Author Archives: Catch Cormier

Free Kids’ Fishing Clinic in Pensacola April 13

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Catch Cormier

Teaching children a lifelong hobby, instilling appreciation for our marine environment and providing fun, family outings are the objectives for a Kids’ Fishing Clinic in Pensacola on Saturday, April 13.   Hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), … Continue reading →

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GCC to hold fundraiser at New Orleans Expo to benefit high school club

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Catch Cormier

Many of us are looking forward to this Saturday and the first-ever New Orleans Fly Fishing Expo at the new Deutsches Haus on Bayou St. John in New Orleans. Hope you are too! Hosted by the New Orleans Fly Fishers … Continue reading →

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Inaugural New Orleans Fly Fishing Expo only weeks away

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Catch Cormier

New Orleans Fly Fishing Expo Saturday, April 6, 2019 8:00am to 4:00pm The Deutsches Haus, 1700 Moss St, New Orleans, LA FREE admission! The New Orleans Fly Fishers Club, a charter FFI club, is hosting the biggest fly fishing event … Continue reading →

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Fly fishing class now cojoined with fish hatchery tour

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Catch Cormier

The Kisatchie Fly Fishers, an FFI-GCC affiliate club based in Alexandria, LA, will hold their annual “Fly Fishing 101” workshop on Saturday, March 30th at the Booker-Fowler fish hatchery in Forest Hill. Time is 9:00am to 12:30pm. The workshop is … Continue reading →

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We have met the enemy, and they are us!

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Catch Cormier

Catch Cormier, GCC Conservation Director Last week, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries dropped a bombshell. They reported that a “preliminary, but incomplete” draft indicated that the state’s speckled trout stock was overfished and that landings had decreased to … Continue reading →

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Just say “no” to shiners (and lures)

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Catch Cormier

An epic fishing trip one March with my dad and younger son Jacob taught me a valuable lesson about sacalait (a.k.a, crappie, a.k.a, white perch). We were out in my dad’s boat on Henderson Lake. This idyllic cypress-laden backwater lake … Continue reading →

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Sweeping conservation act now law

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Catch Cormier

This afternoon, Fly Fishers International joined over three dozen other conservation groups in celebrating the signing by President Trump of Senate Bill 47 into law. The John D. Dingell Conservation, Management and Recreaton Act not only secures permanent funding for … Continue reading →

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CICP testing in Lake Charles a success

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Catch Cormier

The FFI Gulf Coast Council hosted a Casting Instructor Certification Program (CICP) testing event this past weekend in Lake Charles.  With good weather, strong participation, and help of several very excellent instructors, the event was a great success! We had … Continue reading →

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Red Stick Day offers something for everyone

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Catch Cormier

Saturday, March 2nd is the 27th annual “Red Stick Day” fly fishing festival, which this year returns to the LDWF Waddill Outdoors Education Center on 4141 North Flannery Road in Baton Rouge. Time is 8:30am to 3:30pm. Admission is free. … Continue reading →

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