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Monday December 19th meeting

7 Fox Hill Dr., Wilbraham, MA. Contact # 413-579-199 wmffclub@gmail.com

Our November meeting was once again another great meeting where we successfully held our 2023 office’s election. The current club officers were voted in for another term and will be resuming their duties in 2023.

The December meeting will be held at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.

Our December guest speaker will be Jennifer Lapis Visitor Services Manager at the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan Trela will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting.

Thank You Dan!

JOHN BARR VIS A DUN
Hook  -Lightning strike  DF3 18-20  or any dry fly straight eye hook
Thread – Grey uni 8/0
Tail – Dun grey hackle fibers 
Body – Olive superfine dubbing 
Wing – Dun hi vis or grey poly yarn
Hackle – Dun grey 
JOHN BARR COPPER JOHN
HOOK – Any 1XL nymph hook  size14
THREAD – Blk 6/0 uni
GOLD BEAD – to match hook 5/32
Tail _ Brown goose boots
Body – Copper wire brassie size
Thorax – Peacock herl
Wing Cover – Pearl tinsel / Black Thin Skin)
Legs – Brown hen hackle
DAN’S BLACK  RS2
HOOK- TIEMCO 2488 SIZE 22
THREAD – black un i8/0
Tail – grey  organza (wedding veil material)
BODY – black uni thread
WING – pearl krystal flash 
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Monday November 21st meeting

7 Fox Hill Dr., Wilbraham, MA. Contact # 413-579-1994

Monday November 21, 2022 Meeting Notice

We have successfully completed our first two meetings of the last quarter of the 2022 season.

Our November meeting will be held at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.

November is Club Officers election month. Be prepared to submit your nominees for Club President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer we will be voting for our 2023 officers.

James Conleyour newest memberwill be our guest speaker for the November meeting. James will be sharing his fly fishing experiences fishing Pyramid Lake in California.

Thank you, James,

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan will be demonstrating how to tie the following flys at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting.


PURPLE HAZE PARACHUTE
Hook- standard dry size 12
Thread- black uni 8/0
Post- White poly yarn,/ white calf body hair
Tail – brown /grizzly hackle fibers
Body – purple antron dubbing
Hackle – brown /grizzly hackle

BILL RICARDI’S INCH WORM
Hook – size 10 1 x long dry fly
Thread- chartreuse 8/0 uni
Body – 3/16 chartreuse foam cylinder

E SMOKE JUMPER
Hook- standard dry 22 or 24
Body -black 8/0 uni thread
Rib-  x-fine silver wire
Wing – Nat, CDC feather
Thorax – black superfine dubbing
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Monday October 17th meeting notice

7 Fox Hill Dr., Wilbraham, MA. Contact # 413-579-1994

We are back and we have successfully completed our first meeting after our return from summer break.

We will be conducting our October meeting at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-Tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.

The Pandemic is over at least according to President Biden, however please feel free to use what ever virus protocols you feel comfortable with.

Sean Rose will be our guest speaker for the October meeting. Sean will be sharing some of his living and fly fishing experiences out west.

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan Trela will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting.

Thanks Dan!

FUZZY WOZZY SULFUR
(ONE FEATHER MAYFLY)

1. HOOK STANDARD DRY FLY 16-18-20
2. Thread 8/0 uni yellow
3. Wing, Body 1 CDC feather (trout hinter or Swiss CDC)
SWI ADAMS PARACHUTE

1. HOOK STANDARD DRY SIZE 20
2. Thread black uni 8/0
3 Tail grizzly/ brown hackles
4. Wing -White poly or calf tail
5. Body – grey superfine dubbing
6. Hackle brown and grizzly
EGG PATTERN

1. Curved hook 
2. Thread orange monochord
3. Egg yarn various colors (most popular yellow, orange)




Just a reminder for anyone interested in attending.

