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1 ROUNDTABLE NEWSLETTER Publication of United Fly Tyers Volume 55, Issue 3 March 2014 Meeting: March 6, 2014 Lance Hidy Jim Leisenring and Pete Hidy Masters of Wet Fly and Flymph Fly Tying Starts at 6:30 pm Presentation at 8:00 Twitter.com/uftma American Legion, Post 221, 357 Great Road, BEDFORD, MA

2 Next meeting is March 6th at the American Legion Post 221, 357 Great Road, Bedford, MA. FROM THE PRESIDENT By the time this newsletter gets out the show season will be behind us. Thanks to Peter Vandermeulen, Frank Flowers, Scott Greb, Armand Courchaine and Kurt Swenson for helping with the Worcester show. Thanks to Frank Flowers, Richard O Donnell, Armand Courchaine, and Kurt Swenson for manning the booth at the Pelham Fly Fish New Hampshire. 3 Apr Joe Calcavecchia Saltwater Flies 1 May tbd MARCH S SPEAKER LANCE HIDY Lance Hidy is working on an expanded edition of The Art of Tying the Wet Fly & Fishing the Flymph that was originally written by James Leisenring and Lance s father Pete Hidy. Lance is a photographer, illustrator, and professor at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, Mass. He has designed three U.S. postage stamps, and was a book designer for Ansel Adams. He continues to design the authorized Ansel Adams books for Little, Brown & Co. Lance Hidy was snowed out in January but we were able to reschedule him for this month. See the details about Lance in this newsletter. In April UFT will have the drawing for the Wasatch fly tying tool kit. The kit is a $160 value. Don t miss out on this drawing buy your tickets at the March meeting. THIS MONTH S PATTERNS ATTENTION FIRST TIME TYERS AND BEGINNERS UFT has vises and tools available for use during the club meetings. If you don t have your own tools or have forgotten something ask and we can probably get you tying flies for the evening. Hooks and materials are usually provided by the instructors. First time fly tyers and beginners are welcome at UFT. NEW MEETING LOCATION American Legion Post The Great Road Bedford, MA Directions: From 128/95 Take exit 31B to merge onto MA225W/ MA 4 N/ Bedford St toward Bedford. Continue to follow MA 225 W/ MA 4 N Destination will be on the left Parking and entrance are at the rear of the building UPCOMING EVENTS 1, 2 Mar Pelham Fly Fish New Hampshire 6 Mar Lance Hidy UFT members admire the fly tying skills of Capt. Skip Montello at the February meeting. GREG SALTZMAN This month we will tie a Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear variant, well actually very variant. This pattern combines what I think are the best aspects of many patterns, which means that we will learn

3 many techniques when we tie this fly. This fly provides a lot action in the water, drops quick and is very durable. I tie this pattern in all its full splendor as the recipe below outlines and also tie it again in a simpler fashion. When fishing I will use the simpler pattern if there is higher chance of losing it due to a rocky bottom or too many branches overhead. Gold Ribbed Hare s Ear, variant Hook: Daiichi 1560 size 12 Thread: Black Bead: Gold tungsten Lead free wire Tail: Pheasant tail fibers Body: Hare s mask dubbing Shell Back: Pheasant tail, pearl uni thread and UV epoxy Hot spot: pink or red thread Rib: gold wire Thorax: Hare s mask Hackle: Hungarian partridge ARMAND COURCHAINE Early April you will find me fishing small brooks of southern and central Massachusetts. Some brooks contain wild native brook trout others will hold stocked trout. On some days it will be warm and the sight of feeding trout is enough stir one s soul. Some days it will be cloudy, raining or snowing. Still it s nice to be fishing again. QUILL GORDON NYMPH Hook: Daiichi model 1560 size 12 Thread: Black Tail: Fibers from wood duck Body: Strip peacock herl Wing: Wood duck flank feather tied flat Hackle: Natural blue dun HENDRICKSON NYMPH Hook: Daiichi model 1560 size 12 Thread: Olive if you have size 12/0 or UTC G.S.P. 75 denier Tail: Wood duck fibers Body: Wapsi Super fine Hendrickson pink dubbing Wingcase: Pheasant tail fibers tied flat Hackle: Partridge few turns When things are cold and breeze or early morning I will use a streamer. SUPERVISOR (streamer) Hook: Model 1720 size 8 Thread: Black Tail: Short piece of red wool Body: Flat silver tinsel Rib: extra fine or small oval silver tinsel Throat: Small bunch of white bucktail sparse Wing: Small bunch of white bucktail, four light blue hackles on top Topping: Six strands of peacock herl on top of hackle Shoulder: Pale green wide hackles 2/3 as long as the wing Optional: Jungle cock eye If you have a chance to fish Cape Cod ponds, my favorite pattern is the Cape Cod Wooly. Another brown gets fooled by Armand s flies. For our March tying class we will be tying a variety of flies. Our first two patterns will be nymphs. CAPE COD WOOLY Hook: Daiichi model 1720 size 6 Thread: Black Tail: Black Marabou as long as the shank Body: Peacock herl or black wool Ribbing: Extra small or small oval gold or silver tinsel Hackle: Black palmer then trim close to the body all around should be 1/8 or 1/16 I have never tried using lead substitute to get the fly down, I do use a fast sink tip or full sink line though. Be sure to work the fly slowly.

