At The Bench is our in store fly tying series. These demonstrations will focus not only on specific patterns and fisheries but also techniques and how to use some of the new fly tying materials. Watching someone else tie will help you improve the patterns you already tie and give you ideas for new patterns.
These tying demonstrations start at 10:00 am and run until 1:00 pm.
Sunday, May 26th – John Gort will spend the morning tying chironomid patterns. John has been a customer since we first opened our doors and is a fabulous tyer. He loves lake fishing and his chironomids are little works of art.
Saturday, June 15th – Special guest Sean Dahlquist will be joining us for a day of steelhead fly tying. Sean is an extremely gifted tier and everyone should show up for this one. He will be demonstrating classic and low water styles as well as spey flies. This one will probably go past 1:00pm! His flies are works of art and his demos are always filled with tips and tricks that make all of us better tiers.
Friday, June 21st – Chris Bellows will be sitting down to tie his favorite saltwater patterns. Chris guided fly anglers for six years at Neah Bay and will be focusing on subsurface salmon and bottomfish patterns. Chris loves the Clear Cure Goo products and will be showing why he’s given up epoxy and silicone in favor of these UV cure products. He will discuss fly fishing for rockfish, lingcod, and salmon with the flies he ties.
Thursday, July 11th – Chris Bellows will be back at the bench. With the 2013 salmon season already in progress the focus will be on tying popper patterns for salmon. He will be tying top water patterns for salmon, but most of the patterns can be downsized for sea-run cutthroat along the beaches. While the focus is on tying, he’ll also be answering questions on surface fishing techniques.
Saturday, July 27th – Sean Dahlquist will be back for another round of steelhead flies. This one will be strictly focused on Spey and Dee style flies. These gorgeous flies can be very effective on the river but they also look great on the wall. Sean will be showing us how to mount these flies in a frame or shadow box.
Saturday, August 10th – Jeffrey Delia will be sitting down and showing us his effective sea-run cutthroat and salmon patterns. Jeffrey has lived on Dabob Bay for years and has used his proximity to the saltwater as a laboratory for creating saltwater flies that trout and salmon cannot resist. He will tie the Conehead Squid and a few other patterns that consistently fool Hood Canal cutthroat and coho salmon.