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The Flyline 2 September/October 2013

Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association Membership Application

□ New □ Renewal □ Change of Address Information

Check membership category:□ $25 Member□ $10 Youth Member (18 and under) □ $15 Senior Member (65 or older)□ $45 Family Membership□ $300 Life Member

Conservation Contribution: □ $10 (Glass)□ $20 (Graphite)□ $30 (Boron)□ $_______ (Cane, over $50)

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Make checks payable to Hawkeye FlyFishing Association and mail to:

Hawkeye Fly Fishing AssociationP.O. Box 8145

Cedar Rapids, IA 52408

Need More Information?Cedar Rapids Fly Fishers:Lance Zook [email protected] Iowa Fly Fishers:James [email protected] Fly Fishers:Don Cox [email protected] City Chapter:Don Lund [email protected] Cities Chapter:Fred [email protected]

I would like to report on the fishing, but since, at the time of this writing, the

temperature has climbed into the high 90’s, and stayed there. I have lost some of my enthu-

siasm for getting out and playing with the fishes. I guess I’m not so much worried about the stress on the fish as I am on the fisherman. I’m sure it will change soon, it’s Iowa you know, and then I can try to play catch up. I will have to hurry, though; it always seems like a very short time between the dog days of summer and the cold winds of November.

It has been an eventful year so far, in this issue, Dan Peterson writes about the successful Blue Gill Outing. The State Fair demonstrations were well attended and the State Fair Fly Tying competitions impressed a lot of people that came through the DNR Building, and is covered in this issue by Larry Murphy. Also, if this issue is another short story by Brian Comiskey, he is a prolific writer and I’m sure you will enjoy his latest endeavor.

This fall, which is coming up faster than this old fisherman is ready for, holds some interesting events. Wild Women of the Woods will be held on October 5 in Story County and the DNR’s Fly Fishing and Tying Outdoor Experience will be held at Springbrook Park the first weekend of October. The Casting for Recov-ery will be coming up on October 13 and the Trout Outing is September 27th – 29th.

You will notice in the column at my right is a newly revamped dues structure, it has been very much sim-plified, we tried to keep the increase minimal, but the main point I want you to look at is how much simpler the categories are, there are now five categories in-stead of the former eleven. Also, there is added a list of donations that will be earmarked for our conserva-tion work that is rated by your favorite fly rod materi-als.

Don’t forget to mark your calendar, the Annual Show will be held On February 21-23. Tight Lines,

Larry NidayPresident, HFFA


2013 Board of Directors

Larry Niday, President 1210 East Robinson St.

Knoxville, IA [email protected]

John Miller , Vice President1890 Wood St.

Dubuque, IA [email protected]

Ryan Maas, Secretary 620 Ronalds St.

Iowa City, IA [email protected]

Brad Mullin, TreasurerP.O. Box 8145

Cedar Rapids, IA [email protected]

Brain Comiskey, Conservation Director1943 Partridge Lane Waterloo, IA 50701

[email protected]

Gary Woederhoff, Director2945 Brueck Rd.

Dubque , IA [email protected]

Kate Lodge, Director209 S. Vail

Geneseo, IL [email protected]

Lance Zook, Director518 37th St NE

Cedar Rapids, IA 52402l.a.zook@mchsi,com

Cynthia Schaeffer, Director718 Barkwood Lane NECedar Rapids, IA [email protected]

November 2013Nov. 3: Quad Cities ChapterMeeting: 6 p.m.Riverdale Fire Station110 Manor Drive Riverdale, IA

Nov. 11:Dubuque Fly FishersMeeting: 6 p.m.Swiss Valley Nature CenterMatt Wagner from the Driftless Angler

Nov. 16:Central Iowa Fly FishersMeeting: 9 a.m.Room 10 Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart Church510 E 1st StAnkeny, IA 50021

Nov. 17: Quad Cities ChapterMeeting: 6 p.m.Riverdale Fire Station

Nov. 25:Dubuque Fly FishersMeeting: 7 p.m.Swiss Valley Nature CenterFly-tying with Mike Jacobs

December 2013Dec. 8: Quad Cities ChapterMeeting: 6 p.m.Riverdale Fire Station110 Manor Drive Riverdale, IA

Dec. 9 :Dubuque Fly FishersMeeting: 7 p.m.Swiss Valley Nature Center

Dec. 21:Central Iowa Fly FishersMeeting: 9 a.m.Room 10 Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart Church

Dec. 22: Quad Cities ChapterMeeting: 6 p.m.Riverdale Fire Station

The Flyline is the official publication of the Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association. It is published in January, March, May, July, September and November. The HFFA is a chapter of the International Federation of the Fly Fishers.

Articles may be submitted as an MS Word or text file. Typed, printed orclearly handwritten articles are also accepted. Photos can be prints or can be submitted digitally and saved with a resolution of ideally 300 dpi and a size of 6x8 inches. The deadline for each issue is the first day of the month prior to publication.

