We always hold our meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of the month unless that conflicts with a holiday (i.e., Thanksgiving, March Break & Christmas). This year we will be starting on the 4th Monday in September. We sometimes have special tying nights in the winter on the first Monday of the month but those are listed in the charts below. If there is going to be an event off-site then we will list it in the Club Activities section of the website.
Our meetings are at 7:30 PM in the Hamilton Police Association Banquet Center on 555 Upper Wellington St. in Hamilton Ontario. We are on the upper floor of this great venue. The Association Center is just north of where Wellington meets Fennel and it is located on the east side of the street. Click here for a map.
The meeting room opens at 7:00PM. The scheduled program starts at 7:30PM with announcements and then our guest speaker or tyer. Meetings end around 9:30 or 10:00PM but we usually go out for coffee afterwards.
Winter and Spring 2013
| January 7, 2013 | Open Vice Night | This is the "open vice" night where we get together and just tie what we like. |
| January 14, 2013 | Speaker's Night | Ken Collins of Grand River Troutfitters "Salt Travel – Get Ready – And do it Right" |
| January 28 2013 |
Tyer's Night | Graham Coombes of Swim True Flies... once you see them you will understand. |
| February 4, 2013 | Open Vice Night | This is the "open vice" night where we get together and just tie what we like. |
| Feburary 11, 2013 | Speaker's Night | Terry Newman Wilderness Fly Fishing on a Budget |
| February 25, 2013 | Tyer's Night |
John Hoffman of Wilson’s Fergus – wet flies and soft hackles |
| March 4, 2013 | Speaker's Night | TBA |
| March 25, 2013 | Tyer's Night | Sheldon Seale – All the Unusual Suspects (Variations of the Usual, perhaps the most useful dry fly attractor pattern ever invented) |
| April 8, 2013 | Open Vice Night | This is the "open vice" night where we get together and just tie what we like. |
| April 15, 2013 | Speaker's Night | Larry McGratton of Grand River Troutfitters - River Bass Fishing (the very best in the fish world, editor's note: Rick Crawford made me write that they were the best fish). Larry is also the FOGR President and can fill you in on all the great conservation activities going on on the Grand with the Friends, |
| April 29, 2013 | Tyer's Night | Mike Padilla - Bronte Creek killer flies. Great flies for our local gem of a river. |
| May 6, 201 | Speaker's Night | Ian Colin James. The biggest crowd of the year always shows up for Ian! I think we should get 45 people out to this one. Ian's talk will be "Warm Water Species and the Flys that Get Them" |
| May 13, 2013 | Tyer's Night and Swap Night. | Steve May will return to tie Montana fishing flies. Swap meet before and after Steve’s tying. At the HAFFT gear swap and sale you never know what is going to show up but it is often really good. Bring anything you think you don't want but someone else will for example... old outdoors magazines, fishing gear you don't use, extra fly tying stuff...whatever! |
Fall 2012 Meetings
| September 24, 2012 | Tyers' Night | TBA |
| October 15, 2012 | Speaker's Night | Rob Clarke, Clarke's Custom Flies, guide/tyer will talk |
| October 22, 2012 | Tyer's Night | Elliot Deighton... one of the masters of creative tying. Stu DeWolfe will be running the beginners fly tying. Get on out if you want to learn from the best. |
| November 5, 2012 | Speaker's Night | Sheldon Seale ‘Knots & Leaders for Special Situations."Thsi will be a great learning session for all. |
| November 26, 2011 | Tyer's Night | Rob Clarke, Clarke's Custom Flies, guide/tyer will tie the flies he uses for steelhead including the Intruder. Beginners Fly Tying will be in high gear as well. |
| December 3, 2012 | Speaker's Night | Steve May will be presenting on his trip to Montana Trip. Steve is a fabulous commerical tyer and has extensive fly fishing experience. He has spoken to us about BC steelheading as well as fly tying. His photograpy is always a highlight! |
| December 10, 2012 | cancelled | We have to cancel this evening's meeting because the hall is not available- sorry. |
Fall 2011 Meetings ARE ALL DONE... YES, THEY WERE GREAT :-)
| September 12, 2011 | Speaker's Night | Mike & Kerry Ann Scanlan have been heading down to the Bahamas for over 20 years and spend most of their time on the island of Eleuthera – a bonefishing paradise.Come and here all about bones in paradise. |
