Club Meeting – Kyle Hammond of Indiana Kayak Fishing Journal

February Club Meeting
Doors open at 6:00pm meeting starts at 7:00pm.

This month’s featured speaker will be our own club member Kyle Hammond. Kyle should need no introduction, but if he does, he’s the man behind the camera filming most of our meetings and events. He has also been a previous guest speaker.
Kyle is a young, enthusiastic angler, who along with his wife and Father are absolute fishing fanatics. Always looking for a way to be on the water, Kyle takes on the – “If it has fins and swims, I want to try and catch it” approach to his fishing.
Kyle is also the founder and producer of Indiana Kayak Fishing Journal on YouTube. You can follow along and find a plethora of information on many different species of fish, tips, techniques, kayak know-how, gear, etc. for many local waters.
Not one to shy away from the “exotic or unusual”, Kyle will be presenting a program featuring “Gar on the Fly”. He is somewhat of a pioneer in this endeavor here locally we feel. While Kyle has fished for multiple species of Gar with conventional gear, he holds the current Indiana state record for “short nose gar”, he has become more excited about the possibilities, techniques and what’s out on the horizon for fly fishing for gar in our local waters. Kyle recently caught and released what possibly may have been a record “spotted gar” here in northeast Indiana. But we’ll let him tell the story. Love them or hate them, Gar are a fascinating prehistoric species, a carryover from the last ice age. They will test your wits and your tackle, offer something new and exciting on the fly.
Kyle will cover the various species of Gar available to Hoosier anglers. Where and how to locate gar, and the different water types in which they live. He will present thoughts and ideas on the variety of equipment choices and flies used for gar, as well as how to set up and use a kayak for chasing these local dinosaurs. Kyle will highlight his presentation with video footage and photographs and will share different tips that have brought him success. Unusual, yes. Exciting, absolutely. Join us for a great night of fishing.