Meetings, Meetings 2026

February 2026 HFF Meeting

The next meeting of the HFF will be February 17th. We will meet at the American Legion Post #18 on 3rd street here in Bloomington with dinner at 6:00 PM and the program at 7:00 PM.

This is a busy month coming up we have the Cincinnati Fly Show on Sat Feb 8th starting at 9AM and then The Super Bowl on Sunday and if that were not enough, February 14th is Valentine’s Day. Do something nice for someone nice. Then in addition to the HFF meeting on the 17th that will be the Lunar New Year and it is the Year of the Horse.

The HFF meeting this month will feature Justin Swafford. Justin will be giving a program on rod building. This will consist of a presentation of some sort as well as a demonstration on how to wrap guides and trim bands. He will also be bringing tools and components needed to build a rod to give everyone a visual idea of what they will need to get started. I’m sure as usual there will be lots of questions and he will be ready to answer those as well. Filling out the meeting will be the Club raffle which has been having some really nice prizes and flies.

A reminder that The HFF Annual Auction of Good Fishing Stuff will be the April meeting. So gather up some of the extra fishing related stuff you are looking to pass on to some worthy person. Also gather some extra cash to take home some of the fishing related stuff someone else wanted to pass on to a worthy person.

Looking forward to Justin’s rod building program. See you all on the 17th

Stay warm,

Tim

Events, General Information, Meetings 2026

January 2026 HFF Meeting

I hope the new year is off to a good start for everyone and we are getting some winter fly tying done. I hear some talk about a football game coming up on the 19th. Our January meeting will be on the 20th, so we will be able to share a round of celebration or grief as the case may be… I am assuming it will be celebration!

The new meeting of the HFF will be on January 20th at the American Legion Post #18 on 3rd. Street here in Bloomington. Dinner will be at 6:00 PM and the program will start at 7:00 PM. The program this month will be four HFF members demonstrating different fly patterns.
Justin Swafford will be tying a Salmon/Steelhead fly.
Paul Brown will tie a Baby Fat Minnow.
Mike Donovan will be tying another pattern sure to catch fish,
I will be tying a Full Dressed Clouser Deep Minnow.

There are a number of fly fishing shows coming up including the Heartland Fly Fishing Festival in Lebanon, Indiana on the 16th and 17th. Get the 2026 season started off right!

There is also a fund raising event in Indianapolis on the 18th. Casting for a Cause sponsored by Casting for Recovery. For more information you may contact Tracy Woods at tracywoods2023@gmail.com

Casting for a Cause
Casting for a Cause

Also draw your attending to the recent post for the 2026 WKU Fly Fishing Montana adventure trip coming up in September. Contact Raymond Poff at raymond.poff@wku.edu

Have a good week, see you on the 20th.

Stay warm or cold as the case may be,

Tim

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