Jump In, Join & Let the SOTF Adventures Begin!

We’re so glad you found Sisters on the fly! It's such an amazing organization.

Our Community

Sisters on the fly is a versatile and inclusive group comprised of women of all ages (>21) and lifestyles who have joined together to spend some time away from our normal lives and loved ones to just relax, play, enjoy this amazing world we live in, and meet other like-minded women who want to broaden their horizons. Our favorite thing about SOTF is that it gives us the opportunity to be a part of a community no matter how mobile we are. That's a tough thing to find in this day and age.

Our Modus Operandi

Our one corporate rule is "No men, no kids, be nice & have fun!" So leave it all behind in your rearview mirror, join us and start new adventures of a lifetime. Joining the group is a fairly simple process. You just sign up & pay your initial annual Membership Fee of $70.00 on the main Web Site: www.sistersonthefly.com. There is a JOIN button that will lead you through the sign-up process. You also renew each year in the same way. Or, if you don’t love it, you can always just not renew your membership after a year. The Sister Number that you were assigned when you joined? That you get to keep forever, no matter if you are a "lifer" or not.

Our Network to Connect

Once you’re a member you will have access to the entire membership roster, all posted scheduled events worldwide, and our private social media pages. This makes it easy to learn about, book and participate in events wherever,  if space is available. It’s wonderful to attend events all over and meet Sisters in other regions, whether they are neighboring ones or across the country.

Our Privacy is Protected

Safety is important to SOTF and to our members so we don’t make access to Sisters contact information available until you are a member. Once you become a member that information is available for you to reach out and join others on adventures or to eventually create, host & invite members to your own event via our event booking pages.

Our Member-Hosted Events

SOTF events are typically scheduled for the state or region that members live in and are limited only by a member's own imagination.  Have a look on our website at our SOTF Activities Calendar that we post for a general overview of what’s going in the world of SOTF and where we are and when throughout the year. It is very generic, though, and specific event locations have been withheld for privacy purposes.

Our Members are Creative Sleepers!

You don’t need to have a trailer at all to participate, let alone have a vintage trailer. Those retro relics have become a convenient and creative outlet for many of our members and are great for having a safe, warm place to rest before the next day’s fun. Many of our members have full size RVs,  assorted tents, teepees, create a bed in their SUV or stay in local cabins & hotels - and have creative fun setting up their own "nesting" spot at an event! The most important thing here is that you come and stay to enjoy the Sisterhood & community.

Our Fishy Beginnings

Co-founders and real life sisters, Maurrie Sussman and Rebecca Clarke, who are life-long campers and avid fly fishers created Sisters on the fly by inviting friends to join them on their adventures. Who knew how it would grow and touch the lives of so many others? Over time the organization has become so much more than fly fishing, which isn’t a requirement for membership. It has evolved to become a meetup for coffee or lunch, a weekend at the beach, a wine tasting event or a month long caravan trip across the country. We love to try new things, so our events are incredibly varied.

Our "Free-Range" Membership

We don’t have chapters. We don't have fence lines or borders! Sisters on the fly is a national organization with members in every state and some foreign countries. Check out this BLOG to give you an idea of the number of members in your area. Once you join, there are key member coordinators identified in your regional area who keep you and your local members in touch, in tune and in the know about all things Sister on the fly.

As a “traveling club" our members set up campouts or special events and everyone is welcome to attend (first come first served). So, once you join you’ll want to watch the EVENTS portal on the website to make sure you don’t miss seeing an event opportunity. AND be thinking about organizing and hosting your own event to invite members to.

Our Events are YOU Sharing Your Passions with Your Sisters

We've had over 11,000 Sisters join us worldwide since 1999. Some states have huge numbers of Sisters such as Texas & California, and we are growing all the time. You only need a couple of other members to make for a lovely event. You may meet for coffee or lunch and other locally planned events, or you may want to travel far and wide, like many of our members do, and hit the road to enjoy new adventures with new and old Sister friends.

DO this For yourself!

Here are direct links to join us in the fun!

- auto renewing membership
- non-recurring membership

Questions? Please send them our way at membership@sistersonthefly.com

We look forward to assigning you your Sister Number soon!

Cheers!

What do I get for the Annual membership?

"To join or not to join, that is the question." But it is usually prefaced with "What do you get for the $70 annual membership?"

Sister, it's not about the bootie.  It's more about the beauty.... of this organized sisterhood. It's not the swag, it's the way you wag...

The Material Stuff

So, here are the "tangibles"  you get annually with your membership.

1. When you first join currently, we send a membership certificate (PDF) immortalizing your unique Sister number and the Month and Year you became a Sister on the fly. Yes, mine reads "Sister on the fly # 127, August 2003!" Those are some bragging rights, right there. Bam.

2. For all new & renewing members, on their joining/anniversary date of membership they are mailed a "goodie bag" packet of SOTF branded items. They vary from year to year but always include a thematic commemorative woven patch representing that year at Sisters on the fly. Do the math-  I now have 15 and they are badges of honor with stories to tell woven in them! Members do creative things to display these patches  (sew on clothing, camp furnishing and banner stringers for example). Some examples of SOTF branded swag we have sent in the past: car decals, stickers, note cards, funky fun annual calendar book, mini-tote bags, temporary tattoos, luggage tag, mini banners...

