Update: Photos It was so nice to meet in person at Andy Mekelburg’s house for our Advanced Fly Tying get-together on June 16. Here are a few images from club…
Category: Fly Tying
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…
Advanced Fly Tying: Antonio’s Quill Midge
Our next Advanced Fly Tying session will be Wednesday, May 19th. Nina Cleven is going to show us how to tie the Antonio’s Quill Midge. The thin body that a quill creates…
Let’s Tie a Clouser Deep Minnow on Zoom
On May 4th 2021 at 7pm, PVFF Club Member Rick Loose will demonstrate, via Zoom, how to tie a Clouser Deep Minnow. Members who are interested in tying the fly…
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…
Advanced Fly Tying: the Peeping Caddis
Our next Advanced Fly Tying session will be Wednesday, April 21st. Martyn Holland is going to show us how to tie the Peeping Caddis. At our last virtual tying session,…
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…
Advanced Fly Tying: Panfish Wiggler and the Bluegill Killer
Our next Advanced Fly Tying session will be Wednesday, March 17th. Randy Underwood is going to show us how to tie two awesome flies for blue gill — The Panfish…
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…
First Advanced Fly Tying Gathering: the X-Caddis
After several months of talking about it and planning it, we had our first Advanced Fly Tying meeting via Zoom on Wednesday, January 20. Don Fine led the evening and…
It’s Time for the Spring Fly Swap
As we have for the past few years, our club will host a spring fly swap for 2021. Here are the details: tie twelve flies to be shared with other…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Egg-Sucking Leech
By Don Fine Hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday and that these early winter days have given you an opportunity to relax with a favorite beverage, while you tie…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Squirmy Worm and Glo Bug (Salmon Egg)
By Don Fine The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on us all, but despite these hardships our Beginner’s Fly Tying continues to be a success, with more than 20 of…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Zebra Midge and Griffith’s Gnat
By Don Fine Our PVFF Beginner’s Fly Tying session for November is a continuance of our fly tying theme for this year, with patterns chosen to represent a different category…
PVFF to Start an Advanced Fly Tying Group
By Larry Forte In January, PVFF plans to start an Advanced Fly Tying Group. This will be similar to our very successful Advanced Roundtable from the past, but with a…
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