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....
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!!
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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!
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