Flies

I am sorting through and organizing documents for the 2027 Introduction to Fly Fishing class at Skagit Valley Community College and found these articles by Bruce and Robin about Chironomid fishing. I thought that those of us who are new to Chironomid fishing might be interested in the guidance these two experts have for us.

At our October meeting of Pints&Flies Robin LaRue tied two Scott Willison coho flies: the "Olive Sparkle Bugger" and "Strutter". The materials list can be found in CohoFlies.pdf.

I attended the WA FFI Casting Fair and tied some deer hair in the afternoon. I had never done anything like that before, but they asked me if I would be part of the demonstrators, and it worked out to head down. It was great fun and the best part is that I learned more than I imparted. One of their featured tiers was Dan West who happens to live in Issaquah, so close enough to get further instruction, and he demonstrated his techniques for tying extended body mayflies. He is featured in the October WA FFI newsletter (Oct 2024 Washington State Council Newsletter – wscffi). I am heading out today to get the materials that he uses. I have recently been playing around with this style of fly using deer hair but his techniques surpass anything that I have seen so far. They look great and you …

I found this online.  I find it helps take the confusion on threads and application. I also have ones for hooks if anyone is interested.