This season we will be meeting on scheduled Tuesday evenings from September through May. Please see schedule below. Tuesday nights are the opportunity to learn something new! Typically, one of our members will teach us how to tie a new fly pattern...or demonstrate a new technique. Several times a year, "celebrity" fly tyers and other fly fishing experts join us to share their knowledge and expertise. Past guests have included prominent tyers such as A.K. Best, Bob Clouser, Oliver Edwards, April Volkey and Pat Cohen. We also welcome speakers of local interest; in fact, you just might learn how to find Muskies on the Fox River (yes, our Fox River)! If you are interested in joining us, please fill out an application and return to: DRiFT P.O. Box 5028 Wheaton, IL 60189.
All DRiFT members are invited to enjoy pizza and a fly exchange to close out our meeting schedule. Bring 6 flies to swap and maybe win some door prizes!
(Let us know if you're coming so we can plan appropriately)
The end of season pizza party is being rescheduled. Please check back for updates when we post them.
Join our FFI Certified Casting Instructors and club members on Saturday mornings to fine tune your cast, work on accuracy, distance or try the FFI casting challenges! Fun and very useful for all levels of fly casters.
* Must be a FFI member to receive formal certification for the FFI casting challenges, but everyone is invited to try it!
Water quality monitoring resumes Saturday June 4th (weather and water permitting) at 9 am. We will take water samples and count aquatic insects just below the Batavia damn and at Glenwood Park.
Join us for a fun and very educational morning at the river.
Contact Bob Lindsey for more info.
*Possibly meeting for breakfast prior to the activities.
Agenda:
Recap last years tying season
Review DRiFT's summer activiies
Discuss the coming years tying agenda and possible trips
Board member elections
The Morrish Iron Sally, Is a pattern originally tied by Ken Morrish. It is a Yellow Sally pattern that also works as a Golden Stonefly imitation. It can be fished in a nymph rig, or as a dry dropper. It fishes well behind a Stimulator or a Chubby Chernobyl. We will be tying a variation of the original pattern.
Materials:
Hook - Tmc 5262 or Daiichi 1710 size 14
Tungsten bead Gold size 7/64
Yellow 8/0 thread
Tail - Gold biot
Brassie Gold wire
Black 1/8 scud back
Wing buds - Turkey tail treated with Dave’s flexement
Legs - Senyo’s Shaggy Dub black
Dubbing - Awesome Possum Golden Stone