Dr. Dana Griffin, a University of Florida Botany Professor, was then introduced as the evening speaker. His presentation had been billed as "Flyfishing and Environmental Science", but he insisted that better titles would be "Warm Water Fly Fishing", "Bass and Bream Training Wheels", or "Fly Fishing Smart" (which was the title of his slide show).

The slide show started with a fly fisher dedication index with five categories describing the relative level of interest based on the occurrence of certain events in one’s life, such as ------well, never mind. It was kind of frightening anyway. Dr. Griffin recommended two books: (1) "A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to the Streams of Florida" Volume I, North Central Peninsula and Panhandle by W.F. Faust; and, (2) "Fly-Fishing the Gulf Coastal Streams 1920 - 1965. Mr. Faust describes some unbelievable past circumstances in his book like the times when the waters of the Apalachicola River were as clear as a mountain stream.

Dr. Griffin showed some handy instruments for fishermen such as a hemostat for safe hook removal without harm to the fish and a thermometer for use particularly in streams to identify springs with temperatures substantially different from surrounding waters, thus often serving as a fish attractant. He mentioned factors affecting fishing including metabolism vs. temperature, seasons, structure, light, water clarity, and dissolved oxygen content of the water. He explained the phenomenon of colder water having the capacity for higher dissolved oxygen content while warmer waters have a lower oxygen saturation capacity. He described sites such as urban lakes and water retention ponds as potential sites for some good fishing. To emphasize the importance of finding cover to locate fish, he described an experiment where large quantities of cover were installed into a tank containing a largemouth bass, then removed incrementally to seek information on the quantity of cover required to attract a bass. The end result was that cover as simple as a vertical black line drawn on paper and placed on the outside of the transparent fish tank would hold the fish.

Dr. Griffin then showed some Florida waters with their respective varying habitats including Lake Sellers in the Ocala National Forest with its clear waters heavily laden with lily pads and the Sante Fe River’s peripheral cypress trees and maidencane grass. He said there are more than 70 different springs that empty into the Santa Fe River.

Dr. Griffin then described his four favorite hook styles, which were all Mustad models #3366, #3906B, #9672, and #94840. Then, he discussed flies with mention of anecdotes such as the original bass flies being copies of salmon flies and the contemporary flies being those of which we are familiar such as the poppers, wooly boogers, glades minnows (which he says are very good), the purple eel fly (that mimics the treasured purple worm of bass fishermen), shad flies, and the surf candy flies that he said are good for sunshine bass. He described the bullet headed hopper and slowly fished leech patterns as very good lures, and told of an elderly Englishman who introduced the tube fly into Florida. Dr. Griffin was apprehensive about taking this octogenarian into the wild and somewhat skeptical about his level of fly fishing skills. Surprisingly, he discovered that this gentleman had honed his skills in the frigid gusty winds of northern England in pursuit of Atlantic Salmon, and was quite competent at softly dropping a fly into a small opening in the vegetation from long range. After little success on Florida’s traditional flies, the gentleman insisted on fishing his own tube flies only to immediately begin catching fish, and you know the rest of the story. Later, Dr. Griffin found out that the Englishman had twice been president of a prestigious international fly fishing organization. Dr. Griffin continued by describing a variety of aluminum, copper, or even plastic Q-tip tubes that can be used to tie the tube fly. In addition to its effectiveness, the tube fly has the advantage of the bulky portion of the fly sliding up the line while fighting a fish, thus providing less leverage for the fish to spit the hook.

A slide showing fourteen varieties of bream flies was shown. They consisted of the traditional ones plus some trout fly variations that Dr. Griffin said are quite effective for warm water fishing. He described the "Scud" fly, which is a trout fisherman’s staple, as mimicking the critter locally called a grass shrimp, thus very effective on bream. He suggested that the main issue in the selection of flies for bream fishing is to determine the preference on that day at that place for either a dark or light colored fly. He said that caddis fly larvae are the most abundant food source in local rivers in the winter.

Dr. Griffin described the nearby Wacissa River as a weedy place with very good fishing. He continued to say that among the local fresh water fishes, the bass is the easiest to catch and the crappie is more selective, so use a minnow-looking streamer for them, since that is their main source of natural food. He then talked about four different combinations of trailer flies as follows: (1) tandem floating flies with the large popper up front; (2) a floater with a sinking trailer; (3) two sinkers, one of which is light colored while the other is dark ; and, (4) a streamer with a smaller sinking fly attached via a short line tied to the leader in front of the larger streamer, which he described as being very effective due to the competitive nature of fish being stimulating by their viewing of this depiction of a feeding fish.

Slides of the different species of fish that are collectively called "Bream" were shown. They included the warmouth, spotted sunfish (or stumpknocker), redear sunfish (or shellcracker), and bluegill.