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Meetings, Meetings 2016

March HFF Meeting

The next meeting of the HFF will be March 15 at the Colorado Steakhouse. Dinner will be at 6:00 and the program to begin at 7:00.

The program this month will be a “tie-a-thon” featuring Mike Donovan and Dick Powell  (and perhaps another talented tier). This will be a good opportunity to gather some ideas for patterns and some interesting techniques to get ready for what is going to be a really good year of fishing. I know it is gong to be a good year for fishing, however, the catching part is still to be determined. Dick will be tying several variations of the Matuka Streamer. This is a really neat fly pattern that turns the head of many a Smallie.

The excitement is building for the April 19th meeting! This will be the AUCTION! Once again we are lucky enough to have Kernal Kevin use his fast talk and boundless charm to part us with our hard earned funds. What we need from all of you is lots of good stuff to auction off. While I am sure there will be lots of very desirable items in the auction, if time allows, I will tie a bluegill fly that one caught 6 fish on 7 casts at the annual picnic at Lake Lemon.

Yes the annual picnic is coming up on May 14th. Once again Berry Clarke has generously offered to host the party.  As usual, the club will provide burgers, dogs, buns and chips. We will provide sides. I will bring a chocolate cake to counter all the salads.

See you all on March 15th at the Colorado Steakhouse. As always, dinner will be at 6:00 and the program at 7:00.

Crappies

Fish Report: Lake Monroe is up over 6ft from normal pool. Fishing is tough from shore now but crappies have been biting. Recent rains have raised the water temperatures up into a range where fish are on the move. Jonathan reports small pond fishing is doing good now. Spring is here.

Go fishing,

Tim​

Fish Report, General Information

Fishing Report

Hello all! Elizabeth here.

On September 27th, MikeB, TimM, and I went to Fairfax Beach State Recreational Area for a little fishing. We started in the area they seemed to know as the Beaver section, where the branches were piled under the water near a concrete section off the pathway and where the Bluegill seemed to be nesting. In this area, Tim started the day with a few catches including a Channel Catfish, a Crappie, Walleye, and a few Bluegill.

Elizabeth's 1st Wiper
Elizabeth’s 1st Wiper

Later in the evening around 6:30 PM, Mike B and I went to the farthest tip of the beach hoping for Wipers as the wind was picking up and the water seemed to have cooled slightly. I took my 8wt Wetfly rod with a medium clouser on it and caught 8 Wipers. This was substantial for me, not only catching 8, but also because it was my first time catching a Wiper on a flyrod. Mike also caught a small Walleye. All in all, Mike and I caught around a total of 15 Wipers that day and waited until after dark with a little less luck. Though the fish still seemed active after dark, so were the mosquitoes, so we left after being swarmed by them.

The moon and sky was beautiful that night, and we watched the moon go behind the clouds before the Eclipse.