Central Alberta Fly Tying Club

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Gearing Up for Another Fly Tying Season

A trophy brook trout Karen caught at the Wood River that flows out of Fortress Lake, B.C. (caught with a size 12 Flashback).

A beauty of a Tiger Trout (cross between a brook trout and a brown trout) caught at Twin Lake (just outside of Roblin), Manitoba during the May long weekend 2008 ( caught with a size 14 black and red ice cream cone chronomid).

Hi Everybody!

I have had several inquiries about when the Central Alberta Fly Tyers start up again. We will kick off the tying season on Monday December 1, 2008. We will again run the tying sessions on Monday night from 7 to 9 P.M.

...I would love to see us continue to get as many different presenters as possible again this year. That way we learn from each other and the work load is spread out amongst us all.

Jeremy Davies has contacted me and he is interested in doing an evening presentation this year. His session will have an additional fee to cover his presentation and travel. Jeremy is the inventor of the "evil weevil" and many of his patterns can be found here:

http://www.danica.com/flytier/jdavies/jdavies.htm

I would like each presenter to gather their own materials for their tying/teaching session. They should plan for about 25 flytiers although we do occassionally get a few more. The participants of each session will pay $3.00 each. The presenters will then be reimbursed for all their expenses.

I would appreciate presenters from past tying sessions and any individual who would be willing to run a tying session to e-mail me with a date in mind. I will be contacting presenters from the last two years by e-mail.

By the way I would love to post any pictures you would like to share from your fishing season. Please e-mail them to me! I will post them up on the blog.

bvanderwater@rdpsd.ab.ca

Finally, I know that the Central Alberta Chapter of Trout Unlimited is making a concerted effort to get back up and running in the community. I would encourage you to become a member of Central Alberta Trout Unlimited. I suspect that an AGM will be coming soon. I will keep you up to date of their activities.

The fly fishing season is starting to slow. Some lakes will close for the season after this weekend (Fiesta, Ironside). Our Eastern slopes rivers close for the season on October 31.

Bob

Tentative Dates

December 1 Bob Vanderwater (slide show from Twin Lakes, Manitoba: Tiger Trout) fly patterns for Tiger Trout (they are excellent patterns in Central Alberta too!)

December 8 Evan Ritchie

December 15 Dr. Bill Young

Christmas

January 5 Doug Cook

January 10 (this is an all day session with Phil Rowley) Theme: nymphs

January 12 Bob Vanderwater

January 19 Dave Jensen

January 26 Roy Saunders/Jock MacKenzie

February 2 Don Andersen (chronomids for lakes and rivers)

February 9 Doug Pullen (steelhead extravaganza)

February 16 (Family Day- no session)

February 27

March 2

March 9

March 16

Monday, March 17, 2008

St. Patrick's Day March 17th

Hi Everybody!

Happy St. Patrick's Day. Yes it's March 17th and Dave Jensen was our guest tyer today. Dave brought along some amazing video to demonstrate the value of the fly tying patterns he was teaching us tonight. Big brown trout gorging themselves on sqwala stoneflies is quite cool. The big browns come from our home waters to boot. The Red Deer River can have an amazing sqwala hatch. With a little luck the sqwalas will be out just after the Red Deer River opens to fishing on the May long weekend. Dave also showed us an a very easy pattern to tie. Yellow Sallies are a very simple pattern to tie. These little flies can get you into some amazing fishing. Thanks, Dave, for coming. We loved the patterns, the video and the stories.

Take a look at Dave's web site for more amazing video and follow his season. Dave and his wife Amelia have been on the water a lot in the last month. Dave keeps updates on water conditions on his blog so take a spin over to:

http://flyfishalberta.blogspot.com

It's amazing but tonight is the final tying session for the season. Several of us have already been on the rivers for several weeks. We have had so many presenters including:

Evan Ritchie

Dr. Bill Young

Doug DeWitt

Les Kolibaba

Doug Cook

Bob Vanderwater

Phil Rowley

Roy Saunders

Jock MacKenzie

Dave Jensen

Greg Sikora

Doug Pullen

Don Anderson

We tied over 30 patterns this year. That is amazing in itself.

I would like to thank all the presenters. We have a wealth of knowledge here in Central Alberta. Sharing that knowledge is a neat thing to see.

I hope you have a fabulous fishing season.

As a final note of thanks, I would like to thank Dave Jensen for helping to get this blog/website organized. It has been a great tool to pass on what we do with the Central Alberta Fly Tying Club!

Bob and Karen Vanderwater

Dave Jensen

Bob and Barry

Morris with a Green Teranasty (sqwala stonefly)

Yellow Sally

size 14 mustad 94833

yellow dubbing

poly yarn wing

blue dun hackle

Green Teranasty

size 8 Tiemco 200 hook

green biots tail

Brown hackle

Green dubbing

Poly yarn underbody

pearl crystal flash

Deer hair overwing

Green legs

Monday, March 10, 2008

Monday March 10th, 2008

Doug Pullen was our guest tyer tonight. Doug taught us three very practical patterns that will undoubtedly catch many trout this upcoming fishing season. Doug's detailed explanations made it easy for us to successfully tie each pattern. I certainly appreciate Doug's attention to detail that makes a difference in a successful pattern. I did learn two new things about Doug tonight. He loves peacock herl and dubbing loops. Doug also wastes nothing at the fly tying bench. Nothing hits the garbage can. All those extra pieces of herl, hackle, dubbing, feathers, and chenille makes an incredible cased caddis body. I am sure that Don Anderson is smiling about that ingenuity. Thanks Doug for an excellent evening of tying. I can tell how much thought and planning you put into this evening.

Just a note that next Monday (March 17th), is our final tying session of this winter. Try to make it out. Dave Jensen is going to be our final guest tyer of the year. See you then!

Bob