FW Outing: John Scarborough Sunfish Spectacular, 2nd of May 2026

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This is THE family friendly event of the year!

The May 2025 JSSFS Trip Report is written and available for viewing. See this link.

2026 JSSFS Trip Description:  

Join us for our 23nd annual fun family fishing event and lunch on Saturday, May 2nd, at Damon’s Seven Lakes (D7L). This is a little later in the year than previously. Hopefully the water and air temperature will be warmer, allowing the fish to feed more actively. If you want to camp you may come after 3 pm on Friday, May 1st. Fishing is mostly from the shore, but kickboat, canoe, and/or kayaking are quite successful. Members are encouraged to bring guests. These guests are how we spread the word, and it is always good to have friends on the water. To learn more about how the Texas Flyfishers of Houston (TFF) Club’s John Scarborough Sunfish Spectacular (JSSFS) event came about, please click this link for a video of Puck giving the explanation.

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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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Meeting, new location: 2026-04-28, Getting ready for the John Scarborough Sunfish Spectacular

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The TFF monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday 28 of April, 2026. Our topic will be on fly fishing for sunfish at Damon 7 Lakes. This may help you in preparation for our annual Sunfish Spectacular. This is our annual fun family fishing event Saturday, 2nd of May 2026, at Damon Seven Lakes.

St. Thomas Presbyterian Church PC(USA), 14100 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77079

Fellowship hall, see the map below:

Topics covered include gear for sunfish, our favorite flies, how to fish them, a review of Damon Seven Lakes and the different options to fish.

During the socializing pre-meeting we will have some fly tying going on.

Howard is also planning to bring books from storage in an attempt to re-home them.

FW Outing: John Scarborough Sunfish Spectacular, 2nd of May 2026

MEETING UPDATE: April 28th, 2026, change in location, date, and time

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Because of the noise issues we have had in the last 2 locations we tried, we have a NEW MONTHLY MEETING LOCATION, DATE, and TIME FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE starting with the April 28th, 2026 monthly meeting. The new details are:

Date: Last Tues of each month
Time: 6-9pm (6-7: Social hour; 7-9 Meeting)
Location: St. Thomas Presbyterian Church, 14100 Memorial Dr. Houston, TX  77079 Google maps

Social Hour: 6-7 pm
We will have a “social hour” from 6-7. Time to reconnect with friends, tell stories about life, fishing, etc. WE also plan to have some of our local fly tiers on hand demonstrating some tips and tricks.

Meeting Start Time: 7-9 pm
The meeting will begin promptly at 7pm and run no later than 9pm (most likely 830pm). The format will remain the same. Meeting will start with introduction of new attendees, reports outs from the various chairs (outings, finance, membership, etc), then the guest speaker.

We will continue to announce the monthly speakers with “posts” prior to the meeting.
Look forward to seeing you there.

SW Outing: Port O’conner, June 11-14, 2026

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 A long Weekend outing at my favorite fishing town and Hot spots.

I have rented a house on the back side POC 1509 Polks ave. It has room for 5 

Port O’Conner  I will head down Thursday and come back Sunday.  LOTS OF ROOM TO PARK Truck & boat – 10 min POC fishing center

                  I am going to rent a house for 3 nights – Has 3 queens and two singles,  FIRST COME on beds – price per head  $150/head  RAIN or SHINE 

                   Included  3 nights – 3 cold breakfasts and  3 dinner- No drinks or lunch’s

I also will look for a central rendezvous spot for lunch.

Fishing is a lot of fun and a Million places to fish and best of all CLEAR water!!

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Need some sign-ups: FW Outing: John Scarborough Sunfish Spectacular, 2nd of May 2026

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We need folks to sign up early. The headcount is needed to buy the correct amount of food and make sure that we have enough volunteers to make a successful event.

Also by signing up early you save $10. ($20 for early sign-up, $30 for show up).

Online registration closes at midnight on Wednesday, April 29th. We like early online registrations to give David a better count of attendees; he can more accurately purchase the correct amount food for our lunch. (It takes two days to thaw the hamburger patties and a thawed hamburger cooks quicker. So the food will be purchased on April 29th.)

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FW Outing: John Scarborough Sunfish Spectacular, 2nd of May 2026