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Meetings, Meetings 2023

June 2023 HFF Meeting

I hope you have been enjoying another Indiana June. We came close to 90 degrees and bumped noses with 40 degrees. I guess a 50 degree swing isn’t really all that bad. Hope you had a chance to hit the water a time or two so far this year.

The June HFF meeting will be this coming Tuesday the 20 th.            Again we will meet at the Legion with dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00.  The program this month will be a presentation by Nick Schroeder from Central Indiana Trout Unlimited. He will keep us up to date on the release of 1000 Rainbow Trout in Sugar Creek near Camp Atterbury. This is good news for all you trout chasers and if you haven’t fished Sugar Creek this is yet another good reason to do so.

The fly tying demo this month will be Mike Donovan tying an Olive Bead Headed Wooly Bugger. This choice was prompted by a discussion of bead head bugs at the picnic. The Wooly Bugger is one of those flies that does not look exactly like anything in particular but a little bit like everything in general. It can be tied from a size 12 to a size 2 and should be in you fly box at all time and a variety of colors.

If you want a good time some evening, go on line and find the “correct” way to tie a Wooly Bugger. That is an interesting fly tying rabbit hole…  Again, we are looking for suggestions for patterns you would like to see and as always, looking for folks to share their skill and knowledge of tying flies. If you wanna tie it, we wanna see it!  There are plans for a Deer Hair bug demo in the near future.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday. Looking forward to hearing some of your summer fish tales or tails but only true ones of course.

Go wet a line,

Tim

Meetings, Meetings 2023

HFF Meeting April 2023

Tax Day has been extended until April 18th.  However, let me make a suggestion for something much more fun…The April meeting of the HFF!!! Hope you all have had a chance to cast a few of those flies you bought at last month’s auction. As always ,we will meet at the Legion, dinner at  6:00 program at 7:00.

The program this month will be a presentation by Howard Webb and Maggie Sullivan- of Friends of Lake Monroe. They will be discussing the sediment issues at Monroe Lake and the causes and cures.  They will be referring to work the HFF has done in the past at Yellowwood Lake.  Larry Barber will give a little background on our work there concerning sediment. These two local bodies of water are most important to our fishing and boating pleasure. A club goal is to stay informed about the conditions of our lakes and to provide help in mitigating problems when possible.

UPDATE: The Auction was a large success. The club was able to donate $400 to both Project Healing Waters and Casting for Recovery from the proceeds of the auction.  The Club also donated $250 to the Legion for the use of the Blue Room and their generous friendship of the Club. The Legion donated the money to the Operation Comfort Warriors.

There will be information about the advanced fly-tying class coming up soon. The list of flies Mike Donovan  has made to be studied is impressive and should cover any fish that swims. The techniques learned to tie these flies will open many fly-tying doors. BTW, those doors tend to lead down rabbit holes.  Larry will have information on the fly rod blanks and hardware the club has available.

We will be treated to a fly-tying demo by Liz Burleson. I am sure you all noted the little beauties she donated to the auction. Now you can learn how to tie these and no Bluegill will be able to refuse your offering.

The May meeting will be the Annual Picnic. Again, the Clarkes have offered their Lake Lemon home for the picnic.  Food, fishing, and fun as usual. Please note the Picnic will be on JUNE 3rd. More information on that coming soon.

Hope to see you all there on April 18th. Use the weather to do a little fishing.

Tight lines, Tim