Our 2012 Annual Banquet dinner speaker was Ozzie Ozefovich...

Born in eastern Pennsylvania, Wendell (Ozzie) grew up fishing streams of the eastern coal regions. His passion for trout and their world began at age six, when a brook trout fell prey to a garden worm. That passion continues unabated for the salmon and trout he now pursues with fly rod and camera.

After serving four years in the US Navy, Ozzie spent his professional career in training and course development in the power generation industry. His experience in teaching allows him to discuss the nuances of hydrodynamics and make them understandable.
Years ago Ozzie combined his love of trout with a lifelong interest in movie making resulting in his series of underwater videos that explore how trout feed, spawn and behave in the wild. His narrated video presentations chronicle wild and hatchery trout in their natural environs and have opened the eyes of thousands of anglers in the United States.

Ozzie's dinner presentation to the FFV was titled...

Not Just Trout

Not Just Trout answers the question “Why do we love to fish?” It includes the most picturesque and unique clips of trout in their liquid environment together with other creatures, flora and fauna – both above and below the water’s surface – that were encountered during many years of filming the underwater world of trout.
Also included are the transformations that wild brook trout go through from the color change in early autumn, to the actual spawning sequence.

Not Just Trout is tailor-made for a banquet presentation since it appeals to everyone in the audience including non-fishers.

 Click here for some previews!

March 14th, 2012