On behalf of the Red River Fly Fishers and Eisenhower State Park, we?d like to thank everyone that came out to Lake Texoma for ?Texoma on the Fly?. We hope you had a good time.

While planning this event, we had no idea how many people might attend a fly fishing event during the summer in Texas. Now that it is over, we still don?t know how many people actually attended. Since admission was free, we were unable to get an accurate count. The current estimate is at least 200 people attended including the folks that helped staff the event.

The fishing results were mixed, with Stripers being difficult to find, but both smallmouth bass and bluegills were caught from the shore of the park. The demonstration fly tiers were outstanding and fascinating to watch. The response to the casting classes was almost overwhelming. The last count of the ?Beginning Fly Casting? class was 50 and growing as additional people continued showing up.

The seminars were well attended and very informative. At one point there were 75 people inside listening to the speakers and there were at least another dozen people outside under the shade trees.

4 or 5 new, still in the box fly fishing outfits were brought to the event by people new to fly fishing for help putting them together. One of these outfits was brought in by a boy who was about 10 or 11. Someone helped him assemble his rod and reel, someone else helped him tie a fly, he then took a casting class, and went down to the lake to fish. He returned for the afternoon?s seminars smiling from ear to ear, he had caught several bluegills on the fly that he had tied himself that morning. I believe we have a new fly fisher.

Thanks again to everyone that attended and thank you to everyone that helped make the first ?Texoma on the Fly? a success.

For the Red River Fly Fishers,
Rex