The Fly Box
This is the fly of the month.
Materials
Size 6 - natural bend wet fly hook
Yellow size 6/o thread
1 mm Spirit River foam
Zonker metal strip, brads or lead for weighting
Biots for tail and legs
Antennae material
Dirty yellow fine dubbing
Black plastic bead eyes
Wing burners for shaping wing pads
1.prepare 6+ weighted hook sets
2.prepare 6x 6 legs from biots (wet)
3.prepare two wing pads from burners
4.color foam strip with gold sharpie with black along back edge
5.wrap thread to bend and tie in foam
6.make two wraps of foam, secure and tie in pair of bio tails, secure with thread and glue
7.continue wrapping foam to mid shank
8.dub and cut off extra foam
9.secure 1st pair of legs with tips facing forward, glue
10.dub over legs, then tie in first wing pad
11.dub forward, tie in 2nd pair of legs, dub again, glue
12.advance dub forward and tie in 3rd pair of legs
13.secure 2nd wing case with tail of the foam wing case extended forward
15.small amount of dubbing, then secure eyes
16.fold foam to the rear to cover the eyes, final dub and finish securing thread
Contact the Potomac Valley Fly Fishers club
President: John Brognard
301-371-4205
president@pvflyfish.org
Secretary: Karen Baker
301-874-0176
secretary@pvflyfish.org
Treasurer: Larry Forte
301-874-6996
treasurer@pvflyfish.org
Director1: David Fulton
301-696-0109
director1@pvflyfish.org
Director2: Jon Thames
301-788-2482
director2@pvflyfish.org
Director3: Lou Stohlman
301-834-7412
director3@pvflyfish.org
Past President: Don Fine
301-371-5617
pp@pvflyfish.org
Conservation: Randy Inmon
301-662-4616
conservation@pvflyfish.org
Outings: David Fulton
301-696-0109
outings@pvflyfish.org
Programs: Larry Forte
301-874-6996
programs@pvflyfish.org
Membership: Ruby Fine
301-834-7412
join@pvflyfish.org
NewsLetter: Lou Stohlman
301-834-7412
news@pvflyfish.org
Trout in the Classroom: Chuck Dinkel
301-831-3637
tic@pvflyfish.org
Trout Raising: Randy Inmon
301-662-4616
troutpen@pvflyfish.org
Web Page: John Brognard
301-371-4205
web@pvflyfish.org
Our mailing address is:
Potomac Vally Fly Fishers
Box 3001
Frederick, Md. 21705