Meetings, Meetings 2026

July 2026 HFF Meeting

I hope you have had a chance to enjoy this weather in somewhere with air conditioning.  We seem to have a summer of too much rain or too much heat. I hope you have had a chance to fish when the water and weather agree it would be OK. 
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The next meeting of the HFF will be July 21st. Again, we will meet at the American Legion on 3rd street. The meeting will start with dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00.  
 
The program this month will be a “Summer Reading List”. We will present a number of books on both tying techniques and various fishing adventures.  I am interested in comparing books on technique with what we can now watch on line. For example I am holding Charlie Craven’s Basic Fly Tying published in 2008 and comparing it to my experiences with the Clarlie’s Fly Box videos I watch these days.  There are also books about  fishing stuff by the likes of John Gierach that take us on some fun fishing related adventures.  We look forward to your input in this summer reading trip.
 
We will be treated to a fly tying demo by Elizabeth. I really look forward to watching her tie. We can learn a lot from books but nothing is better than watching a tier in real time with the chance to ask questions.
 
Looking forward to seeing you all on the 21st at the HFF meeting. Dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00. Please be careful with this heat
 
Stay cool,
 
Tim
Meetings, Meetings 2026

June 2026 HFF Meeting

I hope the weather has allowed you to do a bit of fishing. I fished the tailgate waters of Lake Griffy Friday and did well. May have done better if I hadn’t had to share the water with kids with worms and bobbers and dogs enjoying a nice little swim…Everyone had a good time!
 
The next meeting of the HFF will be on Tuesday June 16th. Again, we will meet at the American Legion Post #18 on third street. Dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00.
 
The program this month will be about dubbing. I borrow this sentence from Charlie’s Fly Box…”Let’s talk seriously about dubbing. In fly tying, the word is both a noun (the material) and a verb (the act of applying the material).”  There will be demonstrations of various techniques and materials. Looking forward to your added advice and questions. Anyone with the skills, tools and desire to get some of the demos up on the TV screen will be more than welcome!
 
smithermans draggin' nymph
Smithermans Draggin Nymph

Paul Brown  will demonstrate tying Smitherman’s Draggin’ Nymph. This is the one in the picture and uses Senyo’s Laser Dub in a manner new to me. My guess is that you will be impressed by how the abdomen is constructed from the Laser Dub.

 
Looking forward to seeing you all on the 16th. And hearing about all your fishing adventures for the summer.
 
Tim
 
 

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