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| September 26, 2011 | Tyers' Night | Anything Goes! with Brian Primeau. Brian will tie his favourite emerger and a couple midges. It’s called the “Anything Emerger" as you can change what it imitates just by changing the hook size and body colour. For a materials list check out our website.short AGM as well |
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| October 3, 2011 | Tying Bee | This is the "open vice" night where we get together and just tie what we like.. Notice this is the first Monday of the month to avoid the Thanksgiving Holiday. |
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| October 24, 2011 | Tyer's Night | Club Member Presentation: Salmon Fishing the Restigouche River in New Brunswick |
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| November 7, 2011 | Tying Bee | This is the "open vice" night where we get together and just tie what we like. | |
| November 14 2011 | Speaker's Night | Kayak Fishing with Richard Court | |
| November 28, 2011 | Tyer's Night | Tube Flies for Steelhead with Neil Houlding. |
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| December 12, 2011 | Conservation Night |
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Winter and Spring 2011-- strictly history
| January 10, 2011 | Speaker's Night | OJ Macdonald Grand River Troutfitters : Which rod is which? Single & Two Handed Rods |
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| January 24, 2011 |
Tyer's Night | Rick Crawford | |
| Feburary 14, 2011 | Cancelled |
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| February 28, 2011 | Tyer's Night |
Elliot Deighton: Successful Bass Flies |
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| March 7, 2010 | Tyers' Night |
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| March 14, 2011 | Speaker's Night | Mary Finch biologist from Trout Unlimited: The Trout Unlimited Bronte Creek Project | |
| March 28, 2011 | Tyers' Night | Steve May demonstrates "Living Streamers" & "Confused Flies". Steve is a very well known professional tyer and is always a hit. He will be showing techniques for the Full Motion Hex, Clouser Swimming Nymph, Whitlock's Near Nuff Sculpin, Bear's Cross Dresser and Burke's Aggravator. Here is Steve's Full Motion Hex | |
| April 4, 2011 | Speaker's Night | Open Fly Tying Night, this is a night when we just get together and tie... instruction is available. | |
| April 11, 2011 | Speaker's Night | Paul Castellano Cast Adventures: Fishing the Niagara River | |
| April 25, 2011 | Meeting Cancelled for Easter Monday | ||
| May 9, 2011 | Swap Night | At the club gear swap and sale you never know what is going to show up but it is often really good. Bring anything you think you don't want but someone else will for example... old outdoors magazines, fishing gear you don't use, extra fly tying stuff...whatever! |
Fall 2010 Meetings- if hope you were there, it was great.
| September 13, 2010 | Speaker's Night | Bill Christmas with an Update on Local Trout Unlimited Projects |
| September 27, 2010 | Tyers' Night | Dan Kennaley (fly fishing editor for the Ontario Out of Doors magazine). Dan will be showing the flies of Ed Hewitt such as the Brown Bivisible. Here is an example of Dan's writing about the Grey Fox. |
| October 4, 2010 | Speaker's Night | Tys Theysmeyer, RBG Head of Conservation the Fishway and the State of Hamilton Fisheries (one week early because of Thanksgiving on Oct. 11) |
| October 25, 2010 | Tyer's Night | Ian Colin James, Smack Em Spey fly & Ian's Brass Ass nymph |
| November 1, 2010 | Tying Bee | What is a "Tying Bee"? Come on out with your own gear and patterns and tie along for fun and intense story swapping. If you do not have tying gear than we will have lots to help you get going. |
| November 8, 2010 | Speaker's Night | Bill Spicer fo the The New Fly Fisher: Fishing for Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Salmon. |
| November 22, 2010 | Tyer's Night | Joe Syzmanski, Flies for Pennsylvania. Joe will also be talking about were to fish and stay down in Penn. |
| December 6, 2010 | Tying Bee. | Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. Stuart DeWolfe will be running the beginner's table so we will have a place for everyone at the meeting. |
| December 13, 2010 | Speaker's Night | OJ Macdonald, Grand River Troutfitters: "Surf, Spey or Switch - Which rod is which???" Find out more about the different types of rods that are out there and what they can be used for. |
Winter 2010 Meetings----- All Done!
