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April 2023 Meeting

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Just wanted to reach out and give you the Monthly meeting info again, we will be tying Kelson’s The Bachelor. I chose this fly to allow us enough time to finish a fly in our allotted time. We will meet on Saturday April 15th at the Fall City Firehouse at 9am. Those wanting breakfast will meet at the Raging River cafe at 8am. 
 
I also wanted to thank all those who attended the Albany Expo, we had a really good showing for our little guild! The dinner at Todd’s was a huge success as our resident chef Steve Morton cooked up a beautiful Paella, it was delicious! We decided to take up a donation for Steve and our group alone raised $550.00 plus some awesome Steelhead flies for him. Thank you all, we had 22 members attend! Such a good showing!
 
This meeting I would like to extend our meetings so those who travel will get the full benefit of our meeting. With that being said, we will be taking a lunch break with the guild picking up pizza for the group. I will bring a cooler with beverages for us. I think leaving the firehouse at noon is cutting us short on allowing time for help, discussions and completing a fly, or at least getting close to completing one. Let’s see how we do this month and decide if it works or not. I will be available to help anyone requiring a little assistance, or help with the fly.
 
I stopped by the Embroider today and the shirts are in, the artwork selected, along with proper spelling of names, sizes and color of shirt. I don’t know if they will be done by Saturday or not…we’ll see. But, the ball is rolling at last!  
 
Finally, the infamous “Guild” Hat has been found, and brought to Todd’s house for its newest member to be announced. We proudly presented the Feathered Fedora, beautifully adorned with plumes, beaks and other plumage to one of our old members Hunter Bachand! This man deserves the bounty of the Bird, he constantly teaches new members, keeps beautiful notes and shares those things  with anyone who needs them. Congratulations Hunter, we’re proud of you!
 
That should do it for now. See you all the 15th!
 
Glenn 
 
Bachelor-Kelson

Bachelor-Kelson

Albany 2023 Expo Photos

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Here are some photos from the 2023  Albany Expo:

 

February 2023 Meeting

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Hello Everyone, our February Guild meeting will be held on Saturday Feb 18th at the Fall City fire House, at 9am. Breakfast will be over at the Raging River Cafe at 8am for those having breakfast. I would like to thank all involved with putting on the Tying weekend last month, much appreciated. This month we will tackle the Butcher (Jewhurst) as seen in Kelson. Techniques this month will touch on multiple tail veilings, Seal fur body, multiple ribbings, body hackling and 2 throats. Along with the winging and finishing touches. So have your materials ready to go!! We will visit new club Shirts, name-tags for those needing them.  Hopefully Hunter can share some information about our next guest speaker, and Rocky and Linda also have some ideas for future guests as well. If you have an interest in anything from the Library please contact Dareld to secure your book order, remember the 2 week advance notice please. If you are having difficulties with any tying technique or problems please, let me know so we can tackle those things at future meetings, don’t  be shy! Look forward to seeing you all there, on the 18th.
Special thanks to Linda for providing the sweet Fly layout with the recipe for all of us! Thank you.
 
Buther, Kelson

Buther, Kelson

January 2023 Meeting

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Sorry I couldn’t make it yesterday. I hope all who participated had a good time. Our January meeting will be the weekend of the 14th and 15th. As mentioned before Glenn Wilson will be demonstrating for everyone. He will tie the Black Doctor on Saturday. Sunday he will show how he does certain parts of a fly as requested by you. So think about parts you would like to see and on Saturday that can be discussed amongst members with Glenn. Both days will start at 9:00am at the Fall City fire hall with breakfast at 8:00am at the Raging River cafe for those interested. There will be a teams link sent out for those who would like to watch but can’t be there in person. Also Todd Yorke is willing to put on the chili feed at his house Friday night March 10th. So for those that will be at the Albany show think about it and let me know by the end of next month so he can have an idea of how many will be there. The reason for Friday instead of Saturday is some members like myself may be planning to head home Saturday after the show. Please let me know if Friday is a problem and we can adjust if it affects to many. For those who wanted Cellire, Steve is working on it. I will let you know once I hear. Looking ahead the February meeting will be the 18th and the March meeting the 25th. Have a merry Christmas and Happy new year.

