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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 22^nd

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.

• Fish with friends and fellow members. Take pictures of the fish, the scenery, the fly casting, the whatever and post them on our club’s Facebook site…. facebook.com/scff2020
• There will be outing prizes for the longest snook, the longest redfish, and the longest seatrout. Measure and email photos of your fish

Our Urban Outing.  Post your pictures to our Facebook page!

August outing, August 22^nd

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!

• Fish anywhere in lower Tampa  Bay BUT make sure you can see the Sunshine Skyway at all times.
• There are no set hours.  Fish all day or all evening so long as the date is 8/22/2020
• Fish with friends and fellow members.  Take pictures of fish, the scenery, the fly casting, the whatever and post them to our clubs Facebook page.
• There will be outing prizes for longest Snook, Redfish, and Seatrout.

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!

Our July outing is on. Well, fishing is on. But you can’t eat.

Well, actually, you can eat but we won’t be having a sit down picnic lunch like we did once upon a time. The board agrees it’s just too risky right now to socialize like that.

And that’s okay, because the primary objective for most of us is to fly fish. And Saturday, July 18, we can all fly fish one of the great saltwater fishing spots. Fort DeSoto Park at the mouth of Tampa Bay. By the way, did you hear that big snook are spawning on the beaches?

Fish near the park from your kayak or boat, or wade in. There’ll be prizes awarded to the member who catches the longest snook, the longest redfish, and the longest seatrout.

You can fish all day and night, too. Go for it.

Suncoast Fly Fishers,

This is to remind you that we’ll have an online panel sharing their docklight/beach fly fishing tips on Facebook Thursday, June 18th at 7 pm.
If you already have a Facebook account go to, https://www.facebook.com/scff2020.

If you do not have a Facebook account you should be able to watch it by entering Facebook.com. Then, type Suncoast Fly Fishers in the search box. Press ENTER. Scroll down and click on the picture of the Glass Minnow Fly. That should take you there.

The panel will consist of four very special guests.  

• Alan Sewell is a long time SFF member, expert fisherman, fly tier and custom rod builder.  
• Captain Court Douthit of Dunedin is a professional fly fishing guide.  Docklight fishing is one of his specialties.  Capt. Douthit gave a presentation to the club on this very subject last November. 
• Lisa Lowman is a professional fishing guide, casting champion and active duty member of the United States Coast Guard. 
• Dr. Michael Larkin. Mike is an SFF member and fisheries biologist with NOAA based in St. Petersburg. He will be able to give us some insight on the movements of fish through the bay and why we find them where we do.”