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At the June Evening Meeting, TCFF President Frank Matousek spoke about the
Club North Carolina Fishing Trip For trout.
(6/2, Oxford) |
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Using a converted net boat, several TCFF members had their Kayaks ferried out
to prime tarpon fishing areas. Though none were caught, several
ladyfish and sea trout were.
(5/8, Homosassa) |
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On the April North Carolina trip, Joe Manjoine landed what was determined to|
be the largest steelhead anyone has ever caught on the Little Tennessee River.
(April, North Carolina)
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The Lake County Water Authority Nutrient Reduction Facility (NuRF) Project Manager
Lance Lumbard (top left and brushing up on his fly casting, bottom left) was the
guest speaker talked about the NuRF Facility and the removal of nutrients in
water flowing in the Beauclair Canal from Lake Apopka to Lake Beauclair,
which is part of the Harris Chain of Lakes.
(5/19, Oxford)
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TCFF Members Cary Christie (pictured) and Doug Dombek
had good luck fishing Fiddlers Pond with kayaks.
(5/13, Mt. Dora) |
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President Frank Matousek and Treasurer Warren Rasmussen (top)
and TCFF Members Bob Strunc and Charley Jacobs (bottom)
address the Breakfast Meeting.
(5/5, Leesburg)
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Wednesday evening Meeting with Barry Kent talking about his introduction into fly fishing and his adventures in setting up a world class fly tying facility in South Africa.
(4/21, Oxford) |
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Some of the TCFF fifteen or so TCFF Members who participated in the
End Of Trail Kayak Fishing Tournament.
(4/17, Ozello)
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Club Fresh Water Fishing Trip.
(4/15. Lake Panasofkee) |
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TCFF Members George Shillington and Warren Rasmussen fishing the Holly Chain of Lakes.
(4/8, Lake Holley) |
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Some of the students and instructors at the Dave Ferris Fly Fishing Clinic.
(4/7, The Villages) |
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Fly Casting Clinic at the March Breakfast Meeting.
(4/7, Leesburg)
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More Pictures from the TCFF Picnic.
(3/31, Lake Miona Park)
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About 42 TCFF Members and Guests enjoyed beautiful weather,
fellowship, games and, most of all, food at the 2010 Annual Picnic.
(3/31, Lake Miona Park)
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The TCFF has participated in the Back Bear Festival for the last five years and this year was a beautiful, sunny day, even though it was a bit windy. The fly casting demonstrators were overwhelmed with people wanting to try their hand at the art to the point that the fly tyers had to pitch in.
(3/27, Umatilla) |
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The March Saltwater Outing took place at Fort Island County Park with
Club Members wading near the boat ramp and others in Kayaks.
(3/25, Fort Island Gulf Beach) |
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TCFF Members were kept busy at the recent Outdoor Expo held in
The Villages holding fly tying demonstrations and giving fly casting lessons.
(3/13, The Villages) |
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About 60 pounds of trash, or about 10 cubic feet, were collected at the
March Adopt-A-Lake Clean-up with one group starting at the south end of the
west shore of Lake Griffin and the other at the north end with the idea of
meeting in the middle. Afterwards, everyone met at the
Blue Heron Pub & Marina for a great lunch.
(3/9, Lake Griffin) |
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Doug Dombek & Gary Chrisitie visited Fiddler Pond recently to explore this
small (6 acre) lake as a possible candidate for “private waters”, i.e. for
exclusive fishing rights and use by the club.
(January, Mt. Dora)
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Club President Frank Matousek pictured with a couple bass caught
on the Clermont Chain.
Along with bass, a lot of
specks and bluegill were also caught.
(2/19, Clermont Chain of Lakes) |
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About sixty TCFF Members and guests attended the Swap Meet
held at the Club's Wednesday Evening Meeting.
(2/17, Oxford) |
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JAKES (Junior Achieving Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship) at the
Ocala Conservation Center. Tri-County Fly Fishers presented an
outstanding program to 156 children from the age of seven to the age of fifteen,
plus quite a few curious adults.
(2/6, Ocala National Forest) |
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Club President Frank Matousek and a friend from Pennsylvania
using small bead head flies and small jigs caught and released a lot of the fish.
(2/15, Lake Griffin) |
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The February Wednesday Breakfast Meeting
Fly Casting Clinic
(2/3, Leesburg)
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Richard Dodd caught this 18 inch spotted sea trout at Fort Island Gulf Beach
fishing during the incoming tide in wading in about two to three feet of water.
The fish was caught on a pink comet tied for Washington State salmon
which looks a little like a pink shrimp.
(1/26, Crystal River)
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Wednesday Evening Meeting
Top row -- Ron Butler and Jack Neely tying flies.
