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SANTIAM FLYCASTERS SANTIAMFLYCASTERS.COM December 2015

December Program—Thursday Dec. 10 Board Meeting With Carol Ann Morris Monday December 7 “Fly Fishing Photography 101: How to 7:00 PM Capture What You See” Garibaldi Family Restaurant General Meeting Carol Ann Morris, is a Annual Christmas Banquet photographer, videographer, and illustrator (watercolor, pen Thursday December 10 and ink, pencil) who works with 6:30 PM her husband, Skip Morris, on his (Note earlier starting time!) books, magazine articles, and Pringle Community Center instructional videos.

Her photographs and illustrations have appeared In This Issue separate from Skip's work, in  From the President Gray's Sporting Journal, the Yale Angler's Journal, and Fly  Reminder to Renew Your Fishing & Tying Journal. Carol Membership has presented her power point presentation titled"Fly Fishing  2016 Officers and Board Photography 101: How to  Fishing with the Frog by Capture What You See" at fly Howard Palmer Carol Ann Morris clubs and sportsman's shows around the US and Canada.  You Shop—Amazon Gives For more on Carol Ann go to www.skip-morris-fly-tying.com.  November (Lack of) Outing December Potluck Dinner (note earlier starting time!) Reports

Remember our annual potluck dinner on Thursday, December 10, with din-  Gift of a Vise ner starting at 6:30. The club will provide ham, turkey, potatoes, gravy, and beverages. Bring a side dish to share plus your table setting.  “Spey Trek: Going From Look forward to special raffles and prizes. Single-Handed to Spey Casting” by Dwight Klemin If you pay your 2015 dues at the meeting, you will get an additional raffle tick- et as well.  Membership Application So, bring your spouse, significant other, or friend to have a great time and let them meet the people you have been, or should have been, fishing with for the past year or so.

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From the President Santiam Flycasters By Ken Karnosh BOARD AND OFFICERS Ken Karnosh President Well, this is my last column! Thanks to all of you for your support and assistance over this Dwight Klemin year and before with our club activities and Vice President/Programs functions. We can’t survive without your help Sam Thomas and participation. Secretary Thanks to Loren for volunteering to become Tim Johnson President in 2016. I know you will also give him Treasurer/Membership your support and assistance. Board Members Special thanks to: all of the Board for their help, Will and Reenie Satak to Dwight for organizing the interesting and Concessions informative meeting programs, Tim for doing all of the things that he does, Leroy Nancy Beeson for doing the newsletter, Jim for the Fly of the Month articles, Nancy for doing the raffle under a different format, Renee and Will for doing the refreshments, Frank Raffles for doing Project Healing Waters, Howard for being frequent Chef, all of you who Loren Bergerson have volunteered at events, etc. I am sure I missed others. Conservation Enjoy a safe holiday season as we look forward to another good year in 2016. See Matt Neznanski you on the water. Webmaster Leroy Shepherd It is Time to Renew Your Santiam Flycasters Membership Newsletter Layout/Design Howard Palmer If you haven’t done so already, this is an excellent time to renew your SFC mem- Newsletter Editor bership for 2016. Memberships expire on December 31. Dues for 2016 remain the same low price of $25 for individuals and $30 for families. Use the form on Keith Burkhart the back of the newsletter to renew your membership, or download the form IFFF Representative from the Santiam Flycasters website (www.santiamflycasters.com). You can drop Bob Karau off the signed membership renewal form and payment at the December 10th holi- Jerrold Martisak day banquet meeting, or mail to: Santiam Flycasters, PO Box 691, Salem, OR 97308. Don Meyer Steve Reynolds As an added incentive to renew your membership early, members renewing their

Josh Richmond membership before the end of January 2016 may purchase an SFC name tag for only $5 (a 50% discount), and new members can obtain a name tag for free. Indi- Board Members Wanted cate your interest in having a name tag on the application form. The Santiam Flycasters want you! We are looking for a few good men and women. If you are inter- 2016 Officers and Board ested in helping decide who our presenters are and where we go for our Loren Bergerson will be President of the Santiam Flycasters for 2016. Thank you, outings, please join us. Loren! Or, if you just want to find out what goes on Other officers are Dwight Klemin-Vice President, Sam Thomas-Secretary, and Tim during the board meet- Johnson-Treasurer. ings or want to share your opinion; please join us. No experience needed, The Board members have agreed to continue their service in 2016. We are al- just your interest in fly fish- ways looking for new or additional Board members and welcome anyone who ing is all it takes to be a wants to help our club set and organize the club’s direction and activities. It also board member. is a great setting to get a bunch of inside information on fishing!

