Wednesday, November 4, 2026

SOFT November Meeting

   Southern Oregon Fly Tyers:      

                          Meeting on Tuesday Nov 10th, 2026      

                                                 6:00 PM

                         Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park

                          8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill

                                    This evening's tyer:

                                                    John Storfold

                        John will be tying a Hobo Spey and a Bunny Leach


                                            HOBO Spey Fly

Material

Thread: Black or fluorescent 6/0 or 140 denier

Trailer connection: 30 lbs Fireline or intruder wire

Hook: size 2 or 4 octopus or intruder-style stinger hook

Butt: UV pink or fluorescent Ice dubbin ball (color your choice)

Body Hackle: Dyed Guinea hen (stripped on one side and palmered)

Body: Steelhead blue or Purple Ice Dub / Senyo Fusion Dubbing

Rib / Counter Rap: Smal or oval tinsel

Collar / Wing: Strung Marabou (Purple, Black, or matching body tones)

Flash: Krystal Flash or holographic tinsel (gold or fuchsia)

Horns: Dyed pink or natural Lady Amherst pheasant tip barbs

Note: All the material and colors are only recommendations from tyers that have enjoyed success with those choices but does not mean that other material and colors won’t work.  It is your vice and your choice.  That’s why we tie our own flies, and don’t buy all our flies.  Have fun.    


                  Pink Bunny Tied Intruder Style

Hook or Shank: 5-35 MM shank

Thread: 6/0 Pink

Trailing Connection: 30 LB fireline or intruder wire

Hook: size 2 or 4 octopus or intruder-style stinger hook

Body: Pink crosscut bunny strip palmered forward

Tail: Pink rabbit zonker strip

Pink: Pink size based on hook size