| January 11, 2010 | Speaker's Night | Ken Collins, Grand River Troutfitters: Big Toothy Fish on the Fly |
| January 25, 2010 |
Tyer's Night | TBA,,,, but you know it will be good :-) |
| Feburary 1, 2010 | Tyer's Night | ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. Stuart DeWolfe will be running the beginner's table so we will have a place for everyone at the meeting. |
| February 8, 2010 | Speaker's Night |
Larry Halyk, MNR: Steelheading East & West |
| February 22 , 2010 | Tyers' Night | Sheldon Seale: Tying Nymphs & Wet Flies for Grand River Trout |
| March 1, 2010 | Tyers' Night | ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. Stuart DeWolfe will be running the beginner's table so we will have a place for everyone at the meeting. |
| March 8, 2010 | Speaker's Night | Larry Mellors: Grand River Fisheries Management Plan |
| March 22, 2010 | Tyers' Night | Ken Collins: Tying Flies for Big Toothy Fish |
| April 5, 2010 | Tyers' Night | Cancelled!. |
| April 12, 2010 | Speaker's Night | Rob Clarke: Fishing for Alternative Species on the Fly |
| April 26, 2010 | Tyer's Night | The return of Sheldon Seale... Nymphs and Wet Flies for the Grand. No snow his time I bet! |
| May 3, 2010 | Tyer's Night | ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. Stuart DeWolfe will be running the beginner's table so we will have a place for everyone at the meeting. |
| May 10, 2010 | Speaker's Night | Club Pro Night.. this is the night we reserve for the most experienced club members to share their favourite fishing spots and tips for the coming year. |
| September 28, 2009 | Speaker's Night | Ian Martin on Atlantic Salmon Fishing. Ian is a long time fisher of the Gaspe rivers. His salmon fishing photography has graced the pages of a number of fishing magazines. You can see his photograpy here. |
| October 5, 2009 | Tyer's Night | ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. Stuart DeWolfe will be running the beginner's table so we will have a place for everyone at the meeting. |
| October 12, 2009 | No meeting | Thanksgiving Monday. |
| October 26, 2009 | Tyers' Night |
Club Elections & Joe Szymanski Flies For Pennsylvania. Joe is a long time, well travelled member of the club who will be tying his favourite patterns for the Pennsylvania rivers. Since it is Joe you can bet the March Brown will figure in there somewhere! |
| November 2, 2009 | Tyers' Night | ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. Stuart DeWolfe will be running the beginner's table so we will have a place for everyone at the meeting. |
| November 9, 2009 | Speaker's Night | Brian Primeau (The First Cast) to speak. |
| November 23, 2009 | Tyer's Night | Paul Beck makes his triumphant return to show us his newest killer patterns for pike. As Paul says... go big or go home! |
| December 7, 2009 | Tyers' Night | ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. Stuart DeWolfe will be running the beginner's table so we will have a place for everyone at the meeting. |
| December 14, 2009 | Speaker's Night | We will have either Bill Spicer (The New Flyfisher) to speak about Ontario Fly Fishing Destinations + New Fly Fisher Show Bloopers! Should be a pile of fun. |
Winter and Spring 2009.... what a great time we had.
| January 5, 2009 | Tying Night | ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. |
| January 12, 2009 | Speaker's Night | Club adventurers Sandy & Beth will talk about Southern Alberta and the dumbest trout on the planet while Kevin & Robin will wax poetic on the salmon slammin' in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. We have been promised lots of great fish pictures and the inside scoop on these accessible adventure spots. |
| January 26, 2009 | Tyers' Night | |
| February 2, 2009 | Tying Night | ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. |
| February 9, 2009 | Speaker's Night | Ken Collins of Troutfitters will be talking about Brown Trout and Bass on the Grand. |
| February 23, 2009 | Tyers' Night | Fly recipes for the advanced table are posted |
| March 2, 2009 | Tying Night | ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. |
| March 9, 2009 | Speaker's Night | Silvia Damelio from Trout Unlimited will be talking about her experiences as a biologist and fisher. |
| March 23, 2009 | Tyers' Night | Fly recipes for the advanced table are posted |
| April 6, 2009 | Tying Night | ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. |
| April 13, 2009 | Speaker's Night | TBA- Easter Monday |
| April 27, 2009 | Tyers' Night | Fly recipes for the advanced table are posted |
| May 4, 2009 | Tying Night | ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. |
| May 11, 2009 | Swap Night | Ian Collin James.... year in and year out the most popular speaker at the HAFFT meetings has been Ian. You never quite know what Ian will say but he has spoken on Red Neck Trout Fishing, Carp in Hamilton Harbour, the Evils of Tapered Leaders... you name it. Come early since we always have 50 or more attendees! |
HAFFT CLUB MEETING SCHEDULE Fall 2008----------- All Done.
