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
Join the Potomac Valley Fly Fishers club
The yearly membership is only $12.00. Family membership is $17.00. Members receive a mailed copy of the news letter, Streamlines each month. The most valuable part of belonging to our club is the comradery with other fly fishers and the valuable asset of having so many people willing to help you with fly fishing techniques and fly tying.
You can download a copy (Word format) of our membership application HERE
To join our club please email our Membership Chair Ruby Fine
join@pvflyfish.org,
call her on 301-371-5617 or just
attend one of our monthly membership meetings.
We are looking forward to having you as a new
member of the club!
You may also contact our President John Brognard at
president@pvflyfish.org
Our mailing address is:
Potomac Vally Fly Fishers
Box 3001
Frederick, Md. 21705