October Meeting

 

 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.

 

Dave McCants would like a count so we could plan a better meeting.  Tell Dave you plan to be there by text or call 541 97three 350eight or email davetyer177atgmaildotcom.

 

Now that the Pandemic has subsided perhaps we can get back to somewhat normal activities.  Some of us and our family members have underlying conditions so please feel free and comfortable in wearing a mask.

 

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).

September Meeting

 Southern Oregon Fly Tyers

Meeting on Tuesday, September 13, 2022

6:00 PM

 Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park

 

8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill

 

At the May meeting, Steve Day will be our demonstration fly tyer of the evening.  Steve has been the featured speaker several times at local clubs and gets into some interesting details of still water fishing.  This time it will be all about the flies.  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 photo and recipe at the bottom of the posting.

 

Dave McCants would like a count so we could plan a better meeting.  Tell Dave you plan to be there by text or call 541 97three 350eight or email davetyer177atgmaildotcom.

 

Now that the Pandemic has subsided perhaps we can get back to somewhat normal activities.  Some of us and our family members have underlying conditions so please feel free and comfortable in wearing a mask.

 

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.

Keep Reading

 

 

 Vertical Response email, Spam, the blog, and blog messaging.

 

Vertical Response is a bulk email company that allows us to send 10,000 emails every month for free, yes free.  Sometimes your spam filter might think it is spam and send it to your spam folder.  Check your spam folder and move any wanted messages to your inbox and add the return email address to your contacts.  This will insure that future messages will be delivered to your inbox.

 

This blog, (blog link)http://soflytyers.blogspot.com, is always here as a reference.  It appears similar to a website but there are some differences. 

 

You will notice the row of radio buttons under the header.  On the far left Home is in the traditional spot.  On the far right you see 

Email Feed.  Click the link and it will direct you to http://blogtrottr.com with instructions to sign up for email notifications when something new is posted to the blog.  Do this soon because the Vertical Response messages are going to stop in the near future.

 

   Contact your fly tyer friends to make sure they got the word.  

FUZZY BALANCED LEECH

HOOK:           TMC403BLJ, 60 Degree Jig Hook, SIZE 12 SHOWN, Wide Gape, Medium Wire, Super Fine Barbless Point, Black Nickle, 

Size 16-10

THREAD:       VEVVUS 6/0 Black

BEAD:            HARELINE PLUMMETING TUNGSTEN, Metallic Brown, 

                        SIZE 7/64” SHOWN

TAIL:              Marabou, BROWN SHOWN

TAIL FLASH:  Midge Flash, ROOT BEER PEARL SHOWN

BODY:            HARELINE MICRO UV POLAR CHENILLE, UV BROWN SHOWN

 

TYING INSTRUCTIONS

Place hook upside down in vise and begin by laying a thread base down from the hook bend at the eye, rearwards to just in front of the bend of the hook. 

Prepare a heavy-duty sewing pin by cutting to a length of approximately 3/8 of an inch. Place the bead onto the pin and secure the pin and bead component to the top of the hook shank, extended style. The gap between the eye bend on the hook and the back of the bead should be at least equal to the width of the bead. Continue to secure this by wrapping thread up to the back of the bead forcing it forward into the head of the pin. Once secure, use super glue or thin UV cement to make certain it stays firmly attached to the hook. When I’m tying more than just a couple of these, I will prepare the hook / extended bead chassis ahead of time prior to finishing the pattern.

Tie in a tail of Marabou tips equal to the length of the body including the bead assembly. Tie in two strands of midge flash on each side of the tail. The flash length should not exceed the length of the tail.

For the body, tie in a single strand of UV Micro Polar Chenille at the tie in point for the tail. Wrap forward with touching wraps up to the bead. Tie off and whip finish. Trim off the chenille as needed for uniformity in length as some fibers can be slightly unruly. A size 12 pattern should finish approximately 1 ¼” in length.

This pattern is very simple to tie. It can be tied in various colors and I like them all, as long as it’s brown. Seriously, the brown has been very effective as has black. Experiment with colors.

Typically, this pattern would be fished under an indicator, however it can be stripped as well. This pattern has fished very well at Diamond Lake, Upper Klamath Lake, Crane Prairie and others and it is very attractive to not only trout but warm water fish species as well. 

 

Give it a try. I know you’ll like it,

 

Steve Day

Annual SOFT Dinner

  

Annual SOFT Dinner

Tuesday June 14, 2022

5:00 Happy Hour 

6:00 Dinner 

7:30 Raffle 

 

 

Where: Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park, Conference Center, 8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill.