DAVID KOLESAR (for Beginners) The Tequeely is a variation of the Woolly Bugger but with rubber legs instead of hackle. Like a Woolly Bugger it is a very simple pattern to tie.

TEQUEELY Hook: Daiichi 2340, 6XL or equivalent, #6 Thread: Black 6/0 Tail: Yellow over black over yellow marabou Body: Large copper Crystal Chenille twisted together with medium Pearl Cactus chenille

4 DAVID KOLESAR (for Beginners) The Tequeely is a variation of the Woolly Bugger but with rubber legs instead of hackle. Like a Woolly Bugger it is a very simple pattern to tie. While the original pattern calls for a copper chenille body try this pattern in all black or black with the yellow legs. For a little flash add a bead head to the fly. TEQUEELY Hook: Daiichi 2340, 6XL or equivalent, #6 Thread: Black 6/0 Tail: Yellow over black over yellow marabou Body: Large copper Crystal Chenille twisted together with medium Pearl Cactus chenille Legs: Medium yellow rubber legs, 3 sets of 2 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS President David Kolesar rp7djk@gmail.com Vice President Membership Services OPEN VP Publications David Kolesar rp7djk@gmail.com Vice President Conservation Mark Burns mcburns16@verizon.net Webmaster OPEN Treasurer Dick Henry dick.henry@raymondjames.com BOARD OF DIRESCTORS Mark Burns mcburns16@verizon.net Armand Courchaine ajflyfish@yahoo.com Frank Grotto (Historian) Dick Henry dick.henry@raymondjames.com Phil Horowitz hermes6060@aol.com David Kolesar rp7djk@gmail.com Harris Krinsky hairwing1@gmail.com The Roundtable is the newsletter of United Fly Tyers. Published monthly September to May, permission of UFT is required to copy. Please send articles for publication to: Dave Kolesar supervises a new fly tyer with his first Woolly Worm at the Worcester show. David Kolesar, Editor 7 Beaver Pond Drive, Brookline, NH Or by rp7djk@gmail.com Advertising Rates: Business card $10, 1/2 Page $20, Full Page $50 per issue, season discount available Kyle and Kurt Swenson tying flies.

2014 Dues Information Dues are $40 per year. Nonmembers are $10 at the door. UFT offers its members: 1. Fly Tying Instructions at each meeting for beginners to experts. 2.

5 2014 Dues Information Dues are $40 per year. Nonmembers are $10 at the door. UFT offers its members: 1. Fly Tying Instructions at each meeting for beginners to experts. 2. Presenter with a different topic at each meeting. 3. Sponsor of the Paul Bryant Memorial Scholarship. 4. Roundtable Newsletter 5. Discount Programs for members. Please don t forget that membership renewals are due in December. Please make checks payable to United Fly Tyers for $40 to continue your membership for this calendar year. UFT thanks all its members for their support of our organization. Please mail renewals to: United Fly Tyers 7 Beaver Pond Drive Brookline, NH NAME: ADDRESS: E MAIL:

Service Jim Norton 603 432 3254 Jim@nhriversguide.com Gerry Crow 603 889 5611 Gerry@nhriversguide.