Send all materials to:C/O Brad MullinP.O. Box 8145Cedar Rapids, IA 52408 (319) [email protected]

HFFA Webpage: http://www.hawkeyeflyfishing.com

Calendar of Events

2014 HFFA 40TH ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL FLY FISHING SHOW

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Bob Clouser, Scott Sanchez and Terry and Roxanne Wilson scheduled to speak.

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Graveyards“The dead don’t fish...” said the man with one missing tooth and overalls behind the counter of the local gas station. At least that is what I was told when I asked him about the best fishing spot in town. You see I had to stop in town because my truck was not running well and finally died on my way to another remote fishing spot. Oh sure it started again but lately I haven’t been able to rely on it like I once had. I will have to take it in when I get back because fishing in remote places is the last place you want your truck not to start.

Now I was modifying my plans so as not to travel any further. I figured who better to ask than a local with the sign that said bait in the window. What I didn’t except was the location. I was told the best location was past the old graveyard at the edge of town. It’s remote, and not many people go there because of the graveyard. Also, I was told there are some deep pools that may hold some holdover trout as well. It sound-ed almost too good to be true. On the second attempt to start the truck it roared to life and I headed out of town following the old man’s di-rections. There is nothing like those old rural towns in old America. I just hope the pipe tobacco I was sold is not as old as the guy behind the counter. Oh well, it is probably fine since he had a corn cob pipe hanging from his mouth, even if it wasn’t lit.

Well the graveyard hadn’t looked like they had used it in a while with the grass being overgrown and all the old tombstones. There were no trails to the stream but I could hear the rush of the water nearby. I parked the truck at the edge of the entrance to the graveyard and before I could turn it off it died again. I hope she

starts later.

The radio had said a small front was moving into the area so I had better hurry and catch the best of the dropping barometric pressure. I will have to admit it is creepy to walk through a graveyard on your way to fishing spot with gear in hand. One can’t help but look at some of the names and dates on the tomb-stones. It almost feels a little disrespectful in a way and creepy.

I’m not sure if I was hurrying along because of the graveyard or the threat of the rain coming but I made it to the back of the graveyard. There were two dilapi-dated stone pillars with old worn gargoyles protect-ing the entrance and an old rusted gate. The old man said the stream was at the back through the gate and right there. All I see if a thicket of bushes so thick and knotted trees with low hanging branches. Casting will be difficult that’s for sure and I will have to be dead accurate with my casts. Poor choice of words I guess considering the location.

Anyway, like the old man said “The dead don’t fish” and I was here to fish. The stream is just beyond the brush. After rigging I looked at the brush and left my pack and extra rod near the knotted oak so as to make my way through the thorny thicket easier. Vines wrapped around the trunk of the tree and kept trip-ping me as I made my way and grabbing at me feet. “Ouch!” A thorn caught me across the cheek.

Finally, I made it through to the stream bank.In front of me was a big, dark deep pool the surface was calm. The water was not as clear as I would have liked but it was not muddy from runoff either. It was just dark water: either the shadow of the tress, its depth or something. But there seemed to be no reflec-tion on it either. I kept squinting and then removing my sunglasses to see if that would help me see better into the pool. No such luck.

Conservation Corner -Brian Comiskey


Maybe the old man lied and there is nothing in this damn stream. I know I hadn’t seen it on the DNR’s trout list. But all water is connected is the motto and some of the fish just might have made it here with heavy rains over the years. One thing is for sure. This place is remote and no one has been here in a long time and “The dead don’t fish.” So if they’re here they will be here.

At least it’s quiet, almost too quiet. As a matter fact you don’t hear too may sounds at all. What’s weird is the rushing of the water that drew you to the location seems to be gone and the water is calm, dead calm. Before you can ponder that anymore you tangle on one of the low branches and it snaps of easily enough being old and dry.

You bring the tiny branch over with your fly and leader wrapped around it; a tangled mess.You can see the dark clouds rolling in. It’s getting colder too. You decide to just cut the line and tie on a new tippet and fly. No real wind so that’s good. Then there is the first flash in the distance. Still very far away but soon you may have to run and take cover if it gets closer since your fishing graphite. With the new tippet and fly back on and the skies darkening. You make another cast. The fly sinks immediately even with ample fly floatant applied. It should float for sure but it doesn’t. Maybe it’s the water.

Another cast and same thing. You decide not to fight it and just put on a nymph. That’s when you see it. Floating down the stream ever so slowly in the calm deep pool. What is it? It’s a doll; an old plastic doll floating towards you. As it floats by you notice the old tattered dress it has on but what stands out is the lack of eyes. It has just deep dark sockets where they used to be. That was creepy you think to yourself. Just then the sky lights up again and your reflection on the water next to the doll gives you a start. You hear the distant low, deep rumble of thunder.

