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OZARK FLY FISHERS, INC. FOUNDED 1971

Who we are

Ozark Fly Fishers is a St. Louis Missouri based fly fishing club whose goal is to promote the sport of fly fishing, fly tying, and fly casting for trout and other species. Ozark Fly Fishers is affiliated with the Federation of Fly Fishers and the Conservation Federation of Missouri.

 

Objectives

To promote fly fishing as the most sportsmanlike and enjoyable way of fishing and the method most consistent with the preservation and wise use of our game fish.

To practice conservation of natural resources and to support efforts for environmental quality and pollution control.

To provide advice, education, and assistance to promote the art of fly fishing

To demonstrate applied techniques in fly fishing, tying, casting, and related subjects.

 

President's Message


“As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.” Izaak Walton    

President's message picOzark Fly Fishers is a great club. I have held this belief for many years as a personal opinion. This last year has been filled with learning about our clubs 40 year history, which has taught me that I am correct. We are a great club. Ozark Fly Fishers have been the “Club of the Year”, 5 times for the Southern Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers *F.F.F.+, more than any club during this same time period. Ozark Fly Fishers was also the national “Club of the Year”, in 2005 for F.F.F. We have been doing the great things for so long we start to take it for granted. So many people have given many years of their lives to lead and direct this club on a path of growth and sharing. This club has spawned many programs and activities, from planting brown trout in the White River, to Stream Team, to Mill Creek activities, to our support of caring groups such as Casting for Recovery, Reel Recovery and Project Healing Waters. This great club has had regular people come in, get involved, see a need, and then do something about it. Although this is “just” a fishing club, it has given rise to many great ideas and activities. We have run the casting games at the Southern Council Conclave for years. (This is really the action of a few, who did great things for a long time, and Ozark Fly Fishers gets the credit.) That is the whole point of what makes Ozark great; our people doing great things all the time. Even though I am used to it, I am still amazed at the same time. There is such a bright future for this club, and like those who came before me, I look forward to growing old in this great club.

I want to take a minute to thank Joe Aimonette, Al Bourisaw, Steve Antonic, and Bob Temper, for the years they have spent setting up the ponds, running the casting games, and then taking everything down, with the help of whomever they could talk into helping, for all these years at the Conclave in Mountain Homes, Arkansas. You have shown us all the right way to help fly fishing, with feet on the ground. Thank you for all you do for the Ozark Fly Fishers.

The All Day Event, with Davy Wotton, is coming up February 18, at the Creve Coeur Government Center. Davy Wotton is an amazing teacher of all things fly fishing, and I hope you all set aside the 18th, to learn from a true master. There is more information about this event in the newsletter. See you all there.

The banquet is January 21 and I sincerely I hope you are coming. The club truly needs your support so that we can continue to do all the great things we do all year long. Also, please keep April 14, 2012, open, as we will be having our Trivia Night which, like the banquet, is a major fundraiser for the Ozark Fly Fishers.   

See you on the river.

 

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