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Meetings, Meetings 2023

HFF Meeting February 21, 2023

The February meeting of the HFF is coming up on the 21st. We will meet as usual at the Bloomington American Legion Post with dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00. We will have announcements and round table.

Looks like that damn groundhog has worked at helping push good fishing weather back a bit. However, this may well be a good time to put together the fly boxes we will need for those fishing adventures that are just around the bend so to speak. The program this month will be a discussion started by Larry Barber and Mike Donavon about how to organize our fly boxes and what to fill them with according to species you are after and the water type you are headed for.  This seems to be a good opportunity to share your suggested flies for various types of water and species of fish you have had success with in the past and pick up a few good suggestions. Who knows, Larry may even reveal his flies and spots for those one pound Bluegills.

Paul B early wiper
Paul B early wiper

As if this was not enough fun for a great evening, Paul Brown will be tying a Slump Buster fly. This is versatile John Barr pattern for anything that will eat a minnow. This fly is tied with Pine Squirrel zonker strip and a cone head. It will really get down there and wiggle away…I have seen Smallies or Wipers chasing this fly.

There is a schedule change coming up for March. We will be holding the Annual Auction this March rather than the usual April. As usual Kernal Kevin will be exercising his dulcet tones to part us and a few bucks. This year we are going to divide profits from the auction 50/50 with the Healing Waters and Casting for Recovery groups. So, gather up all your very useful fishing and outdoor related items to donate to the auction. And I might add bring a few extra bucks to buy some of the very useful stuff that will be up for sale….

Information on the April meeting will be coming up soon. The May meeting will be the picnic and more information on that coming soon as well.

Hoping to see you all on the 21st at 6:00 dinner and 7:00 meeting.

TimM

Meetings, Meetings 2022

August 2022 HFF Meeting

The August meeting of the HFF will be August 16th. As always we will meet at the American Legion in Bloomington at 6:00 PM for dinner and the meeting at 7:00 PM. In addition to the announcements and round table there will be a raffle. Future programs include an outing to Yellowwood when the weather is a little better. The October program will be most interesting, we are having Joe Smith of Healing Waters giving a presentation on their goals and activities. In November we will be having a program featuring Casting For Recovery. These programs are not to miss. As is always the case, we look for your suggestions.

The program this month will be two part. First, Larry Barber will be discussing the Copper John Fly. The Copper John, developed by famous tier John Barr, should be in every trout fisher’s fly box and rumor has it that local (one pound) Bluegill are also attracted to this little bugger. The second part of the program will be a real treat, Barry Clarke will tie a Copper John.

This is an excellent book to add to your library,” Barr Flies” by John Barr. The flies in the book are tied by Charlie Craven. Check out Charlies Fly Box for some first class videos. I am betting there is a 99.97% chance Larry will mention this book in his presentation. Here is a video of the “Barr’s Copper John Fly Tying Instructions Tied by Charlie Craven“.  Barry’s demo will give us an up-close chance to see the fly tied and a chance to ask questions. Videos are great but in person demos are much better…ask questions.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on the 16th.

Tim