| September 8, 2008 | Speaker | Steve May- Searching for Silver in Steelhead Mecca: British Columbia’s Skeena River System. Don't miss this one! Steve is a great photographer and an engaging speakers. |
| September 22, 2008 | Tyers' Night | Steve May, Tubes & Eggs for steelhead |
| October 13, 2008 | Cancelled | Cancelled and not rescheduled due to Thanksgiving Day. Save the turkey feathers and tie a fly. |
| October 27, 2008 | Speaker's Night | Henri Lemieux on steelhead flies. |
| November 10, 2008 | Speaker's Night | Dan Kennaley Mayfly Hatches of Ontario |
| November 24, 2008 | Tyers' Night | 2008 HAFFT ‘Tying Bee’ - Bring your own tying gear if you have it and let's all tie one on. If you don't have gear just come and learn from the many experts and amateurs in the club. |
| December 8, 2008 | Speaker's Night | Conservation Night with Jim Bowlby of the MNR... Hamilton Harbour Fisheries and Plans for the Future.. |
December 22, 2008 |
Cancelled. | I hope Santa brings you some nice fly fishing gear... we, however, will not be having a meeting. |
Winter and Spring 2008 ----------- All Done
| January 14, 2008 | Speaker's Night | Bill Spicer (the New Flyfisher), Fishing in Awesome Lake, Labrador. |
| January 28, 2008 | Tyers' Night |
Elliot Deighton, Innovative Flies for Stripers |
| February 11, 2008 | Speaker's Night | Neil Houlding on Spey Casting and Spey Flies (Neil will be back to do a demo on mooney night in June. |
| February 25, 2008 | Tyers' Night | Dimitri Ristic, Tying in the Unusual Way |
| March 10, 2008 | Speaker's Night | Rob Clarke, Smallmouth Bass of Lake Erie |
| March 24, 2008 | Easter Monday | should we have a meeting this evening? Let me know! |
| April 14, 2008 | Speaker's Night | Ken Collins of Troutfitters who will be talking about Brown Trout on the Grand... just in time for the 2008 opener. |
| April 28, 2008 | Tying Night | Graham Coombes of Swim True Flies. Graham's flies are amazing! Great action, clever use of natural and synthetics and interesting tying methods. |
| May 12, 2008 | Swap Night |
Come on out and swap gear with your clubmates. There are always good rods and reels at good prices as well as strange and wonderful bits from the basements of the club members. There is also lots of junk.. really it is hard to know what is going to show up! We will also be presenting the Becker-Knott Award for club work at the HAFFT on this evening. |
| September 10, 2007 | Speaker | The Cuba Crew... |
| September 24, 2007 | Tyers' Night |
Henri Lemieux on steelhead flies. |
| October 8, 2007 | Cancelled | Cancelled and not rescheduled due to Thanksgiving Day. Save the turkey feathers and tie a fly. |
| October 22, 2007 | Speaker's Night |
Paul Beck - Pike Flies |
| November 12, 2007 | Speaker's Night | John Sally - Pink Salmon in Sault St. Marie |
| November, 26, 2007 | Tyers' Night | TBA |
| December, 10, 2007 | Speaker's Night | Conservation Night. Remediation Opportunities with HRCA (Jaime Overy) |
| December 24, 2007 | Cancelled. | I hope Santa brings you some nice fly fishing gear... we, however, will not be having a meeting. |
| January 8, 2007 | Speaker's Night | Vested Interests. |
| January 22, 2007 | Tyers' Night |
Henri Lemieux... 20 Patterns for Saltwater |
| February 12, 2007 | Speaker's Night | Long time HAFFT member, F.F.F. Master Certified Casting Instructor and co-host of The New Fly Fisher television show, Bill Spicer will be giving a talk about "Manitoba Parklands Trout" Don't miss this fine talk about a rarely fish spot! |
| February 26, 2007 | Tyers' Night | Dan Kennaley |
| March 12, 2007 | Speaker's Night | Ian Colin James- Trout Fishing Southern Style |
| March 26, 2007 | Flytying Night | Rob Heal- Patterns for Spring Steelhead. |
