Category: Event updates

2026 Calendar update!!!
Outing 6/19-6/20 Dock Lights and Beach

Weekly in person Fly Tying Classes are back! – Check the newsletter for details.

September 12th the third annual Suncoast Fly Fishers Women’s Tournament.

This is an inshore fishing tournament for women anglers only. 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 Snook, Speckled Seatrout and Redfish (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:

June 19-20 docklights and beaches outing

• You can fly fish saltwater or freshwater Friday night and Saturday morning in Pinellas, Pasco, Hillsborough, and Manatee counties. Fish docklights, beaches, rivers, lakes, or whatever.

• Prizes will be awarded to the members catching the most different saltwater species and the most different freshwater species.

• Take pictures of your catches and email your results to Bill Aucoin

• Members who sign up in advance will meet up for lunch at noon on Saturday at Doc Ford’s Rum Bar and Grille, 1790 Bay Pines Blvd in St. Pete.

• Don’t forget to measure and take pictures of your longest fresh or saltwater fish in case they are longer than the leaders on the annual outing tournament. See below.

https://pinellas.gov/john-s-taylor-park-map

Saturday February 21