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).

 

SOFT February 10, 2026 Meeting

 Southern Oregon Fly Tyers      

                          Meeting on Tuesday Feb10, 2026      

                                                 6:00 PM

                         Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park

                          8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill

                                       This evenings tyer:

                                               Dave McCants  AKA "Bear"

Dave will be tying his crawfish pattern and another pattern to be announced.

I will be posting additional information about Dave's patterns soon.

Kevin Daniel's fly tying class 2026

                                        Kevin Daniel's Fly Tying Class 2026

When:  Wednesday evenings 7-9pm starting January 7th thru the middle of March

Where: Grants Pass High School, 830 NE 9th Street 

            The class will meet in the library located in the main Core Building

Cost:   $35 which includes all materials

What to bring: Basic tools: scissors, bobbins, bodkin, whip finisher, vise

                          If you don't have these tools, loaner tools are available

 

Southern Oregon Fly Tyers January 13th, 2026 Meeting

 Southern Oregon Fly Tyers      

                          Meeting on Tuesday Jan 13, 2026      

                                                 6:00 PM

                         Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park

                          8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill

                                       This evenings tyer:

                                                         David Haight

I am going to demonstrate a pattern that I use for winter steelhead.  It is a heavily-weighted Woolly Bugger that I tie in colors suitable for steelhead.  I especially like to use it on small coastal streams, like the Winchuck River, where I need a fly that will sink quickly into the pockets around boulders.  I dead-drift the fly through the pockets, and then let it swing across the tail-out.

My favorite color is the pink and purple version . This is the one which I will demonstrate.

I also tie it in a variety of colors . 

                                                  The material list is as follows:

                                                   Steelhead Bugger

                                                   Hook:      Eagle Claw 1197B size 4

                                                  Bead:      1/4" hot pink

                                                  Weight:  .035 lead wire

                                                 Thread: 6/0 purple   

                                                 Tail:          purple marabou

                                                  Rib:          medium silver tinsel

                                                 Hackle:  blue-dyed grizzly saddle

                                                 Body:      medium purple chenille