rudeone
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Thought some of you guys would be interested.
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Here are a few things that are going on at the International Angler in the New Year.
Fly Tying Classes with John Stanton
• Classes start at 6:30 PM and are approximately 2 hours in length and run for 6 weeks
• Students will need to bring a vice and tying tools to every class
• All tying materials used in class will be supplied by the International Angler
Beginner Fly Tying – Starts Thursday February 5, 2009
Cost is $65.00 per student
The main focus of the course is on developing good hands-on techniques as well as emphasis on proper fly proportions and aesthetics. On completion of the class, the student should have the ability to tie about 80% of the basic patterns shown in most fly-tying books.
Each lesson will start with a general introduction to the fly (identification, history, imitators, and how it is fished). Each step on the tying sequence will be detailed by the instructor and its construction fully explained. Then the students will tie the fly repeating the instructor's steps. The instructor will oversee each step of the process and critique accordingly.
Advanced Beginner Fly Tying – Starts Tuesday February 3, 2009
Cost is $80.00 per student
So you have begun to tie your own flies. Maybe you have already tied a few dozen woolly buggers, elk hair caddis or foam beetles and now you are wondering where to go next. You can read a recipe from a web site or a magazine article but are having a hard time figuring out how it is all put together. Maybe there is a particular material you want to learn or a certain technique you are having difficulty with. Maybe you are just finding it hard to find the time to sit down and tie some flies; any flies.
But the class is not just about patterns. You also learn how to work with epoxy, wool, deer hair, matched wings, synthetic materials, beads and weights, foam popper heads, and many materials that are new on the market. Lots of great patterns exist that use materials many tiers are unfamiliar with or uncertain if they want to get into. These classes give tiers an opportunity to try certain materials before they buy them as well as learn how to use them in their flies.
But that's not all, we also work on various skills and techniques used in tying flies. You will learn how to spin deer hair, use a dubbing loop, direct dubbing, learn parachute techniques, stacking hair as well as various new tools to aid in tying flies. Various patterns call for certain techniques and these classes can help tiers learn them.
Saturday Morning Fly Tying Demonstrations
Start Time is 10:00am at the Robinson location. These sessions are free and informal so come observer, ask questions and learn some new patterns and tying techniques.
January 10th
Bruce Cox – Beginner Parachutes-Comparaduns-Midges
January 17th
Scott Loughner – Bob Clouser patterns, Smallmouth Bass Fishing and patterns
January 24th
Franklin Gorell – Caddis Emergers, Foam Beetles and RS2s
January 31st
Tony Ripepi – Tarpon, Bonefish and Permit flies and Key West Fishing
February 7th
Nate Kasmer – Woven Wire Nymphs and Extended Body Dry Flies
February 14th
Doug Pollack – Spinning Deer Hair and Bass Bugs
February 21st
John Stanton – Tube Flies
February 28th
Dave Schmezer – Dry Flies, Unique Tying Techniques and Dave will try and address and demonstrate any questions you may have on techniques or patterns
***************************************
Here are a few things that are going on at the International Angler in the New Year.
Fly Tying Classes with John Stanton
• Classes start at 6:30 PM and are approximately 2 hours in length and run for 6 weeks
• Students will need to bring a vice and tying tools to every class
• All tying materials used in class will be supplied by the International Angler
Beginner Fly Tying – Starts Thursday February 5, 2009
Cost is $65.00 per student
The main focus of the course is on developing good hands-on techniques as well as emphasis on proper fly proportions and aesthetics. On completion of the class, the student should have the ability to tie about 80% of the basic patterns shown in most fly-tying books.
Each lesson will start with a general introduction to the fly (identification, history, imitators, and how it is fished). Each step on the tying sequence will be detailed by the instructor and its construction fully explained. Then the students will tie the fly repeating the instructor's steps. The instructor will oversee each step of the process and critique accordingly.
Advanced Beginner Fly Tying – Starts Tuesday February 3, 2009
Cost is $80.00 per student
So you have begun to tie your own flies. Maybe you have already tied a few dozen woolly buggers, elk hair caddis or foam beetles and now you are wondering where to go next. You can read a recipe from a web site or a magazine article but are having a hard time figuring out how it is all put together. Maybe there is a particular material you want to learn or a certain technique you are having difficulty with. Maybe you are just finding it hard to find the time to sit down and tie some flies; any flies.
But the class is not just about patterns. You also learn how to work with epoxy, wool, deer hair, matched wings, synthetic materials, beads and weights, foam popper heads, and many materials that are new on the market. Lots of great patterns exist that use materials many tiers are unfamiliar with or uncertain if they want to get into. These classes give tiers an opportunity to try certain materials before they buy them as well as learn how to use them in their flies.
But that's not all, we also work on various skills and techniques used in tying flies. You will learn how to spin deer hair, use a dubbing loop, direct dubbing, learn parachute techniques, stacking hair as well as various new tools to aid in tying flies. Various patterns call for certain techniques and these classes can help tiers learn them.
Saturday Morning Fly Tying Demonstrations
Start Time is 10:00am at the Robinson location. These sessions are free and informal so come observer, ask questions and learn some new patterns and tying techniques.
January 10th
Bruce Cox – Beginner Parachutes-Comparaduns-Midges
January 17th
Scott Loughner – Bob Clouser patterns, Smallmouth Bass Fishing and patterns
January 24th
Franklin Gorell – Caddis Emergers, Foam Beetles and RS2s
January 31st
Tony Ripepi – Tarpon, Bonefish and Permit flies and Key West Fishing
February 7th
Nate Kasmer – Woven Wire Nymphs and Extended Body Dry Flies
February 14th
Doug Pollack – Spinning Deer Hair and Bass Bugs
February 21st
John Stanton – Tube Flies
February 28th
Dave Schmezer – Dry Flies, Unique Tying Techniques and Dave will try and address and demonstrate any questions you may have on techniques or patterns
