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Fly fishing near the St. Johns River by the Highway 46 Bridge, Doug Dombek,
Gary Christie, Don Jackson and Dave Ferris caught five species of fish with the
prize of the day being a 22 inch, 3- 3/4 pound, shad. All totaled,
they caught more than 20 shad and many crappies.
(1/23, St. Johns River)
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Wednesday Evening Meeting -- Club secretary Joe Manjoine tying flies and
Guest speakers Capt, Rick Burns, Capt. Jody Hogan and Dr. Michelle Zielecki.
(1/18, Oxford) |
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Friday the 13th proved to be a very lucky day. Felix Nieves and Mike Winter
guided by Frank Matousek fished the St. Johns River
catching shad, bluegills and stripers.
(1/13, St. Johns River) |
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Putting their kayaks in under the Highway 46 bridge, Doug Dombek, Dave Ferris,
Gary Christie, and Don Jackson paddled to the mouth of the Econlockhatchee River,
where shad in abundance (some to 20 inches!) were holding over about a ½ mile stretch
of water. But that was not all; big specs and big redbelly sunfish were there too.
Don even caught a striped bass!
(1/12. St. Johns River) |
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Newly installed President of the TCFF, Tom Green,
leads his first Breakfast Meeting.
(1/4, Oxford) |
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Bill Finley of the Oak Orchard Canoe and Kayak Experts was the guest speaker
at the Wednesday evening meeting. Along with bringing in six kayaks and accessories,
he talked about different styles of kayaks and their pros and cons.
(12/21, Oxford)
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Lunchtime at the monthly freshwater Club fly fishing trip.
(12/15, Lake Pannasoffkee) |
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Frank Matousek and Joe Manjoine fished the St. Johns River and caught specs
the size of dinner platters. the fly of choice was bright colored with lead eyes,
green tail, gold body with yellow and red hair for a wing, tied in size 6 and 8.
(12/13, St. Johns River) |
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About fifty members and guests attended the
Annual TCFF Christmas Party.
(12/11, The Villages) |
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The nine TCFF Members who attended the Renzetti Fly Fishing and
Rod Building Fair were treated to a wide variety of demonstrations in fly casting,
fly tying and rod building along with numerous fly fishing oriented vendors.
(12/3, Titusville) |
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Fly casting school owner, guide, and writer, widely respected fly fisherman
Jon Cave treated attendees to the November Wednesday Evening Meeting
to an hour and a half fly casting clinic followed by a presentation on the theory
and practice of fly casting.
(11/15, Oxford) |
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Eleven Members showed up for the November Club Fresh Water Fishing Trip to
Lake Panasoffkee. The weather was beautiful and the fishing was good.
Felix Nieves and Frank Matousek landed about 15 fish each.
Felix landed some nice bass and a couple of large bluegills.
(11/10, Lake Panasoffkee)
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Pictured are some of the catch from the November Club Saltwater Fishing Trip to
Picnic Island. Along with these fish, several other redfish and a few spotted sea trout
were caught. Also caught were too many to count blowfish which
tore up the feathers on the flies.
(11/15, Tampa Bay) |
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Due to forecasts of bad weather (which proved not to be true) , a lot of members
signed up of the Bahia Honda Fishing Trip backed out, but those that did go,
all caught fish. Pictured is Member David Smith with a small grouper. A wide
variety of fish were caught: jack crevalle, barracuda, mangrove snapper, spanish mackerel
and many others. Each person had many shots at tarpon but they just wouldn't take the fly.
(10/30-11/3, Florida Keys) |
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Pictures from the Picnic Island Club fishing trip at Picnic Island in Tampa Bay.
Everyone had a field day, each person catching multiple trout, lady fish, and other
species. The snook was the only one landed that day.
Bait fish were numerous, contributing to the action.
(10/27, Tampa) |
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The photo above is looking over the shoulder of
TCFF Member Marilee Elias watching Enrico Puglisi
tying his famous shrimp pattern.
(10/22,
Kissimmee) |
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The morning after the Wednesday Evening Meeting on the subject of Redfish (see below),
TCFF Member Larry Jordan went out with Dick Sisolak on Mason Creek,
braving windy weather, hoping to use their newfound knowledge of catching redfish
and ended up catching this 35 inch long snook.
(10/20, Homosassa) |
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At the Evening Meeting, Homosassa Captain William Toney discussed sight
fishing for redfish along the central Gulf Coast. Lots of tips were given as to what flies to use, presentaton of the flies and areas where to fish.
(TCFF Member Jerry Lester made a short video
of the meeting and can be seen here.)
