2015 Fly and Kayak Fishing Products

I attended ICAST / IFTD - the world's largest sportfishing and fly fishing trade show - a couple weeks ago in Orlando.  I've been compiling on my blog some of the new or more interesting products I saw related to fly fishing and kayak fishing.  The url is www.nonewtailstotell.blogspot.com.  The posts are compiled by category (kayaks, rods, reels, clothing, etc.).  Keep checking back as new categories are added... should be completed by early August.  Hope this provides some interest - maybe even excitement - to RSFF members as you ponder items for your Santa list this Christmas.

No New Tails to Tell

July 27th Fly Tying - Cabelas

Our next monthly fly tying session will be Monday, July 27, at the Cabelas store in Gonzales, in the upstairs Conference Room. Time is 7:00pm.  The public and beginners are welcome. Bring your own tools if you have them, else the club has a few tool sets it can provide during the session.  Materials are provided.

For this month, Tying Chairman Jeff Denig will demonstrate a couple of warmwater patterns.  See you there!

Monthly Meeting, Monday June 8th

This Monday, our guest speaker will be Matthew Herron a BREC Conservation Specialist. Matthew will introduce us to BREC's Conservation Department, and will talk to us about BREC freshwater resources and their challenges and opportunities. For all of you interested in conservation, this should be a great opportunity to find out about what is going on in our area. We will have the chance to hear about potential projects for collaboration, and will have a chance for discussion as well. It should be an informative meeting. I hope to see you there! The meeting will take place at the Wildlife and Fisheries Building, 2000 Quail Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, at 7pm. Feel free to come early and practice your casting out back!

Monthly Meeting, Monthly Fly Tying, and Grand Isle Trip

Tonight's Meeting:
Richard Evans is a long-time member of the Redstick Flyfishers, a state-record holding fly fisherman, and shares time between his home in Baton Rouge and his summer house in Montana.  Rich will entertain us tonight with a talk on fishing the West.  If any club members wish to make a trip out west for cold water trout fishing, Rich is a great resource to help in planning when and where you can fish for big wild trout.  Mike Lafleur and Joe Kahler have agreed to participate in a question and answer session after Rich’s presentation to help answer any questions the attendees may have about planning a trip out West.

The meeting will take place at the Wildlife and Fisheries Building, 2000 Quail Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, at 7pm.  Feel free to come early and practice your casting out back!

Monthly Fly Tying:
The May 25^th Fly Tying Meeting at Bass Pro, 175 Bass Pro Blvd, Denham Springs, LA 70726, is NOW May 26^th 7PM Due to Memorial Day.  Jeff Denig will be tying Commercially Available Foam Pencil Poppers and EZ Poppers.

Grand Isle Trip:
The Grand Isle Fly Fishing trip is our premier annual event. Members of Louisiana and Mississippi fly fishing clubs (and a few stragglers from other clubs elsewhere) come together down at Grand Isle for a weekend of saltwater fishing, food, and comradery.

This weekend offers lots of fun for all types of fly fishers.  Simply bring your boating, puddle craft or bank/surf fishing equipment and join with others who share your fishing technique. Activities take place at the Blue Dolphin Inn, and include the Friday night shrimp boil and the Saturday evening fish fry.  Rooms and cottages at the Blue Dolphin have been reserved.  A "bed" reservation can be made by contacting Randy Leonpacher.  Cost is $93 and includes Friday and Saturday night.  In addition, the 2 large cottages are $381, and the remaining small cottages are $333.

Full details about the trip can be found at: http://www.warmfly.com/smf/index.php?topic=7816.0

Spring 2015 Saltwater Catch & Eat - May 16 weekend

The RSFF Spring Saltwater Catch & Eat is just around the corner - May 16 to be exact. For those new folks interested, fishing takes place along Highway 1 from Galliano south to Grand Isle.  Find a partner(s) then group with others who fish by your style - boat, off-road, puddle craft at your designated fishing spots. Everyone handles their own reservations at a favorite place of stay. Popular places are Boudreaux's Condeauxs, Galliano Inn, Catfish Lake Cabins, Days Inn all of which are in Golden Meadow.  Also popular is Boudreaux's in Leeville and Blue Dolphin Inn in Grand Isle.

Most folks come down on Friday and fish Friday and Saturday.  Some fish on Sunday morning. But Saturday evening is the main event.  On Saturday evening, usually starting at 5:00pm, we get together at Boudreaux's Condeauxs in Golden Meadow for a seafood fry.  The menu typically consists of fresh fried fish filets (contributions of the weekends catch from everyone), fried shrimp, potatoes, salad, french bread, desserts, possibly other goodies.  We also exchange fishing stories from the weekend.

A lot more details on this event can be found on the Red Stick Fly Fishers Forum at www.warmfly.com.  If you've never been at the Spring C&E or Fall C&E, you will not only enjoy a great time, but learn a lot from the saltwater veterans who are regulars. This event is open to all current members of Red Stick Fly Fishers, their guests, and members of other recognized fly fishing clubs.

April 13 meeting

The next meeting of the Red Stick Fly Fishers will be held Monday, April 13, at the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries building on Quail Drive in Baton Rouge.  Casting outside (weather permitting) beginning at 6:30pm, with meeting time 7:00pm.  The public is invited.

On the agenda: debriefing of the Lake Concordia Trip, discussion about the upcoming Spring Catch and Eat marsh fishing trip the weekend of May 16.  Also open forum on several topics... members should bring questions if they have any.

Upcoming meetings: May - Richard Evans, August - Dr. Vic Tedesco. We also have Marc Pinsel and Kyle Moppert scheduled for later this year.