Flycasters of San Jose

Generations of people passionate about the tranquil sport of fly fishing. Members gather, share, learn, and volunteer through meetings, classes, outings and conservation activities.

Welcome to Flycasters of San Jose

Flycasters of San Jose is a large and active fly fishing club with a diverse set of offerings catering to fly fishers of all backgrounds and skill levels. Whether you want to learn to cast or enhance your casting skills; tie flies; build a fly rod; get involved in teaching grammar school students about the life cycle of trout; or, go on a fishing trip with a group of anglers from the club--Flycasters has you covered!

Flycasters is a non-profit social club dedicated to promoting the sport of fly fishing and protecting the waters where we fish. Founded in 1965, Flycasters is a club for all anglers who want to learn more about the art of fly fishing and improve their skills and techniques.

By joining our club, you will have fun, make new friends, build your skills, and find many opportunities to contribute to our activities. Hope to see you at one of our upcoming meetings!

Club Benefits/Activities:

    Monthly Newsletter on club news and events
    Monthly Meetings with expert presentations
    Casting Instruction
    Fly Tying Classes
    Rod building classes
    Fly Fishing Outings (Fishouts) to a wide variety of destinations
    Youth Education ("Trout in the Classroom" program)
    Conservation Initiatives and fundraising
    Equipment Raffles
    Annual Summer Picnic
    Annual Banquet and Conservation Fundraiser

It's simple to join: click on the "Join" button in the upper right-hand corner and follow the instructions.

Ken Imatani
President, Flycasters of San Jose

Our fly fishing club is indebted to the acclaimed photographer Val Atkinson for allowing us to use the stunning images shown below in the slideshow. Val is the master of capturing with a camera the tranquility and sublime beauty of the rivers in northern California that our members count among their favorite places to fly fish.

You can view the complete set of photos in this series, called "5 Rivers in Northern California," and many of Val's other images, by going to his website: Val Atkinson's Website Many of his images are available for purchase.

LEARN TO FLY FISH

SUNDAY AUGUST 10th

8:15am to noon

For details go to the Upcoming Events Column on the Right Hand Side of this page and click on AUG 10 "Learn to Fly Fish --

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New Beginnings

August 16

New Beginning Events is a gathering of Fly anglers of all abilities - Beginners, Intermediates, and Advanced. We share our passion for fishing and casting. But best of all, we tell stories and experiences and share what we have learned.

Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

Location: Casting Ponds inside Los Gatos Creek County Park 1250 Dell Ave, Campbell, CA

Equipment: Bring a Fly rod and reel. If you don’t have gear, please text Luke at (408) 464-5793, and we’ll help you out.

Eye/sun protection: You will need sunglasses and a hat for a sunny day

Weather: Dress appropriately for conditions

Parking: $6.00 cash or card

Plus we’ll have doughnuts to fuel your casting.

Questions?

Text Luke at (408) 464-5793

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The Latest issue of the FlylinesFLYLINES 08-2025

Covid-19 Policy and Guidelines

NCC/FFI Newsletter can be found here.

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CLUB MEETING

AUGUST 13th

SKIP MORRIS

FISHING DRY FLIES AND EMERGERS

Skip’s program will cover dry flies of all kinds and full floating to half-floating emerger-flies.

Beginners and seasoned fly fishers alike will find plenty of interest here:

When to and not to fish an attractor (along with a look at some excellent attractor dry flies),

Casts for achieving a drag-free fly drift,

How to sink tippet to turn it almost invisible, dry flies on creeks Vs. dry flies on rivers,

When to twitch a dry fly,

A close look at various dry-fly designs and how each is designed to be fished, considerations for choosing the right fly to imitate various insects, and so on, and so on...

Not merely a dry classroom presentation, "Make Dry Fly and Emerger Fishing Work" has stories and humor woven through it, to entertain as well as inform.

Wednesday Evening, August 13th

West Valley Branch Library1243 San Tomas Aquino Rd., San Jose

Doors open at 6:30pm

MONTHLY BREAKFAST GATHERING AT

HOLDER'S COUNTRY INN

10088 N WOLFE RD., SUITE 130 - CUPERTINO 95014

8:00am -- Saturday August 9th

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El Encuentro Lodge in Argentina is offering Flycasters members a 10% discount on trips

All members of your party must be members of Flycasters

https://www.elencuentroflyfishing.com/

https://www.elencuentroflyfishing.com/contact

Forums

Choose from over a dozen different forums to discuss a wide variety of topics of interest to club members. Below are just a few of the topics you will find in the Forums area.

Destinations

Discuss interesting places to fish with fellow members. Get or provide tips, explore all types of fly fishing adventures, and find others who want to join you for fly fishing trips.

Steelhead

Do you enjoy pursuing steelhead, the "fish of a thousand casts"? Whether you use single-handed rods or prefer spey casting, enjoy casting adult winter steelhead or Fall "half pounders," this forum is for you.

Salt Water Fly Fishing

If you enjoy traveling to warm destinations and catching saltwater species such as bonefish, tarpon, permit, snook, and others, this forum is for you.

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Member Photos and Slideshows

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