(10/19, Oxford)
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At teh Breakfast Meeting, Ed Rapisardi is demonstrating
how to cast with only the tip half of the fly rod.
(10/5, Leesburg) |
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At the Wednesday evening Meeting, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
fish biologist Eric 'Bubba" Thomas spoke about the FWC's role in preserving
Florida's fisheries, the status of local lakes and, specifically, which lakes have been
very productive to sport fishermen.
(9/21, Oxford)
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In the middle of September, several TCFF Members went on a Club Fishing Trip to Arkansas.
They fished Bullshoals, Norfork, Greers Ferry, Beaver and also fished Bull Shoals Lake.
Everyone caught fish every day. Stripped bass, walleye and some very large bluegills
were caught on Bull Shoals Lake by Frank Matousek and Joe Manjoine.
They caught 20 to 50 fish a day. Many trout averaged around 15" to
one over 18" caught by Joe Manjoine.
(9/11-9/17, Arkansas) |
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TCFF member Jim Lovegrove got to witness and fish the salmon run from
Lake Ontario up the Bowmanville river. Lots of them are being
caught in the 20 to 35 pound range. |
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Marilee Elias displays a nice Jack Crevalle caught
on a fishing trip to the Indian River.
(August, Ft. Pierce) |
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| Though not having graduated to fly fishing, Jim Love Grove is teaching his granddaughters
to fish and now that is all they want to do when he visits.
(August/Peterborough, Ontario. Canada)
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Wednesday Evening Meeting -- Casting Clinic, Marilee Elias speaking about her
redfish catch and Guest Speaker Captain Mike Baker of Crappie Fisherman's Guide Service
discussing all aspects of catching crappie year round.
(8/17, Oxford) |
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Marilee Elias and Bob Murray went out on the fishing charter with Captain Rick Burns.
Marilee caught a 27” and a 20" redfish and Bob caught a couple of sea trout.
(August 12, Ozello) |
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Barry Kent with a sample of the redfish he has been catching
at his new home in Panama City.
(August, Florida Panhandle) |
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TCFF President Frank Matousek and Treasurer Warren Rasmussen
address the Club at the breakfast Meeting.
(8/3, Leesburg)
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Dave Ferris fished the Mississippi River with the St Paul Fly Tyers and
landed a few Small Mouths caught mostly on a bead head Woolly Bugger.
(8/7, Minnesota) |
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TCFF Member Dick Sisolak fished the Henrys Fork and the Madison River. Pictured is
Dick's guide on the Henrys Fork with his 19 inch rainbow. He lost several much bigger fish. As a surprise, an osprey took a trout right off the hook as he was being brought to the boat.
(First week of August, Idaho & Montana) |
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Wednesday Evening Meeting:
(Top) TCFF Members Jack Neely demonstrating fly tying and
Ed Rapisardi at the Fly Casting Clinic.
(Bottom) Guest Speaker Captain Frank Catinois, the Cortland Representative for Florida
and a licensed charter captain, spoke on three different topics: taking the mystery our of fly line selection, fishing the three different fisheries in the Mosquito Lagoon and bonefishing
around the South Caicos Island in the Bahamas. (7/20, Oxford) |
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TCFF Member Doug Dombek caught this nice bass at Fiddler’s Pond
on a saltwater popper.
(6.24, Mount Dora) |
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June Wednesday Evening Meeting -- friend of the Tri-County fly fishers, Florida native and
fly shop owner Jim Swann, talked about on bass and bluegills --
habits, habitat and fishing techniques.
(6/15, Oxford) |
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TCFF Member Dick Sisolak caught this 19-inch bass along with a few bluegills
while fishing the lake behind his house on a 4 wt rod using
a chartreuse and green foam fly .
(6/12, Inverness) |
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| With high air and water temperatures in the middle of the day,
TCFF Member Joe Manjoine landed this nice bass. He and his boatmate caught
about 12 or 15 bass like this on floating flies. Two larger fish were lost.
(6/7, Clermont Chain of Lakes) |
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While fishing the Muskegon River,TCFF Member
Oscar Feliu caught this ten pound suckerfish on a
Cadis Larvae. For a video, click
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=latYzDW80LQ
(6/7, Michigan) |
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Doug Dombek rescued this bird floundering in the water
a half mile off shore.
(5/25, Fort Island Gulf Beach) |
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Seven TCFF members drove to Western North Carolina to fly fish for trout --
browns, rainbows, and brookies. What was caught during the trip was bass, bluegill,
suckers, red-eye bass, and, of course, the three varieties of trout. Everyone on the trip caught fish.
