Mid-Coast Flyfishers Meeting -- 9 June 2025

 Such a great meeting of the Mid-Coast Flyfishers tonight that I forgot to snap a picture! Thanks everyone who attended! I'll echo Bill's statement that it was a great turnout for a June meeting! It certainly gave me some more insight into the direction we should be moving in and what the membership wants to get out of the club. Please don't hesitate to reach out with suggestions or improvements any time! I've got to say though, the mention of bluegill, small natives and bluelines made me awfully nostalgic! 

  MCFF meets the 2nd and 3rd Monday of each month. As always, all are welcome and I'll be glad to save you a seat!

MCFF Tying Meeting -- 19 May 2025

 

At tonight's MCFF Tying Night, we took a shot at Stu Apte's Black Death! Under the direction of our new club treasurer Guy, this was a fairly easy pattern to tie, but required a few techniques and several different materials! Fun tie and a great looking tarpon fly!

MCFF Meeting -- 12 May 2025

 

The Mid-Coast Flyfishers meeting was held al fresco tonight as Tres. Will, who happens to be a past Commander of the Daytona Beach America's Boating Club (US Power Squadrons), demonstrated the process and requirements of a Vessel Safety Check on Sec. Bill's personal Hewes Bayfisher! It was a fascinating run through with loads of great info and excellent safety reminders!

MCFF meets the second and third Monday of each month. As always, all are welcome and I'll be glad to save you a seat!

MCFF Tying Night -- 21 April 2025

 

Great turnout at tonight's MCFF Tying Night! Capt. Frank Brownell started us out with a presentation on the Eyes on Seagrass grass tracking app to fulfill an assignment for his Master Naturalist studies. Then, Bob Dillon led the tyers in tying one of his amazing flies, the BD Shrimpoon!! 

Tying Night is the third Monday of each month, following our regular meeting on the second Monday. All are welcome, and as always, I'll be glad to save you a seat!

MCFF Meeting -- 14 April 2025

 

Fun meeting tonight with the Mid-Coast Fly Fishers!! New members, visitors, returning members, fishing reports, fish tales, fishing in the news, and some book and film suggestions! You never know what you'll get at MCFF, but you'll always learn something!! We meet the 2nd & 3rd Monday of every month. As always, all are welcome, and I'll be glad to save you a seat!

MCFF Tying Night -- 17 March 2025

 Tying Night at MCFF saw Bob Dillon leading us with his interpretation of the late Bob Popovic's Hollow Fly that he dubbed the Spye! As per usual, mine was tied far too heavy, but this is a great technique that's open to lots of customization to suit your fishery! Tying Night is the 3rd Monday of each month! All are welcome, and as always, I'll be glad to save you a seat! 

MCFF Meeting -- 10 Mar 2025

 Many thanks to Leiza Fitzgerald, CCA S.T.A.R. Tournament Director for speaking to the Mid-Coast Flyfishers tonight! She covered CCA's conservation efforts in our area and all over Florida, as well as an overview of the S.T.A.R. tournament and some of the prizes available! MCFF meets the 2nd and 3rd Monday of every month and all are welcome! As always, I'll be glad to save you a seat!!

MCFF Tying Meeting -- 17 Feb 2025

 

Excellent turnout for tonight's MCFF Tying Night! Members Guy Faherty and Bob Dillon are running a refresher course on some of the knots to know when setting up a new fly line, and Guy will be finishing the evening with showing his version of the McVay Gotcha Fly! MCFF meets the 2nd and 3rd Monday of each month. As always, all are welcome and I'll be glad to save you a seat!

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MCFF Meeting -- 10 February 2025

 

Carolyn Kovacs, our area's Seagrass Extension Agent, gave a great talk to the Mid-Coast Fly Fishers tonight on the improvement in the state of the seagrass they're seeing in the Indian River Lagoon and to also introduce the members to their new citizen science program "Eyes On Seagrass". MCFF meets the 2nd and 3rd Monday of every month. As always, all are welcome and I'll be glad to save you a seat!!

