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Fly Fishing Links and Club Library

All Links Verified Good As Of July 3, 2011

General Fly Fly Fishing
A very good site for General Fly Fishing Information -- (Added 1/13)
http://www.thewaterpage.com/fly-fishing.htm

Fly Fishing 101. Fly Anglers Online.

What makes a 5 wt rod 5wt -- everything you ever wanted to know about fly rods: rod action, power and action.  The Common Sense System.

Selecting a fly rod: 
Hooked on flies (also a good resource for all things fly fishing)
The Fly Rod

Fly Fishing Info -- uky.edu/~agrdanny/flyfish

Warm Water Fishing -- Warm Water Fly Fishing

Comprehensive Guide to SW Florida Fly Fishing.  Twelve chapters cover from fly rods to boats -- Guide

Fishing Dropper Flies -- Droppers

Fly Fishing the Florida Keys:
Fly Fishing the Florida Keys
Keys Fly Fishing Basics

A nice read on the history and background of Fly Fishing -- Wikipedia 

Fly Fishing waters of North America -- List 

Pictures of TCFF Members Larry Jordan and Dick Sisolak North Carolina trout fishing trips --
http://backcountryanglers.homestead.com/MountainTroutPhotosIndex.html

Tenkara -- Japanese-style Fly Fishing: A simpler way to cast a fly --
http://www.tenkarausa.com/
Video -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N40BOFYKR38
Wikipedia -- Tenkara fishing -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenkara_fishing

Fly fishing in saltwater -- http://www.flyfishinsalt.com/techniques.jsp

Fly fishing the east coast of Florida -- http://www.flyfishingconnection.com/fleastcoast.html

Fly fishing in Florida -- http://www.championbass.com/flyfishing_info.html

Fishing the Florida Gulf Coast -- http://gulffishing.com/

Fly fishing the Everglades -- http://www.sightfish.com/Everglades-Fly-Fishing.html

Redfish in the Mosquito and Indian River Lagoons -- http://www.floridafishinglessons.com/

Fly fishing for bluegills -- http://freshwaterfishing.suite101.com/article.cfm/fly_fishing_for_bluegill

Florida Fishing reports by region and by lake, river, etc. -- http://www.cyberangler.com/fishing-reports/florida/

Fly Fishing in Saltwater -- techniques, species, gear, etc. -- http://www.flyfishinsalt.com/techniques.jsp

Database of 177 fresh and saltwater fish -- identification, habitat, etc. -- http://www.landbigfish.com/fish/

Basic guide to Saltwater Fishing -- http://www.marco-island-florida.com/don/home.htm

Transitioning from fly fishing fishing for fresh water trout to salt water trout -- http://www.inshorefishingjournal.com/articles/flyfishing/flyfishing-saltwater-vs-fresh.php

Florida Fly Fishing Magazine. Everything for the Florida fly fisher - lines, fish, fly archive, etc.-- http://flaflyfish.com/

All sorts of fly fishing topics -- http://flyfishingthings.com/Index.html

Everything you need to know about shad fishing on the St. Johns River -- http://flyfishingthings.com/Categories/How_to/Shad%20Fishing.html
If you want to try tying a shad-specific fly, try the Chubb's Shad Buster.

Fly Fishing Ohio -- a very good website for all things trout fishing -- http://flyfishohio.com/

Becoming aware of the dangers associated with fishing on rivers with water levels controlled by dams -- http://www.tva.com/river/hazwater/index.htm

Florida Fly Fishing Magazine -- Everything about Fly Fishing in Florida -- http://www.floridaflyfishingmagazine.com

Fresh Water Article Archive -- http://flaflyfish.com/fresh-water-fly-fishing.html

Fly Fishing In The Villages by TCFF Member Daina Anderson. Eighteen different bodies of water to fish and what to expect -- Click here.

Boll Byrd -- Light and Ultra-light fly fishing -- http://www.byrdultrafly.com/

A Large archive of Internet Radio programs covering all aspects of fly fishing --
http://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/archive.cfm

A lot of articles about crappie fishing in the Tri-County area -- http://thecrappiefisherman.com/

Nomad Fly Fishing -- all sorts of information about fly fishing --
http://www.nomad-fly-fishing.com/index.html

Fly Casting
Fly Casting - Loading the Fly Rod 

Fly Casting Instruction -- Basic to Advanced, Correcting Problems, etc.  Fly Casting.

