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…
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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…
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…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Pat’s Rubber Legs
The fly pattern which I have selected for the July beginner’s fly tying program is Pat’s Rubber Legs. Named after its creator, Pat Bennett, this fly is considered a great…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Emergent Sparkle Pupa
The fly pattern which I chose for the June Beginner’s class is the Emergent Sparkle Pupa, perhaps one of the “best kept secrets” for fishing trout and some of the…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Bead Head Bunny Leech
Our PVFF Beginner’s fly tying classes have been a tremendous success over the past year, despite the handicaps of the COVID pandemic. Almost monthly more and more of our members…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Cicada (Magicicada cassini)
The fly pattern chosen for the April Beginner’s fly tying is an imitation of a six-legged insect, i.e. a cicada. Why did we choose this pattern? For two reasons. First…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Dark Cahill
The fly pattern which I have chosen for the March Beginner’s fly tying is the Dark Cahill dry fly. First, a brief history of the Cahill fly pattern. In the…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Prince Nymph
As we continue with our virtual Beginner’s Fly Tying program in 2021, I want to briefly reflect on the success of our PVFF members in learning to tie artificial flies…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Egg-Sucking Leech
By Don Fine Hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday and that these early winter days have given you an opportunity to relax with a favorite beverage, while you tie…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Squirmy Worm and Glo Bug (Salmon Egg)
By Don Fine The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on us all, but despite these hardships our Beginner’s Fly Tying continues to be a success, with more than 20 of…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: Zebra Midge and Griffith’s Gnat
By Don Fine Our PVFF Beginner’s Fly Tying session for November is a continuance of our fly tying theme for this year, with patterns chosen to represent a different category…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: The Stancev Caddis Larva Pattern
By Don Fine Our PVFF virtual fly tying sessions continue to be a success with over 20 members participating in each of the past 4 months. Thus, we are encouraged…
Beginner’s Fly Tying: The Leech-a-ma-call-it Pattern
By Don Fine We hope that all of you who have been participating in our virtual fly tying sessions have been both enjoying tying the various fly patterns and advancing…