At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering on May 18th at 7:00 PM, Martyn Holland will show us how to tie the Diawl Bach and Coch y Bonddu. These are flies…
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Advanced Fly Tying: Extended Body Mayfly
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering on April 20 at 7:00 PM, Nina Cleven will show us how to tie the Extended Body Mayfly. This is a great fly to have…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Beck’s Super Beetle
Session Overview Our session for April 19 (7:00 PM) is an opportunity for our class participants to ‘step outside the box’ when it comes to learning to tie terrestrial fly…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Red Tag (Wet & Dry)
Session Overview Realizing that spring trout season is upon us, I sought to find a fly pattern which would provide our Beginner’s class with new tying techniques and a pattern…
Advanced Fly Tying: Little Black Stone Fly & Yellow Tailed Black Fly
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering on March 16 at 7:00 PM, Randy Underwood will show us how to tie the little black stone fly for early trout and his…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Dirty Bird
Session Overview The fly pattern chosen for the February 15 Beginner’s Fly Tying class is “The Dirty Bird.” We chose this fly pattern to honor Bob Abraham, long time member…
Advanced Fly Tying: the Circus Peanut
At our February Advanced Fly Tying gathering on Feb. 16 at 7:00 PM, Joe Walther will tie the Circus Peanut fly — an articulated streamer that is essentially two wooly…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Two Winter Patterns
Download Print Instructions Session Overview Our first Beginner’s Fly Tying session of 2022 will be held January 18 at Trinity United Methodist Church, starting at 7:00 PM. Seeing that winter…
Advanced Fly Tying: Three Dollar Dip
At our Advanced Fly Tying gathering, on January 19 at 7:00 PM, I will tie the Three Dollar Dip (aka serendipity), an effective and simple nymph pattern. We will meet…
Combined Beginner’s and Advanced Fly Tying: Dubbing Tips and Techniques
In this session, we have decided to focus on a tying technique rather than tying a specific fly pattern. As such, the class will focus on the application of dubbing…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: CDC Elk Hair Caddis
The fly pattern chosen for the November tying session is the CDC Elk Hair Caddis. Fall water temperatures make caddisfly patterns i.e. the CDC Elk Hair Caddis a perfect candidate…
Advanced Fly Tying: October Caddis
IMPORTANT: the October advanced fly tying session is cancelled. We will join together in November to tie the October Caddis. Our next Advanced Fly Tying session will be on Wednesday,…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Green Eyed Damselfly Nymph
The fly pattern chosen for the next Beginner’s tying session will be the Green Eyed Damsel nymph. Damselflies are present spring through fall each year. As such, different species of…
Advanced Fly Tying: September 2021
Our next Advanced Fly Tying session will be held virtually on September 15th beginning at 7:00 PM. Dr. Wayne Leadbetter, PVFF club member, will be leading the tying that evening.…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Ant Pattern
Over the past year, our PVFF Beginner’s Fly Tying sessions have covered a wide variety of fish food forms; mayfly, stonefly and caddisfly nymphs, as well as the emergent forms…