Basic Fly Casting Technique Videos
Part 1 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLfJBTctA4Q
Part 2 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AcG4XkgG9c&feature=related

Roll Cast Video -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eSKa6Pt3R0&feature=related

Double Haul Videos -- Combine the techniques of these three short videos and you have a pretty good tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNjWnZw4yA4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkrLF17ubNg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcE-9WPuZ04

Lines, Leaders and Knots
Selecting Fly Lines -- Article

Leader Design -- Article

Everything you ever need to know about fly lines -- http://flyfishingthings.com/Categories/Tools-and-equipment/fly-lines-tippets-leaders.html

Basic fly fishing knots and where they are used.  Knots 

For those who want to an easy way to learn how to tie all sorts of knots, try this site:
Animated Knot Tying 

Furled Leaders:
>>  A very good article on making Furled Leaders -- A Case for the Furled Leader -- http://www.midcurrent.com/articles/gear/brown_furled_leader.aspx
>> A very detailed description with great photographs http://www.hatchesmagazine.com/page/may2006/185
>> Another article of making Furled Leaders; The Equipment, Materials, and Techniques -- http://opff.org/furled-leader/furled_leader.html
Making Furled Leaders -- http://www.canerod.com/rodmakers/tips/furled/furled.html
>> Video -- Making furled leaders without figs or tools -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbcVaEe3RIs

Fly Tying
Getting started in Fly Tying -- Tying

Beginning Equipment - uky.edu/~agrdanny/flyfish/faq/faq-2.htm

Company-To-Company Hook Cross Reference Table - Fly Hook Comparison Chart

Fly Tying: Patterns

Woolly Bugger Variants

Fly Pattern Index

J. Stockard Fly Fishing.  Rod Building and Fly Tying Materials. Website

Feather Craft - feather-craft.com

Jann's Net Craft - Fly Tying Materials

A source for low priced fly tying hooks and fly tying equipment -- http://www.thefishguy.net

A source for Low priced fly tying materials -- http://www.flyshack.com

Miami Valley Fly Fishers - Large collection of fly pattern recipes -- http://mvff.tripod.com/flytying.html

Fly Fish Ohio -- large collection of fly tying videos --http://flyfishohio.com/Adventures_in_Fly_Tying.htm

Fly Tying - flytying.com

Kayaks and Canoes
Kayak and Canoe Fishing around Tampa Bay.  Has forums of general interests, not just for paddlers.  Paddle Fishing.  

Captain Ken Daubert's site on Kayak Fishing.  Lots of information and product resource.  Florida Kayak Fishing  

Fly Fishing from a Kayak -- Article

SW Florida Kayak Fishing Destinations --
http://www.barhoppr.com/kayak-fishing-destinations.html

Kayak Fishing Florida's Gulf Coast - equipment and destinations
http://www.sportfishingmag.com/kayak-fishing-florida-s-gulf-coast
Florida Kayak Fishing --
http://floridarambler.com/florida-getaways/kayak-fishing-basics-checklist/

General Florida Kayak Informaton --
http://www.floridafishingspots.com/kayak-fishing.html

Kayak fishing in the Jacksonville area -- http://www.jaxkayakfishing.com/

Jacksonville Kayak Fishing Spots -- http://www.jaxkayakfishing.com/fishing_spots.html

Oak Orchard Canoe Kayak Experts -- Stock of over 1,400 canoes and kayaks. Added 12/23
>>> Website www.oakorchardcanoe.com
>>> Accessories for kayakers and canoeist http://www.oakorchardcanoe.com/fishing.php
>>> Florida Representative oakorchardcanoe@cfl.rr.com

Online Video
Youtube.com has thousands of videos regarding fly fishing and fly tying -- some very good, some not so good. Here are four examples:
Fly Fishing Lessons - Part 1-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2SgcCw6I8M
Fly Fishing - Peacock Bass in Florida -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrcUc1_Lz8M
Learn Fly Tying Lesson 1 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eoq5IAzj28g
How To Tie a Bucktail Streamer -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CICEOLLg7Bg

Video instruction for tying flies, fly casting, fly tying materials, etc. -- http://fishbuzz.tv  

Fly tying videos.  Adventures in Fly Tying  

Forums
North Georgia Trout Online -- http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/ngto/

Trout fishing in the Southeast --http://www.southeastflyfishingforum.com/

Fly Tying (bass and panfish) -- Warm Water Species

Florida Fishing Regulations
(Be careful as these Regulations tend change at the most inconvenient times!)

