Eddie Bowman will demonstrate the tying of a steamer type fly. Streamer type flies have to be the most popular lure in the Rotorua district. This type of fly comes into its own at this time of year as trout seek out spawning smelt. Anglers harling a large Parsons Glory, Green Orbit or similiar in shallow water are usually rewarded with nice hard fighting rainbow trout. Jigging is also starting to come into its own and using a range of streamer patterns in both large and small sizes will also be reward anglers with hard fighting rainbow trout.

Some basic instructions can be found at the following link How to tie a streamer fly

At the clubrooms 7.00pm.

We are lucky in New Zealand that all eight families are easy to recognise  (although species are a different story). A lot of species are common over the whole length of New Zealand so what works on our favourite local stream will work elsewhere in New Zealand.

Shaun is going to demo one of his favourite mayfly nymph imatations.

Above images of a new fly and one that a trout has taken a fancy to.

It will be a good night. Hope to see you there.

Image of a craigs night time from the website  flyangleronline. 

Eddie Bowman is going to demo a pukeko style night fly. Perfect for night fishing the winter shoreline in the region. Flies like the Craigs Night-time and Scotch Poacher are tied in this style.

The Craigs Night-time is widely recognised as the first to incorporate pukeko feathers. Eric Craig made this fly about 80 years ago and made a  killing  fishing the  Waitahanui Rip while the other anglers went fishless. Fred Fletcher one of Waitahanui,s local identities (See Mr one hundred percent by Keith Draper) asked to see the fly and had it make commercially. It is a fish slayer as much today as it was 80 years ago and every night fisherman should have several in their fly box.

It can be fished in small sizes on a floating line or deep especially in larger sizes.

It’ll be a great night. Hope to see you all there

We’re going to tie an awesome little pattern that absolutely slays rainbows from July- November (especially around Ngongotaha). There are many tales about days using this fly, and this little beaut of a fly has accounting for hundreds (ok thousands) of fish in its time.

So what are we tying?

Its time to restock the pellet flies for the “Kids Fishouts”. This is a great opportunity for everyone to hone some basic fly tying techniques, and put your fly tying talents to good use.

Be there or be fishless.

 Lace Moth (or passionvine hopper as they’re also known) adults have a moth-like appearance and are able to jump as well as fly. They become more prominent in late summer (Jan-Mar). Their delta shaped wings are translucent and mottled brown in colour, and their body is 5-6mm in length. Lace Moths spend most of their time clinging to vegetation, and are well equipped to piece plant tissue and extract sap. Despite their name, passionvine hoppers feed on a variety of native and exotic plants as well as the passionfruit vine. The most important plants from an anglers perspective are  the willow and native flaxes, as both these plants are common around the waters edge and can provide trout with an abundant food source. Huge numbers can fall on to the water in windy conditions and the trout take full advantage of this windfall.

Shaun will show us a couple of different techniques for forming the wings on these small flies.

Further reading can be found at the following link  

Fishing lace moths in the Bay of Plenty

 Image of Lace Moth courtesy of fishing.net.nz

Shaun is going to demo a couple of damsel patterns ahead of the February club trip to the big “O” 

As most of you will know the damsel hatches on the big “O” can be prolific and the trout love nothing better than dining out on these little beasties. The trout can really “key” into damsels and these feeding fish can be tempting by casting and slowly retrieving a well placed nymph or suspending a nymph under a small indicator and drifting the fly around the weed beds. 

As you’ll see from the pics of the fly it’s really important to have some olive thread, as this forms the body of the fly. Please make sure you have some for the 31^st. Shaun recommends the Uni 8/0 thread in olive. 

See you there.

Shauns Damsel