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The Fly Line
Washington County Fly Fishers
“Cultivating the art of fly fishing through a spirit of fellowship and resource enhancement” washingtoncountyflyfishers.com
Issue #211 January 2019
Meeting Location Westbrook Club House
14255 SW 6th
Street (one block east of SW Murray) Beaverton, OR 97005
Next Meeting Date and Time: Wednesday, January 2, 2018, 7:00 PM
Agenda 7:00-7:15 Welcome and Club business 7:15-8:15 Entertainment – Guest speaker: Josh Linn 8:15-8:30 Raffle and adjourn
January Meeting Entertainment
Josh Linn will present “Untangling the Euro Leader.” Josh Linn has been fishing using the European methods of nymphing for the past ten years. His presentation is focused on demystifying the modern nymphing approach; including tackle, techniques and tips to being successful.
We will be collecting 2019 dues at our January meeting.
For club members, dues are $24 per calendar year ($20 if paid in January) For new members, dues are prorated based on
the month joining the club. This year’s dues can be paid by cash or check.
January Outing
• Fly Shop Hop, Saturday, January 12, 2019. Meet at River City Fly Shop on Scholl’s Ferry Road at 9 AM. We will visit six fly shops and have lunch at a Mexican restaurant along the way. See below for map and directions.
January 201
Washington County Fly Fishers
President Chuck Cooney 503-642-2186
Vice President George Wilson 503-524-3781
Secretary Galen Flinn
503-702-9603 [email protected]
Treasurer
John Gillingham 503-646-2492
Newsletter Editor
Bob Pryor 503-941-5306
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Paul Keefner, Outings Chair
503-828-8400 [email protected]
OR Council IFFF Representative
Chuck Cooney 503-642-2186
Hal Gordon, Equipment Manager 503-642-1135
Jim Sandberg, Membership Chair
503-690-8865 [email protected]
Ron Reinebach, Raffle Chair
503-477-6266 [email protected]
Jim Sandberg, Entertainment Chair
503-690-8865 [email protected]
Ike Eisenhauer, Website Manager
503-496-2634 [email protected]
David Wesley, Conservation/Education Chair
971-226-8211 [email protected]
President’s Message – January 2019
Greeting and Happy New Year I want to thank everyone that made the Christmas pot luck a success again this year, great side dishes and desserts as always. The January meeting is your Annual Meeting and there will be a number of things that we will need to do.
1. First the Treasure report
2. Election of Officers as per the
By-laws, Vic-Pres. & Treasure
3. Officers Report by the
President
4. Open Discussion and recommendation by the membership
5. Outing report
6. Guest speaker, Josh Linn
7. Raffle
Sorry…no Fishing reports at this meeting, too many things to do. January brings membership renewals. Dues are used to offset the cost of speakers, contributions to charitable organizations dedicated to preserving our fisheries, student scholarships and our annual summer BBQ and December holiday dinner. Once again if you pay your dues in the month of January your yearly dues are only $20.00 for 2019. After January the dues are $24.00. Jim Sandberg will be available to accept your dues when you sign in at the January meeting The board will be putting together the outings for 2019 at the January board meeting. Please let me or Paul Keefner know if there is a place you would like the club to fish in 2019. Remember this is your Club and your input is needed and wanted. This is a Cabin on a River. Have you been there?
No. 211 January
Fly of the Month January, 2019 SUPERFLOSS CHIRONOMID by Jim Maus 1
There are thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of chironomid patterns available. Here is one
that Jim Maus of Lakewood, WA uses to catch a lot of fish. He was tying it at the 2011
International Fly Fishing Fair in West Yellowstone, MT.
How to tie: .
1. Debarb hook, slide bead on, put hook in vise and push bead to back. Start thread at
eye.
2. Tie on gills with as few wraps as possible right behind the eye. The gills are a very fine clear sparkly material. .
3. Whip finish and trim thread. Slide bead forward to eye.
4. Reattach thread behind bead. Color of thread depends on color of Super floss used. Sometimes Jim will use white thread to
accent the color of the Super floss. Secure rib wire and Super floss behind bead. Stretch Super floss, wind thread rearward
over Super floss and wire to just around the bend. Keep everything on top of hook. Then move thread forward to back of
bead. .
5. Wrap Super floss forward, stretching it at first then easing up to build a little bit of a taper. Secure and trim excess behind
bead..
6. Spiral rib forward to bead, secure and trim .
7. Tie one strand of peacock herl in behind the bead. Put it in a dubbing loop.
Catch the peacock herl with a dubbing tool, and spin the tool to capture the
herl and thread. Then three or four wraps of herl is enough. . 8. Whip finish between the bead and the herl. It helps to put a little head
cement on the thread just before the last turn of the whip finish. Trim the
gills. Closing comments:
This pattern can be altered in many ways. Using black thread under the red Super
floss will change the color to burgundy. The white thread can be spotted with a felt
pen. The fly can be given a hot butt by leaving the thread white at the very back and
darkening the rest of it. It is an easy pattern to tie and it is effective in many lakes on
both sides of the Washington Cascades. Over the years I have used chironomids to
catch a variety of trout in both lakes and streams. Sometimes the action is fast, but
other times enjoy the scenery or move to another spot. For the smallest patterns use
the herl from the peacock sword feather.
How to fish
For most anglers the first technique is to use a floating line and suspend the fly under a strike indicator (bobber)so it is a foot or so
above the bottom or weeds. The original instructions called for casting the fly directly downwind from a boat anchored at both ends.