Freshwater -- Freshwater Fishing Regulations Summary

Saltwater -- Florida Saltwater Fishing Regulations By Species

Fly Rod And Line Vendors
Cortland - cortlandline.com

Flylogic- flylogic.com

Royal Wulff Products - royalwulff.com

Scientific Anglers - Link

St. Croix - stcroixrods.com

Fly Shop Closeouts -- Name brand equipment at discount prices --
http://www.flyshopcloseouts.com/

Central Florida Fly Shops
Crystal River --Nature Coast Fly Shop -- http://www.naturecoastflyshop.com/

Ocala -- Flint Creek Outfitters

Orlando - Orlando Outfitters Fly Shop

Orlando - Orlando Bass Pro Shops

Apopka - Mosquito Creek Outdoors

Titusville - The Fly Fisherman

Oviedo -- Mud Hole Custom Tackle

Tampa -- Tampa Bay On The Fly

Fly Fishing Related Vendors
Blue River Fly Company - www.blueriverflyco.com

Bass Pro Shops - basspro.com

Burleson Sporting Co.- burfish.com

Dan Bailey - dan-bailey.com

Hook & Hackle - hookhack.com

L.L. Bean - llbean.com

Orvis - orvis.com

The Fly Shop - flyshop.com

Periodicals
Florida Sportsman - floridasportsman.com

Fly Fish America - flyfishamerica.com

Fly Rod & Reel - flyrodandreel.com

Fly Fishing and Environmental Organizations
Listing of Fly Fishing Clubs nationwide -- Flycaster

Listing of Florida Fishing Clubs -- Club Directory

Federation of Fly Fishers -- fedflyfishers.org

Florida Council of the FFF -- fffflorida.org

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission -- http://myfwc.com/
(If you have questions or are looking for maps , books or other literature, you can contact fish biologist Eric 'Bubba" Thomas at (352) 732 1225 or eric.thomas@myfwc.com.)

The Nature Conservancy -- nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/florida/

Trout Unlimited -- tu.org

Coastal Conservation Association of Florida -- Website

Back Country Fly Fishing Association -- Brevard County 

First Coast Fly Fishers.  (Check out the Newsletters.) -- Jacksonville

Big Bend Fly Fishers -- Tallahassee

Tampa Bay Fly Fishing Club -- Tampa

Mangrove Coast Fly Fishers -- Sarasota

Marco Island Flyrodders -- Marco Island

Florida Fly Fishing Association -- http://www.floridaflyfishing.org/ 

Suncoast Fly Fishers -- St. Petersburg 

Miscellaneous
Fly Fishing Photographs - Lefty Kreh On-Line Photography Gallery

Listing of Fly Fishing Clubs -- Fly Fishing Network

Florida Recreation -- Guide

Fishing and Boating Locations and Trip Planning-- Take Me Fishing 

Family Oriented and Youth Development -- Family Tyes 

Small Boat Building (Plans of the Whisp Rowboat that TCFF Member Ron Gryn built and showed at the July Lakeside Breakfast Meeting)  http://www.sredmond.com/index_boat.htm  

Tides And Weather
Gulf Coast Weather - http://www2.tbo.com/weather/  

Florida Tides Info - saltwatertides.com

Weather Info - nws.noaa.gov

Hourly Weather - weather.com (change ZIP for new locale)

