Category Archives: General Information

Events, General Information, Meetings, Meetings 2016

Presentation Flies and Monroe County CASA

Traditionally Hoosier Fly Fishers take the summer off from Official Meetings. This doesn’t mean we do nothing at all. Most of us are still fishing and tying and some of us still gather at Bobby’s Colorado Steakhouse to compare notes on the summer fishing and discuss what exciting new places we have visited and what flies we have been tying.  September 20th will be the last of the unofficial meetings of the summer. We usually show up around 6PM. Unofficial meetings are a good time to meet and visit with local anglers and learn more about the club and the places we fish. The first Official meeting of the HFF will be in October, a good time to join the club. HFF  meetings are always open to anyone who has an interest in Fly Fishing or Fly Tying.  Check the website calendar for meeting times and dates.

HFF Presentaion FliesOur club has several talented fly tyers and this summer they have been busy tying up some of their best flies for a fund raiser to support Monroe County Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children. HFF and CASA Board member Larry Barber, a long time supporter of CASA has organized our fly tyers and agreed to supply hand crafted display cases for all the beautiful flies that have been donated. Tyers for the auction are Tim Mather, Paul Brown, and Mike Donovan. Many thanks to Larry for all his efforts in this cause. You can check out the details of the Monroe County CASA Organization and their special event on their website and then be sure to attend the annual CASAblanca evening. Here’s Looking at you kid.

FISH REPORT: Fishing is still slow but the weather is looking up. Hopefully the fish will be looking up too. Most of the creeks are back to normal levels and it’s a good time to hit those while it’s still warm enough to wet wade. Lake Monroe is 3 foot high but dropping fast so wade fishing will be more accessible.  As the waters cool off we are hoping for good runs of fall feeding wipers. Fish reports indicate that fish are biting good in the creeks and a few wipers have been caught.

Fish Report, General Information

Connections and Other Stuff

OK, do you know how when you find something interesting on the internet, you read a bit about it then they want you to click on another interesting link? Then another interesting link, and another, and then the next thing you know you end up 3000 miles from home and you wonder how you got there? Well that’s what happened to me the other day and I ended up in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, how cool is that? I always wanted to go there.

Hog Island Boat WorksI wanted to share what I found interesting in Steamboat Springs. What I found was  Hog Island Boat Works, they build plastic drift boats and skiffs and are billed as ” The World’s Most Advanced Shallow Water Polymer Boats”.  That’s right, almost indestructible plastic fly fishing boats! They now offer polymer drift boats and skiffs that come with a “plug and play” system for adding fly fishing options to the basic boat.  They offer many options for their boats which include decks, anchor systems, rod holders, additional seats, leaning posts and more. The boats float in inches of water are easy to repair if you get a ding in it and are Coast Guard Approved for flotation. They are really cool boats. You can find more information on their website http://www.hogislandboatworks.com

Their website has several cool videos to check out about the plastic boats, but be careful, if you are like me you’ll be in one of them plastic boats drifting along dreaming about nymphs and woolly buggers and the next thing you know you’ll be in Timbuktu with out a 5wt, where ever that is. I’ll bet they have never seen a good woolly bugger there. Happy Surfing!

FISH REPORT: Lake Monroe is finally back to normal levels and lots of people are enjoying the lake. Fishing has slowed a little with the higher temperatures but the word is there are plenty of carps, gills, crappies and bass to be had. Wet wading is a good way to cool off in the summer heat, just try to avoid the jet skis on the weekends.