| April 9, 2007 | Speaker's Night | club volunteers. Bring out your friends in the 9-14 age group for a relaxing evening of fly tying, knot tying and some beginning casting lessons with the yarn rods. Beginners in fly fishing also qualify as kids for this evening. |
| April 23, 2007 | Tying Night | TBA |
| May 14, 2007 | Swap Night |
Come on out and swap gear with your clubmates. There are always good rods and reels at good prices as well as strange and wonderful bits from the basements of the club members. There is also lots of junk.. really it is hard to know what is going to show up! We will also be presenting the Becker-Knott Award for club work at the HAFFT on this evening. We are adding an equipment maintenance section to the evening as well so you can get your gear cleaned up from your early Spring outings and ready for summer. We will have line cleaning, reel cleaning and service as well as rod repair. |
| September 11, 2006 | Small Stream Steelehead | Rob Heal |
| September 25, 2006 | Tyers' Night |
Rob Heal on steelhead flies. |
| October 9, 2006 | Cancelled | Cancelled and not rescheduled due to Thanksgiving Day. Save the turkey feathers and tie a fly. |
| October 23, 2006 | Speaker's Night |
Bill Christmas- Maverick Dry Fly Techniques |
| November 13, 2006 | Speaker's Night | Steve May- Searching for Silver in Steelhead Mecca: British Columbia’s Skeena River System. Don't miss this one! Steve is a great photographer and an engaging speakers. |
| November, 27, 2006 | Tyer's Night | Our own award-winning tyer Joe Penich- A Simple Married Wing Salmon Fly |
| December, 11, 2006 | Speaker's Night | Conservation Night. Topic TBA |
| December 25, 2006 | Cancelled. | I hope Santa brings you some nice fly fishing gear... we, however, will not be having a meeting. |
HAFFT CLUB MEETING SCHEDULE- Winter and Spring of 2006
| January 9, 2006 | Speaker's Night | Bruce Wainman and Rick Crawford... an Introduction to Fly Fishing |
| January 23, 2006 | Tyers' Night |
Sheldon Seale.... one of the club's favourite tyers. Fast talk and accurate tying are Sheldon's tradenmarks so we will see you out with your tying gear to try to tie such patterns as the Lake Erie Perch and the Gurgler. Here are the patterns. If you are interested in some of Sheldon's earlier work click here. |
| February 13, 2006 | Speaker's Night | Ken and Sue and Robins. Just in time for Valentines Day we have the dynamic duo of Ken and Sue to talk about Brook Trout Fishing in Newfoundland. |
| February 27, 2006 | Tyers' Night | "Winter Steelheading with a two-hand rod" Rick Whorwood. Rick will be talking about the long rods and then tying a tube fly for Spey fishing. |
| March 13, 2006 | Speaker's Night | Elliott Deighton, master of synthetics and all manner of tying will be on had tonight. |
| March 27, 2006 | Introduction to Flyfishing Night | "Oh, the places I have seen" Club members with a few slides from recent adventures are encouraged to contact El Presidente if they would like to talk for 10-20 minutes about a spot that they visited recently. This was the sleeper hit of last year's talks. |
| April 10, 2006 | Speaker's Night | Knots of Fun! |
| April 24, 2006 | Tying Night | Henri Lemieux... Flys for Spring. |
| May 8, 2006 | Swap Night |
Come on out and swap gear with your clubmates. There are always good rods and reels at good prices as well as strange and wonderful bits from the basements of the club members. There is also lots of junk.. really it is hard to know what is going to show up! We will also be presenting the Becker-Knott Award for club work at the HAFFT on this evening. |
HAFFT CLUB MEETING SCHEDULE- Fall of 2005- all done!
