Central Alberta Fly Tying Club

Monday, January 12, 2015

Damsels, Stones and a Streamer with Larry Prowse

The library was jammed to capacity tonight to learn to tie three excellent fly patterns with our guest tier, Larry Prowse. Larry brought along a very cool floating damsel pattern that is a sure trout catcher. Larry also showed us how to tie an excellent streamer that included a furled tail using UV polar chenille and finally we took time to learn a quick and efficient way to tie in legs for a stonefly.

Three fantastic patterns Larry! Thanks!

Just a reminder that we are two weeks away from the all day Euro Nymphing Workshop with Phil Rowley! Drop Bob an e-mail to sign up! We still have some room!

Next week Tim Maley is our tier. I know Tim has a cool session planned for us!

Floating Damsel

Hook: 2 XL nymph hook size 10

Thread: Olive 8/0

Tail: Olive marabou

Body: Razor foam, olive

Legs: Partridge

Thorax: Olive seal

Shellback: Razor foam, olive

Eyes: Yellow/Red 1/16 foam, round

You can burn mono, use chenille or foam to make damsel eyes!

Rabbit Streamer with a Polar Chenille Body

Hook: size 4XL Streamer hook sizes 2 to 6

Thread: Color to suit streamer

Tail: Furled polar chenille and rabbit

Body: Polar chenille and rabbit

Eyes: Dumbell Eyes

Head: UV Ice Chenille

Making a furled underbody tail for the streamer.

Rubber Legged Stonefly

Hook: 3XL size 6 -10 streamer hook

Tail: Rubber legs

Legs: Rubber legs

Antenna: Rubber legs

Body: Chenille

The Gang at work!

Monday, January 5, 2015

Green Drakes with Dr. Bill Young

Happy 2015 Everybody!

Dr. Bill Young was our guest presenter tonight. Twenty fly tiers came out to take in his presentation on the stages of a green drake. We tied a nymph, an emerger and a dun. This was an excellent opportunity to review all the major stages of a mayfly.

Bill always has a few insightful thoughts that he shares with the group. Washing your hands and using hand lotion is a great way to start a tying session. Bill also suggested that one continue to tie the same pattern many times so you get used to the correct proportion and tie in points for the fly. We also talked about how a parachute fly seemed to be more effective than a dun in so many cases.

Thanks Bill for getting us going for 2015. We even had the big screen going in the corner so we could watch the Canada-Russia gold medal game which our boys won!

Next week, Larry Prowse is our guest tyer!

Remember that we still have 7 or 8 spots for the Euro Nymphing Workshop with Phil Rowley. Drop Bob an e-mail to sign up. The all day workshop is the last Saturday in January!

Green Drakes!

Bill loves to use Corn Huskers Lotion on his hands before tying flies.

Preparing a parachute post is an excellent skill to master.

Green Drake Nymph

Hook: Mustad 3906 size 10

Thread: Olive 6/0 or 8/0

Tail: Goose biots

Body: Peacock herl

Rib: Small gold wire

Thorax: Grey dubbing

Flashback: Crystal flash

Legs: Partridge

Parachute Green Drake

Hook: Mustad 94840 size 10

Thread: Olive 8/0

Emerging Shuck: White antron

Body: Green-brown antron

Post: Grey antron

Hackle: Grizzly

Green Drake Dun

Hook: Mustad 94840 size 10

Thread: Olive 8/0

Tail: Moose or elk

Body: Green-brown antron

Wing: Antron

Hackle: Brown

Watching the BIG game during during our tying session!

Monday, December 15, 2014

Clousers and Deceivers with Plummer's Lodge Guide , Reid Stoyberg

The library was jammed to capacity with avid fly tyers to take in Reid Stoyberg's presentation tonight about fly fishing for lake trout at Plummer's Lodge on Great Bear Lake. I always look forward to Reid's presentation. There is a lot to learn from Reid's experiences guiding on Great Bear Lake. Reid loves to guide guests who come armed with fly rods. He loves the challenge which this year yielded a monster laker at 36 pounds on the fly rod.

Reid guided us through tying Bob Clouser's tried and true streamer, the Clouser Minnow and Lefty Kreh's Deceiver. Both are great streamers and if you tie them large, you can catch gigantic lake trout with them.

Thanks Reid for the enjoyable presentation! I can feel the passion you have for guiding at Great Bear.

This is our last presentation until after Christmas. Karen and I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! We will see you Monday January 5th when Dr. Bill Young is our presenter!