Ozark Fly Fishers Inc.
We're just a fishing club?
Club Info
Some basic information
Fly Fishing & Casting
How and where
- Casting tip of the month
- Montauk Outing
- Taneycomo Outing
- Bennet Springs C&R
- Montauk FYAO C&R
- Eleven Point
- Other Outings
Fly Tying
Vices aren't all bad
Outreach/Education
Reaching out to others
Conservation
Our concerns
- Mill Creek
- Gravel mining
- Concentrated
- Didymo
- Steam Team 31 - WQM
- WQM Information
Links
Information on the web
- Fly tying
- Fly fishing
- Other websites
Corporate Sponsors
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
Ozark
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.