SOFT MEETING ON TUESDAY, May 14th, 2013, 6:00 PM
SOFT MEETING ON TUESDAY, May 14th, 2013, 6:00 PM
Southern Oregon Fly Tyers invite you to attend their next meeting, at the Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park community building near Gold Hill. Please refer to the driving directions and map near the bottom.
Jay Daley will demonstrate two of his colorful creations.
Gut Bomb Blood Worm
HOOK: TMC 2487, Daiichi 1150, size 10
THREAD: UTC 70 black and orange
BODY: Hareline stretchy fly skin or Rainey's clear stretch flex 1/8 inch
RIB: Orange krystal flash, 2
COATING: Clear Cure Goo Hydro
BUTT: Green Sharpie pen
BODY: Top and Bottom Red Sharpie
Stretch Magic Midge
HOOK: Scud; Daiichi 1120, Dai-Riki 135, TMC 2457 – size 14
HEAD: 10/0 seed beads – one solid white followed by one transparent green with silver lining
THREAD: UTC 70 olive
RIB: UTC 70 olive
BODY: Stretch Magic – size .7 mm
A note about materials: Transparent seed beads with silver lining and solid white seed beads can be found in bead shops or craft stores.
Smash the barb and place the white bead on the hook, followed by the green bead. Place the hook in the vise in a vertical position, with the eye pointing down. This makes it easier to tie on the Stretch Magic. Tie in the thread a little past the midpoint of the bend of the hook. Tie in the Stretch Magic at this point leaving about a ¼” tag. Reposition the hook to a normal tying position in the vise. Spiral the thread forward to the bead on the bare hook, creating a rib. Wrap the Stretch Magic forward, placing each wrap next to the previous one, and stretching it as you wrap, until you reach the bead. Secure with 2 – 3 tight wraps. Stretch the Stretch Magic and cut as close as possible. Whip finish and apply head cement. Stretch the tag end of the Stretch Magic and cut as close as possible.
This pattern can also be tied in different colors by changing the olive thread and the green bead to black, tan, or red. (The white bead is always used.) I learned to tie this fly from Bob Wolfe at the International FFF Show in Spokane last year.
Here is a neat learning/teaching tool that might be of interest to fly tyers.
http://vimeo.com/channels/patterns/page:1
The link above has some great fly tying videos.
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To get to the SOFT meeting location, take the Gold Hill exit, #40,
off of I-5 and go west, toward Jacksonville, 1.3 miles, until you
reach the brick entrance way to the Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park on
the right. You'll pass a golf course parking lot on your left shortly
after leaving the freeway. After turning right into the mobile home
park, proceed to the community building which is located about 100
yards ahead on the left. The address is 8401 Old Stage Rd. Click on
the following link for the SOFT location in Google Maps.
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?RogueFlyfish...a506fbacb689d1
