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Weekly Meeting Schedule

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.

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Rescheduled!!! Date to be announced soon!

Last DRiFT meeting of the tying season!

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.

Casting on the Lawn - Saturdays starting June 4th at 10 am

Casting practice at the Batavia VFW

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!

Fox River water quality monitoring - June 4th - 9 aM

Water sampling and aquatic insect count

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.

Tuesday september 13, 2022 - 7:00 PM (In Person and Zoom)

Annual Season Opening Business Meeting

Agenda:


Recap last years tying season

Review DRiFT's summer activiies

Discuss the coming years tying agenda and possible trips

Board member elections

Tuesday September 20, 2022 - 7:00 PM (In person and on Zoom)

Paul Sidener tying a Morrish Iron Sally

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

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