August 2010
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  • July Newsletter - Mag Style
  • July Newsletter - PDF Style
  • August Outing - Aug. 14 - Flooded grass, Cedar Point
  • Sept. Outing - Sept. 11, Tailing Reds, Palm Valley
  • New July-Dec 2010 Tides
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    -- August Meeting -- Monday August 2, - Capt. David Borries Topic: Finding The Tailing Reds.
    -- August Outing - Saturday, August 14 - Flooded Grass and Tailing reds - Launch from Cedar Point. Contact Rob Benardo

    david borriesMeeting Info: Monday, Aug. 2, 7 p.m., Southpoint Marriott, at Salisbury Rod off JTB and I-95.

    Speaker, Capt. David Borries discusses how to fish the flooded grasses between St. Augustine and Fernandina. David Borries is a former architect, chef, and is widely known as one of Florida's top fish finders. Plus, he's an informative, engaging guy. Don't misss this meeting. Then put to work what you learn at the outing, two weeks after the meeting and in September.

    Casting with Santos, Michaelson, and Lambert at 6 p.m.

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    First Coast Fly Fishers, FCFF, is family-oriented fly fishing club dedicated to promoting the sport of fly fishingfly fishing education and resource awareness.  Come to a monthly meeting -- you'll see why we consistently are rated among the top fly fishing clubs on the East Coast.

       Meetings, dates and speakers are listed on the meetings page.  We meet at 7 p.m. in the Southpoint Marriott Hotel, 4670 Salisbury Rd (intersection of I-95 and J. Turner Butler), Jacksonville, Florida.  Come early, if we have enough light, David Lambert, Dick Michaelson, and Rich Santos give free casting lessons at the hotel pond.  Don Reed and others teach fly tying in the winter months.

        Guests are always welcome.  Our members participate in monthly outings as well as free fly tying lessons, casting clinics, family days, classes, and seminars throughout the year.  Our year-end FCFF Banquet Weekend is a full two-day affair where we bring in a world-renowned fly fisher as our guest speaker and clinic instructor.
       
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    n banquet night we offer a great meal, an nationally prominent fly fishing oriented speaker, and literally thousands of dollars worth of raffle and silent auction items -- fly fishing merchandise, guided trips, clinics, and related items.

         Family memberships cost $100 per year. Youth memberships are free.  For more information, contact membership chair Seth Nehrke email.

    2010 Board of Directors

    President - Robert Benardo - Robert@fcff.org
    VP Programs - Dennis Holt - programs@fcff.org
    VP Outings - Committee - outings@fcff.org
    Treasurer - John Adams
    Secretary - Brad Bravo
    Membership - Seth Nerke
    Education - Bart Isaac
    Librarian - Troy James
    Banquet - Unfilled
    At Large - Jim Fallon & Ken Nimnich