January 2019 Meeting

Southern Oregon Fly Tyers

Meeting on Tuesday, January 8, 2019

6:00 PM

8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill

Bill Logan will be our demonstration tier for January.  If you don't know Bill, here is what he says about himself.  

"I learned to tie flies and cast a fly rod from a family friend in 1960.  The flies were simple "bugger" styles for Bass, Crappie, and Bluegills.  Fly tying was kept as a "big secret" and there were no videos, no U-Tube, and very few books.  Herters was the only good supplier for materials.

In 1968 I tied flies for a general sporting goods store in Flagstaff  and the store on Woods Canyon Lake while  attending NAU.  Good source for beer money.

I moved to Roseburg in 1971 and tied Steelhead flies for Blacks Fly Shop for the next 3 summers.

I also did some flies for Cascade Tackle in Roseburg and Umpqua Feather Merchants in Glide.

When Joe Howell converted his garage to a shop I tied for him.  Joe eventually moved to Idleyld Park and created The Blue Heron Fly Shop.  I tied most of his Steelhead flies until the shop closed.

Since 2000 I have had the opportunity to instruct in 3 overseas factories in countries I would have probably never visited otherwise so the trips were more of a "world tour" for me."

I will probably do 2 "warm up" flies at the beginning of the presentation.  I think that technique and material handling is more important than actual patterns.

The Rogue Polar Shrimp will be tied using the "reverse wing" method with a "twist".

ROGUE POLAR SHRIMP

hook:  any good quality steelhead hook will work

thread: hot orange

tail (optional): red hackle fibers

underbody: flat silver mylar

body: hot orange Edge Bright

hackle: hot orange

wing: white polar bear, bucktail, calf tail, fox

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Callibaetis nymphs are a medium brown but for some strange reason the grey pattern works well (but so does the brown).

Callibaetis (grey)

hook:  TMC 2488/DaiRiki 125 #12

bead: 1.5 mm silver

lead wire (optional): .010" lead

tail and legs: Teal or Mallard

body: grey 6/0 thread

rib: fine silver wire

wingcase: .5 mm grey foam

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