SJRVFF Report

The St. Joseph River Valley Fly Fishers (SJRVFF) will host a fly tying event on Thursday, September 21st at the Elkhart Conservation Club from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. EDT.

The event is open to the public but reservations are required. The Conservation Club is located at 55515 Riviera Dr., Elkhart, IN 46514.

The instructor will be Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions. Tim is featured regularly in Midcurrent and has two fly tying websites: www.tightlinevideo.com and www.practicalpatterns.com.

He also appears monthly in a tie-off with Tom Rosenbauer on the Orvis Channel and has been a presenter at the Warren Fly Show the past two years.

Class will be limited to 20 tiers and is for intermediate skilled tiers. Cost per participant will be $75 and will include pizza. Bring your tying tools, and lamp plus thread. Here's the list of flies that Tim will be tying at the class and his suggested threads/colors:

• October Caddis Soft Hackle - burn orange UTC 70 denier
• Parachute Isonychia - white UTC 70 denier
• Bugger (Squirrel & Herl or an Adams Bugger) - black UTC 140 denier
• Uke's Brown Bug (Perdigon jig) - rusty brown UTC 140 denier.

All other material will be supplied.

For planning purposes, please make your reservation by Monday, August 28th so that Tim will have time to assemble the materials. Send RSVP to Don Reber (donreber@gmail.com)