Fly Tying Class-01/14 Tying and Fishing Foam Flies

Many people love to throw bigger flies during the summer, but they often complain that they cannot keep their standard flies dry and floating and that they don't know how to tie foam flies.   Well for you, on Friday night, I will have a class on how to tie these flies as well as how to fish them.  We will cover the Hopper Juan, a standard beetle and the Club Sandwich.  As mentioned, we will discuss how to fish these patterns.   If you know how to tie them, but not how to fish them, then they will just be a pretty fly in your box.  

Ghillies Fly Shop

6:30-8:30PM

Friday 01/14/11

$25.00

All materials provide.  Projected onto a HD TV.

Call Ghillies to sign up.  Space is limited and this has been a popular class.  719-531-5413

Images from The Fly Fishing Show.

After spending 3 days in Denver at The Fly Fishing Show, I looked through my photos and realized that I  didn't get nearly as many photos as I wanted to and I didn't get any shots other than the flies that everyone was tying.  I had planned on getting shots of some product and some presenters, but never got the chance to do so. So, you will just have to settle for pictures of flies.  I hope you don't mind.  

A peek into Shea's "reject box".  I don't see any rejects in there, do you?

More of Shea's box.

More Splatte patterns.

Flies from Kevin Compton.

Deward's little Midge Larva

Beadhead version.

Tim Mack's San Juan River Midge

I think this one was tied by Deward.

Mark Boname tying "spoon flies". 

Tube Flies!

Carl's Purple Prince.  This thing was sweet!  

Carl Pennington's Golden Stone.  

Casey Dunnigan, fellow MFC designer with an awesome Stonefly.   

Rick Takahashi's Chrinomids.  

Got Eggs?  

Walt Mueller (AKA "The Otter") is the egg man.  

Jason Goodale, another MFC designer, was spinning up some sweet bass flies.  

Deward's realistic mayfly.  This was in a display case.  

Same display case.

Tim's Foam Back.

I think this is an Envy Midge.  

 Tim tying away.

 Mark McMillian's Display.  Some really sweet flies on this display.  

 Jake Ruthven, a young tier, twisting up some bugs.

 A couple boxes of mine at my table.

One more shot of my boxes.  

Representing at the show.  

The Fly Fishing Show

January 7, 8 & 9, 2011
Denver,  Colorado

Stop by at the upcoming Fly Fishing Show and visit with me. I'd like to meet and talk to as many of you as I can.  I'll share as much as possible with you and give you a new sicker that I have.  I will also have 5 dozen Hopper Juans for sale as well as the materials kits so you can tie them yourself.  The kits are $5.00 for enough materials to tie 6 Hoppers and the Hoppers are $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00.  I hope to see you soon.

2010 Fly Fishing Show

Some Hopper pattern in the Denver Post

Carl Pennington called me up as I was driving to Denver to catch the final Broncos game of the year and asked me if I got his e-mail.  I said no.  He then told me that there was a picture of my hopper in the outdoors section of the Denver Post.  When I got to Denver, I found a Sunday Denver Post and headed straight for the Outdoors section and there it was!  I was suprised by the size of the photo.  Usually they put a small photo attached to the story and that's it.  So here it is, the happenings this week in Denver and some Hopper pattern.

Here is the link: http://www.denverpost.com/outdoors/ci_16989062

PHOTOS STOLEN FROM CARL PENNINGTON AND USED WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION