NOFF Rio Rodeo - Sept 12

7th Annual Rio Grande Rodeo
Sponsored by the New Orleans Fly Fishers Club

Saturday, September 12, 2015
New Orleans City Park
8:00 AM – 12:00 NOON
Open to members of all recognized Louisiana fly fishing clubs (If you don’t belong to a club you can join one that morning)
Registration starts at 7:30am at Rodeo Headquarters
Look for the NOFF sign & tent on Diagonal Drive
(Across from the Softball Complex between Harrison Ave and I-610)
Donuts and coffee will be provided in the morning. Please let us know if you plan to attend so we can plan accordingly.
Lunch and drinks will be provided to those who register early.
Complete rules and fishing boundaries will be provided the day of the rodeo
For any questions or to register please call or e-mail:
A.J. Rosenbohm
NOFF Events Coordinator
504-952-1340
Nolaflyguy@att.net

August 10th Meeting - Dr. Vic Tedesco

This month we get to hear from Dr. Vic Tedesco. Included below is a short bio: I'm a native of New Orleans and graduated from L.S.U. med school in 1966 and am a board certified General Surgeon. After two years of active duty in the USAF, I practiced in Houma, La from 1973 until retirement in 2010.Coroner of Terrebonne Parrish from 1984 to present. Married to Madelyn and have five children. I am a life long fisherman and developed an interest in saltwater fly fishing in the mid to late 1980's. Have caught many species on the fly including Blue and White Marlin, sailfish, dolphin, yellowfin tuna, blackfin tuna and tarpon. Have had two past world records (black drum and ladyfish). I have multiple entries in the La. fly fishing state records, including first place dophin. I won fist place in the fly east division of the Louisiana Star tournament three years ago and was second the last two yrs. I was recognized by the La. cooperative fish tagging program for tagging the most speckled trout and total fish tagged last year. I was recently notified the I had over 17,000 tags since I began tagging (I had no idea). My main interest at present is inshore fly fishing for speckled trout and fish most often from my Grand Isle camp. My largest spec on the fly in La. was 6.49#s. Largest overall was 27 inches ( released and not weighed ) was caught in Jensen Beach, FL. -Vic Tedesco Everyone is encouraged to attend. It should be an interesting talk! 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!

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