JUNE 1st
Fly Tying Classes
· Hosted by Taupo Fishing Club
Details
Dates: Every Thursday from June 1 to 17 August (12 weeks)
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 instruction begins at 6:30)
Cost: $10 per night or $80 for entire course for members and $15 per night or $120 for entire course for non-members.
Venue: Taupo Fishing Club
AC Baths, Taupo.
You bring
Vice, fly tying scissors, bobbin, whip finisher, thread (6 or 8/0 and 210 denier), copper wire (brassy) and Lead should be (.020 or .025) Limited numbers of gear available for loan for first three weeks.
We provide All other materials required to tie patterns of the day. Tea and biscuits. Beer, wine and soft drinks for sale at venue.
Course Schedule June 1 Tying basics (laying on thread, tying in materials, establishing proportions, dubbing, finishing etc)
June 8 Nymphs (fly of the night: Copper and Hare/Pheasant Tail)
June 15 Nymphs (fly of the night: Rainbow Warrior)
June 22 Nymphs (fly of the night: Caddis)
June 29 Woolly Buggers (fly of the night: Beaded Woolly Bugger)
July 6 Fur streamers (fly of the night: Red Rabbit)
July 13 Feathered streamers (fly of the night: Grey Ghost/Jack Sprat)
July 20 Feathered streamers (fly of the night: Green Orbit/Ginger Mick)
July 27 Boobies (fly of the night: Green and Black Booby)
August 3 Glow bugs (fly of the night: Glow Bug/Heave and Leave)
August 10 Dry flies (fly of the nigh: Elkhorn Caddis)
August 17 Fly tying competition for participants
*Four additional weeks for learning to tie special and requested flies to be arranged if sufficient interest warrants (cost $10 per session)