Yet Another Informal Tying Night

[jskowron]

Time for another tying get together

BCFF Informal Tying Night
Tuesday Aug. 28th, 6-8pm
Sullivan & Associates Training Center
34 Depot St.
Pittsfield Ma
(upstairs from the Pittsfield Brew Works)

Come on over and tie some flies. These are very informal get togethers. Bring your vise and materials, or just yourself. There's always an extra vise and plenty of materials, so it's a great opportunity to try out tying for the first time, try out a new pattern, or get some advice on a new technique or fly. There's usually some material swapping, for those interested. We'll tie for a few hours and then head downstairs to the Brew Works for Drinks and Burgers. We don't have s specific agenda, so stop in anytime, or just catch up with us at the Brew Works afterwards. This will be the third or fourth time we've had one of these tying nights, and they are always a good time and we learn a lot from each other.

Let me know if you need directions. If there are specific patterns or techniques you want to try out, let me know that too and I'll try to make sure we have the materials and tools.

[jlibs]

I'm in.

JLIBS

[jlibs]

What are some other good terrestrials for this time of the year and what materials might I need? If you have the patterns, please share. I'll get what I need for the tying night. Let me know please.

I tied up my first "hopper's" and used them last night. I cast them towards the banks in the "fishy" looking spots and small trout slammed my hopper repeatedly. It was my first hopper time and it was fun.

Fly Pattern Recipe
Name Dave's Hopper

Difficulty 4
Popular Sizes 08, 10, 12
Hook Type 3X long nymph/streamer
Thread Yellow 6/0
Tail Red deer hair with cream yarn folded over the top
Body Cream yarn
Ribbing Brown hackle palmered though body, trimmed short
Wing Underwing of yellow deer hair, overwing of mottled turkey quill
Legs Trimmed and knotted stems from yellow grizzly hackle
Head Deer hair spun and trimmed into square shape. Tips are left untrimmed on top of the back of the head to form a collar


Thanks,
JLIBS

[jskowron]

I have seen fish go crazy for ant patterns this time of year. I tie them with dubbing or yarn bodies, and also use black foam. I tie two segments, with a few wraps of black or grizzly hackle in the middle. They work great drifted along grassy undercut banks, as well as along shorelines in stillwater. Last summer up at our camp in NH, I was fishing the shore of of the pond from a boat. There were smallmouth and pickerel rising like crazy under some overhanging trees. Nothing worked until I tied on a black ant. They exploded out of the water onto that thing.

Though not technically terrestrials, bumblebee patterns can be effective, especially under or downstream from a hive on an overhanging branch. I have tied them with alternating bands of black and yellow stack and clipped deer hair, with a little hackle at the front. A McGinty also works well, fished wet or on top (wet pattern below)

McGinty

Hook - wet fly hook 2X sizes 6 - 16
Thread - black
Tail - l\teal flank fibers and red hackle fibers mixed
Body - black and yellow wool yarn alternating
Wings - white tipped blue mallard quills
Thorax - dark brown hen or soft rooster hackle

In the same category, big dragonfly or damselfly patterns can also be effective "between the hatch" flies. They are, however, a pain in the neck to cast and will really twist up your leader.

Jeff

[ctroy36]

I'll be there.

[Mark Patenaude]

Don't forget about black beetles (foam, forget about the deer hair) in sizes 14 and 16. IMHO this is the best terrestrial pattern you can fish to trout.

Fish them like the ants along the cut banks or dap them to pocket water and hold on...