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Meetings, Meetings 2017

October – November Meetings

The HFF October Meeting went well with a pretty good turn out for the meal and the meeting. There was a fair amount of fish tales going around during the meal. While I was in a heated discussion about how the summer fishing was on lake Monroe, I was able to hear some of the other conversations around the room. Some of the words I recall being uttered were, steelhead, smallie, wiper, walleye, salmon, one pound bluegills, and a rainbow. I’m not sure if the rainbow discussion was about the piscatorial type or an astrological phenomenon. At any rate, I’m sure they were all “keepers”.

After the short business meeting, Mike Donovan tied a few of his favorite traditional streamers. We tried to film the event to see if we can build a video library of the clubs favorite flies. We hope to have a page with fly tying videos on it soon.

Also, Charlie and Jeanne Shaw gave a presentation on their trip to Montana this past summer. What a great trip they had! The video and presentation was spectacular. Check out some of their photos in the gallery below. We hope to have more pictures and maybe a video of their adventure in the main gallery soon. Thanks, Charlie and Jeanne.

Montana Trip 2017
Montana Trip 2017
Montana Trip 2017
Montana Trip 2017
Montana Trip 2017
Montana Trip 2017

The November meeting of the HFF will be on Tuesday the 21st.
As always, at the Colorado Steakhouse, dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00.

The program this month will be US… In a recent discussion with a friend it was suggested that it may be interesting to have the members bring some photos of their favorite place to fish. Where is that place and why is it your favorite place, what did you catch and on what fly? Is this magic place near and familiar or far away and exotic?

Dick Powell will be doing the tying demo. I am thinking it may be a Frank Sawyers Pheasant Tail (wire instead of thread). I am looking forward to this…

The Christmas party will be December 10th at the Colorado Steakhouse. Stay tuned for details.

Stay warm,

Tim

Fish Report, Meetings, Meetings 2016

November HFF Meeting and More

    This seems to be a season of change.  First, I think the water temp at Monroe seems to be getting low enough to invite the big Wipers into shore. Second, Halloween ads are being replaced by Christmas ads (I wonder what happened to Thanksgiving?).  And third, perhaps most importantly, we are going to try something new for the next meeting.  For those of you who were at the last meeting, you will remember Larry’s presentation of the “fly tying contest” event. Please understand this is not “real’ contest just a fun event to demonstrate a variety of tying techniques. So please join us for the fun on next Tuesday, November 15th at Bobby’s Colorado Steak House at 6PM.

Fly Challenge Rules
Fly Challenge Rules

For the ten folks who expressed interest in this gala event at the last meeting, please note that you will need to bring your own tying tools e.g. Vise, thread, ect. also a light, battery powered would be best. I am attaching the details of the “Hoosier Fly Fishers Fly Tying Challenge” as provided by Larry B and Paul B. More about the Fly Tying Challenge can be found in the club members discussion forums.

Membership Dues are due if you haven’t already paid those. Now would be a great time to join the club to get in on all the fall and winter HFF Club meetings and demos.  We are planning the annual Christmas Party for Hoosier Fly Fishers club members! This will be December 11th at the Colorado Steakhouse. The fun will begin at about 11:00 AM and we will eat at about 12:00.

FISH REPORT: Lake Monroe water temperatures are cooling down fast and fish catching has been sporadic. Wipers were very active about a month ago but only the small schoolies.  No big fish have appeared yet. Several of the club members and fly fishers from Indy and Shelbyville have been fishing for them from shore with little success. We’re hoping the good bite is yet to come.  Several bass have been caught in the backs of coves where you can still find weeds. The heavy frost this morning will make the weeds disappear soon.  A few crappies and yellow bass have been caught also.