I recently joined fellow Heart Of America Fly Fishers Kevin Carril, Steve Hedgstrom and Ron Carruthers for four days of trout fishing on the famous San Juan River in northwest New Mexico. We stayed at the Soaring Eagle Lodge where we enjoyed scrumptious buffet breakfasts and mouth-watering dinners. After daylong guided fishing trips we lounged …
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Pike on a fly rod
What’s the old saying? Even a blind hog finds an acorn every once in a while? My long-time fishing buddy and fellow Heart Of America Fly Fishers member Bill Lindley boated this 42.5″ northern pike on a 7 weight fly rod recently. Where? Someplace between Nebraska and Canada. Wish I had been there to slap high fives with …
Heart Of America Fly Fishers
I always look forward to our One Fly Tournament. The last few years it has been held at Lake Of The Forest in Bonner Springs, KS. This is a very old residential lake surrounded by homes and is full of fat, sassy bass and bluegill. This year we were joined by some veterans from Project Healing Waters …
Heart of America Fly Fishers winter outing
As usual the Heart Of America Fly Fishers annual winter outing at Bennett Spring State Park near Lebanon, MO December 5th through 8th was a big success. Everyone enjoyed the picnic Saturday and the dinner that night at Ollie’s. Some trout were caught and released and this time the weather even cooperated (if you didn’t …
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Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing
Representing the Heart Of America Fly Fishers, Mark Borserine and I sat in with a couple of other fly tiers at the Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing meeting Tuesday night. PHWFF is an organization that helps wounded service men and women get into all aspects of fly fishing from rod building and fly tying to …
Annual Winter Outing: Heart Of America Fly Fishers
The HOAFF winter outing at Bennett Spring State Park is one of our most popular events each year. Always the first weekend in December, the weather is usually pleasant but this year Mother Nature out-did herself and smiled on us with 60-degree afternoons. A picnic lunch near the spring on Saturday, followed by more fishing …
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