Any waves or ripples on the water surface move the bobber and fly up and down. Retrieve the fly very slowly. Fish don’t always feed at the bottom, Casting crosswind or even upwind sometimes works. Watch the strike indicator and wait for a fish to pull it under move it
in a strange direction.
WCFF “Fly Shop Hop” Saturday, January 12, 2019 Washington County Fly Fishers – Let’s show our support to the Portland metro fly shops by visiting them all in one day. Come visit the
shop owners and see some new gear, products and fly tying materials. Please budget a few “bucks” to spend at each shop – you know
they each have something you can’t live without! Ask for a “gift certificate” for Christmas. These shops have provided donations to fly club auctions/raffles for years – now it’s our time to show them our support. We will start at River City’s parking lot to organize car
pools, have lunch along the way and return to River City.
Agenda and Map 8:45 AM – Meet at (E) River City Fly Shop Parking Lot to Car Pool 9:00 AM – (E) River City Fly Shop (Don Nelson)
10:00 AM – Fish-Field (Haibin Wang)
11:00 AM – (B) Orvis (Adam McNamara)
12:00 AM – (C) Royal Treatment Fly Shop (Joel La Follette)
1:00 PM – Lunch - El Indio Mexican Restaurant, 11114 NE Halsey St Portland 2:00 PM – (D) Northwest Fly Fishing (Jack Hagen) 3:00 PM – The Portland Fly Shop (Jason Osborn)
1 Fly Fisher International, FFI Fly of the Month, Jan. 2012.
Category Trout
Hook;
Straight eye hook, 2487
Scud, Tiemco 200R #18
or 22
Bead:
Clear
Thread 70 denier, white
Gills Flurofiber, white
Rib:
Silver wire, 0.006-inch
Body:
Super floss, red
Thorax:
Peacock herl
4:00 PM – (E) River City Fly Shop
“Fly Shop Hop” Driving Directions
River City to Fish-Field: River City - 11429 SW Scholls Ferry Rd, Beaverton, OR 97008
Start out going northeast on SW Scholls Ferry Rd/OR-210 toward SW Springwood Dr. go 0.6 mi Merge onto OR-217 S toward Tigard/Salem. go 1.3 mi Take the OR-99W exit, EXIT 6, toward Tigard/McMinnville. go 0.3 mi Turn right onto SW Pacific Hwy/OR-99W. go 0.8 mi Turn left onto SW Main St. go 0.1 mi Fish-Field 12540 SW MAIN ST, TIGARD is on the right.
Fish-Field to Orvis: • Take the 1st right onto SW Pacific Hwy/OR-99W. • Merge onto OR-217 S toward Salem. go .8mi • Merge onto I-5 S toward Salem. go 1.2mi • Take EXIT 290 toward LWR. Boones Ferry Rd./Durham. go 1.6mi • Turn right onto Lower Boones Ferry Rd. go .1mi • Stay straight to go onto SW Bridgeport Rd. go .2mi • Orvis - 7495 SW BRIDGEPORT RD, TUALATIN is on the right. Orvis to Royal Treatment: • Start out going northeast on SW Bridgeport Rd toward SW Hazelfern Rd. go 0.2 mi • Stay straight to go onto Lower Boones Ferry Rd. go 0.10 mi • Merge onto I-5 S toward Salem. • Merge onto I-205 N via EXIT 288 toward West Linn / Oregon City. go 8.4 mi • Take the OR-43 exit, EXIT 8, toward West Linn / Lake Oswego. go 0.3 mi • Turn left onto Willamette Dr / OR-43. go 0.9 mi • Royal Treatment Fly Shop - 21570 WILLAMETTE Dr., WEST LINN is on the right. Lunch El Indio Mexican Restaurant (one block from NW Fly Fishing Shop) 11114 NE HALSEY ST Royal Treatment to NW Fly Fishing • Start out going southeast on Willamette Dr / OR-43 toward Mt Hood Ter. go 0.8 mi • Merge onto I-205 N. go 12.1 mi • Take the Glisan St. exit, EXIT 21A. go 0.5 mi • Turn right onto NE Glisan St. • Turn left onto NE 102nd Ave. • Turn right onto NE Halsey St. • Northwest Fly Fishing - 10910 NE HALSEY ST, PORTLAND is on the left.
NW Fly Fishing to The Portland Fly Shop: • Start out going east on NE Halsey St toward NE 111th Ave. • Take the 1st left onto NE 111th Ave. • Take the 1st left onto NE Weidler St. • • NE Weidler St becomes NE Halsey St. • Merge onto I-84 W/US-30 W toward City Center. • Take the I-5 N/US-30 exit toward Seattle. • Keep right to take the ramp toward Convention Ctr/Moda Center. • Merge onto NE 1st Ave. • Take the 1st left onto NE Multnomah St. • NE Multnomah St becomes Steel Bridge. • Steel Bridge becomes NW Glisan St. • Portland Fly Shop -1627 NW Glisan St, Portland is on the right (park at shop/Ace Hardware).
NW Fly Fishing to River City Fly Shop - 11429 SW SCHOLLS FERRY RD, BEAVERTON is on the right.
No. 211 January 2019
“The Friendly Place for Fly Fishermen to Meet”
The finest in fly fishing equipment at fair prices Large selection of fly tying materials and supplies Huge assortment of flies
Guide services Fly tying classes Fly casting lessons Personalized service
11429 SW Scholls Ferry Road, Beaverton, OR 97008 Phone (503) 579-5176 www.rivercityflyshop.com Fax (503) 579-4935 Hours: 10 AM – 6 PM Tuesday through Saturday 10
AM – 5 PM Sunday Monday: “Gone Fishing”
No. 211 January 2019