Monthly BOD Meeting
2025-01-07 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-04 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-03-04 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-08-05 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States

Monthly Club Outing - Fly Tying/Lunch
2025-01-18 10:00 - 14:00 | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States
Our regular monthly outing this month will differ from the norm in a few ways.
First – it will not be on the water fishing. It will be an “event” at the Boston Harbor Fire Station.
Second – it will not be on the normal Thursday and Saturday following the membership meeting, it will be the Saturday before the membership meeting.
It will be a Fly-Tying event on Jan 18th from 10:00 to 2:00pm at the North Olympia Fire Station.
A chili and soup lunch will also be provided.
Even if you don’t tie, stop by and meet the other members. Get tips on local and distant fishing spots. Maybe you can even hitch a ride in someone’s boat sometime!

Monthly Club Meeting featuring Mike Sturza
2025-01-21 19:00 - 20:30 | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States
Mike Sturza is the owner of Lost Creek Fly Shop, and Mike Sturza’s Fly fishing guide service. Mike is a lifelong resident of Lewis County and started flyfishing in the early 1980’s. First it was trout in the high country, then swinging for summer steelhead with a single hander, then on to a two-handed rod in the Cowlitz river for summer steelhead, winter steelhead, and salmon.

Monthly Club Meeting
2025-02-18 19:00 - 20:30 | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States
Our speaker this month will be David Conra, the acting board Secretary for the Wild Steel-head Coalition. He works with board members and partner Organizations such as the Green River Valley Alliance and AFFTA, to help coordinate and further the efforts to advocate for wild fish and the habitat they depend on.
A resident of the Pacific Northwest since 2001, David grew up snowboarding and fishing in the mountains of Idaho, Montana,and Colorado.
When not swinging flies around the west, he can usually be found prowling the beaches of the South Sound in search of sea run cutthroat. His writing on steelhead has appeared in The Drake magazine as well as Swing the Fly.

Steamboat Island - Sea-run Cutthroat
2025-02-22 10:00 - 14:30 | Olympia Outboard Club, 8113 Steamboat Island Rd NW, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Lunch is Provided!
The shuttle to Olympia Outboard Club will start at 12 Noon and the pickup location will be at the Griffin Fire Station #02
Park at the Fire Station and Vic will drive the shuttle vehicle to the clubhouse located at 3015 Steamboat Island Road Northwest, Olympia, WA 98502. If you show up after 12:30, drive to the club house and a shuttle will follow you back to the Fire Station. Driving on the island is one-way to the right. There is limited parking and almost no cell service on Steamboat Island. The North East point and the spit have the best Sea-Run habitat environment.
Contact for more information: Jared Wood – president@southsoundflyfishers.org

Introduction to Fly Fishing
2025-02-24 17:30 - 20:30, 2025-03-10 17:30 - 20:30, 2025-03-17 17:30 - 20:30 | Olympia Center, 222 Columbia St NW, Olympia, WA, 98501, United States
This is your opportunity to learn about fly fishing, a sport that can become a lifetime hobby. Fly fishing will get you outside in many peaceful settings and is an activity that nourishes the mind and body. In this class, we will discuss the basics of fly fishing streams, rivers, lakes, and the Puget Sound. We will cover equipment and the various techniques used in fishing for a wide variety of species in our region. Members of the South Sound Fly Fishers, with a combined 90 years of experience, will be your instructors for the course. Instructor: South Sound Fly Fishers

Introduction to Fly Fishing
2025-03-03 17:30 - 20:30 | The Olympia Center, 222 Columbia St NW 2nd Floor, Olympia, WA, 98501, United States
This is your opportunity to learn about fly fishing, a sport that can become a lifetime hobby. Fly fishing will get you outside in many peaceful settings and is an activity that nourishes the mind and body. In this class, we will discuss the basics of fly fishing streams, rivers, lakes, and the Puget Sound. We will cover equipment and the various techniques used in fishing for a wide variety of species in our region. Members of the South Sound Fly Fishers, with a combined 90 years of experience, will be your instructors for the course.

