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FLY TYING JAM Jim Holmes & Pete Peterson Third Tuesday of the Month 6:30PM at the Activity Center |
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Jim Holmes will be tying next month's Fly of the Month pattern and others that will work for that time of year and for the upcoming GBF fishout locations.
Any questions, give me a shout!
Jim Holmes 967-6709 |
Together with the fly tying jam I will be giving instructions on tying Bass and Saltwater flies. I will provide all materials for a fee of $3.00 per night. That is about 1/2 of what a single fly usually costs. Bring your own tools. This class is for intermediate tyers and up. It is NOT a beginner's class.
There should be enough time to tie 4-5 flies per meeting. If you have a favorite bass or saltwater fly that you would like to learn, I will gladly accept any requests. There is no sign up sheet for these classes. Come one - come all.
Pete Peterson |
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Our Fly Tying Jam will be held on Tuesday, March 16 at the Folsom Lake Activity Center in Granite Bay starting at 6:00PM . just remember that the gates closes about 7:00PM so after that you are on your own!
Update : Just a reminder that our Fly Tying Jam is on Tuesday, March 16th at (note start time!) 6:00PM. The advanced fly tying class will be the jam and all are invited to watch Dennis Lee tie the Green Butted Skunk and the original P.T. Nymph. Dennis will also be talking about materials and how to choose them. It should be a great class!
I would like to thank all of you who came early to the last meeting to see Phil Fisher tie his Callibaetis flies. We have posted the recipes under the Fly Tiers Corner (link is on the GBF Homepage) or by clicking on Phil Fisher's name in the Speaker Archive. I have his tied flies and will have them with me at the next fly tying jam on Tuesday and also the following month if you want to get a better look. These are excellent flies and have a wide application for our normal fishing range!
Click link: Parachute Poodle Callibaetis (PDF file) tying instructions from California Fly Fisher magazine. Open in Adobe Reader. The following table shows pattern recipes from Phil Fischer's presentation at GBF's March 11, 2010 general meeting:
Warm-Water Corner by Pete Peterson
Tidbit – There is a big fallacy that bass do not like bright light. This is not entirely true. What bass do not like is UV rays. A bright day can be some of the best fishing if a few clouds are going over or if the humidity is over 50%. A high humidity will break up the UV rays so that the bass will get these rays in a scattered form. Warm-water fly schedule: July Dan Blanton’s Whistler Aug Dan Blanton’s Sar-Mul-Mac Sept Fatal Attraction Oct Whitlock’s Hair Jig (this is the fly I caught a 15 lb bass on) Nov Whitlock’s Sheep Shad Dec Lefty’s Deceiver
Please remember that this is NOT a beginner's class. Neither are any of these flies hard to tie. There are several lake fishouts coming up and I will be there to help any way I can. Trivia: How big was the last bass you caught? If you do not have a scale, a very accurate method is: measure the girth of the fish at its widest point and square this measurement. Multiply this number by the total length of the fish from the tip of its head to the tip of its tail. Divide the number by 800. Thus a fish with a 20-inch girth and 22 inches long will weigh about 11 pounds. 20x20=400; 400x22=8800; 8800 divided by 800 is 11 pounds.
Free use of the Club’s fly tying vises and tools are also available. If you think you want to learn to tie flies, but don’t want to spend a lot of money to find out, contact Larry Lee and arrange with him to check out a vise and the tools you will need. Club members may keep them for thirty days at a time. Larry can be reached at Larrylee@l3rods.com or call him at (916) 962-0616. For any other questions about the Fly Tying Jam, you can contact Jim Holmes at (916) 967-6709 or jwholmesjr@aol.com |
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