Women in the Field: Fly-Fishing Excursion 2025

Guests are welcomed to the 12th annual Ladies’ Fly-Fishing Excursion’s cocktail hour and dinner at Old Edwards Inn & Spa.

The Catch & Release cocktail featuring G&G’s Old Tom Gin by Chemist Spirits.

Kelli and Casey Shomaker.

Abby Blackman and Cathy Demmitt.

Guests gathered in the Old Edwards Inn & Spa’s Trillium Terrace for a cocktail hour before the welcome dinner.

The dinner unfolded in elegant courses, beginning with a refined first course, followed by dual entrées, an array of family-style sides, and a thoughtfully plated dessert to finish.

Wild caught blackened redfish with crawfish cream sauce and roasted chicken breast with sundried tomatoes, Parmesan and sage in gremolata sauce.

Guests perfect their form with Roger Lowe, Brookings Anglers’ head guide. 

Fourth year attendee Bev Lassiter casts her rod. 

The smoked Carolina mountain trout platter from The Orchard, served after a half-day of fishing.

Society members Mary Jacobs and Bev Lassiter, Brookings Anglers’ guide Savana Kelley, and Lorri Daland.

Cassie Simon and Siri Clark hold their prizes for Smoothest Cast and Standout First Time Angler.