 

We are setting up our Annual BBQ /Potluck dinner for our June 14th meeting. Food and beverages will be provided, and spouses and significant others are very welcome. As this has been a potluck in the past we ask that you let us know if you are planning to bring any side dishes and if not, what if any deserts or other interesting things you want to bring to share. 

 

We would like to get a head count and we would like to know if you will be bringing anything so that we do not over purchase the main course / side dishes and beverages. 

 

Please RSVP to me (Dave McCants) at davetyer177@gmail.com. If you could get back to us by Thursday, June 9th that would really help with our planning for this event. 

 

We will have the following: 

Ribs and Chicken / Baked Beans / Potato Salad / Green Salad / Bread / Wine / Beer / Soft Drinks… and of course what deserts or other dishes you wish to bring along… 

 

Also, please bring any flies or other donations for our raffle chairman as we will have a raffle after dinner. 

 

I believe that this will be the last chance to bring flies for Water Watch and we will be silent (no meetings for July and August, September still a possibility) for the summer

 

It has been a great tying season, and I thank all of you who have participated in our tying sessions!   Share and forward this message to your friends.

 

Kindest regards, Dave McCants

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Memorial Service For John Matthews

 John Matthews’ family is planning on having a memorial on Saturday, June 4^th, at 11:00 am, at the Holy Water Park, just below Lost Creek Lake. It’s officially named Rivers Edge Park Pavilion.  The family is going to have the food catered.  Any and all of John’s friends are invited to attend.

Blue Ribbon Flies Sunken Stone

 

Blue Ribbon Flies Sunken Stone

Hook -                 Mustad 9674 #6 or similar hook (#6 3665),

Thread -              Uni 6/0 fire orange,

Tail -                   Black closed cell foam

Body -                 Whiting Farms golden Olive Saddle or similar

Body -                 Alternating sections (5 or 6)of well-marked mule deer and Hareline Dubbing orange rabbit (HD15).

 

Note:                  Start with orange dubbing the short section of deer hair. This fly can be fished dry or wet. When fished wet fish it dead drift until end of drift and then let it swing and hang on for voracious hits. Use 3x tippet or you will lose a lot of flies. If fishing dry, cast under trees and when it lands lift the rod tip up and move the fly 3-4 inches and you will induce a lot more strikes!

Salmonfly from May Meeting

 

John Mathews Salmon Fly with a few of McBear’s Changes

 

Hook -                 Partridge long shank pre-WW2 #2, or Partridge

                           TO544 #2 or Mustad 9674 #1 or similar hook (#2 3665),

Thread -              Uni 6/0 fire orange,

Tail/

Underbody -       Black closed cell foam – John used moose body

Body palmer -    Whiting Farms golden Olive Saddle or similar

Body -                 Orange Macrame Yarn

Wing -                 Yearling Bull Elk 

                           McBear’s option (Grizzly or Light Brown Bear or

                           Cinnamon Bear)

Hackle -              Whiting Farms Brown or Coachman Brown Hackle,

                           2 hackles leaving gap in center of two hackles to show

                           Uni Fire Orange thread

 

Optional -           Tie on Owner 5102-111 1/0 offset worm hook wide gap upside down and fish as a bass fly at front of the dam at Lost Creek Lake when the salmon flies are flying over the top of the dam!                              

Going Forward

 Southern Oregon Fly Tyers

The meeting we just had this week was a good one.  The attendance, the raffle , and the demonstration were all very good.  The best part as always was the face to face meeting and conversing with each other. It was especially nice to see such a big contingent from Northern California.  Thanks to Dave McCants for stepping in at the last minute for Dave Roberts and we wish Dave a speedy recovery.

 

The next meeting will be our usual Spring BBQ on June 14^th.  Put it on your calendar today.

 

Now that the Pandemic has subsided perhaps we can get back to somewhat normal activities.  Some of us and our family members have underlying conditions so please feel free and comfortable in wearing a mask.

 

Flies for Water Watch Auction

We asked for flies and you responded with flies.  We thank you and please bring more. We are using this perfect venue for no fee other than flies donated to Water Watch.  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.

Email 

 Contact your fly tyer friends to make sure they are getting our email.   Sometimes these emails get sent to spam.  To get on the contact list email the info to wildrogue2003atyahoodotcom.