Date: Thursday, March 4th
Time: Open - 6:30 PM
Meeting - 7:00 PM
Place: Soquel Grange
2800 Porter St., Soquel
The March guest speaker is fly tying expert Phil Fischer, proprietor of Phil's Custom Trout Flies. Phil is an avid fly fisherman who was born and raised in the Bay Area and has fly fished for trout extensively through California and the Western United States. He has over 30 years of fly fishing and fly tying experience. He was tutored by Andre Puyan's and taught fly tying classes at Creative Sports in Pleasant Hill for a number of years. He currently has fly customers throughout the US who count on his expertise in solving fly fishing puzzles on their own home waters.Phil will speak on solving puzzles about fly patterns, and the why's behind fly selection from a fly tier's perspective. In his presentation, Phil will share with you why certain patterns work well, and why others don't. He'll cover hatch periods, and what to look for on the water to determine what trout are feeding on, and what patterns effectively match each portion of the hatch. He'll review the mayfly and caddis fly life cycle through patterns, and share why you might fish with each pattern, and what makes it successful. Phil draws on many years of experience to bring the fundamentals of entomology, fly tying and fly fishing altogether.