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February Meeting

Hi Tyers,

Our next meeting will be at The Issaquah Library Administration Bldg. on Saturday February 13th starting at 9:00am. breakfast at the Issaquah Cafe at 8:00.

Great meeting last time and would like to welcome our new member Chet Frost.

Other News:

Please get a hook from Byron if you intend to tie a Green Highlander for the ASFI Plate…..Also tie it according to Pryce Tannatt recipe !!! All flies are due by March 15th for framing.

If you are going to Albany for the NW Fly Expo, Todd Yorke is going to have the Chili Feed again, on Friday March 11th around 6:30 . Thank you Todd !!!

Also, here is the link for Expo info: Northwest Fly Tyer and Fly Fishing Expo

Todds address:

590 Ben Vista Dr S

Salem Oregon

United States

If you have any items for the ASFI 2016 auction or want to sponsor the event, please contact Jesse. If you want to or know of anybody who wants to sponsor the ASFI event please contact Megan or myself.

The fly for the next meeting, just because….BLUE JACKET ( Lemire, Harry)

HOOK: 3/0

TIP: Silver oval

TAG: Light blue

TAIL: Golden Pheasant crest and barred woodduck

Body: 2/3 flat silver tinsel,front 1/3 Black seal (generous)

RIB: Oval silver tinsel

UNDERWING: Vulturine guinea elver

WING: Light Blue and Black dyed turkey, GP toping

CHEEK: Guinea

ROOF: Teal or pintail

THROAT: Light blue hackle

BLUE JACKET

January 2016 Meeting

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Hi Tyers,

Our next meeting will be at The Issaquah Library Administration Bldg. on Saturday January 16th starting at 9:00am. breakfast at the Issaquah Cafe at 8:00.

We will be tying The March Murderer.

Photograph and exquisite tie by Marcelo Maventano.

If you have any items for ASFI auction ….please bring them to meeting and give to Jesse.

NW FLY EXPO in Albany….March 11h and 12th

NIFFE Show in Lewiston….March 18th and 19th

Washington Fly fair…April 29th and 30th

Lastly, we are looking for a couple of exhibtors for the ASFI 2016….If you have any ideas please contact me.

Happy Holidays !!! and thank you for making this a family !!

Smooth as silk,

Dr Rock

The March Murderer

December Meeting

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Hi Tyers,

Our next meeting will be at The Issaquah Library Administration Bldg. on Saturday December 12th starting at 9:00am. breakfast at the Issaquah Cafe at 8:00.

We will be tying The Game Keeper.

Please bring or pay your dues. I’ll be updating our roster after the meeting.

Invites have gone out for the tying shows in Albany, Lewiston, and Ellensburg. Be sure to get them in and try to hook up with fellow members to save on gas.If you are interested in tying at these shows….please contact me and I’ll get the info.

See you on the 12th !!!!

Smooth as silk !!!

Rock

November Meeting

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Thanks for the great turnout last Saturday !!!

Well, our next meeting will be November 21st at the King Library Administration Bldg. in Issaquah starting at 9:00am. Breakfast at the Issaquah Cafe at 8:00 if you want to indulge.

The Fly: Orange Parson

Hook: 2/0 to 5/0

Tag: Silver thread and lilac floss

Tail: A topping and tippet in strands

Body: Orange, silk,orange, scarlet, and fiery brown seal’s fur in equal sections

Hackle: A lemon Hackle

Throat: Cock of the rock (orange hackle)

Wings: A pair of GP tippets veiled with cock of the rock (or an orange feather as in photo), 2 or 3 toppings

Sides: Barred wood duck

Cheeks: blue chatterer

Horns: Blue and yellow macaw

Orange Parson by Marcelo Malventano

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Other NEWS:

Please pay your dues of $40.00 USD made out to NWASFG at the meeting and give to Steve Brocco or mail to:

Steve Brocco

36515 SE 56th

Fall City WA 98024

United States of America

October Meeting

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Hi Tyers,

Our First meeting will be at The Issaquah Library Administration Bldg. on Saturday October 10th starting at 9:00am. breakfast at the Issaquah Cafe at 8:00.

