Bart Durham

Please join the ISA in welcoming Brad Miller of flybass.com for what promises to be an informative and entertaining evening of smallmouth discussion.  Brad will talk about his years of experience in fishing for smallmouth bass in the Midwest and will  show us how to make his deadly topwater poppers.  Here is the zoom link for the event:

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Topic: ISA Seminar with Brad Miller of Flybass.com
Time: Mar 15, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Don't want to miss this zoom event one week from today, so make sure to get on your calendars.  

Thanks Rich.  I love the whopper plopper but man are they expensive, so I'll have to check out this hopefully cheaper alternative.

Don't forget to join us tomorrow night for our ISA Zoom seminar presenting Wisconsin Smallmouth/Muskie guide Abe Downs.   The Seminar begins at 7 pm and promises to be a fun and entertaining evening, and includes a Q & A session.  Here is the zoom link to join us (If you need the full link see above):

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ISA is pleased to announce that Midwest Waters Angling Co Guides', Mike Allen and Kurt Nelson, will present a Zoom seminar on Wednesday, March 10 at 6:00 pm.  Mike and Kurt will talk about their Illinois guide service, the fish they target and methods used.  Please join us for what promises to be a very entertaining evening.  Attached is the zoom link invite for the seminar:

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Topic: ISA Zoom seminar with guide, Mike Allen of Midwest Waters Angling Co.
Time: Mar 10, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Ryan, another necessity for your fly box is the bugle bug popper, imo even a superior summertime topwater fly to the ant. You might have to purchase this one however, as they are difficult to make on your own, or so I am told.

The Chernobyl ant is a great summertime topwater fly that smallmouth love on the dead drift! The ones you tied should fish very well>

Colin, I don't believe you need to download the zoom app to attend.  If you have a desktop computer  or smart phone, just click on link provided for the event and that should bring you into the event.  

Jim, sorry you can't make it tonight but alas our Zoom seminar with Gordon tonight will be recorded and available for view by our members on a later date. Nothing like being there live however, so hopefully you can attend a future ISA zoom presentation.

Good point Jay, same logic my apply to the Channahon dam on the Dupage River and Dayton dam on the Fox river.

Article from Chicago Tribune:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/environment/ct-brandon-road-asian-carp-20210202-gpksnlzlvbgfnmuty6qcciwa5m-story.html

Ryan, maybe we can tie this fly at Terry'szoom  open fly session on the 14th of this month?

Van texted me photos of the two flies he tied at the event and I was so impressed I had to post them here, I hope you don't mind Van:

Here is the complete zoom invite link for Gordon's seminar:

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Topic: ISA Zoom Seminar with Gordon Patriarca
Time: Feb 10, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Thank you Jim for being our introductory zoom tier and showing us how to tie this beautiful fly.  I know all 12 of our participants greatly enjoyed your presentation.  We recorded the tying session and hope to have it up on the ISA website soon for those who couldn't make it .Unfortunately, I did not post the entire zoom invite link for Jim's event.  My apologies for this  and I will make sure to include the complete invite link in our future zoom invites.  At least we have it recorded for those who missed it due to this omission.  Here are some photos Terry took from Jim's tying session:

Here is the link again for tonight's zoom tie with Jim Wright that begins at 6 pm 

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Please feel free to join us even if you won't be tying.

Welcome aboard Jay, if not tonight hopefully you can join us soon for one of our zoom fly tying sessions we will be conducting this winter.  I agree that Hickory Creek is an underrated gem and we need to do everything possible to keep it a strong smallmouth stream.  Lets talk more about what the ISA can do in the future to help with those efforts.

Please join us on Tuesday, February 23rd at 7:00 pm for what promises to be an enjoyable evening with Wisconsin fishing guide, Abe Downs of Great Northern Fly Fishing.  Abe will share with us his experiences in guiding and fly fishing for smallmouth and muskie in Wisconsin's northern waters over many years with a Q & A to follow.  Below is the Zoom meeting link to attend same:

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Topic: ISA Zoom Seminar with Abe Downs
Time: Feb 23, 2021 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Please join us for what promises to be an entertaining evening with ISA member Gordon Patriarca who will discuss his years of experience in fishing some of Wisconsin's best Smallmouth streams and the start of his new Wisconsin fish guiding service to be followed by a Q &A session.  Below is the zoom link to attend same:

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Fantastic news!

Van, good to know, please share with us pros and cons of your zoom tying experience.  ISA is purchasing a special camera for the close up tying demonstrations. We hope to do several this winter.   I look forward to hearing about your trip out west last fall.

ISA will host its first zoom fly tying session on Sunday, January 24th at 6:00 pm.   ISA member Jim Wright has kindly agreed to demonstrate the "Fuzzy Minnow" fly. This is a phenomenal smallmouth fly.

Materials needed for this fly tying session include the following:

A size 1 predator hook;

a sculpting flash fiber brush (in shrimp color);

white buck tail;

white strung maribou;

6mm tabbed eyes;

Jim mentioned he purchases the fiber brush from Mad River Outfitters (Columbus, OH)

Here is the zoom link invite for the fly tying session:

Topic: ISA Zoom Fly Tying Session with Jim Wright
Time: Jan 24, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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This will be our first ISA zoom fly tying session so there may be a few kinks to work out during the process.  Our goal is to have two zoom fly tying sessions per month until the spring fishing season begins.  If any members are interested in demonstrating a fly pattern on future zoom sessions, or if there are any questions about this, please let us know.

So sorry to hear about this, he is a legend.