The Advanced Fly Tying meeting will be held at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, July 13, at Trinity United Methodist Church. Note that the July session is one week earlier than…
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Beginner’s Fly Tying: White Miller Emerging & Emergent Variations
Print Instructions Session Overview At our July Beginner fly tying session we will be tying both a White Miller wet fly and dry fly. I chose these patterns for our…
Advanced Fly Tying: Miller Wet Fly
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering on June 15th at 7:00 PM, Ray Ouellette will show us how to tie the Miller Wet Fly. This is ideal for fishing the…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Black Ant
Tying the Dubbed Fur Ant and Foam Ant: Print Instructions Session Overview The fly pattern chosen for our June fly tying class is the ‘common’ black ant. Ants are among…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Rabbit-strip Leech
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…
Advanced Fly Tying: Diawl Bach & Coco y Bonddu
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering on May 18th at 7:00 PM, Martyn Holland will show us how to tie the Diawl Bach and Coch y Bonddu. These are flies…
Advanced Fly Tying: Extended Body Mayfly
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering on April 20 at 7:00 PM, Nina Cleven will show us how to tie the Extended Body Mayfly. This is a great fly to have…
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…
Advanced Fly Tying: Little Black Stone Fly & Yellow Tailed Black Fly
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering on March 16 at 7:00 PM, Randy Underwood will show us how to tie the little black stone fly for early trout and his…
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…
Advanced Fly Tying: the Circus Peanut
At our February Advanced Fly Tying gathering on Feb. 16 at 7:00 PM, Joe Walther will tie the Circus Peanut fly — an articulated streamer that is essentially two wooly…
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…
Advanced Fly Tying: Three Dollar Dip
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering, on January 19 at 7:00 PM, I will tie the Three Dollar Dip (aka serendipity), an effective and simple nymph pattern. We will meet…
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…