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Welcome to the Great Lakes Council
of the Federation of Fly Fishers
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| 2012 Tie-A-Thon March 3rd
South Bend, Indiana – On March 3rd members of St. Joseph River Valley Fly Fishers, a Federation of Fly Fishers associate club; members of Kalamazoo Valley Chapter of Trout unlimited; members of Little Elkhart Trout Unlimited and many others, will come together to tie flies for Casting for Recovery of Indiana.
Celebration of Fly Tying
Please join us at our 4th Annual Fly Tying Celebration sponsored by the Grand River Fly Tyers. Come enjoy and interact with 30 of the best fly tiers in the Midwest. Saturday February 25, 2012 Knights of Columbus Hall
Instructors, adults and youth come and learn from the masters. Demonstrations throughtout the day on how to make nets, bamboo rods, and graphite rods. Plenty of seating lunch and snacks will be available. Special Presentations by: Buy the Latest Tying Materials at the Event All details are in the 2012 Celebration Poster PDF file below.
2012 Midwest Fly Fishing Expo presented by the Michigan Fly Fishing Club Saturday March 10th & Sunday March 11th, 2012 Lots of NEW Vendors • 61,000 Square Feet! |
2012 GLC events and council information brochure about the GLC can be found by following the link at the end of this item. In a large nutshell, it's our 2012 brochure, and you can e-mail it to friends and fellow FFF members. When people ask you what we do, it's all there.
The GLC Needs You! The Great Lakes Council is making an effort to get contributions from the membership to support various of our activities. You can help. There’s something for everybody to give to, so please follow these links to a list of good causes, and a donation form.
GLC Speakers List Dick Walle has worked hard to produce a list of speakers, who can give presentations at club events. Follow the link to the .pdf for the list, which will be regularly updated. Many thanks to Dick, and to the people who provided the information about themselves and their presentations.
FISH THE UPPER MANISTEE Stay & Relax for only $15 per Night!!!
Just minutes northwest of Grayling, the Upper Manistee River offers fantastic fly fishing for eager native brook trout by day and big browns in the evenings and late nights. New in 2011, the Upper Manistee features gear-restricted, artificials-only fishing all the way north to County Road 612. You can experience this special fishery for only $15/night at two excellent riverside campgrounds!
GOOSE CREEK STATE FOREST CAMPGROUND LOCATION: M-72 west to Manistee River Road north to campground just below County Road 612.
CAMPING: 12 rustic sites with fire pits right beside the river.
FISHING: Excellent hatches of hendricksons, sulphurs, drakes, olives, and terrestrials. Big browns come out after dark to mice and other night patterns. Good wood cover and gravel runs full of brookies. The river braids, providing a spring creek atmosphere in spots.
UPPER MANISTEE STATE FOREST CAMPGROUND LOCATION: M-72 west to Goose Creek Road north a few miles to campground entrance.
CAMPING: 40 rustic sites in the middle of a quiet, tall pine forest.
FISHING: Deep pools and wood-covered banks hold big browns. Excellent hatches and terrestrial fishing. This section of river richly rewards anglers who learn it. Drive in and grab a campsite on your next river trip!
Or call the DNR’s Grayling Field Office at (989) 348-6371 for more information.
FFF and GLC Scholarship Award The Great Lakes Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers has established a one-thousand-dollar scholarship for a student who will be entering his or her second, or later, year of college and who is working toward a degree that is consistent with the purposes of FFF. This year’s cutoff date has passed. Information about next year’s scholarship will be posted on this website as soon as it is available. This year’s winner will be announced soon, and named on this website. Rich Knoles, VP Education for the GLC, is in charge of the awarding of this scholarship, and can be reached at rknoles@gmail.com.
FFF Credit Card Promotion You can access more details and the application here: www.cardpartner.com/pro/app/fff
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