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Welcome to the Fly Fishers of Virginia Membership web site!

 

Our September 18th dinner meeting speaker will be

Captain Seth Vernon....

     Captain Seth Vernon is a full-time professional fly and light tackle fishing guide with a passion for shallow water fishing. When not teaching private fly casting instruction, tying custom flies or doing "research" on the water he will be somewhere photographing or writing about the next great adventure. 


     Captain Seth has guided in Alaska at Mission Lodge, Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina for Foscoe Fishing Co. and spent ample time fishing the waters of the Rocky Mountains, the Everglades and Ascension Bay in the Yucatan of Mexico. When you speak with Captain Seth about fishing you know right away he enjoys guiding and teaching.

 

Special Afternoon Session

Captain Vernon will also offer a special pre-dinner activity that all FFV members are invited to attend. More details to come....

 

Here is a copy of the July, 2008 'Singing Reel' newsletter

 

 

FFV 3rd Annual Fly Fishing School


Plans are under way for the 3rd annual FFV Fly Fishing School. This year we will be focusing on the smallmouth bass. Tentative date is the weekend of September 27th. Topics covered will include,
equipment, techniques, habitat and wading safety. Yes, this will be a wading school. As with the past schools since we will have a limit to the number of students, we want this to be for those
that are not that familiar with smallmouth fly rodding. This will also be a good opportunity to meet and spend the weekend with some of the club members you don't see on a regular basis. So mark
your calendar, (no Tech or UVA home football games that weekend) and be on the lookout for more information in upcoming Singing Reels.

 

Mark your calendar now!!

 

Lefty Kreh AND King Montgomery will be our January 17th, 2009 Annual Banquet speakers!

 

 

Volunteers needed!!

Project Healing Waters is growing!

The FFV will now be volunteering at the Fort Lee

'Warrior Transition Unit!'

The FFV is set to have a  " Kick Off" meeting at the Warrior Transition Unit (WTU),

Ft Lee VA July 22 ,2008 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.


We will demonstrating Fly Tying and Fly Casting  as well as answering any questions the Warriors may have about PHW.


The WTU has 60 plus members . The Warriors stay in the unit from 3 to 6 months.
This will allow us to really work with Warriors who want to develop their skills in this sport .
 
The regular sessions will start in August the second and fourth Tuesdays of each . All session will be held in building 11103 on A Avenue. This is the Hdq of the WTU at Ft Lee. The session will be held during the weekday hours ( 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM )
 
We have all the fly tying tool and material as well as the rods and reel that will be needed to run the training
 
As the Warriors become skilled in casting we are planning on offering one day fly fishing trips on local warm  water and trout water.

Contact Phil Johnson or George Pearson for information on how you can help this very worthy cause!

Help our Armed Services Veterans!!

Click here for an article that was published in the July 2008 'Richmond Magazine'

about the FFV and PHW!

Click here for an article that was published in the July 4, 2008 'Richmond Times Dispatch' about PHW!

 

 

FFV members Phil Johnson and Paul Kohler supported a  BSA Merit Badge class at the Moose Camporee, Covington,VA - May 2008

Paul Kohler and Phil Johnson provided the training for five Boy Scout who were taking the Fly Fishing Merit Badge program. Phil ran the fly tying and equipment elements in the morning and Paul worked on the fly fishing in the afternoon. Paul and Phil are both Merit Badge Counselors for Fly Fishing.

 

Here are some photos from our FFV 25th Aniversary Dinner meeting

Here is  a summary of our 2007 Dinner Speakers

Here is  a summary of our 2008 Dinner Speakers

 

 

 

 

The 2008 Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock Campfire took place May 10th, 2008!

This event is a great place to get kids hooked on fishing!

Contact Bill Pearsall, Ken Barnes or Steve Lewis for info on next year's event...

Click here for some photos from the 2007 BOJC campfire and fishing event!

 

 

 

 Click here to view a few photos from the past.....

We have added a new feature to our club's web site. In the 20 or so years since the FFV was founded we have had numerous club sponsored events, seminars, fly tying classes, fishing trips, etc...If you have any photos from any of these events and would like to share them with the club, please contact Doug Walden. We can scan them in and return them to you unharmed.

 

 

 

Search the FFV web site and recent 'Singing Reel' newsletters:

 

 

 

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