Monthly Outing - Lake Lawrence
2025-03-15 09:00 - 15:00 | Lake Lawrence, 17500 Pleasant Beach Dr SE, Yelm, WA, 98597, United States
Meet at the Lake Lawrence Public Boat Launch, 17500 Pleasant Beach Dr SE, Yelm, Wa 98597
Flies, Rods, & Lines: 4wt or 5wt. Bring two if you have them. One for indicator fishing and one with sinking line for streamers or leeches. This lake is a 2 Pole allowed lake. However a 2 pole endorsement is required.
Be prepared to fish moderately deep with the cold weather. A slip bobber is preferred if fishing over 10’ deep but a fixed indicator is just fine. Floating line can be used to fish chironomids or balanced leeches under an indicator.
Seven-foot tapered leader and 5x or 4x tippet. Tapered leader is not necessary if you want to go straight to tippet.
Chironomid flies in olive, brown, red, black in sizes 14 and 16. Smaller balanced leeches in size 6, 8 in olive, black, black/red, brown. Scuds and backswimmers/water boatmen might be good flies too. Stripping woolly buggers with a sink 3 is effective too.
RSVP to Max if you are planning to attend: 360-790-6613 (He may have an open seat on his boat).

Monthly Club Meeting
2025-03-18 19:00 - 20:30 | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States
Our speaker this month will be Joshua O’Hara. He is a Salmon and Steelhead Biologist with the Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group.
He has served in a variety of roles in conservation which allowed him to explore conservation from headwaters to tidelands. He is very passionate about finding ways to expand wildlife conservation opportunities for his fellow military veterans.
The Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group (HCSEG) participates in restoration and research projects throughout the entire Hood Canal Watershed in the western part of Washington State. These efforts not only benefit local salmon populations, but also support the ecological diversity of this beautiful and scenic natural community.
His presentation is here.
Door Prizes via free raffle, Items for sale, Lies to be told!

Introduction to Fly Fishing
2025-03-24 17:30 - 20:30 | The Olympia Center, 222 Columbia St NW 2nd Floor, Olympia, WA, 98501, United States

Monthly BOD Meeting
2025-04-09 18:30 - 20:00 | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States
Max and Jared will not available on Tuesday April 1st for the monthly board meeting. So the meeting will be on April 9.
We will be spending most of our time discussing the auction, then collaborating and voting on the Pledge of Allegiance topic.
Please still have your newsletter articles to Dave by Sunday April 6th. We will be able to update as needed after our board meeting. Additionally, please mark on your calendars Tuesday April 29th 6:30 p.m. for an auction update meeting. This will only be for if it’s needed, and it’ll probably be less than a 45 min zoom meeting. We hope to have all of our auction action items completed by our May 6th BOD meeting.

Monthly Club Meeting - Don Freeman’s presentation on Munn Lake.
2025-04-15 19:00 - 20:30 | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States
Come to the South Sound Fly Fishers club meeting on April 15 for Don Freeman’s presentation on Munn Lake. Don is a long-time member of the SSFF. Don has been active in conservation programs for many years. He retired from the Department of Fish and Wildlife and spends a good portion of his time chasing sea-run cutthroats in Puget Sound.
Now in its 20th year, Munn Lake is an established destination for a more unique experience drawing anglers from all over Puget Sound and hosting a dedicated group of local enthusiasts.
Free Raffle for prizes. Share your stories, learn where the fishing is hot.

Monthly Outing - Searun Cutthroat
2025-04-19 11:30 - 14:30 | Geoduck Beach, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA, 98502, United States
Searun Cutthoat at Sunset/Geoduck Beach near Evergreen State College
Low tide is around 9:30 AM. We would like to be out there while there is still more beach, but allow for more moving water. We will target a meeting time closer to noon. We will provide more details at the monthly meeting on April 15.

Board Of Directors Meetings
2025-05-06 18:30 - 20:00 | WA

Monthly Outing Coldwater Lake (St. Helens)
2025-05-17 09:00 - 15:00 | Coldwater Lake, Coldwater Lake, WA, 98649, United States
You must have a pontoon boat or some means of getting on the lake – no fishing is permitted from shore (if you hike the lake, you are restricted to “stay on the trail” and there are only two access points to the shoreline where boats may land). The usual flies will work, such as buggers, leeches, nymphs or a fly that floats well. Some days nothing works. You ought to bring both floating and deep sinking lines.
Driving Directions: Access off I-5 via SR 504, Exit No.49; go east on
the well maintained state road.
Coldwater Lake is 45 miles from I-5. You will pass Seaquest State Park
at 5.2 miles, Toutle at 11, Kid Valley at 18.3 (last place for gas), Eco
Park at mile-post 24.1, and finally Coldwater at milepost 45.
Or you can go through Toledo until that road makes a T intersection with SR 504.
– Gasoline powered motors are prohibited – it is part of Mount Saint Helens Monument
– Federal pass required (America the Beautiful pass)
– Boat ramp is gravel (Not concrete)
– Can be windy, 5+ mpg most of the day. Winds are usually blowing up the mountain in the morning, and down the mountain in the afternoon
It takes about two hours of driving to get there and I recommend getting there around 9 am particularly if you plan to fish chironomids. Some club members will be arriving between 9 AM and 10 AM at the launch, which is at the SW end of the Lake, which is NE of Spirit Lake Highway/504.
Coldwater Lake is managed as a quality trout fishery. Wild rainbow and cutthroat are in the lake. Access is limited. Contact National Volcanic Monument Headquarters at 360-449-7800 for more information.