Bottom Row -- Guest Speaker Capt. Kirk Deardoff of Homosassa gave
an informative presentation about Kayak Fishing.
(1/20, Oxford) |
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Introduction of the Club Officers for 2010-2011 at the Breakfast Meeting.
Left to Right -- Secretary Ron Gryn, Vice President Tom Green,
President Frank Matousek, Treasurer Warren Rasmussen.
(1/6, Leesburg) |
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Forty-five Club Members and their spouses and guests attended
the Annual Christmas Dinner. With excellent food,
fellowship and live music, everyone had a good time.
(12/6, Summerfield) |
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Ed Rapisardi and Ron Butler (L and C) demonstrating various fly tying
techniques at the December Wednesday Evening Meeting.
At right, Doug Dombek introduces the topic for the evening.
(12/2, Oxford) |
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Full-time 4th generation guide and Homosassa native, Captain William Toney,
was the speaker for the November Wednesday Evening Meeting.
(11/18, Oxford) |
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Despite high and very rapid flowing rivers, TCFF Members Mike Winter, Ed Rapisardi, Frank Matousek, Joe Manjoine, Felix Nieves, Steve Lusen and Paul Goorjian enjoyed a week of trout fishing in North Georgia. Many fish were caught but the scenery and wildlife were one of the highlights.
(Helen, GA)
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Pictured are some of the flounder Felix Nieves caught fly fishing
a secret spot near in the panhandle.
(11/2, Destin, FL) |
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Capt. Rick Burns, a 30 year veteran guide out of Homasassa,
was our speaker for October Wednesday Evening Meeting. His topic was
fishing the flats for redfish.
(10/21, Oxford) |
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TCFF Members JC Moricoli (pictured, top left), Jack Neely (pictured, top right),
Russ Hampton and Oscar Feliu tied flies among with other state and nationally
recognized tyers displayed their craft at the Florida Council Conclave.
(10/23-25, Celebration, FL) |
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TCFF Member Dick Sisolak caught several rainbow trout
and saw three bull elk while fly fishing in North Carolina.
(10/18, Cherokee, NC) |
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TCFF Members participating in the Adopt-A-Lake Clean Up.
(10/13, Lake Griffin) |
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TCFF Member Barry Kent doing double duty at the September Evening Meeting
by doing a fly tying demonstration of a saltwater popper and being
the featured speaker talking about his experiences in fly tying and trying to catch a
World Record redfish on a fly rod.
(09/19, Oxford) |
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At the September Breakfast Meeting, Ed Rapisardi demonstrated the casting of a switch rod,
which is a rod style between the standard fly rod and a spay rod
designed for one or two handed casting.
(09/77, Leesburg) |
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Joe Manjoine and Frank Matousek fished on the Withlacoochee River
and many bluegills like this were caught. All fish were caught on the
MCBESLT fly (Minnow Crayfish Bug Eyed Shrimp Looking Thing) which is
a featured fly pattern on the Fly Tying Page.
(08/06, Withlacoochee River) |
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Six TCFF members recently tried their hand at kayak fishing the
Hilochee Wildlife Management Area. Four bass were landed,
all before the sunlight hit the water, and all on top water flies. |
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Fishing out of Crystal River, Byron Toutman (pictured with cobia) and
Frank Matousek caught a wide variety of fish. The cobia was cobia on a
Mosquito Lagoon special which Byron tied.
(8/11, The Gulf)
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Dick Sisolak and Larry Jordan fished with TCFF Member Bob Hines on the Madison River
and the Snake River in Idaho. When not fishing with Bob, they fished the Henry's Fork and the Madison. The fishing was very productive and the scenery was incredible.
(7/29-8/4, Montana and Idaho) |
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George Shillington fished the Little Lehigh River on 7-20-09 with his son, David.
The fly used was the split tail tied by his son. |
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Wednesday Evening Meeting fly tying demonstrations and featuring
TCFF Member Charlie Jacobs as the guest speaker
talking about his experiences brown trout fishing in Labrador.
(7/15, Oxford) |
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Some of the participants of the July Adopt-A-Lake Clean-Up.
(7/14, Lake Griffin) |
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July Breakfast Meeting. (L to R) Ed Russell and Doug Dombek
addressing the attendees and Jack Neely showing Warren Rassmussen
some of the finer points of fly casting.
(7/1, Leesburg)
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Wednesday Evening Meeting
(6/20, Oxford) |
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George Shillington caught this nice
largemouth bass on his new 3wt fly rod
throwing a Predator tied on a #8 hook.
(6/12, Lake Holly) |
Dave Ferris fighting an eighteen-inch
brown trout while fishing the Salmon River.
