About Us

The SouthEastern Council of the Federation of Flyfishers (FFF) represents 16 affiliated clubs and over 500 individual members in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, eastern Tennessee and two clubs in north Florida. 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.

SEC Power Point Presentation

If you want to learn more about the South Eastern Council of the FFF, click HERE to view a PDF version ouf our great new
PowerPoint Presentation. Or, if you want to show the actual PowerPoint presentation to your club or group, email Mike Arnold
to have him either email a copy of it to you (it's almost 5MB big, so you'll need broadband to get it is a reasonable timeframe)
or have him send you a mini-DVD or standard CDrom disc with the presentation on it. 



Education

The SEC-FFF can provide member clubs with fly-casting outfits (twenty 5-weights and ten 8-weights) and fly-tying equipment (twenty Regal Inex vices, tool sets and tons of hooks and materials for use in conducting clinics. All any club has to do is ask for them and pay return shipping.

In addition, it is the charge of the VP-Education to identify worthy and qualified students majoring in a biological or environmental science as potential recipients of the SEC-FFF Council's Fred Stevenson Scholarship Award (earlier it was a $500 grant, now a $1000 award has been made since 2005). For more details on these and other services, check our Education Page.

 


We also "PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS"

Fishing Education Grant to Benefit Wounded Soldier

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. The Federation of Fly Fishers-SouthEastern Council (FFF-SEC) Board of Directors recently approved a $500 grant for the Wounded Warrriors/Handicapped Sportsman and Fly Fishing education/recreation programs conducted by the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission at the John E. Pechmann Fishing Education Center in Fayetteville, N.C. The grant will be used to replace damaged fly reels, purchase fly-tying materials and vises, and purchase other fishing tackle necessary to operate the program.

Since the fall of 2007, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has provided fishing opportunities to wounded soldiers in the Warrior Transition Battalion at Ft. Bragg, N.C. Through several partnerships, Wildlife Commission staff has educated the wounded soldiers on the sport of fly-fishing in a safe and friendly environment at the Pechmann Center, which features six ponds teeming with a variety of game fish.

"Many of the soldiers that attend the fly-fishing clinics have been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury," said Kristopher Smith, director of the Pechmann Center. "Research suggests that the rhythmic motion of casting is beneficial for soldiers suffering from traumatic brain injury and that getting injured soldiers outdoors with fellow soldiers and volunteers also can help the recovery process."

More than 480 wounded soldiers have learned the sport of fly-fishing through the Wildlife Commission's Wounded Warriors Fly-Fishing Program, and the response has been enthusiastic. During inclement weather, volunteers bring the soldiers indoors and instruct them on the art of fly-tying with vises and materials that have been donated from various organizations. The soldiers enjoy tying flies and then using them to entice strikes from fish in the center's ponds.

The Wildlife Commission used the $500 donation from the Federation of Fly Fishers to access $1,500 in matching federal funds from the Sport Fish Restoration Program administered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. As a result, the Pechmann Fishing Education Center will have a total of $2,000 to support the Wounded Warriors Program.

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, back when Florida was part of our council, working to restore vital mangrove habitat, the SouthEastern Council has been there to help.

Over the past few years, the council has supported many worthwhile activities including ...

supporting donations for a Fisheries Intern in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park ($3,600 each year in 2007 - 2010).

     

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. Including a $2,400.00 support for Casting For Recovery participants in their programs.