Monday, March 9th
5:30 pm - Casting practice
6:30 pm - Tying begins
Rapides Westside Library, 5416 Provine, Alexandria
Also livestreamed on Zoom and YouTube
Featured pattern: Stimulator Dry Fly
** Note: Monday is our first meeting in Daylight Savings Time, so we'll begin fly casting prior to all meetings, starting at 5:30pm. We cast on the grounds behind the library.
This month, Bill Morrison will lead us as we finish our series of trout patterns with the Stimulator. This "dry fly" pattern was originally created by Jil Slattery in 1980, with the popular version we now fish created by Randall Kaufmann in 1982.
The Stimulator is a winged, double-hackle dry fly that floats extremely well and works great in rippled or splashy water. It can represent a variety of insects, including hoppers, caddis and even emerging stoneflies.
While this fly may look imposing to tie, with a couple of tricks, it can be somewhat simple. It demands an eye to proportion which with practice is easily attained.
As always, the session is open to the public. All materials are provided, and we have sets of tools for beginners to use during the session. For beginners, we can also pair you with someone who can help.
Remote members can participate using the Zoom meeting number and password sent by email. All others can watch on the KFF YouTube Channel, use this link and go to Live videos -
http://bit.ly/3oBk106
Monday, March 23rd
5:30 pm - casting practice
6:30 pm - program
Rapides Westside Library, 5416 Provine, Alexandria
Special guest via Zoom: Tim Flagler
This month, we are joined - via Zoom - by one of the world's premier fly anglers and fly tiers, Tim Flagler. Tim is a videographer by trade and owner of Tightline Productions located in New Jersey. Incidently, it was Tim who was instrumental in helping KFF select equipment for our livestreaming of fly tying and general meetings.
While his video programs cover a wide range of topics, his specialty is fly fishing. A renown fly tying instructor, his videos are some of the best around and his YouTube channel currently has over 126,000 subscribers and 40 million views. Almost every week he produces a new fly tying or “how to” video which appears on his Tightlinevideo YouTube channel as well as Midcurrent and the Orvis News fly fishing blog. They’re also featured on Trout Unlimited’s national website and in the Orvis Learning Center.
In addition, he has a regular column “Beginner’s Masterclass with Tim Flagler” in Fly Tyer magazine, which selected Tim as their “Fly Tyer of the Year” for 2022.
Tim is a featured presenter at all of The Fly Fishing Show venues, as well as several other large fly fishing events. From late Spring on, he guides for South Branch Outfitters and hosts annual trips to Patagonia, Kootenai, and northern British Columbia.
Each month, Tim and Clark "Cheech" Pierce and Tim Rosenbauer compete in a friendly "Tie Off" livestreamed on Facebook, YouTube and Tim's own channel. In fact, the day of our meeting, Tim will be in a tie-off... you can watch it on FACEBOOK LIVE at the Orvis Fly Fishing page or Tightline Productions page. Time is 2:00pm CDT.
Tim's presentation will be "What Trout Like to Eat & Flies to Feed Them". This updated video-based presentation includes incredible underwater footage of a variety of aquatic insects, bait fish & crustaceans that trout eat in order to survive. In addition, Tim will share the fly patterns he uses to best imitate the variety of bugs discussed.
** IMPORTANT: this meeting will only be available remotely to 2026 members via ZOOM. We will -NOT- be broadcasting or recording this meeting to YouTube per the speaker's request. **
Also happening this month...
Saturday, March 7th
8:30am - 3:30pm
Waddilll Wildlife Refuge
4142 N Flannery Rd, Baton Rouge)
FREE admission!
Our friends in the Red Stick Fly Fishers club in Baton Rouge will be holding their annual festival the first Saturday in March. The event includes programs, fly tying demonstrations, casting seminars and instruction, and more. Best of all, admission is FREE!
Fly tying begins at 8:30am and continues through the day. Some of the region's top fly tiers will be on hand. There are free refreshments during the day. A lunch prepared by award-winning Jambalaya cook Ken Holmes will be provided for a nominal cost. Then there's the big raffle and Gamblers Draw for flies, tackle, equipment, and other items that help benefit the club's education and conservation projects.
For more details, go to www.rsff.org and click on "Red Stick Day".
