Meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of every month from September to April. The location is upstairs at the Police Association at 555 Upper Wellington St., Hamilton. Doors and Zoom open at 7:00. Meetings start at 7:30 . Newcomers and visitors are always welcome!!
Tuesday 24th February: The difference between flies and what we are trying to replicate by Sarah Matchett
Have you ever wondered why the fly you use actually catches fish? Or what a Woolly Bugger is actually supposed to be mimicking? Then join me to learn about the life history, geographic distribution and water column preference of the critters that we are trying to replicate on our vises.
Upcoming Events:
10th March Tying the bullet worm with Mike Emeneau
24th March Why do stream bugs matter with Jack Imof
14th April Tying night Designing flies for small trout that work on big trout too! With Rick Crawford
28th April Fishing Full Sinking Lines with Peter Charles
12th May Swap meet
Membership dues are due. $45 for single and $75 for families we prefer payment by e transfer to hafftclub@gmail.com . There will be no door charge when attending meetings. see below for details.
(For news of past years go to the News Archives page)
February 10th: Daniel Notarianni www.live-2-fish.com Dan presented his approach to a large group and then went on to tie an example of one of the streamers that he likes to use. He explained the hows and whys of his streamer approach.
January 27: The annual WTF Fly Contest was well attended with lots of interesting flies tied. As usual a good time was had by all especially if your name was Bruce!!
January 13th: Tying Micro Poppers using Balsa Wood with Steve Hunt. Back by popular demand, a good crowd tied along with Steve creating these very effective bass and pan fish flies.
December 9th: Tankara method with Brad Frettes.
Brad covered the long and short of Tenkara fly fishing inspiring many members to look into trying it out.
November 25th: Fishing in Scotland with Carrie Mclcew and Matt Donnelly: Och Crivens! Carrie and Matt covered all the bases for a person to start fly fishing in Scotland
Wednesday 12th November: Jim Fisher took us on a tour of the Sulphur mayfly. Members tied emergers and duns, both very useful flies for trout.
EmergerTuesday 28th October: Tom McLaren presented a comprehensive look on fishing in Southwest Florida, covering places and flies.
Tuesday October 14: Lennon Barham did a great job tying a couple of flies for the assembled group. The Blow Torch and Lennon's Leach are both handy to have in your box.
Wednesday October 8 and Thursday October 9: Soldier On. HAFFT organized and ran the annual fly fishing introduction days for Canadain Forces Veterans.
Tuesday September 24: Keith Kierstead walked us through his rod building experiences, giving tips, advice and showing examples.
Tuesday September 17th: Brenda Clarke kicked off the fall season with fly a tying session. The Cormorant and The Mole fly, a mayfly emerger.