Dareld
 
 
Happy New Year everyone! Wanted to take a few minutes to bring everyone up to speed as to where we are at the present time. Due to some issues Dareld has stepped down as President, and I have been asked to take it on. If there are no problems with that, then I’m your Huckleberry. Other Guild administrators are as follows: Steve Brocco, Treasurer, meeting room arraigned, book purchases, guest tier costs. Linda Bachand and Rocky Hammond will serve as our International and Domestic Ambassadors they will secure guest visitor/Tyers to the group. Hunter Bachand will serve as our Fly Archivist. Public Relation and Hosts will be Kristen Macy and Britt Davenport, they will order shirts, name tags, business cards and related materials for the group. IT will be done by Mark Spaur, setting up equipment for virtual presentations at the meetings. Internet Website will be done by Garren Wood, maintaining our website and Facebook page. Library will be Dareld Thompson, unless he doesn’t have the time. Provides books, and other Guild related materials from our Library. You must order these two weeks in advance to the meeting so they can be brought to the meeting.
We can discuss this at our upcoming meeting this January 14-15th.
January Meeting is a two day tying weekend, both Saturday and Sunday at the Firehouse. Saturday I will be demonstrating Pryce-Tannatt’s Black Doctor. This pattern has most of the steps required in a full dress fly. As usual I will talk my way through the fly as it’s tied. Questions are welcomed, please don’t hesitate to ask!
Sunday, if we have enough members to make it worthwhile, I will be addressing things that members have requested, so far that would be: sides, mallard roof techniques, splitting Jay hackles and selecting, preparing and tying in Tails (Golden Pheasant). If you have a request PLEASE get a hold of me so I can add those things. I have to prepare hooks up to the requested items. 
Well, that’s it for now, sorry it was long winded, but I felt you all needed to know what’s going on. By the way, it’s YOUR Guild!
Sincerely,
Glenn

December 2022 Meeting

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Great November meeting. Always fun to sit around afterwards and talk about tying and whatever else comes up. Our next meeting will be December 17th at the Fall City fire hall at 9:00am. Breakfast at 8:00am at the Raging River cafe in Fall City as well. The pattern will be the Queen of Autumn by Kelson. Also Glenn Wilson has agreed to demonstrate for us at our January meeting. This could be a Saturday and Sunday event if there is enough interest. I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving. See you in a few weeks.

Queen of Autumn

Queen of Autumn

Queen of Autumn

Queen of Autumn

November 2022 Meeting

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Our next meeting will be November 19th at the Fall City fire hall at 9:00am. Breakfast at 8:00am at the Raging River cafe in Fall City as well. The fly will be the Brora as tied by Megan Boyd. Her style of tying flies has had a huge impression on me and many others for sure for good reason. I think she is one of the most celebrated tiers of all time and well deserved. Moving on, club dues is due and I want to get a current roster so please send it to Megan Brocco thru PayPal or send a check to Steve Brocco at the addresses below. Thank you both for your help with this! Please email me once you have sent your payment so I can work to get an accurate roster of active members by December 1st. This is a lot of work for a person with a full time job and and family stuff so please only email me once you commit. Also in work is the chance of getting a guest tier for after the new year. See you in a few weeks.

 

October 2022 Meeting

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I hope you all had a great summer and are ready to get back together as a group and start tying again. Our October 22nd meeting will be at at the Fire hall in Fall City. Unfortunately the library is still not available but Steve will keep checking. For those interested breakfast will be at the Raging River Cafe at 8:00am. The pattern will be the Lord Magdale. Also for those who don’t know the tying expo in Albany Oregon is scheduled for 2023 on March 10th and 11th.Hope to see you all in a month.

May 2022 Meeting

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The date for our May meeting will be May 14th at 9:00am at the Fall city fire hall. Next Saturdays meeting will be the test to see how the virtual part will work out. Breakfast will be at the Raging River Cafe in Fall city at 8:00 for those interested. The pattern will be the Corbett as found in the Hardy Salmon Flies book. Also Dennis Dokken has sent me some materials that he is wanting to sell so I will have that at the May meeting also. There are a couple of Wood duck skins Several different pheasant skins including Silver, Peacock, and Tragopan along with many other items. Dennis has everything priced and will be available by phone to answer any questions. For those that will not be attending in person I will get the Teams link out for the meeting in another email.

April 2022 Meeting

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We are able to meet in person at the Fall City fire hall for this meeting. The date will be April 30th at 9:00am. The Virtual part of it is questionable due to internet service but an effort will be made using cellular. Breakfast will be at the Raging River Cafe in Fall city at 8:00 for those interested. The pattern will be The Lion from Mike Radencich’s book Classic Salmon Fly Patterns as tied by Glenn. It will be great to see everyone.
 
 

February 2022 Meeting

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I hope everyone finished the Black Jay. I took a brush to my wing because my wing fibers were not staying married together in one section. Now It looks much better and I will try and temp a fish with it to think the same. Our next meeting will be February 19th at 9:00am. The pattern will be the Delfur Fancy. It is another fishy looking fly in my opinion and I have a few in my fly box that I have fished. Hope to see you in a few weeks.