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TGF Outings 2008
Theodore Gordon Flyfishers is pleased to offer a great selection of fishing trips for the 2008 season. This year's outings promise exciting fishing and enjoyable company.
Some of the rivers we will visit are rich in history and tradition, their waters cast into by legendary anglers or titans of industry. Bookending the season are a trip to the Beaverkill, a touchstone throughout history for giants including Theodore Gordon himself, and two outings on the Connetquot, a fishery that maintains the mid-nineteenth century traditions experienced by presidents and early industrialists alike.
Other waters were chosen for their beauty and bounty. Shinnecock Inlet on Long Island and Connecticut's Farmington and Housatonic Rivers present magnificent vistas with currents teeming with fish.
We hope you will join us on at least one of the TGF outings this season. The days are always a perfect mix of fishing, camaraderie, and amusement.
We will send out notices about the individual outings throughout the season. For more information on this year's trips, contact events@tgf.org.
Beaverkill River, Roscoe, New York
Saturday, June 21
New York’s classic fishing trip, our first destination this season will be to the Catskills to fish the fabled Beaverkill River, considered hallowed waters by trout fishers of the United States. It is here in the Catskills that dry fly fishing was born in America. It is here on these waters that anglers have cast their flies for the past 100 years.
Fish the early hatches on TGF's adopted river, join us for lunch, and be back on the water again for fishing at the end of the day.
Karen Kaplan, who has organized trips to the Beaverkill for many seasons, is the leader of this tradition for TGF.
Farmington River, New Hartford, Connecticut
Saturday, July 19
TGF travels to Connecticut to fish the upper section of the west branch of the Farmington, a beautiful fishery that holds brown, rainbow and brook trout as well as salmon. The Farmington, Connecticut’s only “Wild and Scenic River,” is a tailwater fishery with water temperatures cool enough for quality fishing even in the summer. The water is easily accessible and offers various types of fishing spots from long pools to quick riffles to heavy water.
Make a day of it by fishing in the morning, gathering for a streamside barbecue, and fishing the late hatches in the afternoon and evening.
Bert Darrow and Joe Ceballos will lead this trip, providing tips on where and how to fish this river as well as organizing our midday picnic.
Shinnecock Inlet, Southhampton, Long Island
Early September
A day on the beach with the Salty Fly Rodders is always an enjoyable fishing event. Plans are in the making for this great opportunity for TGF to fish salt water with members of the Long Island club.
Housatonic River, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Saturday, September 27
Autumn is Olive season on the Housatonic River and the time when TGF anglers meet on the banks of one of the most spectacular rivers in the region. The Housatonic River flows through a limestone valley producing some of the best fishing east of the Rockies. There are two catch-and-release sections, one nine miles long, guaranteeing plenty of room and plenty of fishing.
We meet in the morning for an orientation of the river before fishing, join together for lunch at a nearby cafe, and get back on the water in time for the afternoon olives and isonychia.
David Kramer is our official expert on the Housatonic River and will lead the trip for us.
Connetquot River State Park, Oakdale, Long Island
Saturday, October 18 and Saturday, October 25
Join us for a Theodore Gordon Flyfishers’ tradition – autumn fishing on the Connetquot. So popular we offer this trip twice: Saturday, October 18 and Saturday, October 25.
The Connetquot River State Park is a 3,000-acre woodlands with its own hatchery and trout stream in the heart of Long Island. TGF rents the entire river for two full days of fishing for some of the biggest brook trout, rainbows and browns in New York.
A limited number of anglers may participate, so advanced registration is required. We will send out reservation forms later this summer.
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