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Club Lending Library
Charlie Jacobs, Club Librarian
Below is the inventory of the Books and Videos owned by the TCFF.  If you see anything of interest, contact Charlie and he can either bring it to you at the Monthly Breakfast Meeting or you can stop by his home to pick it up.
Book Titles
Videos
  1. Smallmouth Bass
  2. Secrets Of The Bass Pro
  3. Mastering Largemouth Bass
  4. Bait, Rigs and Tackle
  5. Bluefishing
  6. 100 Years Of Fishing
  7. Book On Fly Tying And Fishing
  8. How To Tie Flies
  9. Fly Fishing
  10. Modern Dry Flies
  11. Field Guide To American Wildlife
  12. The Complete Fly Tyer
  13. Fishable Wrecks And Rock Piles
  14. Fishing Connecticut Waters
  15. The Fishing Hall Of Shame
  16. Fishing For Fluke
  17. Fishing In The Making
  18. Fishing The Midge
  19. Fishing With The Fly Rod
  20. Fishing With Ray Bergman
  21. Fly Fishing For Trout
  22. Fly Tying Problems
  23. Fishing The Florida Keys
  24. How Fish Work
  25. I Got "Im"
  26. Loran "C"
  27. Lunkers Love Night Crawlers
  28. Matching The Hatch
  29. New Streamside Guide
  30. Night Fishing For Trout
  31. Northern Pike Secrets
  32. Orvis Guide To Outdoor Photography
  33. Orvis Fly Patterns
  34. Outdoor Idaho Experiences
  35. Professional Guide Manual
  36. Bamboo Fly Rod Suite
  37. Amateur Rod Making
  38. Book Of Spearfishing
  39. St. Johns River Water Management District
  40. Streamers and Bucktails
  41. Season Of The Winter
  42. The Secret Teachings Of The In-Fishing
  43. Sex, Death and Fly Fishing
  44. River Angling For Salmon And Trout
  45. Taking Trout With A Dry Fly
  46. Tactics On Trout
  47. Trapping
  48. Trout The Size Of Footballs
  49. Trout Fishing In New England
  50. The Ways of Trout
  51. The Wyoming Angling Guide
  52. The Everything Fly Fishing Book
  53. Incredible Fishing Stories
  54. Fly Fishing, A Beginner's Guide
  55. The Fly Fisher's Guide To Warm Water Lakes
  56. A Trailside Guide To Fly Fishing
  57. Jackpot "Bassin"
  58. Fishing Tackle And Gear
  59. Fly Fishing Through The Mid-Life Crisis
  60. Fly Fishing For Bonefish and Tarpon
  61. Reading Water
  62. Fly tying -- Sturgis
  63. A River for Christmas
  64. Stoneflies For The Angler
  65. Fly tying -- Craig Wood
  66. Fishless Days and Angling Nights, by Sparse Gray Hackle.
  67. Fly Fishing, by  Tom McNally
  68. The Caddis And The Angler
  69. The Bass Fisherman's Bible
  70. Colorado Angling Guide
  71. Field And Stream Treasury
  72. Fifty Places To Fish Before You Die
  73. Understanding Trout Behavior
  74. Modern Fly Casting Methods
  75. Trout Fishing Techniques
  76. Saltwater Fly Fishing, Maine to Texas
  77. Guide to Fly Fishing
  78. Secrets of the Saltwater Fly
  79. Bonefish, Tarpon and Permit Fishing
  80. Fly Fishing Techniques and Tactics
  81. Florida Fresh Water Fishing Guide
  82. Fishing Secrets of the Experts
  83. Outside Fly Fishing
  84. Fly Fishing for Trophy Trout
  85. Fishing Rivers and Streams
  86. Fly Tying, Craig Woods
  87. Leaper (Atlantic salmon fishing)
  88. Smallmouth Bass
  89. Fly Fishing, Tom McNally
  90. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fly Fishing
  91. Complete Book of Fresh Water Fishing
  92. Fishing the Flats
  93. Fly Fishing for Bonefish
  94. Deceiving Trout
  95. City Fishing
  96. Kayak Fishing, The Revolution
  97. Fishing the Florida Keys and Flamingo
  98. Catalog Books for Fly Fishermen
  99. Field and Stream Fly Fishing Handbook
  100. Amateur Rod Making, (1941)
  101. Fly Fish for Bonefish, Permit and Tarpon
  102. Streamside Guide
  103. Nymphing Techniques
  104. Death, Taxes and Leaky Waders
  105. In-Fisherman, Smallmouth Bass
  106. The fishing fanatic by Rubi no
  107. Fly fishing techniques and tactics by Kreh
  108. California fly tying and fishing guide by Hanley
  109. Rocky Mountain trout flies by Krausmeyer
  110. Good Flies by Gierach
  111. The Doryman`s reflections by Molyneaux
  112. Treasury of great fishing stories by Caras
  113. Leaper (Atlantic Salmon fishing)
  114. Trout Fishing Almanac
  115. Dyeing and Bleaching by A.K. Best
  116. Positive fly fishing by Marla Blair
  117. Fly fishing through the midlife crisis
  118. Pavlov's trout
  119. Bass anglers almanac
  120. Complete book of bass fishing
  121. Fresh water fisherman's bible
  122. Spincasting brilliantly
  123. Angling in Great Britain
  124.  Joe Humpfries trout tactics
  125. St. Johns river recreation guide
  126. Fly fishing the mountain lakes
  127. Getting the most from game and fish
  128. Improve your fly casting
  129. Fly fishing heresies
  130. Big bass secrets
  131. Fishing inside Florida
  132. Salt water fly fishing handbook
  133. Fishing, an encyclopedic guide
  134. Fishing for Largemouth bass
  135. Fishing essentials for dummies

