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March HFF Meeting Update

Well, for some of us at least, open water has made flyfishing possible
in some local hot spot. Mike B reports 57 Crappie, 21 Bluegill, 11
Yellow Bass and, 1 LM Bass. OK, so they were all small but that is
still 90 more fish than I have caught this year! So if you haven’t got
your 2014 fishing license yet (Indiana Online Licensing), this should
be motivation enough to do so. While you are at it get a State Park
pass as well (Mother Nature Mercantile).

Now about the HFF March 18th meeting. It is the annual auction and our own Kurnel Kevin will be the auctioneer again this year. Reports are that he is in fine fettle and ready to go. We need you all to bring really cool stuff you no longer need and spend a few bucks to take home really cool stuff someone else doesn’t need. Remember, he who has the most stuff at the end wins. There will be good deals to be had including flies tied by members and a new Cortland 444 4 wt. double tapered fly line.  Who knows what else, just be assured it will all be great and you need to own it. Bring stuff, bring money, have fun!!  Colorado Steakhouse, March 18th, dinner at 6:00 and program at 7:00.

And if the excitement of the auction were not enough, our own Larry
Brown will tie a streamer pattern he uses with great effect. He uses of that foil from wine and whiskey bottles for the weight. We should thank Larry for emptying all those bottles just to get some tying material. That is real dedication.

The April 15th meeting will feature Ian Anderson of Warm Water
Chronicles (http://warmwaterchronicles.com) and FlyMasters in Indy (http://www.flymasters.com) as the program. He will tell us all about spring White Bass fishing. Ian also teaches beginning and intermediate fly tying at FlyMasters and is a font of information about warm water flyfishing. If you haven’t already, check out the WWC site for Ian’s weekly tying tips. Good stuff there.

Tim

HFF March Meeting

Enough winter! Enough, enough!!! History seems to indicate that spring will come someday. For me, someday is not soon enough, I have a nearly terminal case of cabin fever.  However, there is a bright spot in the near future. That bright spot is the annual HFF auction!  The March meeting will be on the 18th at the Colorado Steakhouse. Dinner at 6:00 and the auction at 7:00.

In the past the funds raised at the auction were used to by books for the club library. When we figured out that only a few of the members could actually read, we now dedicate the auction funds to a speaker account. The benefits of this will happen soon. Stay tuned for the April meeting news.

I have been in touch with Kurnel Kevin, our highly skilled auctioneer, he is in rigorous training for the big event. Kevin is very skilled at getting us to part with all that extra money we have been hoarding. Your job is to bring some really neat stuff you no longer need. Kevin needs stuff to sell.  This is not a one-way street. Others will have brought neat stuff that you do actually need. The more stuff, the more fun!

Ben March 2013
Ben March 2013

I recently visited the HFF web page and under “Gallery 2013” there are pictures of our old buddy Ben with the four smallies he caught on March 3rd.  March 3rd… dang, that is today and I haven’t heard of anyone catching any smallies. Where the hell is spring?

So on March 18th we will meet at the Colorado Steakhouse for the fun fill evening of the annual auction. Dinner at 6:00 and the auction will start at 7:00. Bring really good stuff and have a ball.