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September 2025 HFF Meeting

I do hope you have been able to enjoy this fine weather and perhaps even do a little fishing! The meeting this month will be on September 16th. We will again meet at the American Legion here in Bloomington, dinner at 6:00 and the meeting at 7:00. Be sure to bring some tales (true or not) to share of your fishing adventures during the Once Around at the beginning of the program.

The program this month will feature four of our members tying flies that have worked well for them in the area. Feel free to walk from tier to tier , ask questions, make comments…
Elizabeth will tie a “Mop like fly”
Mike will tie a “Burlap Nymph”
Kyle will tie a “Bang Tail”
Tim will tie a little Deer Hair bug that has worked quite well on Clear Creek.

It is always fun and interesting to see folks tie, share ideas, answer questions and share techniques. As always, we look forward to your ideas for future meetings. HFF meetings are open to anyone interested in fly fishing or fly tying or one pound bluegills. Come join us for good food and fun.

See you all on the 16th. Go fishing!
Stay tuned in, we may be discussing really BIG FISH in October……..

Tim

August 2026 HFF Meeting

I do hope it has been hot enough for you these past daze. I think some of the fish we are catching may be already parboiled. It sure has been up and down with local water levels this year.

The August meeting of the HFF will be on the 19th. Again we will be meeting at the American Legion on 3rd street in Bloomington. Dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00.

The program this month will be Kyle Swafford talking about fall fishing. I am sure he will mention a variety of seasonal things to consider when chasing big fish this year.

The tying demo will be Mike Donovan tying a tricolor streamer. He sometimes uses this to chase bluegill in the fall.

Again we are always looking for ideas for future programs. All HFF Meetings are open to the public for anyone interested in fly tying or fly fishing.

Hope to see you all on the 19th. Dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00

Good fishing,

Tim