Becoming an Outdoors Woman

~ Fly Tying Workshop ~

Blue Mountain Flycasters and

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife


Helpful hands are all around the table.

There are times a picture is worth a thousand words...
so we will let the 2005 workshop and these smiles speak for themselves.

 

A flybox of patterns for stillwaters

Handling tools and materials instructions

 

A flybox of patterns for streams


Tools of the trade

 
nimble fingers

 
a vice that will hold the hook securely

 
a box of other gadgets


Working one step at a time.

Some concepts are vague,
until a student goes hands on


Most students didn't realize how simple dressing
a fly can be until we work it one step at a time


Think of fly tying much as you would in preparing a gourmet dinner dish... one ingredient added at a time.


A few of the flies patterns we tie
(see fly recipes below)


Which pattern should we tye next?
The next question asked is... Do we tye the fly from head to tail ~ or tail to head?
It really depends on the wings.

At the BOW workshops we will answer all your questions, of the day.


 Lunch recipes...


Good time recipes...


Fly recipes...


All of these ingredients go together to make a BOW Fly Tying Workshop



ODFW/BOW and Blue Mountain Flycasters - we try to do things right, and have fun in the process.

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) conducts a number of outdoor workshops around the state in connection with the Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) program. Our current plans have scheduled the next eastern Oregon BOW -Blue Mountain Flycasters' Fly Tying Workshop to be held at the Pendleton Convention Center on Saturday, April 7, 2007.
If you are interested in learning more details of this upcoming event click here to email Mary Hoverson with ODFW and the BOW program.

 

The fly recipes tied during the 2005 workshop

Wolly Worm
Hook- #10 - #6 Daiichi 1550 or Gamakatsu L10-2H
Thread- Black 6/0 Uni Thread
Tail- Red Shimmer / wool
Body- Black chenille
Hackle- Grizzly saddle hackle palmered over cheille

Wolly Bugger
Hook - #6 - #10 Mustad 3665 streamer or steelhead/salmon hook
Thread - Black 6/0 Danville pre-waxed
Weight - optional
Tail - Black marabou
Body - Black, white, purple chenille (medium or ultra)
Hackle - white saddle palmered over cheille

Elk Hair Caddis
Hook - #10 - #16 Mustad 94840 dry fly hook
Thread - brown 6/0 Danville pre-waxed
Body - olive dubbing
Wing - elk hair
Hackle - brown saddle palmered

Gold Rib Hare's Ear
Hook - #10 - #18 TMC 3769 or Mustad 3906B nymph/ wet fly hook
Thread - black 6/0 Uni Thread
Weight - optional
Tail - mallard or wood duck flank
Body - hares ear dubbing
Rib - fine flat tinsel (gold)
Wing case - peacock herl or pheasant tail fibers

Royal Coachman
Hook - #10 - #16 Mustad 94840 dry fly hook
Thread - black 6/0 Danville pre-waxed
Tail - Golden Pheasant tippet
Body - 3 sections - 1) peacock herl, 2) red floss, 3) peacock herl
Wing - white calf tail
Hackle - Coachman brown

Wolfe Buzz Hackle
Hook: Mustad 3906 size 10
Thread: Black 6/0 prewaxed
Tail: Hackle fibers (created by over wrapping a portion of the hackle)
Body: Yellow Floss
Hackle: 0ne grizzly and one brown saddle. Approx. size 12

If interested in more FFF fly tying demostration/ instructions follow this link to:
NW Fly Tyers Expo Videos/ Videotapes/DVDs of the OCFFF Expo from 1989-2005
Produced by the Oregon Council, Federation of Flyfishers.

 

ODFW/ BOW Web site

BOW Fly Fishing Workshop

BOW Fishin' and Floatin' Workshop

Blue Mtn. Flycasters Homepage

Our Next Blue Mountain Flycasters' Meeting

Blue Mountain Fly Hatch Chart

 

 

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