Great Flies for Local Streams

Chapter Fly Swap

Join in on the Chapter Fly Swap. Fill out your fly box with some great patterns, get ideas for new techniques and materials, or  use it as an opportunity to see how other tyers "do it". 

Here's how it works, bring in a dozen of the same pattern to our monthly meeting and go home with a dozen flies by other tyers. Get creative if you like, show off your talent or use it as an opportunity to improve your skills. Don't be afraid or intimidated to show your work, we were all novices once. Categories for this year: 

January  -  Streamers                                Sept  -  Terrestrials 
                 February  -  Nymphs                                October  -  Salmon / Steelhead
      April  -  Hendricksons                               November  -  Emergers
    May  -  Caddis                                          December  -  Spinners
June  -  Sulphurs                                                                      

This is a great chance to tie up some of your favorites and trade to build your fly box. 
For more information call Ron Boutin at 453-9843.

Some flies I can’t do without and if I run out of these then my morale goes down, as I know it just got a lot harder to put fish in the net. I tie several dozen of these each winter and for good reason as it gets more time on the end of my leader than any other fly. Spring, summer or fall it catches fish like no other fly in my box. I start off my day with this fly, catch one and then switch to experiment the rest of the day. Try it in slow pools, fast water and even in stillwaters under a strike indicator. When it is a tough day try this fly in a deep pool, but just as the fly gets to the end of the pool raise it a bit to show the fish that this fly is actually an emerging insect. That trick will get the attention of the toughest fish.

.Good Luck!