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April 15, Court Douthit

Guest speaker for April 15th (3rd Monday) will be Florida Guide, Court Douthit. Court will be discussing fly fishing salt for Tarpon, Permit, Redfish, and more!

Court Douthit grew up in Southern Illinois where he spent the majority of his time playing in the woods, exploring the lake by his house and tromping through the bottoms of the Little Wabash River. On a few occasions he was invited to join an older neighbor as he went pan fishing with a fly rod. They would meet at his house as the sun came up and walk to the lake where they would board the neighbor's small john boat. Court would use earth worms and crawdads that were gathered from the creeks in the neighboring woods. Every time this gentleman and Court would go out, he would catch three-plus pan fish to Court’s one. Since that time Court has honed his fishing skills and is sure he could get the ratio a little more even. The damage was done by that memory.

At Indiana University Court joined the Indiana University Bass Fishing Club Team after pressure from his friend Kevin White. This allowed the opportunity to converse with other anglers, learn more about fishing new waters and targeting species of fish in unfamiliar conditions. These experiences helped Court to learn more about fish habits, and different techniques that may entice fish to eat.

Seattle, Washington was the first stop after college. Hiking the Cascade and Olympic mountains was only interrupted by salmon season. Once again, Court was intrigued by fly fishing. In the mountain rivers, anglers were stealheading, and in the alpine lakes and streams, backpackers would pull out their three and four weight fly rods for trout.

After two and a half years, in Washington, Florida’s pristine saltwater flats called Court to their shores. This is where saltwater fly fishing became the main focus in Court’s life. After being introduced to Jim “Mo Henry” Nielsen, Court finally had someone who promised not only to take him fly fishing but to get him hooked on this sport. Jim took Court out and introduced him to his good friend Capt. Fred Glenn. On their first outing they met at Fred’s house and then proceeded to Ft. Desoto State Park where they battled a giant tarpon in gin clear water. That was a game changer.
In 2005 Court took his captains course, got divorced and purchased his first Hewes flats boat. For the next two years, the majority of his time was spent on tarpon in one way or another. Since then he has spent a lot of time on the salt flats of Tampa Bay and surrounding areas. Tarpon is definitely his main angling focus.
Currently, he is a proud father to a 5 year old outdoorsman, husband to an incredibly supportive wife, and found chasing tarpon more than most people feel is healthy.

AFF holds monthly meetings at Whole Hog Cafe located on 2516 Cantrell Rd, Little Rock, Ar. 72202. We meet the third Monday of every month from 6pm-8pm and membership is open to anyone who is interested in the sport.

2013 Fly of the Month

December - Rubber Legs	June- No contest this month
January– Zonker	July - Crystal Bugger
February- Zebra Midge	August- Copper John
March -Red Fox Squirrel Nymph	September - No contest this month
April - Grey Ghost	October - Serendipity
May - Bass Poppe	November– Crystal Midge
December - Clouser Minnow