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Events, Meetings, Meetings 2018

March 2018

Paul Brown at the vise
Paul Brown at the vise

There will one more fly tying hands-on demo on March 6th at the Colorado Steakhouse. I am sure this session will be a good chance to meet some of the IU Fly Fishing Club members.

The HFF fly meetings are always open to anyone with an interest in fly fishing.   Feel free to drop by at any of our meetings or fly tying events.

The March 20th HFF meeting will be a seasonally appropriate program. Our own Mike Donovan and Dick Powell will be tying Bluegill flies! Mike and Dick are great tiers. These flies are guaranteed to catch fish and the fishing catching season is soon upon us. I for one am getting a very bad case of cabin fever and really need to get out on some water. And, please, when you catch a 1 # Bluegill on one of these flies, send us a picture for the web site.

The Annual Auction will be on April 17th.  Interesting fact, that is tax day. So bring all that money you have left over after the tax cut and buy some stuff. Also, once again Kernel Kevin will be the auctioneer and that is always a delight. Now is a good time to gather wonderful stuff for the auction…Kevin needs stuff to sell. 

The annual picnic will be in April…more on that later.

See you all on March 20th at the Colorado Steakhouse. Dinner at 6:00, program at 7:00

Tim

Meetings, Meetings 2018

February Update

Little reminder that the February meeting of the HFF will be this coming Tuesday the 20th at the Colorado Steakhouse. As mentioned, Chef Steve will be showing us how to fillet and prepare a large fish. This may come in handy if any of us ever catch a large fish…you know, like a 1# Bluegill. Time allowing, there will be a tying demo.

For the future please keep in mind that the Hff Auction will be at the April 17th meeting and the picnic will be sometime in May. So start saving up some really good stuff for the auction. We have to give something for Kernal Kevin to show off his skills at parting us from our money with his rapid-fire patter.

Flat Wing Full Dress Clouser
Flat Wing Full Dress Clouser

We are going to try something a little different this year for the ‘fly tying class.” We will meet at the Colorado Steakhouse at 6:00 on February 27th and again on March 6th. These sessions will be demonstration/hands on events. Several tiers will demo a pattern and then give up their seat for instruction to anyone interested in that pattern. We are very open to pattern suggestions, however, our thinking at this point is flies that work well in local waters. For example, I am planning on showing some simple but effective variations on a Clouser Minnow. More on this at the February 20th meeting.

See you there,

Tim

UPDATE:  Chef Steve did a wonderful job with the fish and it was delicious! Check out Bobby’s Colorado Steak House  at 1635 North College Avenue Bloomington, IN  ,  for a wonderful dining experience.