3. Access to our Membership Directory data base to connect with other local women for a new network of like-minded & fun-loving women.

4. Access to exclusive Sisters on the fly-only events and adventures via online members-only booking system (from free events to various costs)

5. Monthly 10% discount promo code on all items for sale on the SOTF website store.

6. Other random promotional deals on 3rd party vendor offers from friends and partners of Sister on the fly.

7. Many private members-only group social media pages (local, regional and national SOTF pages) to share news, creativity, passions, hobbies, crafts and wares sales, local happenings, swapping goods, etc.

8. Sisters on the fly administrative support for members creating, hosting and posting an event on the SOTF website EVENTS portal.

9.Access to  State and/or regional coordinator who is the go-to member for "herding cats" and giving guidance and assistance to new and seasoned members alike.

10. Monthly newsletter and frequent member updates and news.

The Priceless Stuff

Here are the more intangible things Sisters on the fly offers to women. They can be described as benefits of a "sisterhood" and of having a social outreach network.

1. Find your tribe! A network of women all over the country to tap, support and find support from.

2. Expand your horizons, try news things, have an open mind and defy age!

3. Get away from the regular routines of life.

4. Social  networks of women that support safe group travel, travel advice, places to stay with other Sisters all over the country, etc...ready to be tapped and used.

5. There is empowerment with a network of  women creating a Sisterhood.

6. Gathering and socializing with kindred spirits in the great outdoors at private, safe SOTF events is energizing and comfortable.

7. Our SOTF events are private, unlike MeetUp events which are public and published, and provide a sanctuary for women to be adventurous and travel.

8. Meet a variety of women and connect with those who make your life better, happier and more enriched.

9. Let your hair down and be a fun woman among fun women.

10. Beat loneliness, keep living, have a lifeline with Sister son the fly.

These things are truly priceless. Find a true BFF or several in this diverse group, locally or nationally. Gain more happiness in your life!

 

 

How many SOTF Members Live Where?

One big sisterhood

(Updated January 2019)

We do not have "chapters" per se. You might say we are "free-range!" We have no borders and there's no fencing around us! We are one big membership of women (a "Sisterhood") residing all over. Bigger states have bigger numbers of members, of course, and there are denser hubs of members in bigger cities and metropolitan areas. Warmer states more suitable for year-round recreation and camping typically have more members than other states.

No trailer? No fishing? No problem!

You do not need a camper trailer to join in the fun. Even I, a longtime member, use a tent or local motel to attend SOTF events and any overnight gatherings. So you don't either! (If I can do it, you can too!) And just because our name implies fly fishing, a very high percentage of us do not fish nor care to even try. SOTF has evolved quite a bit since it's origins as a small women's fishing group to what it is now- the largest women's outdoorsy social & recreational group in the nation.

Think Regional

All our members are grouped in 10 basic geographical regions to help facilitate local or regional gatherings and events and to communicate better on a colloquial level. Those regions are:

1. SOTF PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION 
(Canada, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, E. Washington, W. Washington)
2. SOTF WEST REGION (California, Nevada, Hawaii)
3. SOTF SOUTHWEST REGION (Arizona, Utah, New Mexico)
4. SOTF TEXAS REGION (Texas!)
5. SOTF ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION (Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, So. Dakota, No. Dakota)
6. SOTF HEARTLAND REGION (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma)
7. SOTF MIDWEST REGION (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois)
8. SOTF NORTHEAST REGION
 (New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, NH & VT)
9. SOTF MID-ATLANTIC/
APPALACHIA REGION (Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, MD, PA, NJ & DE, Tennessee)
10. SOTF SOUTHEAST/
GULF COAST REGION 
(North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi)

By the numbers---

Below are how many active, annual dues-paying Sisters on the fly members there are in these states & foreign countries
(as of January 2019).

CANADA- 34

Alabama- 101
Alaska- 16
Arizona- 300
Arkansas- 100
California- 885
Colorado- 286
Connecticut- 28
Delaware- 13
District of Columbia- 3
Florida- 281
Georgia- 220
Hawaii- 4
Idaho- 173
Illinois- 106
Indiana- 81
Iowa- 40
Kansas- 86
Kentucky- 52
Louisiana- 70
Maine- 30
Maryland- 56
Massachusetts- 58
Michigan- 101
Minnesota- 62
Mississippi- 36
Missouri- 162
Montana- 165
Nebraska- 26
Nevada- 75
New Hampshire- 25
New Jersey- 55
New Mexico- 75
New York- 126
North Carolina- 160
North Dakota- 14
Ohio- 145
Oklahoma- 170
Oregon- 227
Pennsylvania- 81
Rhode Island- 10
South Carolina- 70
South Dakota- 36
Tennessee- 111
Texas- 1,153
Utah- 46
Vermont- 20
Virginia- 121
Washington- 363
West Virginia- 18
Wisconsin- 65
Wyoming- 80

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To reach out and learn more, email us.

Thanks for checking out Sisters on the fly. Hope to see you as a member soon.