Saturday, December 18th Outing
This is our annual Don Coleman Classic, also known as the Don Coleman Invitational. It’s the outing in which we welcome members of the Tampa and Sarasota fly fishing clubs to fish with us and slurp up and vote for the best chili.
Do you have a chili dish you like to make? Then email outing chair Bob Burkard.
You can fish anywhere around Fort DeSoto Park – open water or mangrove sheltered water. DeSoto Park is ideal for Park and Wade fishing. There are many places where you can just pull off the pavement and crash through the vegetation to fish. Some members have their own secret spots. (Yeah, we’re talking about you, Tim Elms.)
Ten dollar gift certificate to Bill Jackson’s Shop for Adventure will be awarded to members catching the longest snook, longest redfish, and longest seatrout. Measure. Take a picture. All entries will be final at noon.
The park opens at 7 am. There’s a $5 per auto entrance fee. You can start fishing earlier than that by parking and wading in at the FDP boat ramp. Park in a slot for automobiles without a trailer. Pay up and get a $5 parking fee receipt at the Pay Station
Meet for lunch at Pavilion #2 at 11:30. Hot, delicious coffee will be ready well before that. Introduce yourself to visitors from the Tampa Bay Fly Fishing Club and Sarasota’s Mangrove Coast Fly Fishers Club.
This is your last chance to win any category in our annual tournament.
