Happy Thanksgiving! And a Christmas Party reminder

This Thursday means many things to many different people. For most, it's a day of feasting with friends and family. Here in Louisiana, the dinner table will be adorned with turkey, roast, venison, duck or other hearty meat slowly cooked, along with Cajun favorites like sweet potatoes and corn machcoux. I'm getting hungry just typing this, lol!

While we do enjoy our feasting and football, we still recognize Thanksgiving as a day to give thanks for all the blessings the Lord has bestowed upon us. We're thankful for all the woods, waters and wildlife we have here to enjoy. And for the wonderful friends we've made through our love of outdoors.

And speaking of friends, our annual club Christmas Gathering is set for Monday, December 8th. Good food, great comradery, live music by Sam and Jane, Club awards, Mixed Bag awards and drawings, fantastic door prizes, silent auction, an exciting presentation by Tom Zabasky ("30 Days in Alaska") and more!  If you've not received the email invite with the registration link, please check your spam folder.  Or email Catch Cormier at catch(at)laflyfish(dot)com as soon as possible!

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

November 24th meeting - Christy Graham, AGFC

KFF general meeting
Monday, November 24, 2025

6:30 pm
Rapides Westside Library, 5416 Provine, Alexandria
Also livestreamed on Zoom & YouTube

Join us this month as Christy Graham joins up via Zoom. Christy is Trout Program Coordinator for Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (AGFC) and oversees their trout stocking program. 

Bad luck has hit the AGFC trout hatcheries this year. In Spring, floods caused damage to the Hinkle Spring River Hatchery that supplies most of the fish to the Little Missouri River. Then in October, there were problems at the Norfork National Fish Hatchery that resulted in loss of 80 percent of the fish used to stock Beaver, Norfork and Bull Shoals. As a result, emergency regulations were placed on most stocked waters to limit the amount of harvest. 

However, with winter comes peak stocking time and some rivers like the Little Mo are likely to receive much fewer trout than normal - perhaps very little at all. Christy will discuss what the current problems are, and what plans they have to restore what is the best trout fishing in the South.

As always, the public is welcome! Remote members can participate using the Zoom meeting number and password sent by email. The livestream is also available on our YouTube Channel. Click this link and go to Live videos -
http://bit.ly/3oBk106

November 10th fly tying - Scrambler

KFF monthly fly tying session
Monday, November 10th
6:30pm
Rapides Westside Library, 5416 Provine, Alexandria
Also livestreamed on Zoom and YouTube

This month Chris Williams will lead us in tying the Scrambler, another streamer pattern from Space Coast Flies. Created by Sam Sumlin, this is one of those patterns, that while it is designed for saltwater, works really well for bass (Catch Cormier used it for smallmouth this past summer with good success). 

As always, the session is open to the public. All materials are provided, and we have sets of tools for beginners to use during the session. For beginners, we can also pair you with someone who can help.

Remote members can participate using the Zoom meeting number and password sent by email. The video is also available on our YouTube Channel. Click this link and go to Live videos -
http://bit.ly/3oBk106