You have to see our expanded Fly Tying section with a real emphasis on Home Grown and Natural WILD Feathers...Heron,Goose,Wild Turkey,Partridge,Quail,Polar Bear,Wolverine,Blue Pheasant,and so much more 

Our weekly fly tying evenings are over for the summer....however,we are trying to put something else together that works for those interested..pleae contact the store if interested..250-757-2095 

We have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of our new Clear Cure finish for Epoxy type flies..check this out...I use a brushable finish for this fly...IMO it is better that I originally thought..



 


Our Summer Fly Tying  sessions  are over..they were  held on Thursday evenings from 5:30 til 8:30 beginning on Thursay May 6th.  These worked out well and of course we look forward to the new season again in the late summer.

Bring your vices and tools, a few fish tales and have fun

Costs are $10 and you keep the flies..   This year we are going to really raise the BAR....get ready!


Several of the patterns we have worked on over the past


     

  

Beach Mickey Finn


Pearl Kathy's Coat


The DNA Blue Green Minnow pattern

A Eumer Tube fly tied with DNA and Llama Hair


         
These flies are the Pink Handle Bar and Pink Fuzzy..     very productive Pink Salmon flies off the beaches of Vancouver Island 











Fly tying will begin on Saturday Feb 26th(2009),from 9:30 to 11:30 AM..     Bring your own vices or use ours. First fly will be a wolly bugger and many variations of this fly...Cost will be $10/sesson and you keep your flies.
Saturday....May 16th(2009)...we will be tying Tube flies such as this pattern tied last saturday and fished on Sunday with good success ////

 

Friday March 27th (2009)we will be tying Trout Flies  with special emphasis on Lake Patterns...if I am able to I will have the "Pumpkinhead Pattern " available and ready to tie...
I will be in Calgary on April 3rd tying Intruder patterns at the new store "SouthBow Fly and Tackle"

The fly for March 14th (2009)will be an insect ( Trout Pattern)...we will be using only all natural materials...here you see the General Rabbit...an especially vigorous and effective Fly for all species of Trout and  Salmon in fresh water .




  


Snowbee's New Tube Fly Box   ...Here are a few flies put into the Box for display

       

In February 2009 we will begin a fly tying program...watch for details

Many fly fishers ask me what is"your favorite fly pattern"   ,  and they will often get a very quizzical stare from me for an instant and then an answer...Intruder patterns on a Stinger set-up.! I really don't know if people understand what an Intruder pattern is,but the simple answer is a large and vibrant variation of a "WOLLY BUGGER"!! Here on the West Coast of Canada the waterways can be very large and intrusive. The Salmon, Trout  and Steelhead , particularly those living near the coastal regions are very familiar with major water variations;High/low, fast/slow, canyons/wide expanses ,Glacial/Gin Clear! This factor and the understanding that as fry and juvinile fish a great part of their diet during those early times is that of decaying fish. Can you imagine a major rise in water levels will bring many body parts into the system that have been torn off the bones of dead fish and now flushed into the system.Eat while you can...and this memory triggers responses from these mature fish once they enter the system to either spawn and die or reproduce ,then return to the Salt water for a future return trip ,or perhaps more.


        

Purple and Pink  Bead Eye Intruder pattern for Puntledge Chum



     

Mid December Steelhead on a Tube Fly

 
Effective and Colourful Intruder patterns   ...that do work vey well