffic at the booth.  As we tied flies more and more interested folks stopped to talk and information was disseminated and new interest was developed in our sport.

     Saturday brought better weather and great numbers of interested folks to our booth.  Capt. Pat Damico wow'd the crowds during his seminar on inshore fly fishing and the response after the seminar was unbelievable.  Club fliers were distributed and business cards were handed out with handshakes and talk of coming to a meeting and joining in on the fun.

     Sunday was almost a carbon copy of Saturday, with only slightly less traffic.  Thank you to all the members who came out to spread the word about our club and out sport.  Now it's time to take these potential new members and make them part of the family.

 

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