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Meetings, Meetings 2022

March 2022 HFF Meeting

The next meeting of the Hoosier Fly Fishers will be March 15th. As usual, we will meet at the American Legion Post at 19800 W> 3rd ST. Bloomington. Dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00

So far this year we have had a rod building class, the fly-tying class is under way and the last program was Larry Barber’s extensive presentation on what fish eat. This month’s meeting will involve putting it all together. Starting with the rod, reel, backing, lines, leaders, tippets, knots  and finally the fly. There will be some show and tell, suggestions on rigging the rod, and choosing good flies for local waters, ( bring examples of some of your favorite flies.)  We will also share information about the location of local waters, both moving and still and discuss tackle and tactics for these different water types.

This is a lot of “stuff” to be in one meeting! It is our hope that this meeting will answer some questions and prompt  some new questions and a few suggestions for future meeting topics. I am hoping the weather gets around to giving us a reasonable chance to take all this equipment, information and skills out on the water and perhaps even catch a fish or two…

Looking forward to see you all on the 15th at the Legion. Dinner at 6:00 program at 7:00.

Stay warm and dry, Tim

Meetings, Meetings 2022

February HFF Meeting 2022

The February meeting of the Hoosier Fly Fishers will on the 15th.  As always we will me at the American Legion Post # 18 at 1800 W. 3rd. ST. Bloomington.

Dinner at 6:00 and the program at 7:00. If you haven’t used up all your February fun on Valentine’s Day, please join us for some fishy fun.  As usual we will start the meeting with round table discussion, some club news, and ideas for future programs. There will be another chance to pick up some terrific tying materials from the Dick Powell collection. Sad to announce that it seems that all the Fly Tying Shows for the year have been cancelled.  There will be some news about the Rod Building and Fly Tying Classes.

The program this month will be the rescheduled Larry Barber’s presentation on “What Fish Eat”or at least what they eat when it comes to nymphs. Charlie Shaw has put together a video presentation of the little fellows swimming.

We will be meeting in the “bingo” room using the large TV screen for the videos. This promises to be a very informative program. Larry has also tied examples of these flies representing the various nymphs.

It looks like we are in for some reasonably OK weather for the next 10 daze or so, so there should be no problem driving. I personally have no problem leaving all the snow for the Winter Olympics. Looking  forward to seeing you all on February  15th at the Legion. Dinner at 6:00, program at 7:00.

Stay warm and dry,

TimM