Suncoast Fly Fishers | Fly fishing club in Pinellas County Florida
Events
Saturday, December 12th Outing
Fish anywhere around Fort DeSoto Park—bay, gulf, or backcountry — No official meetup. Just go and fish. Stay safe!
. Take pictures and post them on our club’s Facebook. site….facebook.com/scff2020
Measure your longest fish and email photo to Bob Burkhard.
Saturday, November 21st
The board has decided that we should not resume picnic lunches at our outings until C-19 is over and done. (We had too much fun at the October outing and some people didn’t observe the protocols. So there!) But we can still fish and, you know, your 9-foot fly rod makes a great social distancing tool.
Fish anywhere in Boca Ciega Bay. Members catching the longest seatrout and longest ladyfish will get $10 gift certificates good at
Bill Jackson’s. Measure. Take a picture. Email the picture to Bob Burkard, outings chairman.
Sunday November 15th! Picnic Island Park in Tampa! 9-12 EST
Join our club and other clubs for the Fly Casting Competition of the year!
HOSTED By our friends at the Tampa Bay Fly Fishing Club. This day is filled with team and individual fly casting competition to see who is the Big Gun!
Dave Olsen holds some crazy numbers and is an excellent caster in not just the LONG cast but the all around comp.
Experts and beginners alike are invited to test their fly casting skills at the Tampa Bay Fly Fishing Club’s annual “Big Gun Shoot-Out” casting competition!
Individual and teams of 3 are welcome!
Plaques will be awarded for highest scoring individual, highest scoring teams, and the “Big Gun,” the overall distance casting champion.
Contestants will participate in competition stations that mimic the challenges of fly fishing, such as casting under the mangroves, into a cup of water, or through a hoop suspended a few feet off the ground. Come out and give it a try – you’ll be hooked!
The competition will run from 9 am – 12 pm. There is NO entry fee, and lunch will be provided to all contestants. You may use your own rod for all competition stations including the Big Gun distance contest. The long cast final for the Big Gun must be an 8 weight with a standard fly line. Volunteers also are needed to help set up the course and score contestants.
That was amazing. Here is the video presentation we had for our November Meeting.
Huge thanks to Rick our President and of course ANDY!!!
Suncoast Fly Fishers continues to bring the hard hitting presentations virtually. This one takes the cake with WORLD FAMOUS Fly Fisherman and Olympic Skier Andy Mill!
This meeting is open to all of the public and our neighboring fly fishing clubs! Don’t miss it.
November 19th 7:00PM EST.
About Andy Mill:
Andy skied on the U.S. Ski Team from 1971 to 1981 and during that time competed in two Olympics. The first in Innsbruck, Austria in 1976 and the second in Lake Placid, New York in 1980. He also skied in two World Championships – St. Moritz, Switzerland in 1974 and Garmisch, Germany in 1978.
Andy has worked with ESPN, NBC and ABC since his retirement from skiing in 1981. He has worked exclusively since 1991 with CBS covering World Cup Skiing and served as the color commentator for the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, France and the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. He has hosted, wrote or produced over 400 ski shows including his own titled “Ski with Andy Mill”.
In 1994 Andy was inducted into the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.
When Andy wasn’t skiing he was fly fishing. He wrote, hosted and produced “Sportsman’s Journal” which included 81 salt water fly fishing shows.
His passion of course is Tarpon and has won 11 tarpon tournaments, the most ever for one fly fisher. He was also the only angler to win a bonefish, permit and tarpon tournament.
The latest adventure for Andy and his crew is a podcast called Millhouse. Make sure you check it out.
Suncoast Fly Fishers,
This is to remind you that we’ll have our October Meeting VIRTUALLY again, October, 15th at 7 pm.
Tail Magazine Rafle, A free 1 year subscription will be given to one lucky member. (You must join the ZOOM meeting to be eligible.)
Trey Reid will be our special presenter. Trey is a sport-fishing multi-tasker, an avid fisher in saltwater and freshwater, and a writer who covers and interviews some of sportfishing’s biggest names. Trey is a full time employee of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and he also has his own sports radio talk show. Get your questions ready.
Keep your eyes on your email inbox for the Zoom meeting info and invitation. See you that Thursday!
Saturday, October 17 Outing
This is the Carl Hanson Outing in memory of the Lord of the Flies who died in 1998. Carl was a valued member of Suncoast Fly Fishers AND Tampa Bay Fly Fishing Club so, of course, this annual outing is a competition.
Usually we fish the Hillsborough River for the longest bass and the most bluegill. But this year we’re fishing the salt. So…the fly fisher who catches the longest fish of any species will get to keep the framed artwork of Carl Hanson for one year.
Fish anywhere around Fort DeSoto Park—bay, gulf, or backcountry — and meet up at 11:30 at Pavilion Three for a social distancing lunch. SFF will set out sandwiches and cold drinks on the table. Or, bring your own lunch.
Use the hand-sanitizer. If you’re not eating, then wear your mask. And, observe social distancing. Your 9-foot fly rod is a good social distancing measure. Take pictures and post them on our club’s Facebook. site….facebook.com/scff2020
The club awards $10 gift certificates to Bill Jackson’s Shop for Adventure to the member with the longest fish. Measure your longest fish and email photo to Bob Burkhard.
Suncoast Fly Fishers,
This is to remind you that we’ll have our September Meeting VIRTUALLY again, September, 17th at 7 pm.
Tail Magazine Rafle, A free 1 year subscription will be given to one lucky member. (You must join the ZOOM meeting to be eligible.)
Speaker will be Capt. Pat with a great Q &A of all things fly fishing.
Pat Damico is a club member, professional guide, an FFI Master Casting instructor, a very published writer on all things fly fishing, and an all around great guy.
Keep your eyes on your email inbox for the Zoom meeting info and invitation. See you that Thursday!
Our Urban Outing. Post your pictures to our Facebook page!
August outing, August 22nd
Fishing for September’s outing is in Tampa Bay from Weedon Island Preserve north to the Courtney-Campbell Causeway (Highway 60).
We won’t be having a picnic lunch – I really miss John Craig’s Low Country Boil – but all members are invited to meet up at Weedon Island Preserve to wade fish the surrounding waters. Club waders will be meeting at 6:45 am in the parking lot at the headquarters building. The address is 1800 Weedon Drive N.E., St. Petersburg.
There are no set hours. You can fish all day and even all night so long as the date is September 19, 2020.
Our Urban Outing. Post your pictures to our Facebook page!
August outing, August 22nd
We’ll not be getting together for smoked brisket at Bay Vista Park this year because of the you-know what virus but fishing is still on!
Suncoast Fly Fishers,
This is to remind you that we’ll have our August Meeting VIRTUALLY again, August, 20th at 7 pm.
Tail Magazine Rafle, A free 1 year subscription will be given to one lucky member. (You must join the ZOOM meeting to be eligible.)
Speakers will be a panel discussion on Tarpon.
Panelist are Capt. Dave Dant, His specialty is saltwater fly-fishing for Tarpon and sight fishing.
Mike Larkin, A marine scientist and expert on silver kings.
And a special guest from our very own “From shore” Tarpon guy.
Keep your eyes on your email inbox for the Zoom meeting info and invitation. See you that Thursday!