The FLY: Golden Drop (Kelson)

Recipe:

Hook: Bartleet 1/0

Tag: Gold twist and cream silk

Tail: A topping and Jungle cock

Butt: Black Herl

Body: In two sections; No. 1, gold tinsel and silver ribs, butted with toucan and black herl; No. 2, black silk and gold rib

Hackle: Orange, from center.

Throat: Jay

Wings: Light mottled turkey, golden pheasant tail,, turkey or swan dyed orange, light green, and scarlet; gallina, mallard, and a topping.

Sides: Jungle cock

Horns: Blue macaw

Other NEWS:

Please pay your dues of $40.00 USD made out to NWASFG at the meeting and give to Steve Brocco or mail to:

Steve Brocco

36515 SE 56th

Fall City WA 98024

United States of America

The Hoebie Swap Box will return with Nick Ricks in charge. I’ll bring the box the first meeting. The idea is to cull out odds and ends of your material and put in box for the other tyers that possibly could use.

Also, If you have any nice stuff worthy for the ASFI Expo next June…Please bring to the meeting and give to Jesse, Dareld, or Nick… Please put in nice plastic bag for protection… Megan will be bringing a description form to fill out and place in bag with item. We have already received some VERY nice donations and would like more. Good opportunity to clean up your fly tying abode !

We will also have a sign up list for those who want to help and participate in the event. We have 62 tyer/hookmakers signed up and this is YOUR opportunity to reach out and learn from the best !! If you cannot make it to the meeting and want to participate please email me.

For those interested we are having an ASFI committee meeting on October 3rd , 11:00 am at my house !!!

I am looking forward to seeing you again and tying during the dark hours of winter……and no electricity !!!

Smooth as silk,

Rock

May Meeting

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Our next meeting will be at The Issaquah Library Administration Bldg. on Saturday May 16th starting at 9:00am. breakfast at the Issaquah Cafe at 8:00.

On Sunday we will be meeting at the Fall City Firehall staring at 9:00 am and breakfast at The Roadhouse in fall city at 8:00am

Paul Rossman will be our guest tyer for this meeting. Bring a lot of questions as to materials and hooks. Should be a very informative meeting.

Other odds and ends…

Ellensburg Fly Fishing Fair May 1st and 2nd at the Ellensburg fairgrounds

IFFF 50th Anniversary meeting….August 13th, 14th, 15th….in Bend Oregon…..link….Fly Fishing Fair

Great thanks to Mr Ted and Brad Niemeyer for providing such exquisite materials to our club. Such a gracious gesture !!

We will have a meeting Saturday, June 13th….with more materials

At the May meeting we will decide on when we should have a dyeing party…..so get your materials together and be prepared.

If you would like to be on the ASFI II 2016 committee…please e-mail me.

I want to thank all of you who attended the last meeting….too many to count….Vibrant and active….I’m proud of all of you and honored to be a part of this group (family of tyers)… To get an email/photo of a beautful Stevenson from a tyer who went home after the meeting and promptly retied it because HE wasn’t satisfied …..tells me a lot about the character of individuals we have in this group. My hat goes off to you !!!

Smooth as Silk.

Dr Rock

March 2015 Meeting

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Our next meeting will be at The Issaquah Library Administration Bldg. on Saturday March 7th starting at 9:00am. breakfast at the Issaquah Cafe at 8:00

We will have a SPECIALl surprise guest at this meeting. I know we are getting busy for Albany but I HIGHLY recommend you to attend. Also, there will be many high quality materials for sale at this meeting that will be a compliment to your material armamentarium…so bring your tax refund check.LOL

Also, don’t forget about the Albany show the following weekend and chili feed at Todd Yorke’s house on Saturday in Salem.

The Fly: Delfur Fancy

Pattern Description from Glenn:

If you like the history stuff here it is too. It’s a Farlow pattern, 1920, for the Delfur Beat on the River Spey. Cool I thought!

Silver oval- yellow floss

Topping- Indian Crow

Black herl

1/3 yellow wool, 2/3 Black wool

Grey Heron (longish) from 3rd rib

Lg Flat Silver tinsel, Fine Gold oval wound between turns, Fine Silver oval counter wound to protect hackle stem

Throat- Fiery Brown hackle or Golden Pheasant flank feather

Underwing- Tippets

Yellow, red, white, red Turkey

Teal

Topping,

Sides are double Jungle Cock.

