After Kevin Daniels tying demonstration and talk about the October caddis I found some great pictures to share with y'all. Thanks again Kevin.
Southern Oregon Fly Tyers
We are a group of Fly Tyers who want to improve our tying skills. We come from as far north as Roseburg, Oregon and as far south as Yreka, California to converge on Gold Hill, Oregon. We are all different skill levels but we agree on the joy of Fly Tying.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Monday, October 6, 2025
SOFT October Meeting 2025
Southern Oregon Fly Tyers
Meeting on Tuesday Oct 14th, 2025
6:00 PM
Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park
8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill
This evenings tyer:
Kevin Daniels
Kevin will be tying:
BRICK BACK CADDIS
Hook: heavy wire,
long shank with a French curve. Daiichi
1260 sizes 6 – 10
Bead: Black metal,
1/8 inch
Weight: Lead or lead
substitute - one layer 0.015 inch over 1
layer 0.020 inch
Threads: Brown
3/0. You can switch to 8/0 or 6/0 after
abdomen is formed
Abdomen: Amber and
orange rabbit fur mixed with fine chopped silver, pearl and yellow mylar
strands like angel Hair or Lite Brite or
buy Arizona Flyfishing “Skip”s October Caddis” color.
The bars are made with brown
poly yarn or Stretch Flex, Scud Back, or Antron Yarn and. If you want a truly brilliant fly – Krysrtal
Flash or Flashabou.
Legs: One grizzly saddle
feather- dyed brown or brown hen saddle or hen neck hackle.
Eyes: Extra small pre-made
Black plastic barbell eyes. Eyes are optional without a bead, but always
omitted if you use a bead.
Thorax: Dark-brown
rabbit mixed with fine, chopped silver, pearl and brown mylar or dark brown
rabbit or Arizona Flyfishing’s Sparkle Nymph Dubbing in “Dark Brown.”
MIKULAK SEDGE
October Caddis Version
Hook: light wire, 2
XL, size 6-8
Thread: Orange - 8/0 or 6/0
Tail: Part of the
wing, natural light-brown elk hair
Wing and body: Sections of natural light-brown elk hair and
yellow-orange synthetic Dubbing: (Antron,
Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing, poly dubbing.)
Hackle: One, brown
Head: The butts of
the final bunch of elk hair, cut straight across, over the eye.
Saturday, August 23, 2025
SOFT Meeting September 9, 2025
Southern Oregon Fly Tyers
Meeting on Tuesday Sept 9th, 2025
6:00 PM
Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park
8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill
This evenings tyer:
John Storfold
USAF CMSgt (Retired) Southern Oregon Fly Fishers Fly Tying Chair Auction Committee Project Healing Waters Volunteer
John will be tying:
The Spade
Thread: veevus 10/0 black w/ red head
Tail: Deer
Body: rear ½ peacock herl, front ½ ostrich herl black
Collar: Grizzly Hackle
Head: Red thread
Spade Skunk
Recipe:
Thread: veevus 10/0 black w/ red head Tail: Deer
Body: rear ½ peacock herl, front ½ ostrich herl black
Collar: Black hackle
Wing: White calf’s tail
Head: Red thread
Friday, August 15, 2025
SOFT 2025-2026 Fly Tyers
Meeting Date Tyer
September 9, 2025 John Storfold
October 14, 2025 Kevin Daniels
November 11, 2025 Cathy Hamilton
December 9, 2025 Rob Walters
January 13, 2026 David Haight
February 10, 2026 Dave McCants
March 10,2026 John Smith
April 14,2026 Tom Corbiere
May 12, 2026 Dale Burrier
Saturday, May 31, 2025
June 10th 2025 Meeting
SOFT June 2025 Meeting
June Meeting Southern Oregon Fly Tyers
Meeting on Tuesday June 10th, 2025
6:00 PM
Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park
8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill
This evenings tyers:
Are Y'all
This will be a tying meeting so bring your stuff and lets get tying your favorite pattern.
The large extension cords will be out so bring your short power cords for your vice lights.
Let's try to tie at least 2 flies for the raffle and extra flies for WaterWatch. This will be the last chance to donate flies for WaterWatch since our next meeting is September.
*There will be at least 4 capes in the raffles.
Hope to see you there.
Monday, May 19, 2025
Follow up to the May 13th meeting
This is a follow-up from our May meeting featuring Tom Corbiere.
Thanks Tom for all of your information mastering fly tying materials.
This was the magnifying glasses Tom was using. Yoctosun makes several different kits like this one at different price points at Amazon. Just ordered mine.
Additional information from Tom.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
It's almost salmon fly season!
These are submitted by Dave (Bear) McCants
McBear’s Salmon Fly – my original design
Donated and tied by David P. (Bear) McCants
Hook - Partridge
long shank pre-WW2 #2, or #4 Daiichi 2110,
Thread - Uni 6/0 fire orange,
Tail/
Underbody - Black closed 2mm cell foam,
Body palmer - Whiting Farms golden Olive Saddle or similar,
Body - Orange Macrame Yarn -most
tyers use foam,
Wing - Yearling Bull Elk,
McBear’s options (Grizzly or Light
Brown Bear or
Cinnamon Bear)
Hackle - Whiting Farms Brown or Coachman
Brown Hackle,
2 hackles leaving gap in center of two
hackles to show
Uni Fire Orange thread.
Optional - Tie on Owner 5102-111 1/0 offset worm
hook wide gap upside down and fish as a bass fly at front of the dam at Lost
Creek Lake when the salmon flies are flying over the top of the dam! This fly is
tied large to represent the egg laying female which is much larger than male.
The
Salmon fly is as per Don Labbe (SF GGA&CC,who passed away in Dec 2016),
Hook
- DaiRiki 700 in 4 (female) and 6 (male),
Thread
– Uni Black 8/0
Tail
- golden pheasant tippet fibers,
Rib
- counter wound fine gold wire,
Abdomen
- light orange antron or macramé yarn,
Hackle
- grizzly, not wider than gape, tied in from front to tail,
Stripe
of 6 wraps of neon orange thread,
Hackle,
med brown, 2 feathers tied with 6-7 wraps and trimmed on top,
Wing
- cinnamon/brown bear or moose body hair ( lighter brown in color),
Head,
black thread with strip of neon thread.
Thanks Bear