Our team includes licensed fly-fishing guides and fully certified fly-casting instructors from the Gulf Coast, Southeastern and Rocky Mountain regions.
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2025 Rio Grande Rumble
Every year for the past 7 or 8 years the New Orleans Fly Fishing Club has hosted a fishing tournament to remove the invasive species Cichlid Rio Grande from the canals and streams in the New Orleans area. Read More Here
Give a unique gift of Fly Fishing Lessons!
You don’t have to wait until a “special” day for the unique gift of fly fishing lessons. Often times that person in your life is itching for a new experience or to tune up a stale fly-fishing stroke. Make it happen for them. Give a lesson or better yet a set of lessons in fly fishing.
Tribute to David Diaz
As the excitement of 2023 spring fishing and fly casting clinics builds, a sad follow-up note from 2022 deserves a moment of recognition. Mr. David Diaz, MCI, CBOG and a truly great FFI instructor and mentor, passed away after a long illness. Read More
Gazzie’s First Fish
Gazzie, Tom Dempsey’s granddaughter, on her 11th birthday caught her first fish. It was a speckled trout on a fly. Gazzie has taken lessons from her grandfather and hooked this nice fish off his pier at Ono Island. Keep it up, Gazzie!
Dr. Thomas Dempsey would like to thank all the anglers that supported him during his recent election to the board of directors for the Fly Fishing International. Dr. Dempsey is an advocate of the federation and has many goals in mind to suggest to the board to bring needed recognition to the vast opportunities of fly fishing on the gulf coast. Look for updates on decisions and movements of the FFI through the board of directors that will be published on the current website.
The Gulf Coast Fly Fishing School is excited to announce it’s relationship with Music City Fly Fishing School.
Located in Nashville, Read more…
Live Life Well. Fly Fish!
GCFFS is now offering Guided Fishing Trips for a variety of Gulf Coast fishing experiences. Get off that couch and come enjoy a fishing experience sure to hook you!!
Angler’s Information
Do you need information and advice on fly fishing? Contact us for information on locations, guides, species, tackle, solving casting problems, lessons, clothing and any other topic that you have questions about.
Lessons & More
Monthly Meetings - Open to the Public!
FFNWF – Fly Fishers of North West Florida, Mira Flores Park Pensacola, First Monday
ESFF – Eastern Shore Fly Fishing. Call for update details of time and locations 261-648-7451
Individual Lessons
Group Lessons
NEW!! Guided Trips!
FFI Gulf Coast Council Calendar
Learn to Tie a Fly Workshop
FFF Qualified
Education Excellence Award – Dino Frangos
Awarded to individuals or clubs that have made outstanding contributions in teaching one or more elements of our sport to others. Elements such as fly fishing basics, fly casting, fly tying, rod building, or advanced fishing techniques. Read More
