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Fish Report, Meetings, Meetings 2017

April 2017

The next exciting meeting of the HFF will be April 18 at the Colorado Steakhouse. Dinner will be at 6:00 and the program will be at 7:00.

This meeting is the annual auction! A fun time for everyone!
So what we need is stuff to auction off, really good stuff. If you don’t have any really good stuff to give, my guess is that kinda OK stuff will do just fine. In addition to stuff, huge stuff, the best stuff…you may also bring a few extra bucks.

Please consider this a gentle reminder to start accumulating things for the annual HFF auction.

This is going to be fun, it is possible you may even be able to buy back what you donated last year!

Tim

Additional Reminders

The April 18th meeting will be the annual auction.  Once again the auction will be called by our own Kernal Kevin Montague. So, gather up some really good stuff you can live without to donate to the auction and set aside a few extra bucks to buy all the stuff you can’t live without.

The Annual HFF Picnic will be in May, either the 6th or 7th.  More on the gala event later. Thanks again to the Clarkes for hosting this event​.

Indiana Fishing License are due on April 1. An annual fishing license costs $17 for Indiana residents and $35 for non-residents. Indiana residents who are at least 64 years old and born after March 31, 1943 are eligible to buy a Senior Annual ($3) or Senior Fish for Life ($17) license.  Children younger than 18 and adults born before April 1, 1943 are not required to have a license to fish. Read more about fishing licenses and the 2016 big fish of the year winners follow this link:  New Fishing License Year Begins

FISH REPORT: Spring is here, the weather is good, fish are on the move. Local water temperatures are running in the mid to high 50’s and we’ve had some good reports of panfish being very active. Some fish are having the spawning urge with the warming water temperatures. Fish reported being caught recently are carp, LM bass, crappies, bluegills, rainbow trout, and a couple of smallies. Early Spring fishing can be some of the best of the year, get out and fish.

Meetings, Meetings 2017

February HFF Meeting

Just a reminder of the February 21st HFF meeting. As usual, we will meet at the Colorado Steakhouse at 6:00 for dinner and the program will begin at 7:00. The program this month will be our friend Rex Waters of IDNR telling us about public access to fishable waters in the area. 

 Our own Paul “Go Big or Go Home” Brown will demonstrate a new streamer pattern…the “Goldie” (http://eastern-fly-fishing.myshopify.com/blogs/departments/93002887-goldie).

I think this is a good looking fly and given the weather for the next few days, my guess is that it might just see some local water.

Here is a picture of some of Paul’s color variations on this fly.

Goldie Fly Tied by Go Big or Go Home PaulB
Goldie Fly Tied by Go Big or Go Home PaulB

Check out the HFF Calendar for the schedule for the rest of the year. Good stuff coming up.

Take advantage of the great weather and try a little fishing.

See you all Tuesday, food, fun and information!

 Tim

Meeting Update:

Dick Powell and Rex Watters
Dick Powell and Rex Watters

We had a big turnout for the February meeting with several members attending along with a few new faces. Rex Watters gave a quick review of all the public access locations in and around Monroe Lake and it’s properties. Very nice maps were handed out to those who were present. I think everyone will be finding some new “honey holes”

Paul Brown at the vise
Paul Brown at the vise

HFF Member Paul Brown gave a fly tying demonstration on tying the “Goldie” fly. Paul always does a great job of explaining the details when tying and ties very nice flys. Thanks Paul for another great “Go Big or Go Home” pattern. 

As always HFF meetings are open to the public.  We welcome anyone interested in fly fishing,  the club, or any of our programs.

FISH REPORT: Ok I am confused, it’s February? Right? 70 degrees?  Fish are confused too, I think.  Look for warmer water, fish are moving and you can find them fairly shallow now. I’ve not had any good local creek reports yet but that will change I am sure if the weather stays warm. Small ponds and lakes are warmed up and should be good now.  Lake temperatures are ranging from 46 degrees up to 60 in the shallows. I’ve had good crappie, bluegill and bass reports even from Northern Indiana so, get out and fish a little, the sun will do you good.

More about the upcoming Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo can be found here.

Great Waters Fly Fishing Expo