2025 Outings

January 18

The Lower Kings River Cookout & Fishing Contest

Our annual Lower Kings River Cookout was a great success. We had nearly 40 people join us this year. Thank you to all who participated. New this year was our first "Fishing Contest." Winners were: Steve Witter for the "MOST FISH" caught that morning with nine to the net prior to noon; and, new member, Bill Ritchey for the "BIGGEST FISH" caught with a beautiful 26 inch Rainbow. There were a number of 20 inch plus fish caught that day. In addition, a number of our members join in to help with the King's River clean-up effort. We appreciate the commitment our club has to protecting our local rivers and fisheries. For photos from the day see the Lower Kings Cookout 2025 Photo Album on our club website.

March 1

Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show

The 2025 Pleasanton Fly Fishing Show ran from Friday 2/28 through Sunday 3/2. We had a number of member attend on Saturday and report that it was a great event. We will organize another group to attend again next year.

March 8

Upper Kings River

Weather was perfect and the water level was reasonable. Thank you Bill and Brian for hosting a great event on a very special stretch of the river. The barricades were still up about half way back to Garnet Dike so fishing access was condensed, expect for those ambitious enough to hike. Fishing was typical for the Upper Kings. Not easy but beautiful fish if you can find and catch them. We had many members find success with multiple wild rainbows in the 16" to 17" range caught. These are very strong and energetic wild fish. Very fun! Upper Kings River Photo Album

June 21

Marble Fork of the Kaweah - Sequoia NP

We had a great day in Sequoia National Park fishing the Marble Fork of the Kaweah. The fish were mostly small but plentiful and very fun to catch with dry fly on light tackle (a few up to 11" were caught). Some caught on small droppers as well. The weather was perfect and the fishing was good but the highlight for the day was the smoked Tri-tip sandwiches provided by club member Matt Brown. That was very generous of him and the Tri-tips were cooked perfectly. THANK YOU MATT!!! Marble Fork 2025 Photo Album

July 12

Weaver Lake, High Sierra Outing

A beautiful day in the High Sierra. Club members Larry and Dennis started early and made the 2 mile trek to Weaver Lake in time for the morning bit. Hopper dropper worked well early with the nice sized brookies. By 11:00 the fish moved deeper and the wind picked up. The black Woolly Bugger was the ticket in the afternoon. Weaver Lake Photo Album

August 23

Santa Cruz Surf Fishing

A group of FFFC Anglers joined the Santa Cruz Fly Fishers for a day fishing the surf. Thank you friends from Santa Cruz for hosting us and guiding us as we learned to chase Stripers and Perch in the surf with our fly rods. A great time was had by all.

September 6

Cedar Grove - Kings Canyon

Another great outing into Kings Canyon. It was a beautiful day with lots of great fish caught. Congratulations to the new members who caught their first fish on a fly rod on this outing. And thanks to the seasoned club members who assisted. For all the photos from the day please see the Cedar Grove Sept 2025 photo album.

September 18

Lower Sacramento River Drift Boat Outing

The Lower Sac never disappoints. All anglers caught fish and had a great day. Thank you Lance Gray for another great outing.

October 24-26

East Side - Crowley Lake, Owens River, Hot Creek and more!

Another great East Side outing hosted by Scott Piggott. A number of very nice fish were caught on the Upper Owens and in Lake Crowley. We also had success in some of the smaller streams in the area. You can see the full photo album here. East Side 2025

November 6-7

Trinity River with Confluence Outfitters

We had 8 anglers fish two days on the Trinity River with Confluence Outfitters. Weather cooperated and everyone caught fish. It is a beautiful river and we look forward to doing it again next year. You can see the full photo album here. Trinity 2025

November 15

O'Neill Forebay Striped Bass 

Cancelled due to weather. We'll try again in 2026.