nymphs | Hoosier Fly Fishers

The February meeting of the Hoosier Fly Fishers will on the 15^th. As always we will me at the American Legion Post # 18 at 1800 W. 3^rd. ST. Bloomington.

Dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00. If you haven’t used up all your February fun on Valentine’s Day, please join us for some fishy fun. As usual we will start the meeting with round table discussion, some club news, and ideas for future programs. There will be another chance to pick up some terrific tying materials from the Dick Powell collection. Sad to announce that it seems that all the Fly Tying Shows for the year have been cancelled. There will be some news about the Rod Building and Fly Tying Classes.

The program this month will be the rescheduled Larry Barber’s presentation on “What Fish Eat”or at least what they eat when it comes to nymphs. Charlie Shaw has put together a video presentation of the little fellows swimming.

We will be meeting in the “bingo” room using the large TV screen for the videos. This promises to be a very informative program. Larry has also tied examples of these flies representing the various nymphs.

It looks like we are in for some reasonably OK weather for the next 10 daze or so, so there should be no problem driving. I personally have no problem leaving all the snow for the Winter Olympics. Looking forward to seeing you all on February 15^th at the Legion. Dinner at 6:00, program at 7:00.

Stay warm and dry,

TimM

glass beaded nymph — Tied by Mike Donovan

A few members braved the elements and joined together at JL Waters in downtown Bloomington for a couple of hours of fly tying. This was the first of the fly tying meetings to be held on various Saturdays during the year. Check the meetings notes or the HFF Calendar to see when the next fly tying event will be held. Four fly tyers along with 3 visitors met in the downstairs space that JL Waters now has set up for meetings like this. Tables, chairs and some lighting were available for us to use and I think it will be set up better for the next event.

Tim M and Mike B worked on tying some deer hair bugs while Dick Powell showed how his rotary vise worked with dubbing loops and Mike Donovan tied some glass beaded nymphs. Kevin M came in later and took a few photos for us. Check the gallery below, thanks Kevin.