You look around and try to get your composure as the doll slips out of sight downstream. You reach into your satchel and take out your pipe and tobacco. You go to light your pipe and your matches don’t seem to

catch. No matter how much you try they won’t light. They must be wet or something. But it’s not raining. It can’t be the breeze either because there isn’t one. You just let the pipe dangle in your mouth unlit and decide to go back to casting.

That’s when you hear it; the sound of a chain rattling. A fish stringer you think. You didn’t see any cars. There it is again! You turn quick but there is no one there. For sure someone is behind you but you can’t see through the thick brush. “Who’s there?” is all you say as you let your drift go down unattended. A little louder you say again, “I said who’s there?” You don’t hear a sound. As a matter of fact you don’t even hear the birds any longer, just the distant rumble of thun-der. You shake your head trying to snap yourself out of it: the water, the storm the graveyard. You’re just creeping yourself out you think to yourself. “The dead don’t fish...” you say to yourself out loud but softy.

After a short time and not hearing a sound you turn back to the stream to attend to your fly that is against the bank and wrapped around another branch. You break it off this time. You sigh and think this place is not so good. There is another flash and again the low deep rumble of thunder just louder and more ominous. You look over your shoulder towards the direction of the noise; you don’t hear or see anyone.

That’s when you remember you left your backpack and extra rod just on the other side of the thorn bushes at the edge of the graveyard. You better go check on the stuff. The last thing you want is the someone taking your old Battenkill, the cast version, because they stopped making them and they are difficult to come by anymore.


As you struggle though the thicket again the storm is rapidly approaching it seems. The temperature is drop-ping, it’s much darker and the wind is picking up. The good thing is there is no rain, yet. Your gear is right were you left it. Nothing’s been touched.

Then you hear it. A splash right from where you just came. Not the rise of a fish but a distant splash of someone or something in the water. You try to look through the thickest but it’s too dark now and the brush too thick. As you edge closer trying to peer through the thicket your foot bumps into something. You look down and there is the doll from the river laying there. No eyes just dark black sockets looking at you with her arm stretched out pointing; almost ac-cusatorial. It can’t be is all you think. Just then a flash in the sky lights up the area and you see a dark shadow just on the other side of the thicket.

This is too much. You grab your gear and start head-ing to the car. It’s starting to rain now. The lighting and flash are closer and faster now. Another flash lights up the sky and casts an eerie shadows over the graveyard from the crypts and tombstones. The gate you came though at the back of the graveyard near the gargoyles is locked. It wasn’t like that before. You hear the stinger rattling again only this time it sounds deeper as if made from thicker links. You toss your gear over the fence and looking up at the gargoyles casting an evil shadow you go up and over the gate landing in the graveyard.

You pick up your gear and start moving quickly through. No not that way! You think. In the low light with the dark shadows from the flashes and the rain on your glasses the graves look alike. This is definitely the wrong way. You didn’t pass any open graves on your way in. You turn left and start moving faster. Running now.

You hear more sounds but you don’t recognize them; maybe the moaning of the trees in the wind? It has to be. You keep moving. You’re getting closer to the

truck now. You run past the old rusty gate hanging off its hinges and make a full on sprint towards the truck as the rain is coming down. You reach the truck and fumble with the keys and open the door. You toss your gear into the back of the truck as fast as you can. With one hand on the door handle you look back one last time through the pouring rain.

What you see stops you cold. To the edge of the graveyard is a figure near the broken gate. There is another flash in the sky from the lighting and immedi-ately followed by the roar of thunder. You get a quick glimpse of the figure from the light of the flash; a girl, a young girl standing in an old tattered dress. She is barefoot and in a dress of off white but from the looks of it dirty and wet with a menacing grin. Where did she come from? You think to yourself.

You hop in the truck and close the door. You look out the window one last time. You see her slowly raise her arm pointing at you with a deep dark scowl on her face. You can’t see her eyes from the flashes they only cause deep dark shadows. Something is not right about her but you can’t seem to put your finger on it. The hair on the back of your neck is standing up. Be-fore you can say a word, you turn the ignition key only you have nothing happen. You quickly turn it again: nothing. Then you hear her... from the distance. She says in a deeper than expected eerie voice. “Hey mister, have you seen my doll?”

Pipe smoke and fish rise. - Brian Comiskey


All photos: Lance Zook

Project AWARE is an Iowa DNR program that encourages stewardship of Iowa’s rivers. Each year they choose a river to float and clean it by picking up trash along the way. During this year, they floated 91 miles of the Des Moines and Boone Rivers, cleaning as they went. The project attracted 343 participants

during the week and generated 32 tons of trash, recycling 87% of what they picked up. The HFFA is a proud sponsor of Project AWARE, and we try to get involved as much as we can to keep the project viable. In addi-tion to financial sponsorship, we also try to entertain and educate the participants along their route.

