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Events, Meetings, Meetings 2024

April 2024 HFF Meeting

Kernal Kevin
Kernal Kevin working his magic.

The annual HFF auction is set for this coming meeting, April 16. This will be a good opportunity to invest the massive tax refund you got yesterday! Once again we will have the fun filled evening of the annual HFF auction. And, again, we will be privileged to have Kernal Kevin and his dulcet voice as the auctioneer. So round up all those nifty outdoor activity items you were sure you really needed and send them to a new home. It may also be a good idea to plan a few new fly patterns to investigate as there will be some real feather bargains to be had…one never has enough feathers. Feel free to share this event with anyone you know who may be interested.

May 11th will be the annual HFF picnic. Once again the Clarks generously offered their home on Lake Lemon for the picnic. We will get started about 11:00 AM and plan to eat about 12:00 noon.  The club will provide burgers and hot dogs, buns, chips and soft drinks. Adult beverages are up to you. Please bring a side dish or desert. The fishing there is always fun and some of us even catch a few fish. 

More to follow soon…

Stay dry,

Tim

Events, Meetings, Meetings 2023

November 2023 HFF Meeting

November Meeting: Hoosier Fly Fishers will again meet at the American Legion Post in Bloomington for the monthly meeting on Tuesday Nov.  21st, 6PM for diner and 7PM for the meeting.  The program this month will concern “Tips and Tricks” for fly tying. Most of us have found a little trick or two that help our tying. These are often things not exactly found in a book or video but evolve at the bench. We will be sharing some of these and demonstrating at the vice. There will be room behind my vice if you want to sit down and share a tip of your own. 

Once again as per the constitution, we will hold the election of officers at this meeting. There will be a slate of officers put fourth. However, nominations from the floor are open. The elected officers will take office at the Christmas meeting.

Hoosier Fly Fishers monthly meetings are open to the public, now is a good time to join us for the coming year. Dues are due now, see Barbara Hatton at the Nov. meeting to sign up or pay annual dues.  Looking forward to seeing you all on the 21st, TimM

HFF Christmas Party:The Hoosier Fly Fishers Christmas Party for Club members will be December 10th at 11:30AM  and will be at the Red Lobster in Bloomington again this year. Each club member and their significant other will receive a $25 certificate for the meal. As always, this does not include adult beverages. It is very important that you let Barbara Hatton <barbara.hatton@hotmail.com> know how many of you are planning to attend. We need a good head count so please let Barb know at the November meeting or drop her a note.

The Christmas raffle prize this year will be a Moon Shine 9’, 5 wt. rod with an extra tip, a hard case and a reel with line. As an added bonus there will also be a canteen. I can think of a time or two when the extra tip would have saved the day.

January Meeting:  January 16th, 2024. Albert White will be joining us for the January Meeting to discuss Indiana smallmouth bass fishing. More details to follow.

Stay warm or cool, whatever Indiana weather demands today…

Tim