Tuesday, March 26, 2019

JWFF Meeting Notice - April 4th 2019


Time: 6:30 PM
Place: Ridgewood United Methodist Church
100 Dayton St.
Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Speaker:  John Field 
Subject: Trophy Striped Bass on the Fly

John L. Field is a fly-casting instructor, writer and photographer.

Instruction & Presentation

John provides group and private lessons. He also gives casting demonstrations and multimedia presentations.
Bio

John has spent extensive time exploring the waters of the Northwest Territories in Canada with Canadian Sportfishing Magazine and the Amazonas in Venezuela and elsewhere, while working for Larry Dahlberg Productions. He has decades of experience flats fishing the Florida Keys and striped bass fishing in the Northeast. John also makes regular trips to fish in the Balkans of Europe and the Yellowstone region. He is past-president of the New York City Chapter of Trout Unlimited and past president of the American Casting Association. John is an FFI (Fly Fishers International) Certified Master Casting Instructor and author of two casting books.

His first one is titled, Fly-Casting Finesse- A Complete Guide to Improving All Aspects of Your Casting, Skyhorse Publishing, 2015. In 2018 he wrote his second book; a beginner's casting book authorized by the American Casting Association as a prequel to his advanced casting book. It is titled, ACA's Beginner's Guide to Fly Casting- Featuring the Twelve Casts You Need to Know, Skyhorse Publishing, 2018. He is currently writing another book titled, Trophy Striped Bass on the Flyfor Stackpole Books, which should be a 2019 release. John’s feature articles have been published in Fly Fisherman Magazine and many others and he has contributed to several books by other authors. John filmed and co-produced Hunt for Big Fish, which has aired on ESPN and other cable networks. John and his family live in Weston, Connecticut.



Press & Book Reviews

Westport News September, 7 2010
New York Times- August 9, 2010
Book Reviews



Upcoming Events:
June 2019 - Casting Clinic - Arnold Pond - Goffle Brook Park - Hawthorne, NJ
June 2018 - Annual Picnic
December 2019- Annual Holiday Party

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