2022 Monthly Meeting and Guest Speaker Information
HPD Monthly Meeting and Guest Speaker Information
The Monthly meetings are always the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Meeting locations is - The Original Brooklyn's -
2644 W Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80204
Time - Starts at 6pm
January
HPD Trips for 2022
Our annual trips meeting We will select locations and trip captains. This is always a great meeting. If you would like to suggest a location and be the trip captain this is the meeting for you.
February
Cancelled Due to Snow Storm
March
Michell White - Tumbling Trout
"Subaru-able Brookie Venues in South Park"
Many brookie fishing venues in South Park are easily accessible in a sedan type of car with public access to streamside fishing with parking, toilets, and maintained footpaths. These high alpine creeks and ponds are a great way to escape the summer fishing pressure we see at better known fly fishing venues in South Park, such as the Dream Stream and Eleven Mile Canyon. Another positive aspect of fly fishing for brookies at these higher elevations, is that the air temperature is cooler and the air quality is wonderful above the haze of smoke during wildfire season.
April
Scott Thompson - Sober on the Fly
Scott is a great storyteller and draws from 20 years experience as a guide. A Colorado native; he can take an audience back 40 years to the rise and fall of many of the great fisheries of the west. He is also an accomplished writer, filmmaker and comedian. His documentary short “ Breaking Through the Story of Larry Fivecoats “ traveled the world in the 2015 Flyfishing Film Tour. It was also a feature selection in the G.I. Film Festival.
May 18th
Rick Mikesell - Trouts
Rick Mikesell is a Denver, CO Native, and while growing up in Trout Country, has focused his fishing career on the under the radar Warm Water Opportunities of Colorado, in particular; Carp. Rick is the Operations Manager of Trouts Fly Fishing. In addition to managing the retail business, guides and teaches Warm Water Fly Fishing Schools, is a regular speaker on the topic(s) for fishing clubs and fly fishing events, and contributed the Denver South Platte Chapters to Pat Dorsey’s Fly Fishing Guide to the South Platte River. Rick loves exploring and fishing all Colorado has to offer with his beautiful Wife and 3 awesome kids!
Night Fishing Presentation
Night Fishing Opportunities on the Colorado Front Range
For those busy with work, kids, life, etc. The prospect of a Full Day of Fly Fishing, and the hours of drive time included can be out of the cards. How do we get our fix when there are not enough hours in the day? Stay close to home, and learn how to fool fish after dark. Night Fishing, while introducing some unique challenges, can also provide solitude and excellent fishing for those willing to venture out under the cover of Darkness.
June
Jeff Powles - Fish On Colorado
Learn the locations and bugs by season to fish the upper stretches of the Colorado River
July
No Meeting this month
August
Greg Frick - Tied for a Purpose
September
Project Healing Waters
October
Nothing Scheduled
November
Peter Stitcher - Ascent Fly fishing
Entomology 101
December
Christmas Party
Date TBD