Page 3 You Shop Fishing with the Frog—What’s Your Excuse?? Amazon Gives

www.smile.amazon.com By Howard Palmer AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to Have you noticed the lack of support your favorite folks on the water recent- charitable organization every ly? Have you even been to the time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at water to see if there is any one smile.amazon.com, you will is out there? What is your find the exact same prices, problem? Are you going to let vast selection and convenient shopping experience as a little rain and wind deter you Amazon.com, with the added from the one thing that gives bonus that Amazon will meaning to your life? Fly Fish- donate a portion of the purchase price to your ing!! favorite charitable organization. Not you. Me. These are ques- Among these are a number of tions that have filled my brain charitable organizations lately as I gaze out the window at the rain drops pelting my dining room related to habitat, windows. My pontoon boat hangs droopily over the car from the ceiling in conservation, and other efforts that fly fishers may be the garage; emphasizing its own sadness, as we stare at each other in pass- interested in. ing. One of our members designates the gift to go Long ago, a good friend tried to get me into winter steelhead fishing. As I towards the Yellowstone recall, it was just after Thanksgiving and the rain was beating heavily on the Park Foundation, but also windshield as we drove into the Coast Range, to the head waters of the notes that there are several TU groups represented as Siletz River. The rain quit somewhere around Fall City, but the higher we well as the Northwest climbed into the mountains, the lower the temperature fell. By the time we Association of Steelheaders. reached the pull out above some secret spot my friend had selected, the You are free to choose which rain was falling in earnest, but he promised it was a good thing that would ever listed charity you wish. make me a believer in the glorious sport of winter steelhead fishing. Yea, Just wanting to make the club aware of this opportunity. right! For more information go to About all I remember of the trip was the muddy trail that we slipped and smile.amazon.com. slid on, as we descended to the river; knowing full well that I was going to have to climb back up that slick SOB in order to get home.

In the end, the only thing I caught was a cold, and the concept of standing knee deep in a river while continually having to break the ice from the eyes of my rod, was etched indelibly in my mind. I realize today that the experience was probably good for me though, because I certainly became much wiser for it. Today, the cold winter rains are once again falling in earnest, as I type this in front of a warm fire, with a hot buttered rum within reach, and my faithful Chihuahua by my side.

What’s your excuse??

Merry Christmas * * * * * (< Snow flakes)

See you on the water.

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November Outing Report

Well, Mother Nature caused us to cancel both of our November outings, one due to low water and one due to high water! That concludes our 2015 outings unless you want to do an informal one through our “sfc-fish” email list. Detroit Reservoir now has enough water to launch your boat. For 2016, our Board will be setting up those outings at its December 7 meeting. If you have suggestions or comments for 2016 outings, either con- tact any of the Board members or just come to the Board meeting and participate in setting up the list. This is a chance to propose one of those fishing spots that you always wanted P.O. Box 691 to visit and fish! We appreciate your opinions and ideas. Salem, OR 97308 [email protected] www. Santiamflycasters.com

Following his November presentation Mike Schmeirer gave Sam a homemade fly tying vise featuring a Vise Grip as the jaws for holding the hook. This vise is also capable of rotating the hook.

Thank you, Mike and Good Luck Sam on your fly tying career!

