Getting Set Up for the BIG Fly Tying Material Giveaway on Monday January 12th starting at 5:30 pm at Reliance Oilfield Services learning Centre

Adam has started organizing all of the give away tying material from Evan Ritchie's tying area! The massive amount of tying material is all free. Please come and help yourself. Bring your tying friends. Bring shopping bags to carry all of your tying material home!

....please make a donation to Freshwater Conservation Canada on behalf of the Ritchie Family!

 

The Great Fly Tying Materials Give Away Starts on Monday January 12th at 5:30 pm

 This is going to be epic and you do not want to miss this event!

Monday January 12th starting at 5:30 pm at Reliance Oilfield Services Learning Centre!

Evan Ritchie was one of the founders of our fly tying club! Sadly we lost Evan a year and a half ago. His basement was full of fly tying material that he gathered, sold and used for the last 50 years. Hooks, hackle, dubbing, feathers, tools, and so much more.

So far we have two truckloads of tying material. Yep two truck loads.

We are giving it all away but we are asking everyone to make an appropriate donation to Freshwater Conservation Canada (previously Trout Unlimited Canada) when you pick up the tying material. 

Bring shopping bags (several) and you are welcome to take what you want! We want it all gone!

If there is time after, we will pack the material up and have a continuation of our pheasant tail workshop.

Our first priority is to give away the material to our club members first!

Tying with Ring Neck Pheasant to Kick Off 2026!

My youngest grandson just had to have a ring neck pheasant feather! Of course he took it home!

Frank Sawyer back in the 1950s designed the first pheasant tail patterns. Since then 100's of variants have appeared. Ring necked pheasant is an excellent material, especially if you have mayflies in your local area! Tonight we tied several variations of pheasant tail nymphs. Each and everyone of these patterns is in my fly box! In the past year, Yvon Chouinard, Craig Matthews and Mauro Mazzo published an excellent book. The book is all about fly patterns based on using pheasant as the main ingredient! The authors also have suggested that we tend to use way too many fly patterns. Simplify! Presentations is the key with a fly pattern at the right depth.

Next week is a BIG one. We will be giving away Evan Ritchie's fly tying material. We have two full truck loads of tying materials and reference books. Bring several shopping bags or containers. We want to get all of this tying material in the hands of tyers from our club. All we ask is for you to give a donation to Freshwater Conservation. It doesn't have to be a big donation. More details to come!!!!!!

Original Pheasant Tail tied with copper wire and pheasant!

CDC Red Tag with a Pheasant Body

Caddis Pupa

Two variations of a Flashback Pheasant Tail

Evan Ritchie