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Archive for January, 2010
HFFA February 4, 2010 Meeting
Attending and making a presentation at this meeting will be Farmington River guide “Rich Strolis”. He is an extraordinary guide and has a fabulous website: http://www.catching-shadows.com When you visit his website be sure to check out his many great fly tying vidieos. Most of them if not all have been upgraded to HD quality. This is one presentation you will not want to miss!
February 2010 Fly of the Month – The JBL (Black Fly Larva) [Paul Dinice]
The JBL (Black Fly Larva)
Hook: TMC 2499 spbl or similar scud hook, size #14-#26.
Thread: UTC 70.
Underbody: White thread.
Body: Latex (cream – cut 1/8 ” to 1/4” inch strip from latex gloves)
Apedages: Ostrich.
Head: Thread, colored brown/black with a permanent marker.
I first saw and learned of this fly a few months ago when it was initially posted on Rich Strolis’s “Catching Shadows” website. Rich is a passionate fly fisherman, guide, and fly tier extraordinaire. The fly tying tutorials on his website are some of the best I’ve ever seen. I had never fished an imitation of a black fly larva before this past November and December, nor had I even been aware that it was a food source of trout. I do now and I have found this fly to be very productive. It’s also super simple to tie. I tied a few up in cream, but also did well on flies with a florescent orange underbody. When Rich ties them he builds up a little tapered “bump” towards the rear of the fly to mimic the natural. Also, because the head of the larva is darker than the rest of the body, he colors the head with a dark permanent marker. I also used a permanent marker to color up some yellow JBL’s. Rich Strolis will be giving a presentation at the next HFFA meeting in February.
If you have any questions about this fly or would like to submit a pattern ofThe month I can be reached at 203 305-3850 or e-mail me at pdinice@snet.net.
Upcoming Fly Fishing Shows
January 15-17, 2010 Marlborough MA Fly fishing show. Additional infor for this show can be found at http://www.flyfishingshow.com/Marlborough__MA.html
January 22-24, 2010 Somerset, NJ. Additional info for this show can be found at http://www.flyfishingshow.com/Somerset__NJ.html
February 18-21, 2010 Springfield MA Sportsman’s Show. Additional info can be found at http://www.osegsportsmens.com/
February 26-28, 2010 Northeast Hunting and Fishing Expo Hartford, CT. Additional info can be found at http://www.fishinghuntingexpo.com/
Fly designed by Joshua Fine picked up by Orvis
The HFFA’s own Joshua Fine got some exciting news recently. Last year Joshua placed in a fly tying contest sponsered by an Orvis store in Maryland. Well, Orvis decided to pick up and include the fly in it’s catalogue. Sure looks like a killer fly to me. Check out Joshua’s “Fubah Fly” in the archives of the Fly of the Month. Also his September 09 MOntana Trip in the Stories Section of our website.
His new fly, the Montauk Monster can be viewed at http://www.orvis.com/store/product.aspx?pf_id=1X4R&dir_id=1236&cat_id=5454&subcat_id=6525