(5/22-5/29, Western North Carolina) |
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Amongst motorcycles, radio controlled boats, archery, skeet shooting and such activities,
seven TCFF members demonstrated fly casting techniques at May's
The Villages Outdoor Expo.
(5/21, The Villages) |
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May's Wednesday Evening Meeting Featured speaker was Gulf Coast Guide Captain Rich Burns introducing Club members to the Coastal Conservation Association of Florida.
For more information about the organization or to join up, click here.
(5/18, Oxford) |
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TCFF Member Jack Neely was pretty much a one-man show at the Evening Meeting
first tying saltwater streamers at the fly tying session and then hosting a
knot tying session and round table discussion of fly fishing.
(4/20, Oxford) |
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Ten TCFF Members participated in the first annual Dads For Boys
event where about twenty boys were exposed to the
various aspects of fly fishing.
(4/16, Umatilla) |
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This is the Class Picture of the instructors and students for the
2011 Dave Ferris Fly Fishing Clinic.
(4/12, Oxford) |
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On April 5th, six TCFF Members made the trek to the Miami Canals to fish for peacock bass, largemouth bass, mayan ciclids,oscars and a variety of other species. Large mouth bass
and bluegills were caught at a rate of at least 20 fish per man per hour. The bass
were about eight inches to about sixteen inches with and occasional large one being landed.
(4/5, South Florida) |
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About 45 Members, significant others and guests braved threats of rain
which, gratefully, did not materialize, for the Club's Annual Picnic
last month at Lake Miona Park. Bratwursts and hamburgers with all the
trimmings were had along with good conversation and games.
(3/30, Lake Miona) |
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TCFF Members Frank Matousek, Ed Rapisardi, Bob Strunc,
Felix Nieves and George Hintz were at the Black Bear Festival giving fly casting lessons.
(3/26, Umatilla) |
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| The Villages Bass Fishing Tournament -- the TCFF participated, both as competitors in the
Fly Rod Division and as giving fly casting lessons. Here are Felix Nieves and
Ron Gryn fishing the Lake Miramar (the lake behind the Hacienda Recreation Center)
(3/23, The Villages) |
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Evening Meeting -- Captain Rick Burns gave presentation on fishing in Florida for bluegills and bass. He will be followed by Len Codella and Bernard Ramanauskas (pictured) giving a presentation about their recent fishing adventure in the Argentine.
(3/16, Oxford)
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Breakfast Meeting Fly Casting Clinic.
(3/2, Oxford) |
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Daina Anderson with a crab pattern fly she tied the night before
and what she caught of it.
(1/19, Picnic Island (Tampa Bay))
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Taking advantage of the cooler Gulf waters pushing the ladyfish into Kings Bay, TCFF Members Doug Dombek (pictured), Gray Christie, Dave Ferris and new Member Don Jackson went out in kayaks to try their luck. (On his first saltwater outing in Florida, Don caught his first sea trout and sail catfish. He also had a close encounter with a few curious manatees.)
(2/17, Kings Bay)
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Wednesday evening Meeting --
(Top) Fly casting clinic and Fly tying demonstration.
(Bottom) Annual Outdoor Equipment Swap Meet.
(2/16, Oxford) |
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Pictured are the files donated to the Club from
Dave Ferris' Fly Swap to be raffled off at the
March 2nd Breakfast Meeting. |
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Doug Dombek with a nice shad caught on the St. Johns.
(1/27, St. Johns River) |
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Gary Christie and Doug Dombek fished King’s Bay in Crystal River and
caught several ladyfish (and missed or lost many more)
along with three large sail catfish.
(2/3, Crystal River)
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Nine TCFF Members were kept busy with teaching fly casting and fly tying
at the National Wild Turkey Federation JAKES program
event at the Ocala Conservation Center.
(2/5, Ocala National Forest) |
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February Breakfast Meeting -- (L to R) Treasurer Warren Rasmussen giving his monthly report, Bill Kugelman addressing the membership about the status of The Villages Outdoor Expo.
(2/2, Leesburg)
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(L)Joe Manjoine and (R)Frank Matousek landed numerous specks and shad
while fishing on the St. Johns River while fighting the wind all day and
had to quit because if impending rain.
(1/25, St. Johns River) |
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(L) Fly casting clinic before the Evening Meeting. (C and R) Guest Speaker John Kumiski
covered the changes that take place during an angler's year and
how to take advantages of the fishing opportunities that the season's changing brings.
(1/19, Oxford) |
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