Monthly Meeting Tuesday May 26, 2026; Captain Steve Branch – Fly Fishing Port O’Connor

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Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Time: Meeting Time 6 – 9 pm (6 – 7 pm social hour / potential fly tying) with meeting from 7 – 9 pm.

Meeting Location: St. Thomas Presbyterian Church (Fellowship Hall) 14110 Memorial Drive, Houston, Tx., 77079

Important: This is our new meeting location – no longer meeting at the Pit Room or Niko Niko’s

Have you wanted to fish Port O’Connor and want to learn more about fly fishing the Texas coastal area? Are you looking for a good guide in Port O’Connor? If so, come hear Captain Steve Branch of On Fly Adventures (flyfishingpoc.com) at our Tuesday May 26 meeting.

Captain Steve Branch grew up in the Big Thicket of Southeast Texas, where his father taught him and his brother to hunt, fish, and navigate the dense woods and river bottoms of the Neches River. After graduating from high school, Steve attended the University of Houston, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy. In 1992, he moved to Port Lavaca to own and operate his own pharmacy. Living along the middle Texas coast opened an entirely new world to him. The vast bay systems, marshes, and shorelines offered the same sense of exploration and pursuit he had known in the woods of East Texas — except now the hunt was for fish.

In 1995, Steve picked up a fly rod and developed a passion for sight-casting redfish that would shape the rest of his outdoor life. He never looked back. Since then, Steve has fly-fished every major bay system along the Texas coast and pursued gamefish across North America and beyond. His travels have taken him to the flats of Belize for bonefish, the Everglades for tarpon and snook, the rivers of Idaho for trout, and the clear waters of the Guadalupe and Frio Rivers for bass and perch.

Today, Steve primarily targets redfish out of Port O’Connor, while also pursuing 15+ pound jack crevalle (see pic) upon request, particularly during the summer and fall months. He runs a custom Wasp 178 technical poling skiff built in Seadrift by B&D Boat Works. Designed with a lightweight composite hull, the boat delivers exceptional shallow-water performance and ride quality for sight fishing the Texas flats. For anglers who have never experienced a composite-hull technical skiff, Steve believes there is no better way to explore the coast.

Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Time: Meeting Time 6 – 9 pm (6 – 7 pm social hour / potential fly tying) with meeting from 7 – 9 pm.

Meeting Location: St. Thomas Presbyterian Church (Fellowship Hall) 14110 Memorial Drive, Houston, Tx., 77079

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Texas FlyFishers 2026, Membership Dues Policy

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The below is reminder of how we administer our TFF Dues and the Membership Works program.
We currently have a number of members with late dues and I am wanting to remind you of our policy.
If you are in doubt of whether you are current, please check thru your Membership Works account or give me a call/text/email and I can assist.

John Eldred
Membership Chair
john.eldred03@gmail.com
9O7 3O1 3595

TFF Dues
Your dues are annual and are due on the day you joined. (Example:  joined/paid in May, due the next May)
You receive an email renewal notice from our Membership Works (MW) program one month prior to your dues becoming due. The notice has links on how to pay via PayPal, Zelle, or check.

Late Dues Process
As your dues become late, I send out reminder notices after 30 and 45 days. 
At the end of 60 days, if dues are not paid your MW account will be deleted.

Membership Works Program
Your paid membership provides you with an account on our Membership Works program.
The membership works program allow us to track dues, provides you the opportunity to participate in events, interest level, etc.
You get set up in Membership Works when you join the club and pay your dues.

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2026 Texas FlyFishers on-line auction, work in progress

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The 2026 Texas FlyFishers Auction bidding starts. It begins at 2026-11-08-0600 (November 8th, 2026 at 6 in the morning)

It will be close to the end of the year and the perfect time for your shopping. This charitable auction makes it easy on you to give the perfect gift and support the club too. Please be generous in your bidding as this is the only source of funds for the club.

5th Texas FlyFishers of Houston On-Line Auction

There will be a wide selection of items to chose from.  We have collectibles, fly collections, buddy assisted fishing adventured, to guided trips, and more, to choose from.  We have some items conformed, and more in the works. See below for the categories. We are still looking for donations.

The Texas Flyfishers of Houston is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is associated with the International Federation of Fly Fishers. We are dedicated to the promotion of fly-fishing education, conservation and outdoors ethics, and pride ourselves with being the largest fly-fishing club in the State of Texas with over two hundred members!

SW Outing: West bay, the lower end of Galveston island and around San Luis Pass, Saturday, 16th of May, 2029, at 7:00am (2026-05-16-0700)

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 We will fish the south end of West bay, the lower end of Galveston island and around San Luis Pass

Our launch spot will be the  “San Luis Pass County Park” Boat Ramp Launch: https://maps.app.goo.gl/b6zf7R86yWtSoXgB9

For the Yak guys, it a little more work to get over the south shoreline of West bay

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Save the date: SW Outing: 2025 Fly Fishing Redfish Rodeo, September 19th, 2026, planning stages

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We are in the planning stages of this year’s event.

The date has been chosen and the work has begun.

Location, lodging, flyer, and MembeshipWorks are are in progress.

Here are the details from 2025:

https://texasflyfishers.org/2025/07/01/sw-outing-2025-fly-fishing-redfish-rodeo-september-20th-2025/#!event-register/2025/9/20/2025-fly-fishing-redfish-rodeo

Report: Lessons on Rafting on the Llano River, April 23-26, 2026, Paul E. Robertson

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I was excited to be going on a fly fishing float trip with the Texas FlyFishers Club (TFF) on the Llano River above Junction, TX. I spent a good bit of time on Tuesday and Wednesday, thinking through, gathering, organizing, and packing for the trip. Part of the fun of any fly fishing trip, for me, is preparing for the trip. I was so excited that I left early Thursday morning and arrived at the campsite around noon—several hours before anyone else arrived. So, I had set up my camp and was resting and soaking in the surrounding as others arrived. That afternoon, I headed down river to the CR 150 crossing to do some wade fishing. I was looking forward to just being in the water, experiencing the push of cool water on my legs, breathing in the fresh air, observing nature, and maybe even catching a few fish. After all, “down at the core of every fisherman’s heart is the belief that on any day something wonderful and unlikely could be made to happen. And that if you’re careful and patient it could happen to you.” (John Gierach) I had a good inaugural outing and caught 15-20 sunfish in a few hours of fishing. I felt my mind clearing, a peace in my soul, and I had a lighter step walking back to camp.

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