We will be having our monthly Fly-Tying session this Thursday, January 4th form 6-8pm at the Westside Community Center, 2932 South IH 35 Frontage Road, New Braunfels.  We will be tying some more flies for the club to donate to the GRTU Youth Camp.   This month we will be tying an attractor fly called a Rabbit Zonker.  So, come on out and join us.  The club will supply the needed materials and we have several tying set-ups, if needed.  Please feel free to bring your own.

Hope to see you there,

Gary

This coming Thursday (Dec. 7th) from 6-8 pm, we will have our December Fly Tying session at the Westside Community Center, 2932 South IH 35 Frontage Road in New Braunfels.  This month we will be tying some flies to donate to the participants of the GRTU Youth Trout Camp.  We will be tying a fly called a Brassie.  This fly is somewhat similar to a Copper John fly, but a little faster and simpler to tie.  I have chosen this fly because we would need to tie about 30 of them if possible.  So, come on out and learn to tie this fly and practice your skills.  The club will supply the needed materials for tying. If you have none, we have also several sets of flying tying equipment, but you are welcome to bring your own if possible.

Hope to see you there,

Gary

Well 2023-2024 trout season is almost upon us.  I hope you’re looking forward to it as much as I am.  We will have our November fly tying meeting this coming Thursday from 6 to 8pm at the Westside Community Center, 2932 South Interstate Hwy Frontage Road in New Braunfels.

We will be tying a favorite trout fly, some say the number one fly, a Pheasant Tail Nymph with a few possible variations. The club will supply the needed materials for tying.  We have several sets of tying tools, but if you have your own, please feel free to bring them. Come join in and tie some for yourself and some for the monthly Fly Raffle held at each monthly club meeting.

Hope to see you there.

Gary and Jeff

 

Well, the 2024 Trout Stocking season is getting near.  It will be nice to see the cooler fall temperatures and I hope we get some much-needed rain to go with it.  The NBFF and GRTU have been feeding the fish over the summer so there should be some nice “Holdovers” in the river to go along with the new stockers.  We will be having our monthly NBFF Fly Tying session this next Thursday, Oct. 5th from 6-8pm. at the Westside Community Center, 2932 South IH 35 Frontage Road in New Braunfels.

With the approaching trout season, I thought we would start by tying the RS-2 fly this month.  This is a good fly for catching trout in most all trout streams in the US.  So, come on out and join in on the fun and tie a few for yourself and a few for the clubs monthly Fly Raffle at the club meetings.  You are welcome to bring your own tying equipment and the club has some equipment to use, if you have none.  The club will supply much of the needed tying supplies.  We will have hook sizes from 16 to size 20, but if you want to tie smaller than that, you will need to bring your own.  At the present time we are somewhat limited in thread colors, so I would suggest bringing a few colors along if you can.  I think tan, gray and olive would be good.  I have added a photo of Pat McQuinn with one of the nice Rainbows he caught on the San Juan River, I believe possibly using a Foam Wing RS-2, size 24

Come on out and tie some!