Fly Fishing the Blue Ridge Parkway with Sam Johnson. Social at 6 pm – meeting starts at 7 pm at Ippolito’s They live in beautiful places, especially along the Blue Ridge Parkway. For the first time, fly fishing savant Sam Johnson has captured in one guide an incredible “bucket list” of over 210 of the […]

Speaker: Kent Edmonds Topic: Fly fishing beyond trout Social at 6 pm – meeting starts at 7 pm at Ippolito’s

Speaker: Rene Hesse Topic: What is the back of the fly line box REALLY telling me? Social at 6 pm - meeting starts at 7 pm at Ippolito’s What is the back of the fly line box REALLY telling me? If the box has the name of the type of fish it will catch, that […]

Speaker: Jeff Purdy  and John Morgan ARC Fly Rods Topic: Bamboo fly rod building Social at 6 pm - meeting starts at 7 pm at Ippolito’s Rod-building might have begun as a hobby for Jeff Purdy–but that hobby quickly became a passion. Purdy has been repairing and crafting bamboo rods since 1990. For 30 years he […]

Speaker: Drew Morgan and Craig Godwin Topic: East Alabama Fly Fishing Social at 6 pm – meeting starts at 7 pm at Ippolito’s "East Alabama Fly Fishing operates mainly on the middle Tallapoosa River between Lake Harris and Lake Martin. EAFF specializes in using fly fishing for bass species including the Tallapoosa bass, Alabama bass, […]