Friday, April 25, 2025

Southern Oregon Fly Tyers May 2025 Meeting

 

Southern Oregon Fly Tyers May Meeting

 

SOFT May 2025 Meeting

 


 May Meeting        Southern Oregon Fly Tyers      

                          Meeting on Tuesday May 13th,  2025      

                                                 6:00 PM

                         Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park

                          8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill

                                       This evenings tyer:

                                                       Tom Corbiere


Tom Says:

I have been tying fly’s for on and off, 50 years.  I started in my early teens in Northern Colorado. I have tied all types of trout dry, streamer and nymph patterns. I moved to Grants Pass in 2014.  This is when I became enamored with the classic Steelhead and Salmon patterns. For the past couple of years, I have been concentrating my tying to the Victorian era Atlantic Salmon Fly Patterns.

I am currently on the Dr. Slick Pro Staff and Daiichi hooks Pro Staff.  In addition, I am a member of Project Healing Waters Fly-Fishing, Fly-Fishing Veterans, The Mayfly Project, Southern Oregon Fly Fishers and Southern Oregon Fly Tyers.  In 2023 I was awarded Top Tyer at the East Idaho Fly Tying & Flyfishing Expo.

Tom will be tying:


Blue Charm Fly (var.)

A. H. Wood who is recognized as the “father of floating lines” is credited as the originator of the Blue Charm and the fly pattern appears in Kelson's book "The Salmon Fly", published in 1895. The hair wing fly that I am tying is a more modern variant originally tied in the 1950's by John Reidpath of Inverness, Nova Scotia.  The Blue Charm is an effective low water pattern for Steelhead and Salmon.

 

Hook: Daiichi 2055

Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk (50 denier) White & Black

Tag:  Silver Oval Tinsel & Yellow Floss

Tail:  Golden Pheasant Crest

Butt:  Black Ostrich Herl

Body: Black Silk

Rib:  Oval Tinsel and Flat Tinsel

Hair Wing: Grey Squirrel Tail

Hackle/Throat: Hen Saddle in Blue

*Optional Cheeks:  Jungle Cock