Quick look rating: 5/5 Experience
Great group of folks that have a passion for fly fishing and fly tying!
They have monthly meetings that they bring in some great speakers on fly fishing. Some of the speakers have been; Jason Randall, A K, George Daniel to their own members. One time they had a fellow Dallas member about his trip fly fishing all Colorado for his entire summer.
Tonight was no exception, the group had a Dallas member talked about casting in an early meeting and then for the meeting the member's daughter spoke! She told us about her summer working and guiding for Park's fly shop Gardiner, Montana. Her speech / presentation was "My Summer as a Yellowstone Trout Bum." The fly shop is just north of Yellowstone national park. We were educated mostly of the north side of the park. Some very good details on the park with some great photography from the small lakes to the different river and creeks.
Not long back the Dallas club brought in A K, who is a legend in the fly fishing department. For him to tell his about do's and don't, I was highly impressed! He showed us a number of different flies and how to fish them. Showing the flies via slide show and described how to tie them.
I was highly impressed with another speaker they brought in for one meeting, George Daniel. The club worked with it's sister club in Fort Worth, the Ft. Worth FlyFishers to bring in George. The Sunday before our meeting, George had a class on Nymphing. (Nymphing is the art of fly fishing with a submerged fly). First part of the day was classroom and discussion. The second part of the day was out on the water, (the Trinity River). That had to be one of the best classes I had ever taken. The next night he was over in Dallas giving us a class on streamers, how to use them.
The club goes out to teach others about fly fishing, like the boy scouts, Plano High School, the Denton senior center and a number of other clubs about fly fishing.
Pros:
~ Great club to help you learn more about fly fishing.
~ Inexpensive way to learn about fly fishing.
~ Friendly folks!
~ The club helps teach other groups.
~ For every one hour that each of these Dallas members volunteers at, that 24$ is donated.
Cons:
~ Not many folks know about this club.
I would recommend to join and help support this club. read more