Session Overview Leeches are among the many ‘fish foods’ which freshwater fish species consume, whenever these annelids are available. Worm-like in their behavior, freshwater leeches can be found near vegetation…
Category: Beginner’s Fly Tying
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Beck’s Super Beetle
Session Overview Our session for April 19 (7:00 PM) is an opportunity for our class participants to ‘step outside the box’ when it comes to learning to tie terrestrial fly…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Red Tag (Wet & Dry)
Session Overview Realizing that spring trout season is upon us, I sought to find a fly pattern which would provide our Beginner’s class with new tying techniques and a pattern…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Dirty Bird
Session Overview The fly pattern chosen for the February 15 Beginner’s Fly Tying class is “The Dirty Bird.” We chose this fly pattern to honor Bob Abraham, long time member…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Two Winter Patterns
Download Print Instructions Session Overview Our first Beginner’s Fly Tying session of 2022 will be held January 18 at Trinity United Methodist Church, starting at 7:00 PM. Seeing that winter…
Combined Beginner’s and Advanced Fly Tying: Dubbing Tips and Techniques
In this session, we have decided to focus on a tying technique rather than tying a specific fly pattern. As such, the class will focus on the application of dubbing…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: CDC Elk Hair Caddis
The fly pattern chosen for the November tying session is the CDC Elk Hair Caddis. Fall water temperatures make caddisfly patterns i.e. the CDC Elk Hair Caddis a perfect candidate…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Green Eyed Damselfly Nymph
The fly pattern chosen for the next Beginner’s tying session will be the Green Eyed Damsel nymph. Damselflies are present spring through fall each year. As such, different species of…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Ant Pattern
Over the past year, our PVFF Beginner’s Fly Tying sessions have covered a wide variety of fish food forms; mayfly, stonefly and caddisfly nymphs, as well as the emergent forms…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Pat’s Rubber Legs
The fly pattern which I have selected for the July beginner’s fly tying program is Pat’s Rubber Legs. Named after its creator, Pat Bennett, this fly is considered a great…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Emergent Sparkle Pupa
The fly pattern which I chose for the June Beginner’s class is the Emergent Sparkle Pupa, perhaps one of the “best kept secrets” for fishing trout and some of the…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Bead Head Bunny Leech
Our PVFF Beginner’s fly tying classes have been a tremendous success over the past year, despite the handicaps of the COVID pandemic. Almost monthly more and more of our members…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Cicada (Magicicada cassini)
The fly pattern chosen for the April Beginner’s fly tying is an imitation of a six-legged insect, i.e. a cicada. Why did we choose this pattern? For two reasons. First…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Dark Cahill
The fly pattern which I have chosen for the March Beginner’s fly tying is the Dark Cahill dry fly. First, a brief history of the Cahill fly pattern. In the…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Prince Nymph
As we continue with our virtual Beginner’s Fly Tying program in 2021, I want to briefly reflect on the success of our PVFF members in learning to tie artificial flies…