The Mop Fly Tue the 11th class subject

Come join us this coming Tuesday (Feb. 11th) at 7:00pm at the American Legion Hall, 410 West Coll St., New Braunfels. Come in the front door and we are in the room at the first door to the right. This month we will be tying something a little different, “The Mop Fly”, a fairly simple fly to tie using some pieces from a hand washing car mitt Jeff and I were told by Martin Pursch, owner of Country Fly Fishers fly shop in Fredericksburg that this fly was not allowed to be used in a fishing tournament because it caught to many fish. LOL, We should be so lucky!! Any way come join us to learn how to tie this fly and also make some flies for the club meeting fly raffle. You can bring your own tools or we can provide you with the necessary tools and tying supplies.

Hope to see you there,

Gary and Jeff

No Sept Fly tying nite

Unfortunately both Jeff and myself will be unavailable for our September Fly Tyers Session. Hopefully we will a be able to get back to our regular 2nd Tuesday of each month sessions starting in October. Hope you all had a fun and productive summer and have lots of interesting fishing adventures to tell us all about. Also please remember all your favorite successful flies so we will have some interesting new flies to tie.

Until our next meeting.

Gary

No Fly tying meeting in August

There will not be a Fly Tying meeting this month (August). With a lot of members on vacation we have decided to take a little break. We will try and resume with our regular schedule for the month of September. Hope you all have a good break and vacation and come back with lots of good fish stories.

Gary and Jeff

Rough Water Caddis

Classic Video: How to Tie the Rough-Water Caddis

Written by: Phil Monahan

I fish a lot of caddisfly patterns in late summer and fall, as most of the mayfly and stonefly hatches are over for the season around here. Here’s a great caddisfly imitation from Norwegian tier Gunnar Bingen, which is meant to be fished in rough, broken water. I’ll bet that it also works well as a skittering caddis, too.

In this typically awesome video, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions walks you through the tying process, demonstrating great materials-handling techniques. One of my bigger frustrations when I first started tying was that I had difficulty keeping the materials in place; they always wanted to rotate or slide. What I enjoy about watching Tim’s videos is that he takes the time to show the viewer exactly how he holds, wraps, and secures each material.

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  Rough-Water Caddis (Dyret)
          Hook: 1X-long dry-fly hook (here a Dai-Riki #300), size 14.
          Thread: Olive, 6/0.
          Tails/head: Natural deer body hair, cleaned and stacked.
          Hackle: Grizzly rooster saddle hackle, trimmed on the bottom.
          Body: Tan Super Fine dubbing.
          Note: Change the colors to match the naturals.