About Us

The South Eastern Council of the Federation of Flyfishers (FFF) represents 38 affiliated clubs and over 1,300 individual members in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, southeast Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and eastern Tennessee. The FFF consists of clubs and individuals throughout America and the world. The Federation is made up of people who wish to share their sport with others, to foster good sportsmanship, conservation, and ethics. The Federation's mission is to protect all fish in all waters by conserving, restoring, educating through fly fishing.

Education

The SEC-FFF can provide member clubs with casting and fly tying equipment for use in conducting clinics. In addition, it is the charge of the Education Chairman to identify worthy and qualified students majoring in a biological or environmental science as potential recipients of the SEC-FFF Council's Scholarship Awards. For more details on these and other services, check our Education Page.

Conservation

The SEC-FFF is constantly looking to improve or safeguard our natural resources, not only for the benefit of those we serve, but for all citizens and future generations. Whether it's increasing the productivity of an Appalachian trout stream, or working to restore vital mangrove habitat, the Southeast Council is there to help.

This year the council sponsored an intern to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fisheries Division. A report from that project can be found here.

Outreach

Fly fishing is a sport steeped in tradition. Passing it on to future generations requires attending to those in the present with a desire to learn the sport, and also to those who have never seen the sport. The primary mission of the SEC-FFF is to outreach to all, regardless of their circumstance, and insure that they have the proper instruction and guidance necessary to succeed.