Well, it’s that time again to dust off your tying bench, break out the books and get motivated. Remember RUST is the enemy of fly tying, be it a Hare’s ear, a Woolly  Bugger or a Classic Salmon fly, laying off will show itself. That being said, I have been putting together things to get us moving forward, practicing techniques and understanding the complexities of the Salmon Fly. Now is a good time to evaluate yourself, and what are your goals as far as fly tying is concerned. There has to be some things you want to know, or do better to make that step forward and elevate your flies to where you think they should be. As we have said before, I am by no means an expert in this hobby, just somebody who has played the game long enough to be dangerous! But also remember the Guild’s promise that “There are NO Secrets”, I and others will tell you everything we know in order to help our members construct a better fly, interpret the books and fly recipes to make this more fun.

 

Thanks to our ever present hammer and won’t let a stone be unturned guy, Mark Spaur, we will be meeting back in our old haunt in Issaquah. The King County Library Annex Building located at 960 Newport Way N.W Issaquah, Wa 98027. Thank you Mark for your unrelenting work towards securing this site for our meetings, Bravo!

 

We will be attempting a fly that has probably the most variations of many Salmon Flies, The Gordon. While I have given you two versions above (thanks to Linda) I want you to look through some things that I found through research for the Gordon. The old masters agreed that “No two tiers will tie the Gordon the same”, we have a fly with many variants. I will expose some of these to you and you can mix and match underwings, main wings and whatever you do it will still be a Gordon!! Let your freak flag fly on this one! What you will find is I have placed an asterisk by the various things you can use instead of the recipe standard item. So mix and match away!!

 

Tag: Silver oval and Yellow silk *Lemon *Lt. Orange Note; if you use yellow, the rear body section will also be yellow. If you use Lt. Orange tag, the rear body section will be Lt. Orange

Tail:Topping and Tippet in strands *Indian Crow

Butt: Black Herl

Body: Rear *1/3rd-1/5th, or 1/4 Yellow silk-remainder Claret silk *Remember if the tag is Lt.Orange so is the rear body section.

Hackle: Claret

Rib: Flat Silver and Silver Lace

Throat: Blue Hackle *Lt.Blue- *Sky Blue- *Medium Blue

UW: 2 Red Claret Hackles with Herl over *GPSpears under Tippets. *GPSpears over Tippets. *Tippets with  Herl over. *2 Large Tippets. *1Tippet and 1 GPSpear

Wing: Many Variations:

Garden; Lt.Grey Tky, GPTail, Bustard,Yellow, Blue, Claret

Kelson Land & Water; Bustard, Pea Wg, Blue, Red, Yellow, Herl

Brown; Bustard, Lt.Blue, Lt.Green, Red/Claret, Amhurst, Herl

Grimble; GPTail, Pea Wg, White, Yellow, Red, Blue

Fishing Gazzette; Bustard, GPTail, Blue, Red, Yellow

Gordon; Bustard, Lt.Blue, Lt.Green, Red/Claret, Amhurst, repeated 3 times

P.E.Tannatt: Orange, Scarlet, Blue, GPTail, Bustard

Kelson: Lt.Mottled Tky, Dk.Tky, GPTail, Bustard, Yellow, Blue, Claret

Hale: Bustard, GPTail, Pea Wg, Blue, Red, Yellow, Herl

Topping

Sides: Jungle Cock *Small Tippets over wing & Jungle Cock

Horns: Blue Horns *Optional

Black Wool Head

 

So…Pick something you like, throw it on there and you’ll have a Gordon!! You now have options, so you can use several techniques to help you practice things you might need to conquer, all in one fly!

 

I have Guild Shirts for those who have paid for them.

Don’t forget Ray’s Raffle Feathers, anyone who has won, will have to sit the rest out, Lol. Nice Bustard feathers, Thank you Ray!

I will be demonstrating how to make Faux Gut (Mono) during our lunch break for those wanting information on how it’s done.

Coffee will be on, beverages in the cooler and Lunch will be provided for our members.

 

Mark thinks that the Online presentations should be good/Better in this location, we will make sure our out of state members have a good clear presentation.

 

Again, we will meet on Saturday October 25th, at 9am. There are locations in Issaquah for breakfast I’m sure, but I am not familiar with them yet.

 

Remember Dues are due for the 25-26 year, they remain at $40.00, Payable online with Megan Brocco at brocco.megan@gmail.com 

 

Don’t forget our Library through Dareld Thomson, ask him for what you want and he will bring them to the meeting, one month turn around. This is for MEMBERS ONLY.

 

Hunter will still collect flies for the Guild, so please donate your work to him for the Archives. Remember, this highlights where you are now, don’t hesitate to donate your work, you will get better!!