| September 12, 2005 | Nymph Fishing with Bill Spicer. | Long time HAFFT member, F.F.F. Master Certified Casting Instructor and co-host of The New Fly Fisher television show, Bill Spicer will be giving a talk about his deadly methods for fishing nymphs. Don't miss this fine talk! |
| September 26, 2005 | Tyers' Night |
The beginners fly tying group will be working on technique under the watchful eye of Ron Marini and Kevin Hudson. Henri Lemieux teaching is booked to teach about steelhead flies. |
| October 10, 2005 | Cancelled | Cancelled and not rescheduled due to Thanksgiving Day. Save the turkey feathers and tie a fly. |
| October 24, 2005 | Tyers' Night-The Only Meeting in October. |
TBA |
| November 14, 2005 | Tying Night | Joe Penich, champion fly tyer will be showing us some of his new patterns. Here is a link to some of his incredible work! Joe is also the 2005 World Champion in fly tying in the Multicomposite division. |
| November, 28, 2005 | Speaker's Night | Roy De Giusti, Hatches of the Credit River. |
| December, 12, 2005 | Speaker's Night | Conservation Night. Warren Yerex, Supervisor of Aquatic Resources at the GRCA, and Steve May, Grand River Fisheries Management Plan Coordinator, |
| December 26, 2005 | Cancelled. | Too close to Christmas and New Year's Day for a meeting. We will start again in January of 2006 |
HAFFT CLUB MEETING SCHEDULE- Winter and Spring of 2005----All done- I hope you got to all of them----
| January 10, 2005 | Speaker's Night | Saltwater Dreaming. A trio of club members will be giving presentation on specific saltwater spots. Ted Knott (Cape Cod), John Sally (Cuba and the Caymans), and Larry Kobetz (Costa Rica) will make short presentations. These folks will be followed by Ken Collins of Troutfitters who will talk canals and backwaters of Florida. Should be a great night to shake of the winter cold. |
| January, 24, 2005 | Tyers' Night |
Saltwater Flies with Elliot Deighton. We are luck to have Elliot back this year. His foam flys were a real hit last year and we are really looking forward to witnessing his superior fly dressing. |
| February, 14, 2005 | Speaker's Night | Steve May- Drift Boating for Bass. What could be a better anitdote for winter than Steve talking about the newest way to fish the Lower Grand. |
| February 28, 2005 | Tyers' Night | Steve May- Bass Flies for Drift Boating. Steve's talk last year was well attended a appreciated by all. We are fortunate to have Steve back to talk about the flies used in this new fishing opportunity in Southern Ontario. Steve will be presenting a talk on drift boating for bass in our winter session. Here is an example of Steve's writing |
| March 14, 2004 | Speaker's Night | Atlantic Salmon Fishing. George Genyk club stalwart will be speaking about his many years fishing the river of the Gaspe. |
| March 28, 2005 | Easter Monday | The libary is closed on Easter Monday so we will not be having a meeting on that evening. |
| April 11, 2005 | Speaker's Night | Ian Colin James- by popular demand we will be having Ian back to entertain us with his unique combination of humour and fly fishing. Here's a link to Ian's web site. |
| April 25, 2005 | Tying Night | Flies for spring with Henri Lemieux. Henri a great tyer who has assisted us for many years learn effective fly patterns. We have many examples of his precise tying on the fly pattern page. On this evening we will contrast some Catskill style dry fly ties with the "comparadun" style. |
| May 9, 2005 | Swap Night |
Come on out and swap gear with your clubmates. There are always good rods and reels at good prices as well as strange and wonderful bits from the basements of the club members. There is also lots of junk.. really it is hard to know what is going to show up! We will also give a conservation presentation this evening. |
| September 13, 2004 | Migratory Opportunities for Steelhead in Southern Ontario with Bill Spicer. | Long time HAFFT member, F.F.F. Master Certified Casting Instructor and co-host of The New Fly Fisher television show, Bill Spicer will be giving a talk which will focus on the Ganaraska river, the Credit River and Bronte Creek. Bill will be providing out maps of access points after the talk. |
| September 27, 2004 | Tyers' Night |
The beginners fly tying group will be working on technique under the watchful eye of Ron Marini and Kevin Hudson. Henri Lemieux teaching all about soft hackle flies. Recipes and pictures are posted. |
| October 11, 2004 | cancelled | Cancelled and not rescheduled due to Thanksgiving Day. Save the turkey feathers and tie a fly. |
| October 25, 2004 | Tyers' Night-The Only Meeting in October. |
Joe Penich- One of the club favourites. Joe is an extremely innovative and painstaking tyer. Watch and learn from the master. Here are some of Joe's flies from 2003. |
| November 8, 2004 | Dan Kennaley | Dan Kennaley, the topic is "Fly Fishing in Algonquin Park." Dan is always an entertaning speaker and writer and we will have a big crowd in November. Here is a sample of Dan's writing. |
| November, 22, 2004 | Tying Night | Steve May- Bass Flies for Drift Boating. Steve's talk last year was well attended a appreciated by all. We are fortunate to have Steve back to talk about the flies used in this new fishing opportunity in Southern Ontario. Steve will be presenting a talk on drift boating for bass in our winter session. Here is an example of Steve's writing |
| December, 13, 2004 | Speaker's Night | Silvia Damelio on Coaster Brook Trout in Lake Superior. Silivia is a researcher at University of Guelph and a biologist for Trout Unlimited. Here is a link to Silvia from her research days at Trent University. |
| December 27, 2003 | Cancelled. | Too close to Christmas and New Year's Day for a meeting. We will start again in January 10 of 2005 |
| Jan 12, 2004 | Conservation
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Welcome the New Year with HAFFT!
