Southern Oregon Fly Tyers
Meeting on Tuesday March 10, 2026
6:00 PM
Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park
8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill
This evenings tyer:
John Smith
John has been tying
flies for 57 years. He hasn’t bought a
fly in over 40 years and probably carries 250 flies when he goes out on the
lake. His one claim to fly tying fame is
that he may be the only tyer to have
tied flies in the Gulf of Tonkin, which he did between flying missions into Laos
off the USS Midway, CVA 41, in 1971.
Those flies actually got fished in Japan that same year while on liberty.
John will be tying:
The Bird’s Nest
Developed by Cal Bird
in California in 1959 as a mayfly emerger
It is a great
Callibaetis pattern
Materials Needed:
Hook: TMC 3761 or any 1xl wet fly hook #10-20
Thread: Tan or Wood Duck 8/0
Tail: Mallard flank Dyed Wood Duck tied
in the round
Rib: Counter wrapped fine Copper Wire
Abdomen: 50% brown Awesome Possum/50% brown rabbit or Superfine Callibaetis
color Dubbing. You can match the
dubbing to whatever insect you wish…for that matter, you could use nearly any
type of dubbing you like as well
Wing/Collar: Mallard flank Dyed Wood Duck Gold
Thorax: Dubbing to match abdomen.
CB Birds Nest – The
Assassin
A Birds Nest with a
bead
Materials Needed:
Hook: TMC 3562 or any 2xl wet fly hook #10-20
Thread: Tan or Wood Duck 8/0
Bead: Copper tungsten sized to the hook
Lead: Five turns .015
lead or leadfree wire to stabilize the bead
Tail: Mallard flank Dyed Wood Duck,
tied in the round
Rib: Counter wrapped fine Copper Wire
Abdomen: 50% brown Awesome Possum/50% brown rabbit or Superfine Callibaetis
color Dubbing. You can match the
dubbing to whatever insect you wish…for that matter, you could use nearly any
type of dubbing you like as well
Wing/Collar: Mallard flank Dyed Wood Duck Gold
Thorax: Dubbing to match abdomen
Zack's Jigged Birds
Nest
Materials Needed:
Hook: TMC 4640 60 degree jig hook #10-20
Thread: Tan or Wood Duck 8/0
Bead: Copper tungsten slotted bead sized to the hook
Tail: Mallard flank Dyed Wood Duck,
tied in the round
Rib: Fine Copper Wire
Abdomen: 50% brown Awesome Possum/50% brown rabbit or Superfine Callibaetis
color Dubbing. You can match the
dubbing to whatever insect you wish…for that matter, you could use nearly any
type of dubbing you like as well
Wing/Collar: Mallard flank Dyed Wood Duck
Thorax: Dubbing to match abdomen, in a dubbing loop and pick out
This is a jigging fly, not a balanced leech