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Back on my job as a salesman for a local fly Shop while browsing a fly fishing magazine I discovered that my unorthodox cast was a crude spey cast, a cast the Scots developed in the mid-1800’s on the river Spey in Scotland. The video rental rack had a video of Derek Brown’s Spey Casting. I popped the video in the player and wow, that’s it, the cast I in- advertently used a few days before. Over the next several weeks I spent every spare moment watch- ing this magical long-rod wielder work wonders. My appetite for spey casting deepened. I had to try this spey cast thingie. I convinced the boss tha the shop needed a spey rod for demonstration. To my surprise, he agreed. He ordered a 15’ 10-weight rod and double taper 10-weight line. I waited anx- Spey Trek: iously, checked delivery with heightened anticipa- tion. Visions of a perfect cast now invaded my Going from Single-Handed to Spey Casting: head. I assumed spey casting would be easy to By Dwight Klemin master. After all, I was a certified single-handed casting instructor. This spey casting thingie would be a piece of cake. No more worries about obsta- I find myself every October on the Deschutes River cles, just more notches in my steelhead belt. to enjoy the scenery, wildlife and great steel- The day the rod and line arrived, I had it strung and heading. A favorite run of mine is a long, inside ready to go in minutes. I was ready to make the turn with many rocky steelhead-hiding places. One “perfect” spey cast. After a brisk walk to the particular spot has a triangle of rocks that seemed casting pond out side the fly shop, I took my stance to always produce a silver bullet. Each time I ap- as illustrated in the video with the confidence of a proached the “Holy Triangle” I know that more true aficionado: Left foot forward, upper hand and often than not, a battling fish waits in hiding. This bottom hand lightly gripped the cork. I remem- particular day was perfect, overcast and no other bered Derek’s words: “A roll cast to start, then that fishermen occupied“ my” run. I knew a fish was easy to do switch cast “thingie.” My first real spey there. My pulse quickened, I thought to myself: “I cast didn’t quite measure up to the professional got you Mr. Steelie”. That’s what I thought until I cast shown on the video. Reality has a way of tried to move into casting range. Foiled! The old quickly humbling oneself. After a few attempts I straight alder tree that had marked my “Holy Trian- realized this “easy to do switch cast thingie” might gle” had been blown down and now leaned over take many hours of patient, diligent practice. the river blocking my previously unobstructed wad- ing and back cast area. I knew if I could get a cast Our local fly club, The Santiam Fly Casters, holds an to the “Holy Triangle” I would be rewarded. But annual fly-fishing fair. One of the events is for new how, what was I to do? fly-casters to try their hand at single-handed fly- casting. Being a public school music teacher and My first experience with spey casting happened skilled in teaching, I was asked to help instruct fly- quite serendipitously. casting to newbies. Great, but what was I to teach? To get to the Holy Triangle, I threw my single- Since 1960 I have fly-fished but never really handed line up stream and proceeded to do a Roll thought much about the casting portion of -fly Cast when the line drifted back down to me. My fishing. I concentrated on fishing, the casting just spey journey began the moment I threw my line happened. I decided to learn the principles of fly- above me and made a rolled cast. Concentrating casting and improve my casting skills through the on how to get my fly to the magic spot, I lost my Federation of Fly Fisher’s Certification program. focus on the swinging fly. Mr. Steelie tugged and I Many practice and study sessions later I passed the just stood there. Yes, you guessed it; I failed to set singled-handed fly-casting certification. The die the hook but my journey, the Spey Trek, had begun, was cast. Understand the principles of casting and a journey of passion, then obsession, and now ad- this spey-casting thingie should be a cinch, right! diction. Wrong! Understanding casting principles were

