Central Alberta Fly Tying Club

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Spey Rod Casting Workshop with Maxwell Robinson

Hi Everybody!

Twelve individuals from our group learned the basics of spey rod casting over the last two days. Maxwell Robinson did a fabulous job teaching us a bit of history, casting styles, rod set up and then the main casting techniques. (take a look at the casts we learned After spending lots of the day on the grass learning a Single Spey, the Perry Poke, a Double Spey and Circle C Spey; we got into moving water to give it a go. We all wanted to try different fly rods. Luckily Max had a wide variety of rods to try. We had a chance to cast switch rods to 13.5 foot spey rods. Max did a great job helping all of us refine our casting. Now its practice, once we get our own rods.

Vic and Max on the water.

Dryland casting to learn the basics.

Maxwell Robinson

Bernie and Max getting everything straightened out.

Bob and Karen with Max

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Great Early Season Fishing

Hi Everybody!

Ice off has happened in many locations in Alberta and the fly fly fishing has been excellent in several places. Larry Prowse and I have been fishing in the Cypress Hills. Michelle Reservoir has now been repaired and the newly stocked triploids are doing great. Bullshead has shown its usual many faces but has been fishing very well. We have seen 1C to 30 C in the space of 6 days along with glass lakes and crazy wind! Typical in the Cypress Hills. Get your flies, fishing licence and rod ready to go and have some fun!

Bob

Monday, March 26, 2012

Roy Saunders brings the Curtain Down on Another Tying Season

Hi Everybody!

Roy Saunders was our guest instructor tonight. Roy showed 25 fly tyers three patterns. The first pattern was a steelhead pattern called the River Dragon. The River Dragon was designed by Bob Giles from Victoria for fishing the Cowichan River. Bob was the recipient of the Jack Shaw Fly tying award. The River Dragon has caught many a trophy brown trout, sea run cutthroat, coho, and steelhead. It is a fly that is very practical because of the materials you use to construct it. Roy's other two flies are real winners on our Eastern slopes rivers. Roy developed a new beettle pattern because the cutts were refusing the pattern he was using. His son Devon insists on using the newly designed beetle on our Eastern slopes rivers. The second pattern was designed by Bob Edens to fool fussy cutts that have seen a lot of flies. Bob's tiny foam pattern is a great imitation for a yellow sally stone. This imposter is a proven winner. Thanks, Roy, for a great finish to our sessions.

It's hard to believe that tonight was our final tying session of the winter. We have had 16 different individuals lead a tying session. Our gang learned to tie close to 50 different patterns over the course of the winter. That is impressive.

I will be sending out information on our spring fishing trip. It will be the first or second weekend of May. I will also get the final details out about the switch rod/ spey casting workshop that will occur on April 28th/29th.

Do check back to our blog often. I will update the blog on a regular basis. A new fly fishing season is right in front of us. Remember to get a new fishing licence. They can be purchased on line right here:

https://www.albertarelm.com/

If you are looking for a fly fishing partner there are plenty of us who would love to get out with you.