Rogue Spey Clave August 22, 2026 Griffin Park

 

Southern Oregon Fly Tyers June Meeting

  Southern Oregon Fly Tyers:      

                          Meeting on Tuesday June 9th, 2026      

                                                 6:00 PM

                         Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park

                          8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill

                                    This evening's tyer:

                                                     Dale Burrier

I will be tying two nymphs I did not tie at the May meeting.

                                                       Blow Torch,( A Lance Egan Fly)

                                          I like using Firehole wide gap barbless hooks.

                                     Duracell (Created by Craig McDonald a Scottish angler)

Huge collection of fly tying material and tools for sale

 Extensive steelhead and salmon fly tying materials including vices, tools, exotic materials, hooks, feathers, dyed turkey, capes,  hair, threads.  Lots of stuff, too much to list.....

Saturday May 16th and Sunday May 17th from 9-4  Please no early birds.

John Putnam

281 Princeville Drive, Eagle Point  97524

For questions please call John Putnam after 9am on Saturday or Sunday 

     541-841-1082

SOFT May 2026 Meeting

 Southern Oregon Fly Tyers:      

                          Meeting on Tuesday May 12, 2026      

                                                 6:00 PM

                         Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park

                          8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill

                                    This evening's tyer:

                                                     Dale Burrier

I grew up on the South Shore of Long Island, New York and have been fishing as long as I can remember.  I started my fishing career in the salt, fishing for the local flounder, fluke, weak fish, bluefish and striped bass.  I picked up a fly rod in 1964 and have enjoyed fly fishing ever since.

I worked as a commercial clam digger putting myself through college and left New York with a Master’s degree in geology and went to work for Texaco in Houston.

In the Houston area I fly fished for redfish, flounder and speckled trout in the local bay systems.  I had done some fly tying as a kid but really increased my knowledge through the local fly fishing club in Houston.  I tied primarily salt water patterns. 

After retiring and moving to Rogue River, my fly tying enthusiasm has been rejuvenated and I have immensely enjoyed our club.  Lots of fantastic fly tyers in the group with a lot of local knowledge to be shared.

I started Euro nymphing a couple of years ago and will be sharing a couple of patterns this evening.

There is a story behind the picture (of me age 14) I chose for this presentation.  You will have to join me on May 12^th to hear, “The rest of the story.”

                                                              This evening's flies:

                                                               Rainbow Warrior

                                             Rainbow Warrior Perdigon

                                                       Blow Torch

                                                          Duracell

Southern Oregon Fly Tyers April 2026 Meeting

  Southern Oregon Fly Tyers      

                          Meeting on Tuesday April 14, 2026      

                                                 6:00 PM

                         Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park

                          8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill

                                       This evenings tyer:

                                                        Tom Corbiere

 

I have been tying for 50 years.  I have tied all types of dry, nymph and streamer flies.  After moving to Oregon 14 years ago, I concentrated on tying Steelhead patterns.  Over the past several years I have demonstrated fly tying at events across the country.  Recently I have been tying Classic Atlantic Salmon Flies.  I have been studying the masters such as William Blacker, Major Trahane and George Kelson.

               

Southern Oregon Fly Tyers

April 14^th, 2026

 

Golden Girl

Created by Roderick Haig-Brown of British Columbia in the 1940s, the Golden Girl has long been a great winter steelhead pattern. I tie it in smaller sizes (#6-8) on fish it as a streamer for trout.

Hook: #2/0-8 streamer (or heavy steelhead hook)
Thread: Black
Tail: Orange hackle fibers
Body: Gold tinsel & Gold Oval tinsel
Underwing: Orange calf tail (or white)

Wing: Golden pheasant tippet feathers

Throat/Hackle: Orange hackle fibers (or yellow)

I will be demonstrating the Steelhead pattern and the Streamer pattern variations

 

March 10th 2026 SOFT Meeting

 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

February 10th, 2026 Meeting

                                                 Additional Information  Feb 10th Meeting

Dave will be tying: 

McBear’s Impressionistic Crayfish

Original Design of David P. McCants (McBears’ Specialty Ties)

ALL MATERIALS LISTED IN ORDER OF TIE IN!

 

Daiichi 1760 no4, or Firehole Outdoors 523 #6 jig hook (3xl,1xg heavy hook),

Thread, Uni 6/0 or 8/0 rust brown or similar color and strength thread,

Burnt orange marabou tail,

Copper small wire rib,

Brown grizzly body hackle tied in by butt,

Then tie in brown body material, I use j- fair short or long shuck (rust or burnt orange), root beer small estaz or chenille would work too.

Tie in root beer eyes, then wrap body, palmer hackle forward, counter wind copper wire, then put in rubber legs at 45 degrees angling back against shank so two longer legs are down under eye and two shorter legs are up and back. THEN GO CATCH SOME FISH!!! 😎🐻l

 

Notes: Eyes are made with 30lb maxima ultra green and D’s Flyes medium Tr. Root beer or orange glass eyes. Rubber legs are Hareline Grizzly Flutter legs - black barred root beer (gfl12).