Page 6 easy; the muscle memory is what took time, patience the “Rotate-at-Noon” position to the “Stop”. This and routine practice. step helps develop both hands working in concert to To become a competent spey caster, one must over- get the correct fulcrum feeling. The “Key” position is come the single-handed muscle memory. Learning to the common point in all spey casts to begin the deliv- apply the correct amount of effort to each part of the ery portion of the spey cast. The “Circle-up” move casting motion is critical. Each element of the spey changes the rod direction and helps keep the D-loop casting motion needs sufficient energy to cast the line airborne. The “Lift” and “Anchor-set” combine to effectively; too much energy and the cast falls apart, start the back cast motion. too little energy and the cast collapse. The trick to Observing the Switch casting stroke from the end of spey casting is learning the correct amount of effort the cast, we first begin with the Stop: each element has in the casting motion. Understand- Step 1 - The “Stop” position. ing the importance of each element will give the caster a quicker grasp of the spey cast. During a single- handed casting motion, there is equal effort on the back cast and the forward cast. But in spey casting, the “lift, anchor-set, circle-up to key, fire, and stop” are separate efforts within the total casting motion. Single-handed casting requires a good back loop to make a good forward cast. Spey casting also requires a good loop, but the back loop is now in the form of a D-loop that hangs down from the rod-tip to the water surface. Three major principles applied make a good spey cast: (1) A quality D-loop in shape, size, and energy, (2) a 180 degree of the line and anchor to the Figure 1 target, and (3) a minimum amount of line-stick. The line-stick is the portion of the line that lies on the wa- Figure 1 demonstrates the correct position of the up- ter during the forward cast. The fly, leader, nail-knot per and lower hand. and a couple of feet fly line is called the anchor and is Upper hand is bent at 90 degrees the bottom hand is on the water, the rest of the belly in the D-loop is off at the belly button. the water surface. Step 2 – Final move to the “Stop” position My spey journey included the Derek Brown video, Huge Falkus’ book and video, attending the Sandy Spey Clave each year of it’s existence and most im- portantly, time spent with Al Buhr. Al is the Chair of the Two-handed Certificate of Instruction for the Fed- eration of Flyfishers, the smoothest spey caster on the planet, spey casting author, fly rod and line devel- oper and all around good guy. Al has developed a method of casting unique to the Pacific Northwest. I have adopted a similar style, which fits into the medium stroke of Al.

The following method spey casting instruction is to develop a medium stroke spey caster. I believe this stroke adapts to all fishing conditions and methods of Figure 2 presenting a fly to the fish. The “Switch” cast, also called Forward spey, is the Without moving upper hand, move the bottom hand foundation for all spey cast. The following elements straight out for your belly to @ 6”-7” (Figure 2). Now are in the Switch cast: Lift, Anchor-set, Circle-up, Key with a slow to fast briskly movement, bring the position, Rotate-at-Noon, Push/Pull and Stop. I teach bottom hand to belly without moving upper hand. the spey cast in reverse by starting with the “Stop”. The rod tip will flick forward. Repeat this exercise The “Stop” is critical so the energy is transferred from until the small loop of line is achieved. This exercise the rod to the line. The next step in reverse order is Page 7 will help tremendously in developing the spey cast Step 5 – Beginning the casting motion. stroke. Let’s now look at the beginning of our casting mo- Step 3 – The “Key” position. tion: The“ lift” and “anchor-set”. Combine these The “Key” position is: upper hand @ beside the ear two moves until comfortable making them one part- and out @ 6” to 8”. The bottom hand is 6” to 8” from motion even though they are two separate ele- the chest of the upper hand. ments. The “lift” is powered by effort and the “anchor-set” considerably uses less effort. The “lift” is the rod-tip moving from the water surface with the line down stream and under tension to @ 10 o’clock with enough effort to break the line free of the water surface. From this point, simply move the rod-tip in a parallel move to where you begin the “circle-up” move. The “Anchor”, with practice, should land @ a rod length and slightly in front of you. The “Anchor” is the fly, leader, nail-knot and a 2’ to 5’ portion of fly line that will “grip” the water to assist the loading of the spey rod. The anchor will also be your sight for the 180-degree principle.

