Events
12 / 9
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Join the Alamo Fly Fishers for their annual Christmas Party on December 9, 2007. The party will be held at the Alamo Cafe on Highway 281, just north of Bitters Road. Cost will be $15 per person and will include a wonderful dinner, raffle and silent auction. Join us for great company, excellent prizes and a celebration of the year's fishing successes. | ||
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01 / 15
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
(Carmine’s Restaurant – Phil Sprio Chef/Owner) PLEASE NOTE!!! The January meeting will NOT be at our regular location! It will be at Carmine's Restaurant.
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02 / 2
Start: 8:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host the Flat Out Fishing seminar on February 2nd in Corpus Christi, at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. The event will be held at Bay Hall, Room 103, at TAMU-CC’s Ward Island campus. The event will be a full day complete with seminars and presentations from noted guides and experts covering a variety of bay, surf, kayak and fly fishing techniques along the Texas Coast. | ||
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02 / 9
Start: 8:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host the Flat Out Fishing seminar on February 9th in Lake Jackson, at the Lake Jackson Civic Center. The event will be a full day complete with seminars and presentations from noted guides and experts covering a variety of bay, surf, kayak and fly fishing techniques along the Texas Coast. Noted speakers and guides will include: | ||
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02 / 19
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
by Rob Burlingame, AFF Vice President
You can view Tosh’s web site at http://www.toshbrown.com to see an example of his beautiful photography and his success. | ||
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03 / 18
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Ron McAlpin - Fly Fishing for White Bass
Ron could be considered an expert in many types of Texas fly fishing and white bass fishing is no exception. He has fly fished the creeks, rivers and lakes of the Hill Country for the last 35 years. His first fly rod was even purchased to target white bass! In fact, Ron still prefers to fish with some of his early gear (some 30 years old!). His passion for vintage fishing gear seems to stem from its functionality and his ability to feel more subtle strikes on the older rods. Currently living in Boerne, just outside of San Antonio, he continues to fish these pristine rivers as often as he can. Some of you may know Ron from his dedication to GRTU and his current service as a board member. Ron is extremely passionate about fly fishing, which I am certain you will see through his presentation. Ron will present an all inclusive slideshow on fishing for white bass. He plans to cover the species in detail, including what and how they eat, spawning cycles and life cycles. He will provide great insight on what makes white bass run and the characteristics of the run. Once we understand the underlying fish and their patterns, Ron will give suggestions on what type of gear you will need and what flies you should throw to be most successful. Most importantly, he will provide some insight on where to fish and how to determine the best times to fish to ensure better success. Using his suggestions can help us to plan ahead to make sure we are able to be on the water just in time for the prime run of the season! After fishing for this species for several decades, Ron prides himself with being able to catch large numbers of white bass even after most of the anglers claim that the run has ended. In fact, his best season to date logged 170 fish in 15 hours of fishing! | ||
03 / 19
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03 / 20
Start: 5:00 pm
Start: 2008-03-20 17:00
End: 2008-03-23 12:00
Colorado Bend State Park – March 20th – 23rd
Eight to ten years ago, on some of my earliest trips to Colorado Bend State Park, I remember the group of us being rather small. The David Young and David Wallace families, and just four or five more of us, easily ate together and stayed on as few as three campsites. Our traditional fish fry on Saturday night was attended my no more than eighteen people. (Over the past two years we have had between forty-five and sixty club members and their families and guests attend the fish fry!) And the names were fun too: we had four David’s (three Young’s and one Wallace) and two Bruce’s (one Nelson and one Young) in camp. It could be very confusing.
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03 / 21
(all day)
Start: 2008-03-20 17:00
End: 2008-03-23 12:00
Colorado Bend State Park – March 20th – 23rd
Eight to ten years ago, on some of my earliest trips to Colorado Bend State Park, I remember the group of us being rather small. The David Young and David Wallace families, and just four or five more of us, easily ate together and stayed on as few as three campsites. Our traditional fish fry on Saturday night was attended my no more than eighteen people. (Over the past two years we have had between forty-five and sixty club members and their families and guests attend the fish fry!) And the names were fun too: we had four David’s (three Young’s and one Wallace) and two Bruce’s (one Nelson and one Young) in camp. It could be very confusing.
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03 / 22
(all day)
Start: 2008-03-20 17:00
End: 2008-03-23 12:00
Colorado Bend State Park – March 20th – 23rd
Eight to ten years ago, on some of my earliest trips to Colorado Bend State Park, I remember the group of us being rather small. The David Young and David Wallace families, and just four or five more of us, easily ate together and stayed on as few as three campsites. Our traditional fish fry on Saturday night was attended my no more than eighteen people. (Over the past two years we have had between forty-five and sixty club members and their families and guests attend the fish fry!) And the names were fun too: we had four David’s (three Young’s and one Wallace) and two Bruce’s (one Nelson and one Young) in camp. It could be very confusing.
