Troutfest 2025

SAVE THE DATE!

GRTU would like to thank all of our Sponsors, Donors, and Exhibitors who have supported us over the past seventeen years and made Troutfest TX a bucket list destination fly fishing show for exhibitors and attendees from across the country. Troutfest TX 2024 was another record-breaking year— chilly conditions on Saturday didn’t stop us from having the highest single-day attendance in TFTX history. Once again the Banquet and Movie Night were sold out well in advance of the weekend festivities. We added new vendors, a dedicated fly-tying tent, and a mermaid. 🧜‍♀️ Planning is already in the works for next year…

Mark Your Calendars for February 21-23, 2025

Sponsor, Donor, and Exhibitor applications will open this summer along with volunteer sign-ups. Banquet and Movie Night tickets will go on sale in the fall. Stay tuned for more information in the coming months.

Thank you for your continued support and see you at TFTX 25!

Lise Lozelle & Bill Marshall

Troutfest TX Co-Chairs

Bass on the Fly Fishing Tournament

Lake Fork Marina & Motel
Best Lake Fork Charity Event for 2024
Registration: Friday, May 3, 2024 – 10:00am – 7:00 pm
Tournament: Saturday, May 4, 2024 – 6:00 am – 2:00 pm
$70 Entry Fee per person (includes Entry in the Big Bass Pot.
Register on-line before April 15th to be elegible for a Sage BAss II fly rod.
Optional Big Sunfish Tournament: Friday 3:00-6:00pm – $10 cash buy-in
ALL PROCEEDS BENEFITS: Patriot Anglers, Reel Recovery and Casting for Recovery
*Casting Contest
*Boater and Kayak Divisions for Men and Women
*Free Hamburgers and Hotdogs from the Patriots Grill & Smoker
RULES, REGISTRATION & PAYMENT: @ www.ianglertournament.com

Fly fishing fair on April 20th

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Details

Brazos Park East
FFI Texas Council is planning a fly fishing fair on April 20th from 9am-4pm at Brazos Park East in Waco, Texas. No matter your level of experience, this event will offer a little something for everyone. We’ll have FREE classes and presentations on topics like casting, rigging, gear, tactics, and fly tying for beginners and advanced anglers alike. There will also be food trucks, beverages, vendors, and activities for the kiddos. Oh, and did we mention the Bass-on-the-Fly kayak tournament. Grab a friend or the whole family and make plans to join us for a fun day along the Brazos River in downtown Waco, TX!
Check back here at at texascouncilffi.com for details as they become available.
Waco, Texas

 

Minutes of NBFF Membership Meeting 2/28/2024

Dan Cone called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm at the New Braunfels Public Library.
Treasurer’s report = Brien John reported that the club was solvent.
Fly-Tying report = Gary Nyland reported that 12 attended the last class. The next class will be March 7 th at the West Side Community Center from 6 – 8. He is planning that we will be tying egg patterns. Gary will be sending out an email to the club with details.
Membership report = Pat McQuinn reported that the club roster now was up to 50. Of those 50 there are 45 active and 5 that are no longer active. The 5 inactive have let their FFI memberships expire some time ago and are no longer involved with the club.
Pat also reported that as a result of Troutfest we have 3 new members. We also recognized several guests that were attending the meeting.
Education = Chris Long was unable to attend the meeting. He did report that he is gathering the training materials that the club owns for future education classes.
Website = Ed Sweet was not able to attend the meeting. He did report that the club’s website currently has 2100 followers. Ed also reported that egg patterns and black wooly buggers were the best performers for the week.
Outings = Ron DeMeyer reported that the last outing was at Action Angler and we had 10 club members participating. Phil Lambrecht caught the most trout and the hamburgers at the Horseshoe Grill were great as always.
Ron reported there are no current outings planned on the Guadalupe. He did present a possible outing the Texas Council of FFI is having in Waco on April 20 th . Dan also shared that this FFI event will have many activities during the day including casting instructions, casting contests, raffle and food trucks. One of FFI’s primary goals is to bring members from different
local clubs together. The event is posted on their website www.tcffi.org.

Club Survey = Pat reported that there had not been any new submittals from the original 8received. The club agreed that the survey results will be presented and discussed during our March 27 th meeting.
Troutfest recap = Ron reported that Troutfest was a success even if we almost froze on Saturday. We had 87 visitors that signed our log requesting additional information about the club. Pat reported that of the 87 there were only 5 that the email addresses were not legible. 82 visitors were successfully contacted.
Ron reported that Bill Marshall, the President of GRTU, during the Sunday morning open GRTU meeting gave very nice words of appreciation for the work that the New Braunfels Fly Fishers do in support of GRTU and the fishery. Bill shared the club’s efforts supporting the Youth
Camp with the gift bags, the fish feeding program and our efforts in general. It was very nice to receive this recognition from the President of GRTU.
Ron reported that he had met a member of the Texas State Fly Fishers. This club is made up primarily of college ladies and she was discussing how the clubs could support each other.
Katie Heggie has volunteered to liaison with them to see how we can move forward.
Guest Speaker = Cody LaCroix presented fishing in Alaska on the Copper River. Cody guides for Copper River Lodge. Cody presented the great rainbow trout fishing along with the salmon, grayling, and other species in the Copper River. Along with catching beautiful rainbows you also get to experience “close up” brown bears feeding on the salmon. Fishing season is from June to September.
Fly Raffle = The fly raffle was a great success with many flies, books, and other items won.
Martin Stults as in past raffles, donated many of the items. The fly-tying classes had tied so many flies that Ron was able to put two flies in each cup. This was a nice surprise.
March’s club meeting = Wednesday March 27 th will be our next club meeting. The agenda will include discussion of the survey results and watching the film that Texas A&M Fly Fishers did on the Guadalupe River.