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Our Fly Fishing Trips

The FATC takes many fly fishing trips in Missouri and throughout the U.S. each year. Our fishing trips in Missouri include the Current river, Meramec river, North Fork of the White River, Little Piney, Lake Taneycomo and more. We regularly fish all of the State trout parks in Missouri too. Our “out of State” trips have included Yellowstone, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Alaska, Virginia and more. Our fellowship has also gone out of country to fish to include Belize, Iceland, Christmas Island, New Zealand and more. Here are reports from our most recent trips. All trips are open to all fellowship members. To see all past trips use the search bar and check this page. Interested in attending a trip? Check the FATC calendar for upcoming trips and contact the trip organizer.

Trips: Alaska Silver Salmon

In August 2025, four FATC brothers—Matt McClure, Jim Craig, Sterling Short, and I, Brian Ellis—embarked on a long journey to the Last Frontier: Alaska, in pursuit of the legendary silver salmon.  The seeds of this adventure were planted in February 2024, over lunch with Matt McClure after a casting session. … Read More…

Trips: Float Down the Current River

Harold Bate, Jim Craig, Glenn Haake & me (Matt McClure) recently embarked on a 3 day/night camping trip to the Current River. We rented a cabin at Pinecrest Campground.  1st day we fished Cedar Grove below the low water bridge early evening due to the high daytime temps.  We were … Read More…

Trips: A Visit To Montauk State Park

Montauk Trip 8/28/25 The weather and the fishing has been so great over the last couple of weeks that I couldn’t resist the call to go fishing at Montauk for the third time in as many weeks..  I posted the trip and Ken Welter, Bob Hassett, and Bob Moore [Who … Read More…

Meramec Float

Just before the 2025 Labor Day weekend, I, Al Harper, joined Denny Garner and Ryan Young in his comfortable inflatable drift boat for a 7.2-mile excursion down a beautiful stretch of the Meramec River.  To his credit, Ryan diligently floated and fished various rivers throughout sultry, and at times, almost insufferable … Read More…