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Happy Holly Daze

“Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” Babe Ruth

Well, one way or another, for better or worse, another year has slipped by. Why do the years seem to be shorter and moving faster then ever? As is always the case, I have fished as much as possible and as always, that didn’t seem like nearly enough. I promise myself (same as last year) I will do better this coming year. I am pretty sure I will be dreaming of Smallies dancing in my head tonight.

The next meeting of our merry band of flyfishers is January 20, 2015.
Hope to see you there, new programs, new fly pattern demos, new raffle items, same old fellowship and tall tales. Again we will meet at the Colorado Steakhouse, dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00. Program details to follow soon.

The first Indiana Fly Fishing Expo will be Saturday Jan. 10th: 9am-5pm, Sunday Jan. 11th: 10am-4pm at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Ag-Hort Building 1202 East 38th St, Indianapolis, Indiana (http://www.inflyfishingexpo.com). Bob Clouser will be the headline speaker. The list of other speakers is equally exciting and of course there will be fly tying demos, casting demos, lots of warm water stuff and an impressive list of vendors.

Your 2014 Indiana State Fishing License will expire the end of March, after that you will need a 2015 Fishing License and Trout Stamp. You can purchase them both online here. (http://www.in.gov/ai/appfiles/dnr-license/index.html) .

State Park Passes and Boat Launch Permits are due the first of the year. You can purchase them at any State Park Office or online at their store as well as other IDNR stuff. (http://stores.innsgifts.com/2014-state-park-permits/).

Have a good holiday and see you all on the 20th,

Tim

Several Hoosier Fly Fisher Club members, along with several guests enjoyed the afternoon at Bobby’s Colorado Steakhouse. The food was great, fellowship was nice, fish and fly stories were unbelievable, and at least one person left with more than they came in with. The club always has a really nice raffle prize for the Christmas Party.

Everyone had a great time and topics of discussion around the room varied as it is at most of the HFF Club meetings at the Colorado Steakhouse. On one end of the room the discussion was about the ball game on the big screen TV, while at the other end of the room you could get in on Barry’s latest trip to Florida and whose flies caught the most fish in salt water. In the booths you could hear tales about blue clousers and sitting on Santa’s lap and around the center table the buzz was unusual materials to tie flies with and where to find them. One topic that seemed to be circulating everywhere was the new TFO Bob Clouser 6wt Fly Rod that was on display for the raffle. Congratulations Judy! Hope to see you on the water soon!! Towards the end of the party all thoughts seemed to merge into one of Celebration, the Joy of friendship and the Joy of the season. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

A few random photos during the party.