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6 Frank Amato Publications, Inc. PO Box Portland, OR Toll Free / New Hampshire Rivers Guide Service Jim Norton Jim@nhriversguide.com Gerry Crow Gerry@nhriversguide.com Wild River Press PO Box Mill Creek, WA Evening Sun Fly Shop 55 Groton St. Pepperell, MA Chazman975@charter.net Cast a Fly Charters Saltwater Fly Fishing Capt. Ray Stachelek Titanium Titan Fly Rods P.O. Box Aurora, CO Bear s Den Fly Fishing Co. 34 Robert W. Boyden Rd Taunton, MA

Bug Man will be at the 7 th annual Fly Tying Demonstration. Admission is free. This event is held at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA on Sunday, March 23 rd from 10am to pm.

Shortly thereafter he moved back to Massachusetts where he had grown up. (Actually, Bob worked at the Wayside Inn as a part timer from 1958 to 1970.

9 Bug Man will be at the 7 th annual Fly Tying Demonstration. Admission is free. This event is held at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA on Sunday, March 23 rd from 10am to pm. The Bug Man Bob McMenemy Trout Stream Entomology Enthusiast Bob started fly fishing in Arizona fairly late in life after all the kids were grown up. Shortly thereafter he moved back to Massachusetts where he had grown up. (Actually, Bob worked at the Wayside Inn as a part timer from 1958 to 1970.) Shortly after returning he retired from teaching high school science and math. Fishing was fun and he hung out with New England Fly Tyers and Trout Unlimited. He missed the science teaching, though, and started to get interested in the aquatic insects on which trout feed. About seven years ago he started putting together aquatic entomology exhibits for TU, NEFT, Mass Audubon, and even the annual fly tying exhibits at the Inn. This was a chance to teach biology again and reach out to others as a life-long nature boy. Both children and adults are amazed at the variety of life found below the water s surface and the intricacies of their life cycles and interactions with one another. Aquatic entomology is just one of the myriad side interests you can develop as a fly fisherman. Keep learning and you never grow old, at least that s what Bob is hoping! Have net, will travel.

Jim Leisenring & Pete Hidy Masters of Wet Fly and Flymph A slide show by Lance

from Ohio, conceived a book that would become a classic of American angling:

Jim, a blue-collar tool-maker for Bethlehem Steel, was a talented fly-tier,

With only an 8th-grade education, Leisenring schooled himself on the British

Thirty-six years Jim s junior, Pete persuaded him to write pencil notes about

marking a new era for subsurface fly fishing in America.

name for himself not only as fisherman and fly tier, but as author, editor,

Lance Hidy tells the story of his father and Jim Leisenring, and their mutual

The lecture is ilustrated with Lance s photographs of flies and other

THE CLARK SPINNING BLOCK ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT 2013 BY LANCE HIDY Pete Hidy

The speaker, Lance Hidy, Pete Hidy s son, is working on an expanded edition of

10 Jim Leisenring & Pete Hidy Masters of Wet Fly and Flymph A slide show by Lance Hidy During the Great Depression, 25-year-old Pete Hidy, an aspiring journalist from Ohio, conceived a book that would become a classic of American angling: The Art of Tying the Wet Fly by James E. Leisenring (1941). Jim, a blue-collar tool-maker for Bethlehem Steel, was a talented fly-tier, legendary for his ability to catch trout when the dry-fly anglers could not. With only an 8th-grade education, Leisenring schooled himself on the British wet-fly masters including Stewart and Skues. Thirty-six years Jim s junior, Pete persuaded him to write pencil notes about his fly tying techniques, which Pete rewrote and shepherded to publication marking a new era for subsurface fly fishing in America. After Jim s death in 1951, Pete continued contributing to the sport, earning a name for himself not only as fisherman and fly tier, but as author, editor, founder of the Flyfisher s Club of Oregon, and coiner of the word flymph. Lance Hidy tells the story of his father and Jim Leisenring, and their mutual friend Dick Clark, inventor of the spinning block. The lecture is ilustrated with Lance s photographs of flies and other memorabilia. THE CLARK SPINNING BLOCK ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT 2013 BY LANCE HIDY Pete Hidy coined the word flymph in The speaker, Lance Hidy, Pete Hidy s son, is working on an expanded edition of The Art of Tying the Wet Fly & Fishing the Flymph. Lance is a photographer, illustrator, and professor at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, Mass. He has designed three U.S. postage stamps, and was a book designer for Ansel Adams. He continues to design the authorized Ansel Adams books for Little, Brown & Co. Contact: lance@lancehidy.com

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