Club Membership Meeting Featuring Steve Duda
2025-05-20 18:45 - 20:00 | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States
Doors open at 6:30PM
Steve Duda is an author, editor, and cultural journalist. His most recent book, River Songs (Mountaineers Books, 2024), was
described as “the London Calling of flyfishing books,” with stories marked by “ferocious honesty and breathtaking intensity.”
He currently serves as Head of Fish Tales at Patagonia leading multimedia storytelling focused on fly fishing and conservation.
Steve lives in Seattle with his partner and a semi-feral feline–raccoon hybrid he’s attempting to train to play the banjo.
As usual, there will be opportunities to share your latest fishing adventures, or folk fiction. There will be lottery prizes as well.

Monthly BoD Meeting
2025-06-03 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-07-01 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-09-02 18:30 - 20:00 | WA

Monthly Meeting - Casting, Food, and Michael Maltby
2025-06-17 17:30 - 20:00 | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States
We will be setting up our casting lanes and having practice (or friendly competition) for anyone wanting to work on their casting skills. The casting lanes will be set up by 5:30, and we will have hamburgers and hot dogs provided by the club with our normal program still starting at 7 P.M. At the request of some of our members, we will also have a few variations of float tubes set up so you can look at the different styles and functionality to see what suits you best if you are in the market to purchase one.
Our Speaker will be Michael Maltby. Mike worked for the USDA Soil Conservation Service before deciding to become a lawyer.
Mike has always loved to fish and started fly fishing 30 years ago while working and living in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. Mike has built his own fishing rods for over 45 years and has amassed quite a collection of fly rods. Moreover, he has tied his own flies for 30 years. Mike recently returned from an epic trip to New Zealand’s North Island and looks forward to sharing some of the knowledge he has acquired, the people he met, and oh yeah, a few fish that were caught!

Monthly Outing - Biennial Auction !
2025-06-21 12:00 - 15:00 | National Guard Thurston County Readiness Center, 8303 Kimmie St. SW, Tumwater, WA, 98512, United States
2025 SSFF Auction has finally arrived!
It will be on June 21st from 12 Noon to 3 P.M. held at the National Guard Thurston County Readiness Center located at 8303 Kimmie St. SW Tumwater, WA 98512. RSVP’s are required so we can plan for the enough food. If you RSVP by June 15th, you will be entered into a drawing to win a $100 prize! There will be a potluck-style lunch, with the club providing pulled pork sandwiches and baked beans. We are asking club members to bring food items according to your last name:
A-G: Side Items
H-O: Snacks (chips, veggie plates)
P-Z: Desserts
To RSVP: To go to the RSVP Page Click Here or you can also submit a RSVP by going to southsoundflyfishers.org/contact/ and let us know how many will be in your party.
The auction is open to club members and their guests.

Monthly Meeting
2025-07-15 17:30 - 20:00 | North Olympia Fire Department, 5046 Boston Harbor Rd NE, Olympia, WA, 98506, United States
Like last month, we will be setting up our casting lanes and having practice (or friendly competition) for anyone wanting to work on their casting skills. The casting lanes will be set up by 5:30, and we will have food provided by the club with our normal club business still starting at 7PM, followed by more casting skills.

Monthly Outing (Cowlitz Campout)
2025-07-18 08:00 - 2025-07-20 17:00 | WA
Lewis County
Carline Lake, Cowlitz River, Mayfield lake, Swafford Pond

Monthly Outing - Annual Picnic on 19th
2025-08-19 17:30 - 19:30 | WA

Monthly Meeting - Annual Picnic
2025-08-19 17:30 - 20:00 | Scott Lake, 2500-2524 Scotlac Dr SW, Olympia, WA, 98512, United States
Our August SSFF club meeting is unique for our club since it is when we hold our annual SSFF Club Picnic which will be located at Scott Lake Pavilions on Aug 19th at 5:30 PM. The pavilions are located across the parking lot from the golf course located at (enter park or golf course address) There will be games, food, casting practice and a lot of fishing stories! This is a family friendly event, and you can invite any friends to join as well. Our club will provide hamburgers, hot dogs, water, and we ask that club members bring the below potluck food items according to your last name:
A-G: Side Dish or Salad
H-O: Snacks (chips, veggie plates)
P-Z: Desserts
