TUESDAY JANUARY 21, 2025 7PM - 9PM
Schedule change!
Due to the severe cold weather and predictions of -2F temperatures with windchill below -20F, DRiFT is rescheduling Tuesday's meeting.
Stay warm and stay safe!
TUESDAY JANUARY 28, 2025 7PM - 9PM
Guide Choice Hare's Ear
Note the alternate room! We will be in HEC-1020
This cool little pattern comes from Greater Yellowstone Flyfishers up in Bozeman, Montana and is sort of a dressed up Hare’s Ear with all the bells and whistles. One modification I will use here, substituting a Mirage Flash for the rib. I like the mirage rib better than plain gold wire. Another variation is using a jig hook, which we will do tonight. The jig hook presents a nice euro fly pattern. Tie yours however you like.
Materials :
Hook: Firehole 839 #14, Fulling Mill 5045 #12
Bead: Slotted Tungsten Color of choice and sized to hook (7/64)
Weight: Non lead wire 0.15
Thread: UTC 70 Denier, Red
Tail: Hare’s Mask Guard Hairs
Rib: 1/100″ Mirage Tinsel
Abdomen: Hare's Ear Plus Dubbin Tan
Thorax: Peacock Herl
Collar: Hungarian partridge
College of Dupage
Room HEC-1020
TUESDAY February 10, 2024 - 6:30-ish until 9:00 PM
Tie On One with DRiFT at the Bubblehouse!
Join us for a night of casual fly tying and socializing at Bubblehouse Brewing in Lisle!
Bring your tying tools and materials for whatever flies you need to fill your box, finish off your 100 flies for the Tie-a-Thon or practice a new pattern!
As usual, there will be pizza.
Bubblehouse Brewing
2121 Ogden Ave Unit A,
Lisle, IL 60532
TUESDAY March 18, 2025 7PM - 9PM
Meat Whistle
This Tuesday, Denton demonstrates tying a Meat Whistle. Another fantastic pattern from the tying bench of John Barr (Copper John, Slump Buster and many more). The Meat Whistle is fished on the bottom to mimic sculpin or crawdads. It's as productive in calm trout waters as it is in warm water rivers chasing smallmouth.
Hook: Long-shank jig hook sizes 1/0-2.
Head: Copper tungsten conehead, large.
Tail/Body: Rusty brown rabbit zonker strip.
Thread: Rusty brown, 6/0 or 140-denier.
Underbody: Copper brown/pearl Sparkle Braid.
Flash: Copper Flashabou.
Legs: Pumpkin Barred Sili Legs.
Collar: Brown Grizzly Saddle Hackle.
Thread dam: Rusty brown, 6/0 or 140-denier.
College of Dupage
Room TEC-1038B