Welcome to the Central Ohio Fly Fishers Web site

...It is the mission of the Central Ohio Fly Fishers club to promote and encourage the sport and art of fly-fishing by providing a social setting to allow its members to share information and experiences through educational programming and activities, to build and promote fellowship among its members and to encourage the conservation and preservation of our natural resources.

COFF meetings are held on the second Tuesday of every month during the Fall, Winter (except for December), and Spring.

Next Meeting: March 9, 2010 at Barley's Smokehouse. Kevin Compton will speak about "What We Can Learn About Competition Fishing." Kevin is a 39 year-old commercial tier, fly designer for Solitude Fly Co., author, and fly-tying instructor. His company, Performance Flies, distributes DOHIKU European Barbless Hooks in North America. Kevin lives in Cleveland where he ties patterns for the steelhead fisheries of Ohio & Michigan and for the trout waters of central Pennsylvania. He also spends part of each summer in the Colorado Rockies, fishing and tying patterns for guides and competition anglers. Kevin will speak about international competition fishing and the use of barbless hooks as an extension of 'catch & release' practice. Dinner and drinks at 6 p.m.; presentation starts at 7 p.m.

Raffle for Fly Rod and Reel: The Orvis Company, Mad River Outfitters, and COFF have donated an Orvis Trout Bum fly rod, CFO reel, and an Orvis Wonderline fly line to be raffled to raise $1,000 to support a cancer survivor through Casting For Recovery. The retail value of the rod, reel, and line is $844 (hover over image for more infomation). We are only selling 100 tickets at $10.00 per ticket (as of 3/8/10, 50/100 tickets have been sold). Once all 100 tickets are sold, we will draw the lucky winner. Contact Bill Karl for more details.

COFFoto of the month: A mid-February brown trout from the Mad River. Submitted by Mike Schmidt. Submit a photo for next month!

32nd Annual Midwest Fly Fishing Exposition -- March 13-14, 2010, at the Macomb Community College Sports and Expo Center in Warren, MI. One of the oldest fly fishing-only shows in the country, the Expo features four of the leading fly fishers in the country -- Dave Hughes, JoeHumphreys, Bob Jacklin, and Michigan's own Jeff "Bear" Andrews. Attached is detailed information about the Expo and its headliners.

Mad River Work Days -- volunteers are needed to help clean up reaches of the Mad River. Contact Tom Allen for more information.

Fly Fish Where You Live by Philip A. Brown -- Read this informative article reprinted from the Columbus Bar Lawyers Quarterly.

The Ohio Brook Trout Story At the April 2009 COFF meeting, Andy Burt, a Fisheries Biologist for the Division of Wildlife’s Inland Fishery Research Unit, presented information on the Ohio Brook Trout Program...

More on the Brook trout... Here's a link to Flyfish Ohio and an interview about the native Ohio Brook Trout. What does it take for there to be wild and reproducing trout in Mad River?

Mad River Fishing Survey Check out COFF results of a fishing survey conducted on the Mad River in September 2007. Survey results.

Casting For Recovery -- Casting for Recovery provides a fly fishing retreat for women with breast cancer in the Ohio/Indiana Region. COFF has helped with their fundraising effort by coordinating contributions of $500. More information and application forms.

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