Fly tying at the Riverside Pub from noon to 2 PM. Tom Whiteside will lead the session and will demonstrate some of his tips for tying a Blue Wing Olive fly pattern. Lunch/Drinks can be purchased from the menu. You are welcome to tie, watch or just come to socialize.
Recommended: bring a fly tyer’s light and an extension cord because the overall lighting at the pub is a bit low. A multi-outlet strip will be available to plug into. Using the pub’s wide-screen TV to project the fly tying has proven to work well.
MATERIALS LIST (from Tom)
Hook: standard dry fly size #16 or smaller.
Tail: dark blue micro-fibetts. Note: you can substitute hackle barbules from a blue dun hackle, but they need to be rather long. The tail on this little guy is longer than the rest of him.
Body: fine olive Antron dubbing
Rib: extra fine wire (copper or green)
Thorax: more of the same dubbing
Hackle: light blue dun
Highlight: two loops of Metallic Blue crystal flash