(May, Connecticut) |
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May Adopt-A-Lake clean-up participants.
(5/12, Lake Griffin) |
Here is Marilee Elias showing off a
three-pound five-ounce bass she caught
in one of the lakes in The Villages.
(6/4, The Villages)
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Wednesday Evening Meeting
(5/20, Oxford) |
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The four TCFF Members, (L to R) Felix Nieves, Doug Dombek, Bob Strunc
and Frank Matousek on their trip to the Florida Keys to fish for tarpon at night.
Joe Manjoine (right picture) during the fight with a sixty pounder.
(Mid-May, Ilamorada)
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Wednesday Breakfast Meeting.
(5/6, Leesburg) |
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Frank Matousek and Joe Manjoine fished the Tuckaseegee, the Pigeon,
the Nantahala Rivers and the Cherokee Reservation.
(Last Week of April, Western North Carolina)
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While fishing out of Ozella in George Shillington's
Gheenoe, Warren Rasmussen caught this
15 inch trout.
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George Shillington landed this
36” tip-to-tail stingray after a
fifteen minute tug-of-war.
( 4/16, Mosquito Lagoon) |
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Some Club Members participating in the Black Bear Festival.
(3/28, Umatilla)
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About fifty people enjoyed perfect weather, good fellowship and
excellent food at this year's Club Picnic.
(3/25, Lake Miona)
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Fly casting and Fly tying demonstrations at the Outdoor Expo.
(3/7-8, The Villages) |
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Largemouth bass caught caught in
Lake Griffin by Bob Heinbach.
(March, Lake Griffin) |
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Eighteen novice and intermediate fly fishers attended the
Fly Fishing Clinic headed up by Dave Ferris.:
(2/25, Oxford)
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February Club Saltwater Fishing Trip Anclote River area.
(2/26, Tarpon Springs) |
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Renowned fly tyer and TCFF Member Barry Kent designs and ties a
unique full-dressed Atlantic salmon fly for people who have impressed him.
Pictured above are the flies presented to Senator John McCain and
Governor Sarah Palin and their responses. |
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At the Wednesday Evening Meeting, Bob Hines gave a
presentation on the making of movies out of a series of photographs
along other software packages available to enhance photographs.
(2/18, Oxford) |
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TCFF President Ed Russell took these pictures
during the February Fresh Water Fishing Trip.
(2/12, Withlacoochee River) |
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About twenty-five Club Members and their significant others
gathered for the Club's Annual Dinner.
(2/11, Leesburg)
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John Neidow first thought he had snagged to bottom
and twenty-five minutes later this large gar came along side his kayak.
(2/9, Crystal River) |
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The TCFF February Adopt-A-Lake Clean-Up, thirteen Club Members
collected trash totalling approximately 125 pounds.
(2/10, Lake Griffin) |
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On a fishing expedition with Russ Hampton, Tom Green,
after getting several strikes on his fly,
caught his first Pacific sailfish out of Zihuatanejo.
(January/Mexico) |
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Frank Matousek was fishing on the
Clermont Chain Of Lakes with his friend, Joe.
Here is a picture of Joe with a bass
he caught on a puss bug fly.
(2/13, Clermont)
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| TCFF Members demonstrate fly casting and fly tying tying skills
to about 100 children at the Circle C Ranch for a state-wide
gathering of National Wild Turkey Association annual "Jakes" Conclave.
(1/24. Leesburg)
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| Brian Farley fishing out of
President Ed Russell's pontoon boat
(November, '08, Ocklawaha River)
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Captain Jimmy Johnson speaking at the Wednesday Evening Meeting
about tarpon fishing in the Florida Keys at night
(1/21, Oxford) |
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Wednesday Evening Meeting
(Top Row) Vice President Mike Winter and Member Dave Ferris addressing the attendees.
(Bottom Row) Bill Kugelman presenting a certificate of appreciation to Jack Neely and
the evening's presentation by Club Members Larry Jordan and Dick Sisolak
on fly fishing for trout in western North Carolina.
(12/17, Oxford) |
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2008 TCFF Annual Christmas Dinner
at Little Joey's Italian Restaurant
(12/7, Summerfield) |
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Renzetti Fly Fishing And Rod Building Fair
(12/6, Titusville) |
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(L to R) Honorary Member and Austrian citizen Thomas Pseiner,
Dave Ferris, Larry Semple, and Doug Dombek at Ponce Inlet.
(12/4, Ponce Inlet) |
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December Wednesday Breakfast Meeting
(Top Row) Doug Dombek with visiting Austrian Thomas Pseiner,
Jim Leech and Charlie Jacobs.
(Bottom Row) Fly Fishing Clinic.
(12/3,Leesburg) |
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