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…
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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…
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…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: The Stancev Caddis Larva Pattern
By Don Fine Our PVFF virtual fly tying sessions continue to be a success with over 20 members participating in each of the past 4 months. Thus, we are encouraged…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: The Leech-a-ma-call-it Pattern
By Don Fine We hope that all of you who have been participating in our virtual fly tying sessions have been both enjoying tying the various fly patterns and advancing…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: The Curly Tailed Jig Pattern
By Don Fine Over the past several months our Beginner’s Fly Tying class has focused on a series of relatively simple fly patterns representing several types of aquatic and terrestrial…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Tying Terrestrial Patterns
By Don Fine Over the past several months our Beginner’s (virtual) Fly Tying sessions have been a great success. We are thrilled to report again that over 20 club members…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear Nymph
By Don Fine This is the fourth installment in our series aimed at learning fundamental fly tying skills. Our goal is to tie a series of freshwater artificial flies, with…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Soft Hackle Wet Fly Patterns
By Don Fine The fly pattern which I chose for our May beginner’s tying is the soft hackle wet fly pattern. As such, we will tie two different soft hackle…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Light Cahill Pattern
By Don Fine As noted in our earlier Streamlines newsletters, the theme of our 2020 Beginner’s fly tying program is to focus on improving basic fly tying skills for the…
Beginner’s Fly Tying Class: Feb. 17, 2020
By Don Fine On February 17, we will launch our new Beginner’s Fly Tying program. This new fly tying program will provide basic fly tying instruction for those who have…
Changes to PVFF Fly Tying Classes in 2020
By Don Fine We are moving ahead with plans to make several changes to our Beginner’s fly tying class, starting on Feb. 17th. We anticipate that the new Beginner’s program…
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