Step 6 – The complete Switch cast. Figure 3 Now is the time to put the entire steps together. Start the rod at the “key” position and pull down Start with the rod-tip 1” in the water. Lift and pull with the bottom hand in a“ J” motion. The upper back the circle-up position. The anchor lands a rod hand will follow and will bring the rod to pointing length away while as you Circle-up to the Key posi- high noon. At high noon you simply pull the bottom tion and fire. Concentrate on the pulling down with hand towards the belly and continue the upper hand the bottom hand and execute the push/pull element forwards just a bit (to the “Stop” position). The mo- when the rod tip is at the noon position. The com- tion from the“ Noon” position to the “Stop” position pleted cast ends with a firm, complete stop and the is the fulcrum (push pull of the upper and lower upper elbow bent at 45 degrees. The bottom hand hand) that is required to make an efficient spey cast. hits the belly button area. The line sails out and now This move will create a super-charged loop. Practice simply follows the line to the water with the rod-tip. this exercise until the loops are narrow and have enough energy to extend down most of the line. Spey-casting proficiency comes from knowledge and correct practice. Attend clinics, join a spey club, Step 4 - The Circle-up move. watch demonstrations, have personal instruction From the “Stop” position drop the rod-tip to the side and develop a practice routine to prepare you for and parallel to the water to begin the next move: the new world of spey fishing. A personal Spey Trek The “circle-up” move. The purpose of the “Circle- awaits you. With a little practice, understanding and up” is to change the direction of your rod-tip from a patience you can also go from single-handed rod to backwards motion to the forward delivery and keep the new world of spey casting and apply your skill to the belly (line from rod tip to anchor) off the water those challenging casting situations on the river. surface. Think of coming around the back quarter of Dwight “Klem” Klemin is a your body and sweeping-up to the key position. This retired music teacher, presi- move is a half-circle of the rod-tip behind you. The dent of the North Santiam moment the rod-tip gets to the “Key” position you Spey Caster, President of the continue the cast by“ firing” the forward cast. The Oregon Council of Federation idea is to keep the circle going when you hit the key of Flyfishers, Vice –President position. This is a constant load move. This motion of Santiam Flycasters, FFF will make the cast a live-line roll cast. There is more Master Certified Casting In- line speed and effort with NO pause. A normal roll structor and Two-handed cast requires the caster to pause and let the line Casting Instructor. slide back to make a belly behind the rod tip. Line speed slows and line slick develops, making the cast very difficult.

FLY OF THE MONTH

By Jim Ferguson

General Practitioner

(Steelhead Fly)

The General Practitioner was devised by Colonel Esmond Drury for use in the River Test about 1953. This is one of the many shrimp patterns developed to get around the ban on using shrimp for bait in the pursuit of Atlantic Salmon in England. The purpose of this pattern is to mimic the appearance of a prawn with the use of long hair for feelers and palmered body hackle to give the fly mobility. The General Practitioner has been an influential pattern in the development of modern North American steelhead flies. There have been many variations and interpretations of the recipe.

Material List: Thread: Red Hook: Partridge N low water, Bartleet style, #1 , #2; Daiichi 2161 #1, #2 for summer GP's; Alec Jackson Steelhead Irons , #3 (used here) Tail: Hot orange bucktail extending 2" (or about one shank length) beyond bend of hook. Two small Golden Pheasant red neck feathers one above the other, concave to concave. Rib: Fine oval gold tinsel Body: Body is in three parts using hot orange Trilobal dubbing and the gold ribbing in each section. The hot orange body hackle follows right behind the oval rib. Middle section is longer than rear and front sections. Rear body is about 1/4 shank long. Middle secton is 1/2 shank in length. Body Hackle: Hot orange neck Mid Body: Rib of oval gold tinsel, hot orange hackle palmered over hot orange Trilobal dubbing. Golden Pheasant red neck feather convex side up. Golden Pheasant tippet feather clipped to Vee-shape over to represent eyes. Front Body: (Also called 3/4 body) Rib of oval gold, hot orange hackle palmered over hot orange Trilobal dubbing. Another Golden Pheasant red neck feather convex side up - can be omitted on smaller hook sizes.

Tying Comments: Body Dubbing originally called for orange seal. Orange goat dubbing or Trilobal dubbing can be used as a substitute. Hackle is a hot orange neck hackle. You could tie it in by the butt to give longer legs at the rear of the fly. Your other choice might be to tie it in by the tip and fold it well. Stroking the hackle fibers down will get the leg look you are looking for. Pinching the cluster of hackles with finger on top of the shank and thumb underneath will help sweep the fibers into a prawn shape. Shellbacks are natural red Golden Pheasant neck or breast feathers. Tie in one, flat, over each body section after dubbing body and wrapping hackle. Hackle stem should follow tight up against the oval rib. The eyes formed by the tips of the Golden Pheasant tippet should extend just past the bend of the hook.

