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Events, Meetings, Meetings 2025

April 2025 HFF Metting

I hope you all have managed to survive the recent weather. That was a lot of rain…lots of water and we need water to fish. May I assume that more water equals more fish? It is always interesting to see what changes this flood will bring to local waters.

The next HFF meeting will be April 15th. Again, we will meet at the American Legion Post 18, with dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00. The program will be in two parts. First, Sandy Clark-Kolaks will introduce us to WINGS…Women in Nature Gaining Skills. I am looking forward to learning about this group and their activities. The second part of the evening will be the Annual Auction.

The Annual Auction of Good Stuff is always lots of fun. This is the chance to get those fishing/outdoor related items you didn’t know you really needed. We depend on members to donate very desirable and worthy items related to fishing and outdoor activities. And be assured, there will be feathers you really do need. My guess is there will be a few books with lots of pretty pictures and perhaps even some material worth reading if you are still into old fashion reading…There will always be some great flies tied by the members. However, there will be no Goose. The auction helps fund the club picnic and Christmas party and gifts to the Legion folks, occasional conservation projects, and Healing Waters and Casting for Recovery. There will be a bit of a change this year. Kernal Kevin will not be able to join us as auctioneer. The honor will be in the able hands of Kyle Swafford. So, bring some really good stuff to give Kyle something to work with to part you with a few bucks for the good of the club.

More news.. The HFF Annual Picnic will be on May 10th. Once again Barry and Susie Clarke have offered their Lake Lemon home for the gala event. More on this soon.

Looking forward to learning about WINGS and seeing all the great stuff you bring for the auction. Again Dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00.

Stay warm,

Tim

Meetings, Meetings 2023

HFF Meeting March 2023

Kernal Kevin
Kernal Kevin working his magic.

The March meeting of the Hoosier Fly Fishers will be Tuesday 21st.  As usual we will be meeting at the American  Legion Post 18 here in Bloomington, dinner at 6:00 and the meeting at 7:00. And a special meeting it will be!!! The annual auction with Kernal Kevin and his dulcet tones separating us from a few extra bucks for wonderful things we didn’t know how badly we really needed them. This year the resulting funds will be split 50/50 between Casting for Recovery and Project Healing Waters.

Sooo…. gather up some fishing related and outdoor activities items to donate for the auction.  I have it on good authority that there will be a good selection of member tied flies and perhaps a feather or two. A book or two may be nice as a survey indicates that 52% of the members can actually read and they can all look at pictures.

The April meeting will be presented by Friends of Lake Monroe and Larry Barber. The discussion will revolve around efforts to keep the sediment out of Monroe and other waters.  The work the Club did on Yellowwood has served as a test site for the methods of measuring the depth and clarity of the water. This will be an informative and exciting meeting.  If this were not enough, Elizabeth Burleson will be doing a fly tying demo.  Lots to look forward to here, see you there.

The Annual Club picnic in May will be June 3rd.  Again, we can thank the Clarkes for generously hosting the event. Details on this to follow. And yes,the MAY meeting will be the picnic on JUNE 3rd.

See you all on March 21st. Bring stuff for the auction, bring money, take stuff home from the auction…

Stay warm,

Tim