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Be sure to check out our tying forums.  We have many talented tiers on our forum.  Find a new pattern or ask questions from our members on a pattern you’re looking for or want to try.  Warm Fly has the largest membership of any other warmwater site on the internet.  If you’re looking for it… you can find it here!

Is it time?

I stopped by a local pond on the way home Thursday afternoon and thought I would try a #12 popper on my BVK 3 wt.  I was pleasantly surprised!  I caught 6 or 7 small bass and a few small bream.  Yeah, I know they were small but, what a hoot on the 3 wt.  Could it be that the weather is getting right for much overdue real fishing?  I sure hope so....

27th Annual Acadiana Conclave

27th Annual Acadiana Conclave
Saturday, March 15, 2014
9:00am to 2:30pm
Grace Presbyterian Church, 415 Roselawn Blvd, Lafayette, LA
FREE and open to the public

Guest speakers include Dr. Norm Crisp, Ron Begnaud, and Marc Pinsel.   In addition, there is a presentation on "Curves, Hooks and Mends" - the art of curve casting - by FFF- Master Certified Instructors Keith Richard and Bob Tabbert.

In addition to programs, there will be fly tying demos by some of the region's top fly tiers. 

Throughout the day, the club will hold silent auctions and raffles. In addition, equipment dealers will display their wares and sell their items.

The event is free and open to the public.



22nd Annual Red Stick Conclave - Saturday, March 8, 2014

22nd annual Red Stick Conclave
Saturday, March 8, 2014
8:30am to 4:00pm
LDWF Waddill Outdoors Center, 4142 N. Flannery, Baton Rouge
Cost: FREE

The Red Stick Conclave is a celebration of fly fishing featuring programs, fly tying demos, casting demos, kayak demos, exhibitors, and more. Whether your only brush with fly fishing has been watching the movie "A River Runs Through It" or you're an accomplished expert, there's something for everyone.

Presenters include:
- Roger del Rio, Federation of Fly Fishers Certified Casting Instructor (FFF-CCI)
- Richard Evans, outdoor writer and photographer
- Tom Jindra, fishing product rep, former president of the International Federation of Fly Fishers, and an
FFF Master-certified Casting Instructor
- Pete Cooper, Jr, author, outdoor writer, multiple fly record holder, and member of the Louisiana Outdoors Hall of Fame
- Larry Offner, proprietor of WarmFly.com website and owner of Green Trout Fly Shop

The programs include:
- 9:00am "Fishing the West" by Richard Evans
- 9:00am "Wind Casting" by Tom Jindra
- 10:00am "Warmwater Tactics" by Larry Offner
- 11:00am "Offshore Fly Fishing" by Pete Cooper, Jr
- 11:00am "Casting Basics" by Roger del Rio
- 1:00pm "Latest Advances in Flyfishing" by Tom Jindra
- 2:00pm "Panfish Strategies" by Larry Offner

Backpacker of Baton Rouge will be onsite for free on-the-water kayak demos from 11am to 1pm. Come try out some of the popular fishing models and get tips on this great and affordable way to fish!
Fly tying begins at 9:00am and continues through the day. Some of the region's top fly tiers will be on hand, including Fred Hannie of Lake Charles, Bob Boese of Broussard, Stephen Robert of Houma, Kirk Dietrich of Arabi, Marc Pinsel of Hammond, Jerome and Dena Hebert of Henderson, Kyle Moppert of Baton Rouge, and Mike Jackson of New Orleans.

There's free refreshments during the day. A jambalaya lunch with salad for $7 will be available. Then there's the big raffle for flies, tackle, equipment, and other items, and a Gamblers Draw at noon. Proceeds from the raffle benefit Boy Scouts, Fly Fishing 101, National Hunting and Fishing Day, and BREC conservation projects.

12th Annual Little Mo Fly Fishing Festival

12th Annual Little Mo Fly Fishing Festival

Community Hall, Murfreesboro, AR.

Saturday, February 15th, 9am-7pm

Fly tying, seminars, casting, food, refreshments.

$5 admission or $10 for family

Sunday casting workshop TBA.

Website: www.littlemissouriflyfishing.com

  

Dr. Ed Rizzolo Fly Tying Festival

Dr. Ed Rizzolo Fly Tying Festival

Many of you will notice a change in the name of Texas FlyFishers Annual Fly Tying Festival. At the 2009 17th annual festival, it was proclaimed that henceforth the festival would be known as the Dr. Ed Rizzolo Fly Tying Festival as a tribute to Ed for his being the one responsible for getting it started back when.

Now that the "formalities" are out of the way...........

The Festival Details

Ladies and gentlemen, the Texas FlyFishers would like to invite you to attend our 23nd Annual Dr. Ed Rizzolo Fly Tying Festival on Saturday, February 1, 2014, at Bethany Christian Church, located at 3223 Westheimer, Houston, Texas. The hours will be from 8:30 am until 4:30 pm.

This year's featured guest will be Charlie Craven, owner and president of Charlie's Fly Box fly shop in Arvada, Colorado. Charlie Craven tied his first fly from a gifted fly tying kit on his eighth birthday. In the days since he has commercially tied flies for most of the shops in the Denver area, as well as many others throughout the Rocky Mountain west. A longtime South Platte River guide, Craven cut his angling teeth on some of the toughest trout in the world. It was these tough fish that prompted him to develop some of his more popular patterns like the Jujubee Midge, Poison Tung and Charlie Boy Hopper.

Charlie at the vice.

Charlie has now been a commercial fly tyer for over thirty years, and in that time has tied flies for nearly every species of game fish in every location on the planet, though he specializes in trout flies for the Rocky Mountain region. Charlie is a Signature Tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and is the originator of other popular patterns such as the Jujubaetis, the Ragina Craven, Two Bit Hooker and the Double Gonga. Craven was the photographer and fly tyer for Barr Flies (Stackpole 2007) and has now authored two books, Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying (Headwater Books 2008) and Charlie's Fly Box (Stackpole Books 2010). Craven is also the Fly Tyer's Bench contributor to Flyfisherman Magazine.

Charlie is a Colorado native and lives in Arvada, Colorado. He has three kids, Charlie, Julie and Jack.

Check out our fly tying section of the Warm Fly Forum!

Interested in tying warmwater flies?  Then be sure and check out our "It's all about FLIES" section of the Warm Fly Forum.  There's a general fly tying board and a board loaded with patterns posted by our members.  Take a peek and be sure to register!