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MCFF Open House 2025

 Wonderful day for the Mid-Coast Fly Fishers' annual open house! Huge thanks to all who came out and made it an excellent event! The morning started out on the cool side, so hot coffee was definitely required! Thanks, too, to the vendors who joined us! Floyd Skiffs, RCI Optics, Cortland and Riverside Conservancy. Always so much fun to share a meal and the passion for fly fishing with so many great folks! I clearly didn't take enough pictures, but I'm proud and thankful for how well the day went! Come out and join us next year, it promises to be bigger and better yet! MCFF meets the 2nd and 3rd Monday of each month, plus Saturday Casting Practice! All are welcome and, as always, I'll be glad to save you a seat.

Starting things off with lots of coffee!

Casting instruction!  MCFF is a Teaching Club first and foremost!

Members sharing the hot spots on a Mosquito Lagoon area map!

Burgers, dogs, lots of sides and Members and Guests sharing a meal!

Awards from our First Annual Redfish Tournament were handed out at the Open House.

Mid-Coast Fly Fishers Open House 2025

 Come join us tomorrow in New Smyrna Beach!

MCFF First Annual Redfish Tournament -- 11 Jan 2025

 A challenging morning on the water has turned in to a beautiful day for a cookout at our first annual MCFF Redfish Tournament! Fantastic turnout and great to see our members come together for a fun event! 

MCFF Fly Tying Meeting -- 16 Dec 2024

 Awesome seasonal novelty tie at tonight's MCFF Tying Meeting that lead many to believe we were tying a Tarpon Toad variant right up until completion! ( and, really, we were!) Many thanks to Carl Sanders, our fly-tyer extraordinaire for ending the year with such a fun and challenging fly, but also for all his service to the Club and the many incredible ties and techniques he shared with us during his tenure. He will be missed, but we wish him the best and hope he'll drop into the Club any time he's able! MCFF meets the 2nd and 3rd Monday of each month, with tying night on the 3rd. As always, all are welcome and I'll be glad to save you a seat!

 

MCFF Meeting -- 11 November 2024

 Tonight's Mid Coast Fly Fishers meeting featured former club president, and current FOP Lodge liaison, Mark Patterson, who presented the club with a thank you letter for the members who helped clean up the lodge property after this year's hurricanes, and also to relay stories of the early days of MCFF, a fly pattern design credited to members of the club and to show his amazing rodbuilding handiwork! Another great meeting in the books, so I hope you'll join us for the next one! Second and third Monday of each month. All are welcome, and I'll be glad to save you a seat!

DBNJ

Jordan Kohn

Dec 14, 2008

MCFF Tying Meeting -- 17 June 2024

 At tonight's MCFF Tying Meeting, the club's own Bob Dillon once again led the tyers with some variations on the classic Gartside Gurgler! Tying in bucktail, palmering hackel and working with foam are some of the foundation skills that are always good to practice! The MCFF Tying Meeting is the third Monday of every month, and, as always, all are welcome. I'll be glad to save you a seat!

MCFF Meeting - 11 December 2023

 Friends of the club, Kelli McGee and Dr. Art Litowitz of the Riverside Conservancy, joined us tonight for an update on their restoration work and water quality in the Mosquito Lagoon as well as new and upcoming projects.  There was a great turnout, a fantastic report from the Treasurer and several new members in attendance! As always, everyone is welcome and I'll be glad to save you a seat!

 

MCFF Tying Night -- 20 Nov 2023

 Tonight's MCFF Fly Tying meeting was presented al-fresco! Carl Sanders walked everyone through tying the Simpson's Shrimp, which utilizes an inverted tying technique, working from the eye to the bend. Lots of learning tonight! As always, all are welcome, and I'll be glad to save you seat!

Mid-Coast Fly Fishers Club Meeting -- 13 Nov 2023

 

Final meeting of the Mid Coast Fly Fishers before the big Open House gathering this weekend! Great to see so many folks getting involved and we even welcomed four visitors into the club tonight! As always, everyone is welcome, I'll be glad to save a seat for you, and I hope to see you on Saturday!

MCFF Open House Nov. 18 2023

 Don't forget, this Saturday is the Mid-Coast Fly Fishers' Open House event in New Smyrna Beach!

MCFF Open House