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A club for people

who love flyfishing and 

the outdoors!

The Long Island Flyrodders is a social club for people who share a passion for flyfishing and the beautiful places it brings us to. We meet at 7:30 PM on the first Tuesday of each Month, at the Levittown VFW Hall, 55 Hickory Lane, Levittown, NY.  (North of Hempstead Turnpike ). *New members are always welcome, come to a meeting and see what we're all about! Never flyfished? No problem, we offer free casting, and fly tying lessons before our meetings in the warm weather months and lots of advice.

Questions: email shawnsul@optonline.net

For a membership application, please click button

To mail in an application, make a check out to Long Island Flyrodders and send to: Peter Harris, 6 Clafford Lane, Melville, NY 11747

 or bring completed application to one of our meetings.


 

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Next LIFR Meeting : 

Tuesday, November 57:30 P.M.,  

Agenda: John Shaner

"The Beautiful Beaverkill"

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     John Shaner has been an avid angler for as long as he can remember. He caught his first trout on a fly he tied himself in 1965. He is well known in the Catskill rivers area and has been involved with the Catskill Museum of Flyfishing. He has worked as a sales representative for Hardy reels. He has a particular fondness for discovering and fishing with traditional wet flies.

 

 

Upcoming Events:

10/1 LIFR Meeting 7:30, pre-meeting barbecue 6:30, Casting Instruction 6:30, Used Tackle Sale 6:30      

10/5 Connetquot State Park Centennial Celebration

10/5 Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery Family Day

10/21 Connetquot Club Day

​11/5 LIFR Meeting

10/21 Connetquot Club Day

JOIN THE Long Island Flyrodders : Be our guest at our next meeting!

The Connetquot River is our home water every third Monday of the month! Club members have full access to the entire river.

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Recent Pictures
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Beaverkill Trip at the Riverside Cafe  Lodge

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 New Members Meeting                    Fall Beaverkill Trip                           

Social Media Links
Check It Out .....
LIFR Group Facebook Page
(Bill Smith - administrator)

LIFR Youtube Channel

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LIFR Newsletter

 

 Click on the link below to see our latest issue  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check out our Instagram Page

Caught the fish of a lifetime and you'd like to show it off? Send pics to our Instagram coordinator Shawn Sullivan shawnsul@optonline.net 
Please don't send a large file, include some info, general area, flies used, etc; Pics don't have to have fish in them, landscape shots are welcome!

LIFR Favorite Flies
 
Click the image Below  to view 
photos and recipes of our 
Member's favorite flies.
 
 
gils deceiver

gils deceiver

mackerel candy

mackerel candy

green beadhead caddis pupa

green beadhead caddis pupa

Smallmouth Gurgler

Smallmouth Gurgler

power worm

power worm

fancy moosehead bell

fancy moosehead bell

PA Sparkler

PA Sparkler

Partridge and Orange

Partridge and Orange

Lees Sikadelic Sally

Lees Sikadelic Sally

Jeffs Black Angus

Jeffs Black Angus

pink puff

pink puff

pink bugger

pink bugger

orange bead

orange bead

mikkleson

mikkleson

moosehead belle

moosehead belle

Lite Bright White Fly

Lite Bright White Fly

Jims Fly Pin

Jims Fly Pin

Ladygail

Ladygail

Lee's foxy gotcha

Lee's foxy gotcha

IrisCaddis

IrisCaddis

Ghwfly

Ghwfly

Frasers Caddis Pupa

Frasers Caddis Pupa

Cropsicle

Cropsicle

Craft baitfish

Craft baitfish

Conehead Rabbit Leech

Conehead Rabbit Leech

Clauser crawfish

Clauser crawfish

Carolina belle

Carolina belle

Bonefish Giant

Bonefish Giant

Bonefish belle

Bonefish belle

BigEye Bugger

BigEye Bugger

Polyarn Beetle

Polyarn Beetle

White Beadhead Rabbit Zonker

White Beadhead Rabbit Zonker

Anthonys bugger

Anthonys bugger

Poppingperch

Poppingperch

Serendipity

Serendipity

TootsieRoll

TootsieRoll

AP Emerger

AP Emerger

Peconic Paddler

Peconic Paddler

Schabby's Sculpin

Schabby's Sculpin

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