Conservation Night with Len Yust Executive Director of Trout Unlimited Ontario. Len as our new will be talking about Trout Unlimited in Canada and the new TU chapter to come and talk about the work they are planning for Whitemans Creek. We will discuss an appropriate uses for club funds. Do we need a video projector and a slide projector? Can we afford to sponsor a grabage kiosk on the Grand River? This is the first night to register for the 2004 version of the HAFFT Fly Swap. This year's theme is "Terrific Terrestrials for Tantalizing Tempestuous Trout" well, maybe just terrestrials. Sign-up at the meeting. |
| Jan 26, 2004 | Snowshoe Night in Canada |
Bring along your luckiest snowshoe rabbit foot and your vise. Well known Toronto fly tyer, guide and raconteur, Sheldon Seale will be demonstrating the many way of tying with the bunny. Sheldon will show the Snowshoe Caddis, Snowshoe Emerger, Snowshoe Parachute, Snowshoe Nymph, Snowshoe Beetle and Snowshoe Ant. Maybe some ideas for the fly swap?? Sheldon has written a brief article on the uses of snowshoe rabbit hair. Come out to the meeting for the full version. Here are the patterns Sheldon tied. The beginners fly tying group will be working on technique under the watchful eye of club veteran Ron Marini. |
| Feb 9, 2004 | Stripers and Bluefish of Cape Cod. | Jim Wenger will be speaking this evening about the sport to be had flyfishing for striped bass and bluefish. Jim always gives a great and informative talk. Jim will make sure we know the best and least expensive way to access this exciting saltwater fishery. Just the sort of talk we need in the depths of winter! |
| Feb 23, 2004 | Tyer's Night |
Noted tyer Elliott Deighton will be having a tie-along session called "Foam Poppers for Largemouth." Elliot has tyed at the International Showcase of Fly Tyers at the Izaak Walton Forum for many yeara and this January he is an instructors at the Fly Tying Symposium put on by the Winter Hatches Club. The club will be supplying materials for this evening so bring your vices, thread and scissors. The beginners fly tying group will be working on technique under the watchful eye of club veteran Ron Marini and Kevin. |
| Mar 8, 2004 | Fishing The West | Many of the member of HAFT and the surrounding area are keen trout fishers of the West. We are going to get together a half dozen of the keenest flyfishers to talk about their favourite spots and show a few pictures culled from their collections.Most of the speakers will be talking about the Canadian west with a focus on the Bow, Livingstone and other rivers in the Oldman drainage. |
| Mar 22, 2004 | Tyers' Night | Joe couldn't quite make it out this night. The beginning flytyers had a lot more attention then they are used to, that is for sure. |
| Apr 12, 2004 | Cancelled |
Sherwood Public Library is close for Easter Monday.... we did not see that coming! |
| Apr 26 2004 | Tyers' Night | Kid's Night. Bring out one of your young friends and they are sure to go home with a couple of flies and an appreciation for fly fishing. We will have special draws for kids and something tasty to eat. This meeting will have to start a bit early so that our young friends can get home early. We will decide on a time soon.
