Holiday Potluck Dinner and Auction

You are invited to our annual Holiday Potluck Dinner and Auction on Thursday, December 14. The event starts at 7pm at the Whippany American Legion Hall (in the basement room) 13-23 Legion Place, Whippany. Friends and family are welcome.

1. If you can, please bring something to share with others. If you don't cook you can always bring a pizza, fried chicken, a cold cut platter, cookies, jello (maybe not), or whatever you like. Don't forget serving utensils!

2. Big Daddy Jim will be the auctioneer. Donate for a worthy cause. Bring your surplus fishing related items for the live auction. Gently used equipment, fly tying supplies and tools, and clothing are welcome. Only bring items that will sell. No junk please!

3. There will be lots of great bargains. Bring cash or a check book. 

4. Click on the link below to sign up and get FREE tickets.  

https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/Hacklebarney-Tu-Pot-Luck-Dinner-And-Auction-86887

Fly Tying Monday, November 20th with Cliff Behrens

Hacklebarney TU fly tying instructor Cliff Behrens will be the lead tyer at our next fly tying session at the Parsippany Library, 449 Halsey Rd, Parsippany, on Monday, November 20th from 6:45pm to 8:45pm. We will be tying surface caddis flies. Attendees need only bring their vice, bobbin, bodkin, scissors, whip finish tool, and a spool of tan and black thread (size 6/0 or 8/0).  Cliff will furnish all other materials.

All are welcome. Admission is FREE! Please let me know if you’re able to come. htuprez@gmail.com


November 9th Chapter Meeting with Bill Sjovall

He’s back!! Former Hacklebarney TU president Bill Sjovall will be the speaker 7:30pm Thursday, November 9th, at the Whippany American Legion Hall. He will talk about striper fishing at Sandy Hook and Martha’s Vineyard. Be sure to come (and take notes) because Bill is about to reveal some of his secrets to catching big fish on flies from the beach. The fall striper migration is in full swing so you don’t want to miss this presentation.

Fly of the Month- Clouser’s Deep Minnow

The original Clouser Deep Minnow evolved from traditional bucktail streamers and was created in 1987 by Bob Clouser, a Pennsylvania fly shop owner and guide. The original patterns were intended for smallmouth bass on the Susquehanna River. The name Clouser Deep Minnow was coined by Lefty Kreh, a noted Fly Fishing writer in a 1989 article in Fly Fisherman. Today, the Clouser Deep Minnow is widely used for many species of both fresh and saltwater game fish. Lefty Kreh claims to have caught over 87 species of game fish on Clouser Deep Minnow flies.

Tie up six and bring them to the November chapter meeting. There will be two raffles!

I believe that this pattern is the most important and effective underwater fly developed in the past 20 years. During the past three years I have been able to catch 63 species of fish in fresh and saltwaters around the world with this pattern!

— Lefty Kreh 1994 in The Professionals' Favorite Flies