Step - by - Step Directions:

1. Mount hook in vise, attach thread, wrap a thread base to the rear a little past the drop off position. (For this hook, halfway between hook point and barb point) Pre- pare the orange bucktail by cleaning out the underfur and staggering the ends. Tie in the orange bucktail, make a few turns under the bucktail at the rear, wrap waste ends down the shank. Stagger trim the waste ends as you approach the eye return loop. (See Fig #1) Take thread back to tail tie in position. Figure 1 2. Select two red neck feathers from the Golden Pheasant. Flatten the stems strip off the fibers on lower part of stem, pair them together concave sides out, and tie them in as a horizontal veiling over the tail as in Fig #2. Bind down the waste stems along the top of the hook shank to at least the half way position. Trim the feather stem wastes ( refer to Fig #3.) Figure 2

Figure 3

3. Tie in the oval gold tinsel along the bottom of the hook shank while wrapping the tying thread to the rear. ( Fig #4)

Figure 4

4. Tie in a hot orange hackle just above the gold tinsel. Here you have a choice. Tie in by the butt with the larger fibers at the rear. This probably mimics the legs of the prawn with the longer fibers to the rear. I used a rather large neck feather and tied it in by the tip after folding it. My intention was to not crowd the hook Figure 5 gape. (Fig #5)

5. Wrap the thread back to the rib/hackle tie in position. Make a dubbing loop and place the orange Trilobal dubbing into the loop (sparsely), spin the dubbing loop (Fig #6), wrap the dubbing forward to the 1/4 shank position, tie off the dubbing loop, wrap the rib forward and tie off, and trim rib waste (Fig #7.)

Figure 6

Figure 7 6. Wrap the hackle forward keeping the hackle stem directly behind the oval tinsel. Pull the hackle fibers down and back. Stroke them down and back with pressure to keep them from being along the top of the hook shank. (Fig #8)

Figure 8

7. Select and prepare another Golden Pheasant red neck feather. Flattening the feather stem before stripping off hackle fibers helps to keep the feather from rolling when tying it in. Strip off fibers from the stem to get a clean tie in shaft. Tie in the feather with the convex side up. It should veil the rear body and overlap the back of the feather veiling the tail. Bind the stem waste down along the top of the shank. (Fig #9) You want the feather sit flat along the hook shank. (Fig Figure 9 #10.

Figure 10 8. Select and prepare the Golden Pheasant tippet feather to be used as the eyes. The tippet feather needs to be trimmed to form a "Vee" as in Fig #11. The black tips should reach just past the bend of the hook (Fig #11.) You might want to run a bead of Dave's Flexa- ment or head cement along the underside of the two sides of the Vee (Fig #11b.)

Figure 11

Figure 11b

Tie on the Vee shaped tippet so it sits flat along the top of the hook shank (Fig #12 & #13.) The black ends of the tippet should be just past the bend of the hook. Bind down the stem waste. Bring the thread back to the tippet tie in position. Tie another body section as done on the first section using a Trilobal dubbing loop, gold oval tinsel rib, and orange hackle. (Fig #14 & 15) This body section Figure 12 should end at the 3/4 body positon. Pull down and back on the hackle. Trim wastes.

Figure 13

Figure 14

Figure 15 9. Prepare a larger red golden pheasant breast feather as before and tie it in so it is flat as possible on top and veils the body and part of the previously tied in breast feather. (Fig. #16)

Figure 16

10. Construct the third body section similar to the last section by wrapping an orange Trilobal dubbed loop to the front, wrapping a gold oval tinsel rib forward, wrapping an orange hackle forward directly behind the oval tinsel, bulling down the hackle fibers, and tying in a red Gold- en Pheasant breast feather over the top as in Fig #17.

Figure 17

11. Trim all wastes and form a head. Use your thumb and first finger to press the hackles on the bottom up towards the shank and the red Golden Pheasant breast feathers down to make these elements hug the shank as in Fig #18. Use a couple of coats of cement on the head. Hope- fully the feathers along the top of the shank will be centered along the line of the shank (Fig #19.) Figure 18

Figure 19

2016 Membership Application

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