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03 / 23
End: 12:00 pm
Start: 2008-03-20 17:00
End: 2008-03-23 12:00
Colorado Bend State Park – March 20th – 23rd
Eight to ten years ago, on some of my earliest trips to Colorado Bend State Park, I remember the group of us being rather small. The David Young and David Wallace families, and just four or five more of us, easily ate together and stayed on as few as three campsites. Our traditional fish fry on Saturday night was attended my no more than eighteen people. (Over the past two years we have had between forty-five and sixty club members and their families and guests attend the fish fry!) And the names were fun too: we had four David’s (three Young’s and one Wallace) and two Bruce’s (one Nelson and one Young) in camp. It could be very confusing.
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04 / 15
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
by Rob Burlingame
Many of the club veterans know Bud Priddy’s book well, titled Fly Fishing the Texas Hill Country, and still keep a tattered version of the book on hand as a useful reference tool full of great tips and locations on the many pristine rivers we can access in the Hill Country. More so, the book serves as a tribute and memoir to many of a great friend and well respected member and officer of the Alamo Fly Fishers. The book has been through four versions to my knowledge, starting with a “club copy” compiled in May 1987 and published in full form in 1994 and the latest revision being published in 2000 by W.T. Taylor of Barksdale, TX. The book proved its usefulness through sales of literally thousands of books, probably nearing the 20,000 mark by now. Kevin started compiling his version of the book some time ago from the original manuscripts and should be released very soon. Kevin’s journey in writing this book is sure to be informative and will likely serve not only as a great resource of shared professional knowledge, but also as a tribute to the great sportsman who first wrote the book. | ||
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04 / 19
Start: 8:00 am
Start: 2008-04-19 08:00
End: 2008-04-20 12:00
Nueces River - Open “V” Ranch, owned by Sky Lewey
The ranch is located on the west side of Highway 55, just north of Uvalde. Some of the members will be camping in the pecan bottom of the ranch on Saturday night. Directions to the ranch are as follows (from Uvalde) When you enter the ranch, you will have to pass through several gates. Please leave the gates as you find them (open or closed) as there is livestock on the ranch. Cost will be $5 per person (or $10 per car). Camping is available for $2 additional per person. Hope to see you all there! | ||
04 / 20
End: 12:00 pm
Start: 2008-04-19 08:00
End: 2008-04-20 12:00
Nueces River - Open “V” Ranch, owned by Sky Lewey
The ranch is located on the west side of Highway 55, just north of Uvalde. Some of the members will be camping in the pecan bottom of the ranch on Saturday night. Directions to the ranch are as follows (from Uvalde) When you enter the ranch, you will have to pass through several gates. Please leave the gates as you find them (open or closed) as there is livestock on the ranch. Cost will be $5 per person (or $10 per car). Camping is available for $2 additional per person. Hope to see you all there! | ||
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04 / 26
Start: 6:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Transport from Fulton Harbor on the Skimmer SPACE IS LIMITED, SO PLEASE SIGN UP EARLY!!!
We will meet at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday morning, April 26th, at Rockport Birding and Kayak Adventures (www.rockportadventures.com), 216 North Fulton Beach Road. We will load our kayaks and fishing gear aboard their transport boat, the Skimmer, and try to leave by 6:00 a.m. Capt. Tommy Moore will be taking us to the edge of the Fence Lake area on the backside of San Jose Island for a day of fishing and kayaking. This is a premier flats fishing area where tailing redfish are commonly found. But don’t overlook the drop-off along the shoreline, potholes, and passes for Speckled Trout. The Skimmer will return to pick us up later that afternoon, approximately 3:30 p.m. A definite time and location for the return trip will be determined that morning. We are going to a remote area, and we will be on the water all day. Some things you should consider bringing are:
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05 / 3
Start: 7:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
For area accommodations, please check out the following motels and campgrounds: I hope to see you on the river in Camp Wood! Todd Fleming | ||
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05 / 20
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Monthly meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at Alamo Heights Presbyterian Church, 6201 Broadway. Informal fly-tying and lying gatherings happen on all other Tuesdays - same time and same place. Hope to see you there! | ||
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06 / 7
Start: 6:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
Fence Lake Kayak Fishing Trip via Skimmer | ||
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06 / 21
Start: 5:00 pm
Start: 2008-06-21 17:00
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09 / 16
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
September has become the month to promote and highlight “Women in Fly Fishing”. Men appear to outnumber women in the sport of fly fishing, and in the membership numbers for the Alamo Fly Fishers. It has become obvious to the leadership of this club that we need to do more to attract women to fly fishing. As a rule, women learn quicker than men to be better fly casters, and generally are thought to be better at tying flies. Women who try fly fishing seem to develop better mechanics sooner than men, but for whatever reason they don’t sign up with the same numbers. | ||
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