Southern Oregon Fly Tyers
Meeting on Tuesday, October 11, 2022
6:00 PM
Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park
8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill
At the October meeting, Dave McCants will be our demonstration fly tyer of the evening. Dave will tie three different Blue Wing Olive patterns. We all know that some of the most subtle variations in flies can make all the difference. This is going to be a good one so don’t miss it. See photos and recipes at the bottom of the posting.
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Flies for Water Watch Auction
Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park invites us to use this perfect venue for no fee other than flies donated to Water Watch. Bring your donated flies to the meetings. We put the flies in fly boxes that are sent to their annual fund raiser. All that material you have stashed away needs a new home. The people who bid on these flies may or may not fish so do not be afraid to be colorful and creative. We have fly boxes to put them in. We need Water Watch to keep on doing their magic.
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McBear’s BWO Parachute
A Hi-Viz Blue Winged Olive Dry Fly
Hook - Daiichi 1180 mini barb Dry Fly Hook #14-16
Thread - Uni 8/0 Olive
Tail - Four Tail fibers (2 ea. Side) separated with one turn of Uni 8/0
New thread - Veevus 12/0 or 16/0 olive thread
Abdomen - BWO Superfine or brown olive or similar dubbing
Wing - Yellow poly yarn tied parachute style
Hackle - Medium dun or blue dun 8-10 wraps.
This pattern can be fished anytime Blue Winged Olives (BWO) are on the water. Especially on the Rogue River in November through March between 11:30 and 2:30 when the hatch is coming off in large numbers.
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McBear’s Version Quigley Emerger BWO
A More Complex Blue Winged Oliver Emerger Pattern
Hook - Partridge Klinkhammer #14-16 or TMC 2487 #14/16
Thread - Uni 8/0 Olive dun
Tail - Three well rounded ostrich secondary barbs
from a feather duster ($6 buys a lot of material)
Abdomen - BWO Superfine or similar dubbing
Rib - Uni 6/0 black thread
Wing - Elk body (dyed dun or standard color) tied in forward.
Hackle - Medium dun or blue dun 3-4 wraps.
This pattern can be fished anytime Blue Winged Olives (BWO) are on the water. Especially on the Rogue River in November through March between 11:30 and 2:30 when the hatch is coming off in large numbers!
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Silver Hat Special BWO
Hook: Nymph 1XL 1XH, size 14/16/18 (TMC 3761 preferred), Emerger dry fly hook standard 1xL.
Thread: Uni 8/0 in Olive (Olive Dun for darker version) Tail: 5-9 barbules of Fluorescent Yellow (or Flouro
Green) wet hackle fibers
Body: BWO Superfine Dubbing (use light olive for the lighter version)
Wing: Silver Antron (or Zelon or standard carpet yarns) - The Emerger has a longer wing of Iron Blue Dun CDC or Medium Dun CDC (trim emerger wing so it goes to the middle of the tail, that way the CDC will hang on the surface and the body tail will be subsurface).
