fly tying | Hoosier Fly Fishers

Well, for some of us at least, open water has made flyfishing possible
in some local hot spot. Mike B reports 57 Crappie, 21 Bluegill, 11
Yellow Bass and, 1 LM Bass. OK, so they were all small but that is
still 90 more fish than I have caught this year! So if you haven’t got
your 2014 fishing license yet (Indiana Online Licensing), this should
be motivation enough to do so. While you are at it get a State Park
pass as well (Mother Nature Mercantile).

Now about the HFF March 18th meeting. It is the annual auction and our own Kurnel Kevin will be the auctioneer again this year. Reports are that he is in fine fettle and ready to go. We need you all to bring really cool stuff you no longer need and spend a few bucks to take home really cool stuff someone else doesn’t need. Remember, he who has the most stuff at the end wins. There will be good deals to be had including flies tied by members and a new Cortland 444 4 wt. double tapered fly line. Who knows what else, just be assured it will all be great and you need to own it. Bring stuff, bring money, have fun!! Colorado Steakhouse, March 18th, dinner at 6:00 and program at 7:00.

And if the excitement of the auction were not enough, our own Larry
Brown will tie a streamer pattern he uses with great effect. He uses of that foil from wine and whiskey bottles for the weight. We should thank Larry for emptying all those bottles just to get some tying material. That is real dedication.

The April 15th meeting will feature Ian Anderson of Warm Water
Chronicles (http://warmwaterchronicles.com) and FlyMasters in Indy (http://www.flymasters.com) as the program. He will tell us all about spring White Bass fishing. Ian also teaches beginning and intermediate fly tying at FlyMasters and is a font of information about warm water flyfishing. If you haven’t already, check out the WWC site for Ian’s weekly tying tips. Good stuff there.

Tim

The February HFF Meeting was a big success with several people attending the meal portion of the meeting as well as the fly tying part. Everyone had a good time visiting with old friends and welcoming some new faces to the group. Welcome David and Matthew to the Hoosier Fly Fishers Club. Thanks to Colorado Steak House for letting us meet there and for their great food and service.

The main attraction of the meeting was fly tying. Four club members were tying some of their favorite flies for all to see. Dick Powell demonstrated how he ties a deer hair Humpy Fly and had handouts for all the details. It takes lots of practice to tie humpies correctly and Dick does a wonderful job. Mike Donovan tied one of his favorite all around flies, the wooly bugger. Mike showed new member David how to tie a weighted one. Everyone at that table had a good time talking about the fish that wooly buggers catch. Barry Clarke tied some very small Griffith’s Gnats using dubbing on a Renzetti rotary vise. The rotary vises are pretty much standard fly tying equipment now. Griffith’s Gnats are a great small fly for any time of year or fishing location. Paul Brown tied one of his favorite BIG smallmouth flies, the Belly Ache Minnow. Paul explained how to fish the fly in creeks to new member Rowan.