Category: Event updates

SAVE THE DATE: Joint BANQUET March 29th 2025 —Spearker BOB CLOUSER!!

2024 Calendar update
November 17 Big Gun Shootout over on picnic Island with the Tampa Club
November 21 Meeting. Open House. Our speaker is Bob Schorejs, aka “Kayak Bob.” Topic: Kayaks.
November 23 Outing. Upper Tampa Bay. Prizes for the longest snook, redfish, trout, or ladyfish.
December , Christmas Party. St. Jerome Catholic Church, Largo. Dec. 7 or 21 TBD
No meeting in December
December 21 (Maybe different date) Outing. Fort DeSoto Park. Salute to Don Coleman and other outstanding

Weekly in person Fly Tying Classes are ON HOLD til we cleanup from the storms – Check the newsletter for details.

We are still fishing! 10/19/24

Due to the very high water on the Hillsborough River, we are changing the location of our October outing to Old Tampa Bay which is Gandy, anywhere south of RT 275 to Snell Isle.  We will meet at the Crab Shack

The very first annual Suncoast Fly Fishers Women’s Tournament. This is an inshore fishing tournament. There is a maximum of 75 teams for the tournament, 1-2 anglers per team.

After tournament we will have an awards dinner at the Tiki Docks Skyway in St. Petersburg, FL. Live music, food, drinks, and more!

Target Species:

• Snook
• Redfish
• Spotted Seatrout

Tournament Boundaries:

• West Coast of Florida only, from the Southern tip of Sanibel Island to the Southern Edge of the Crystal River Power Plant Main Channel

Scoring:

• 1 point per inch
• Longest length for two fish in the approved categories measured (Combined measured length)
• Calcutta: Largest Ladyfish

Prize Categories:

• Cash prizes for top 3 teams for longest length measured ($1,000, $500, $300)
• Cash prize for team closest to 24 inches ($250)
• Prize for top youth angler (12 and under)
• Prize for smallest trout measured
• 50/50 Calcutta Ladyfish

List of Captains:

Our June outing is our long-standing and much celebrated docklights
outing, and now it’s our Docklights AND Beaches outing.

JUNE OUTING, Friday-Saturday, June 21-23

• Fish from 6 PM Friday to 9 AM Saturday, then from 6 PM Saturday
to 9 AM Sunday.

• The outing prize goes to the fly fisher catching the longest snook.
Measure it and take a picture. Email it to Bob!

• Fish anywhere in Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough, or Manatee
Counties.

Largest Snook wins!

Don’t forget to submit any annual tournament!

Saturday, April 20th Outing