At some of the overnight stop overs, they schedule an event for the participants, and each year, they ask us to give them a program on fly fishing. So on Saturday, July 6, the HFFA, through the efforts of the Central Iowa Fly Fishers, presented a program at Veterans Park in Algona. The HFFA has been involved in this program for seven years, with the CIFF taking the responsibility the last four of those years.

Mike Schrader and Steve Veysey were participants on the AWARE float trip and were there also as CIFF mem-bers. Mike ramrodded the event and Steve was there to help wherever he could. Martin Acerbo brought the equipment and set up fly tying stations on the picnic tables at the shelter house. With him were Tom Wolske, Bob Bernard, David Oliver, and Dale Sanders. Fly casting lessons were given on the soccer field by Lance Zook, Paul Domoto and Larry Niday.

The AWARE folks were very interested in learning fly fishing and enjoyed the program and afterward provided us with a very nice chicken dinner before our trip home. It was an enjoyable day and we look forward to doing this again next year.

2013 Project AWARE - Larry Niday


The second Iowa State Fair Fly Tying competition was held at the 2013 Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. This competition has been developed and sponsored by the Hawkeye Fly Fishing Association (HFFA) with support of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR). There were 44 flies entered into

the competition from across the state. This year’s judges were Dean Elder (Marshalltown), Larry Young (Des Moines) and James Barnhart (Des Moines). There were four categories; dry flies, wet/nymph flies, streamer flies, and open. There are 3 divisions (Expert, Adult and Junior). The judges awarded three places for each category. The judging took place at the Fair on Thursday, August 8th. After the judging was completed, the awards were presented by the judges on the DNR stage. During the awards, the judges discussed the character-istics they were looking for in each category to make their decisions.

The flies were on display in the DNR building on the fairgrounds during the entire fair. On the Saturday’s of the fair, HFFA provided a demonstration on the basics of fly fishing in Iowa. Also two fly tiers were present by the competition display to demonstrate fly tying.

The competition and the demonstrations were a well attended and were of interest to many fair attendees.We thank all the Iowans who entered flies for the competition. We look forward to the 2014 Iowa State Fair.

Junior DivisionDry Category

1st Place - Ashlynn Niday, Knoxville, Iowa - Quill Gordon2nd Place - Logan Loney, Decorah, Iowa

Wet fly/Nymph Category1st Place - Ashlynn Niday, Knoxville, Iowa - Pink Spider

Open Category1st Place - Ashlynn Niday, Knoxville, Iowa - Green Butt Shunk2nd Place - Logan Loney, Decorah, Iowa - Brown Bucktail Jig

Steamer Fly Category1st Place - Logan Loney, Decorah, Iowa - Clouser Black/Green

2nd Place - Ashlynn Niday, Knoxville, Iowa - Chartreuse and Black Popsicle

2013 Iowa State Fair Fly Tying Competition- Larry Murphy


Expert DivisionDry Category

1st Place - Jared Koenigsfeld, Greene Iowa - Snow Fly Film Critic2nd Place - Mike Jacobs, Monticello, Iowa - Callibaetis Parachute

Wet fly/Nymph Category1st Place - Jared Koenigfeld, Greene, Iowa - Spring Baetis2nd Place - Mike Jacobs, Monticello, Iowa - Dusty Brown

Open Category1st Place - Mike Jacobs, Monticello, Iowa - Stealth Bomber

Steamer Fly Category1st Place - Jared Koenigsfeld, Greene, Iowa - Articulated Dead Drift

Rainbow2nd Place - Mike Jacobs, Monticello, Iowa - Bead Head Shimmer Leech

Adult DivisionDry Category

1st Place - Lee Schulteis, Perry, Iowa - Yellow Stimulator2nd Place - Mike Schrader, Des Moines, Iowa - Snow Midge

3rd Place - Tom Wolske, Ames, Iowa - Tea Bag Caddis

Wet fly/Nymph Category1st Place - Tom Wolske, Ames, Iowa - Lord Baltimore

2nd Place - Jesse Bainter, Pleasant Hill, Iowa - Zinger Dinger3rd Place - Marcus Samson, Ames, Iowa

Open Category1st Place - Jesse Bainter, Pleasant Hill, Iowa - Zoo Cougar

2nd Place - Larry Murphy, Ankeny, Iowa - Foam Beetle3rd Place - David Rosset, Des Moines, Iowa - Clouser Minnow

Steamer Fly Category1st Place - Jesse Bainter, Pleasant Hill, Iowa - XL Meal Ticket

2nd Place - Lee Schulteis, Perry, Iowa - Thunder Creek3rd Place - Larry Murphy, Ankeny, Iowa - Fatal Attraction


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