V0001  Fly Fishing For The Beginner
V0002  How To Catch Trout
V0003  Trout Strategies w/Dave Embry
V0004  Fishing For Northern Pike w/Dave Embry
V0005 Restoring The Ocklawaha
V0006  Successful Fishing Strategies, Volume 1, by H.A. Fontaine
V0007  Successful Fishing Strategies, Volume 2, by H.A. Fontaine
V0008  Handcrafting A Graphite Fly Rod
V0009  Tying Bass Flies by Nix
V0010  Fly Tying by Oscar Feliu (Part 1, Caddis)
V0011  The Essence Of Fly Casting by I. Krieger
V0012  Fishing The Flow by Winkelman
V0013  Fly Fishing Magic by Fabinn
V0014  Tying Foam Flies by Morris
V0015  Fly Tying by Oscar Feliu (Part 2, Mayflies)
V0016 Basic Saltwater Fly Tying by Dickinson
V0017  Way Of The Trout
V0018  The Essence Of Casting by Kreiger
V0019  Tarpon, The Silver King
V0020  To Ecuador For Marlin
V0021  Minipi Trout
V0022  Giant Tuna, Small Boat
V0023  The Way It Was - Angling In Newfoundland 1938-1940
V0024  Atlantic Salmon At Helen's Falls
V0025  Silver And Atlantic Salmon
V0026  Tying Foam Flies by Morris
V0027  The Orvis Fly Fishing School
V0028  Saltwater Fly Tying by Kreh
V0029  Bigmouth Forever
V0030  Bigmouth
V0031  Surface Lures and Buzz Baits
V0032  Bass In Heavy Cover
V0033  Feeding Habits Of Bass
V0034  I was Born To Fish - Wulff Dry Fly and Nymphing by Borger
V0035  Custom Rod Building and Wrapping w/Doc Ski
V0036  Practical Fly Casting by BeckV0037  Wekiva
V0038  Conch Cowboys
V0039  In Search Of Xanadu
V0040  Waterfalls And Wildlife
V0041  Basic Fly Fishing
V0042  Easy Fishing
V0043  The Good Old Days
V0044  Successful Tarpon Tactics
V0045  North American Angler Video, Volume 1
V0046  Fly Fishing Made Easy
V0047  Essence Of Fly Casting II (Advanced)
V0048  Fly Tying Techniques by Clouse, Kreh, Helm and Whitlock
V0049  Bob Ammerman's Fly Fishing Tapes (Set of Four)
V0050 Essential Trout Tactics
V0051 "How To" video with Clouser, Helm, Whitlock
V0052 Designing Flies with Gudebrod materials
V0053 Kayak Fishing For Tarpon (DVD)
V0054 Kayak fishing for Tarpon by Capt. Ken Daubert (DVD)
V0055 Successful Fly Fishing Strategies I
V0056 Successful Fly Fishing Strategies II
V0057 Trophy Bass Patterns
V0058 Undercover Bass
V0059 Trout Strategies
V0060 Introduction to fly casting
V0061 Power fly casting (DVD)