Here is yet another Variant;

Flat silver tinsel

The Tail, butt, body, hackles, are all the same(as above)

UW) Tippets with a long Jungle Cock over them (extended Jungle)

W) yellow, red, Bustard, Amhurst

Topping

Jungle Cock sides

Glenn

Delfur Fancy

February 2015 Meeting

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Our next meeting will be the Issaquah Library Administration Bldg at 9:00am on February 7th.

We will be tying the Blacker Ghost Fly and we will vote on the one to be the Showcase fly for the ASFI 2016 (hopefully). Hoebie Iredale will be charge of the voting and will deem the appropriate time to vote at the meeting . If you cannot make it and would like to submit a fly…please contact Hoebie…

hoebieiredale@gmail.com and mail it to him before February 7th. Tie a good one !!!!

Steve Brocco will leading the meeting on the 7th and be sure to find somebody to ride share or room with in Albany the weekend of March 13th thru 14th. The Chili feed will be at Todd Yorke’s house Satuday March 14th around 6:30pm . BYOB .

His Address:

590 Ben Vista

Salem OR 97302

United States of America

Smooth as silk,

Rocky

January Meeting Info

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Friday January 16th

Hookmaking at my house starting around 9:30. Byron will be in charge of showing Ryan our techniques and he showing his hookmaking techniques. Please feel free to come and make a hook.

My address : 35611 SE David Powell Rd, Fall City, WA 98024

Dinner will be at 6:30 at the Fall City Bistro. LINK: Fall City Bistro

Saturday January 17th

8:00am Breakfast at the Issaquah Cafe LINK: Issaquah Cafe | Breakfast and Lunch in Issaquah Washington

9:00am to 5pm – Meeting at the King County library Administration Bldg. LINK: Bing Maps

Flies that possibly will be entertained:

Mixed Wing – Bonne Bouche

Blue Palmer

Question period if time allows

6:30pm Dinner at the Steelhead Diner LINK: Steelhead Diner | Pike Place Market | Seattle, WA

Sunday January 18th

8:00am Breakfast at The Fall City roadhouse Roadhouse in Fall City LINK: Fall City Roadhouse & Inn

9:00am Meeting At The Fall City Firehall LINK: Home

Flies that possibly will be entertained:

Thunder and Lightening

Ryan’s specialty fishing flies for Ireland….possibly grubs or tubes

6:30pm Dinner at Monsoon (Bellevue0 LINK: Monsoon East – Bellevue, WA | Yelp

November 15, 2014 Meeting Information

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November 15, 2014 Meeting Information

Where: Issaquah Library Administration Bldg.
When: Breakfast at the Issaquah Cafe at 8:00

The Fly: Green Doctor ( I have no photo but one of the Yellow doctor!)

TAG: Fine oval tinsel and yellow floss

TAIL: Topping and indian crow

BUTT: Red wool

BODY: Yellow floss

HACKLE: grass green from second rib

RIB: Oval silver

THROAT: Gallina

WINGS: tippet in strands. Bustard,golden pheasant tail, yellow,red,green,light blue swan (turkey), Bronze mallard, GP Topping

SIDES: Jungle cock

HORNS: Blue and yellow macaw

HEAD: Red wool

Photo is of YELLLOW DOCTOR to give you an idea

OTHER NEWS:

Membership dues , $40, should be made out to NWASFG and given to Steve Brocco.

HOBIE, yes you, will be in charge of material grab box. Please cull out old materials that possibly others can use in and donate to “the material box”…I’ll bring box for Hobie to next meeting

Steve Brocco has some “mini prints” of hairy tying…..$15 if you are interested.

We are working on Ryan Houston (Ireland) to come out and present for weekend after the 1st of the year

Please get flies to Hunter Bachand….He is right in procuring some flies from our current mebers for the archives.

Please submit photos, if you desire, to Garren Wood for the website. BTW….Nice job on the website Garren !!! A lot of positive reports !!!

Future EXPOS:

Albany, Oregon…March 13th and 14th, 2015

Ellensburg, WA…..May 1,2,3 2015

North Idaho..NIFFE.in Lewiston..Late March i assume…no date yet

IFFF…Bend, Oregon August 11th–15th

I will announce a time for a 2016 ASFI feasibility meeting this week for those who are interested.

Good to see you tyers,

Smooth as Silk,

Rocky