PLEASE NOTE!!!
The January meeting will NOT be at our regular location or on our usual meeting night! It will be at Tost Bistro Bar on Wednesday, January 18th.

As has been a tradition with the Alamo Fly Fishers for many years, our January meeting will be a fabulous cooking demonstration for our members to learn yet another tasty way to prepare their latest catch. After a fun filled and excellent event last year, we will once again be meeting at Tost Bistro Bar at 14415 Blanco Road, hosted by owner Jean‐Francois Poujol. Our January meetings are always a popular meeting and a great "couples" event, filled with camaraderie and conversation in a casual dinner setting.

by Joe Mitchell

Greetings from your new president, I am looking forward to a year of exciting outings and programs for our club. We have several new officers which should provide some new ideas for outings and ideas for the club.

The annual fish dinner is on a Wednesday this year, instead of Tuesday, so mark your calendars for the 18th of January and come join us for the annual fish dinner. Some of our members have been fishing hard to provide the fish, please make sure you join us for this annual event.

During the first meeting of the year our new outings director Walter Ross, will be passing out a survey to better determine the types of outings and places you would enjoy fishing. So please put on your thinking caps for ideas. We would like to get more of our club involved in the outings. I am also thinking about starting a day trip on the weekends to a nearby fishing location. I am interested to find out how many would participate in this.

I hope everyone had a great New Year and good luck keeping all of your resolutions. Again I look forward the coming year.

by David McWilliams

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I certainly did. Our normal tradition is to head to North Texas to my folks place. But this has been a year of change for my family. We added a new member with the birth of my son, and we lost a few who have gone on to fish better waters in God’s company. Partly to the avoid the melancholy of empty seats at the dinner table, and partly to enjoy the excitement of something new we opted for a trip to Rockport over Thanksgiving week.

My Dad, who started my semi-healthy addiction to fishing, had never caught a redfish. It’s a long way to the coast from North Texas. I was determined over the course of the trip to get him hooked up, and it took us until the 2nd day but we made it happen.

A while back at an Alamo Fly Fishers raffle I won a guided trip with Billy Trimble. We were fortunate that Billy was available while we were in Rockport and utilized the raffled trip. Captain Trimble was the guest speaker at the first monthly Alamo Fly Fisher Meeting that I attended several years ago. A recent saltwater convert, I joined AFF with intentions of meeting other saltwater fly fisherman and learning as much as I could. Seeing Trimble’s presentation that day definitely accelerated my learning curve.

Speaking of raffles, I hope you have made your reservations for the upcoming Christmas Party on December 11th at 6 o'clock. If not, you still have time. Email david.mcwilliams at hotmail.com to reserve your seat at Alamo Cafe on 281. Cost is $25 per person. You could win a trip with any number of guides, or a new rod, or a new reel -- there are many exciting auction items this year.

On a closing note I want to say that it has been an exciting year for me as President. I hope that I have done justice to the position and added value to this great club. Please come do your part to support Alamo Fly Fish- ers and continue the tradition at the Christmas Party.

Sincerely,
David McWilliams