Henri Lemieux is also going to be tying and teaching some straightforward patterns that beginners to fly fishing can master. |
| May 10, 2004 | Gear Swap Night |
Come on out and swap gear with your clubmates. There are always good rods and reels at good prices as well as strange and wonderful bits from the basements of the club members. There is also lots of junk.. really it is hard to know what is going to show up. We are finishing the fly swap on this date so bring in your flies if you are registered. |
| May 24, 2004 | Holiday Monday | no meeting on this date. See you in September! |
| September 8, 2003 | AGM and Story Night | Welcome the New Year with HAFFT. First meeting of the new season and will decide on the club agenda for the coming year. Also, we have a few executive spots to fill |
| September 22 | Tyers' Night |
The beginners fly tying group will be working on technique under the watchful eye of club veterans Steelehead flies with Joe Penich. Joe is a real master fly tier so be there or be square. |
| October 13, 2003 | Speaker's Night | Cancelled and not rescheduled due to conflicts with other groups who use the room and the bicycle races. |
| October 27, 2003 | Tyers' Night-The Only Meeting in October! |
Pike flies with Paul Beck. You have not lived until you have seen a fully dressed Yak Attack tied by pike king Paul Beck. Other poppers and leech patterns for pike and big bass will be demonstrated. |
| November 10, 2003 | Speaker's Night | Steelhead Fishing with Steve May. Steve is now with the MNR and still guiding with Grand River Troutfitters. Lots of great pictures, real local knowledge along with a few new steelhead patterns are on the agenda. |
| November, 24, 2003 | Tying Night | Henri Lemieux will tie a Fan Wing Green Drake and a mayfly nymph. Make sure you bring your vises. Here are the pictures. |
| December, 8, 2003 | Speaker's Night | Pike Fishing with Paul and Bruce of the International Pike Fishing Institute. This will be a a rivetting talk about pursuing pike and musky in Ontario. |
| December 22, 2003 | Cancelled. | Too close to Christmas! We will start again in January of 2004 |
| Jan 13, 2003 | GETTING STARTED IN SALTWATER | Welcome the New Year with HAFFT. This is a chance to learn about the sport of flyfishing in saltwater, pick up some tips from our experts and meet some of the people you're liable to see on the local streams and rivers. Bruce Wainman will be presenting slides from Panama and Florida. |
| Jan 27, 2003 | Tyers' Night |
The beginners fly tying group will be working on technique under the watchful eye of club veterans Henri Lemiuex will be working with the advanced group showing some new crayfish and mayfly patterns. The pictures and fly dressings are posted Henri is requesting patterns to be demonstrated for later meetings. Email Henri Lemieux with your suggestions. |
| Feb 10, 2003 | Speaker's Night | How to access and fish favourite local spots. This is a great chance for beginners to figure where they can go locally to wet a line. |
| Feb 24, 2003 | Tyers' Night | It looks as if we will be tying up an epoxy head streamers and a wool head streamer.. pictures and recipes are posted. |
| Mar 24, 2003 | Steelhead of the Lower Grand | Larry Halyk a biologist and flyfisherh from the MNR will be speaking about wonderful steelheading opportunities on the Lower Grand River and the future of the fishery. |
| Apr 14, 2003 | Grand River Extravaganza | Dr. Ian Martin, noted biologist, fishing guide, vice-president of the Friends of the Grand River and author of Flyfishing the Grand River, the most informative book on the cold water section of the Grand River, is coming to talk about fishing the river and conservation projects to enhance the fishery. We will be having special draws for Grand River flies and copies of "the book." For a touch of Ian's work have a look at an article he wrote for the Virtual Flyshop. Ian is also a fine fly tyer. Here is a sample of his work. |
| Apr 28 2003 | Tyers' Night | The flies for April 28 are posted. Click here for the patterns for the advanced fly tying group. We will be tying Steve's Smelt and the Rainbow Trout.
The beginning fly tying group is always ready for more tyers who are keen to learn. Just show up with whatever you have. We supply the gear to get you started. |
| May 12, 2003 | Speakers' Night | Secret Fly Night- A collection of notable locals will speak for a few minutes with slides about a new fly they have developed or have discovered. Always a crowd favourite |
| May 26, 2003 | Tyers' Night/ Gear Swap Night | Come on out and swap gear with your clubmates. There are always good rods and reels at good prices as well as strange and wonderful bits from the basements of the club members. There is also lots of junk.. really it is hard to know what is going to show up.
We are finishing the fly swap so bring in your flies if you are registered. Finally, we will be tying a fly or two so bring your vice. Henri has agreed to tie one fly that he is presenting as his secret fly on May 12, 2003 |
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