Mays meeting will be on Saturday May 17th, at the Fall City Fire House at 9am. Those wanting breakfast will meet at the Raging River Bar and Grill at 8am.

I apologize for not having pictures for this month, but we will be having Joel Hill as our guest tier, Joel is a talented fly tier and will demonstrate the Glasso style Spey Flies. I spoke with him and suggested patterns like the Orange Heron, Sol Duc Spey, and flies with multiple ribbings and Bronze Mallard wings. Flies like the Reachs, the Black and Red kings, these flies utilize Spey like hackles wound the reverse way to the ribs, sporting tented Mallard wings. Good fishing flies, so there is a lot to learn from watching Joel.

 

Thank you to our members who demonstrated at the FFI show in Issaquah, lots of talent not many visitors, but thanks for your commitment.

 

Guild shirts should be ready by the May meeting, I will send out a separate mail to those who ordered shirts with the price.

I do not have any information  on name tags at this time, but will be working on it.

 

I will also have more information from Ray about his material and having them on hand for our members. I will talk to Ray, see what he has then pass on that information with another email, so members will be prepared. A huge thank you to Ray for thinking about the group and him wanting to pass his collection on to those of us who tie within the Guild. Thank you!

 

We are still putting together a meeting for early June to have a dying session, I have not been able to contact Dave, as I do not have a current phone number, but will keep at it. Even if he is unable to attend I think we have enough members with experience to put on a session and get good results. The location, time and date are still in the works, so don’t put all your eggs in one basket…

 

Ben will update us on the Grewcock Salmon Patterns and the interest in securing the PDF recipes for the group.

 

Hunter is busy working on his Newsletter, and he can update us on his progress. If you have any ideas, tips, methods or techniques for tying or material prep, please get that to Hunter, everyone can benefit from this. Also please contribute your flies to the Guild archive, give them to Hunter, thank you.

 

If you would like to get something from our Library, contact Dareld for your request, he can get them to you at the meeting, he also has thumb drives available with past tiers demonstrating their talents for the Guild. This is a great asset, use it.

 

Coffee will be on, beverages in the cooler and lunch provided for the group.

See you all Saturday the 17th.

 

Respectfully, 

Glenn