Events

Lefty Ray ChapaThis month’s speaker is our own, just recently retired kayak guide and past president, Lefty Ray Chapa. With the first saltwater trip coming up this month, his topic will be “Getting Ready for the Salt.” This slide show will get you up to speed on how to prepare for this coming spring and summer season on our nearby coast. Topics include; how to get physically ready, equipment check, kayak prep, weather advice, and many more. Join us as one of our top experienced members shares his wealth of knowledge.

Lefty Ray joined the Alamo Fly Fishers in 1988 and is currently the 3rd senior member. He is one of the few fly fishing guides who guided on salt, fresh, and cold water areas of the state. Just recently he retired from kayak guiding but continues guiding on the Hill Country streams and the coastal jetties. His “Kayak 4 Redfish” seminars will continue and the next fly fishing session is June 9. Besides guiding Ray has been giving slide shows since 1991 and writing and photographing the local fishing scene since 1990. In 1994 he was certified by the FFF to teach fly casting and is the longest serving instructor in the state of Texas. For more info you can contact him at 210-260-6154, leftyray@leftyray.com, or www.kayak4redfish.com.

Continuing Education

At our March club meeting, an all out education and information night, Clay Gill manned a table on knot tying and rod rigging. This was a very popular table, and Clay was overwhelmed with interest to learn some of the basic knots used in fly fishing. There was not enough time that night to answer everyone's questions, so Clay has graciously offered to continue teaching knot tying before each of our meetings for the next couple of months. Clay will arrive early (6:30pm) to each of these meetings to assist anyone looking for help with knot tying or rod rigging. There appears to be a lot of interest here, so if anyone else can help Clay lead this instruction, your assistance will be appreciated.

We are also planning for each of our meetings this year to include a Continuing Education segment. These spots will occur before the meetings and during the social time of our meeting nights. Topics will rotate during the year, and are intended to increase everyone's knowledge of fly fishing. There should be no mystery here! If anyone has a topic they would like to have covered, or maybe would like to present, please contact Todd Fleming at the meeting.