The Bill Rose Memorial Fly-Fishing Clinic, co-sponsored by the Westfield River Watershed Association and the Western Mass Fly Fishermen Club, will be held this year on October 15th across from the Huntington Health Center in Huntington, MA. from 9 AM – 12 Noon

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Monday September 19, 2022 Meeting Notice

7 Fox Hill Dr., Wilbraham, MA. Contact # 413 579 1994

7 Fox Hill Dr., Wilbraham, MA. Contact # 413-579-1994

I hope everyone had a great summer and enjoyed some great fishing during our break. It looks as though the virus is somewhat in our rear-view mirror, although some may want to adhere to past virus practices, masks, distance, sanitizer etc…

We will be conducting our September meeting at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-Tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.

September’s guest speaker will be Tom Panaccione

Tom will be sharing fly-fishing stories and personal experiences from his trip to Argentina. The presentation will include trip info, fishing techniques and the flies used. Questions during the presentation will be welcome. Please join me in welcoming and thanking Tom for taking the time to share his experiences.

It will be great to see everyone again and start a fantastic and fun after break season.

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan Trela will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting.

Thanks Dan!


TAILWATER SOW BUG
Curved grub hook, Daichi 1120 size 18
Thread- Uni 6/0 red
Bead – silver 5/32
Lead wire .015
Rib silver wire x-small
Dubbing – Rainbow sow-scud dubbing

SWIFT RIVER TAN TAILWATER SOW BUG
Hook Curved grub hook Daichi 1120 size 20
Thread – UTC 70 fl. pink
Back- x-small black wire
Body – Tan rainbow sow scud dubbin

RAY CHARLES BEADED
Hook – standard nymph size 16
Thread – red danville
Bead – fire orange 1/16
Back  – pearl mylar
Body – Grey Ostrich herl
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Monday May 16, 2022 Meeting Notice

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May 2022 and Covid seems to be in our rear-view mirror, we are no longer living under Covid mask mandates, lock downs or distancing. However, Covid is still very real so at this point please utilize whatever virus practices that you are personally comfortable with, masks, distance, sanitizer etc.

Our regular May Meeting will be held at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA

This month we will be meeting in the Pavilion for a cookout and our close of season meeting. We will start serving food at 5 pm. Anyone that would like to help set up the barbecue come to the Pavilion at 4:00pm.

Hope to see all of you at the cookout.

Members and guest listening to our Expo guest speakers Brian Keleher, Connecticut Valley District Fisheries Biologist and Adam Kautza, Coldwater Fisheries Project Leader
Brian Keleher speaking about the trout migration on the Swift river. Bob Jendrasik is in the background.
Our demo tiers from right to left Peter Jezouit, Jaxion Flynn, Bob Jendrasik and the Derfield Fly Shop owner.
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Monday April,18, 2022 Meeting Notice

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April 2022 spring is here and we are no longer living under Covid mask mandates. Covid is still very real so at this point please utilize whatever virus practices that you are personally comfortable with, masks, distance, sanitizer etc.

 In place of our regular April Meeting, we will be holding our Fly-Fishing Expo. The Expo will be held at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA the same venue as our meetings.

Doors will open at 6:30pm and the show will close at 9:00pm you will find an Expo flyer included with this meeting announcement for additional information about the Expo.

We will be taking membership renewals at the Expo this will be an opportune time to renew in person. I will be attaching the Renew by Mail Form.to this meeting announcement to streamline the renewal process please fill out the form and bring it to the Expo if you plan to renew. 

Hope to see all of you at the Expo.

*For those that have volunteered to help at the Expo Manny will be available at the Elks starting at 2:30pm for anyone that would like to come early. All volunteers should be at the Elks no later then 5:30pm. 

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Monday March 21st Meeting notice

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It is March 2022 and most of the Covid mask mandates have been lifted. Although these mandates have been lifted Covid is still very real so at this point please utilize whatever virus practices that you are personally comfortable with, masks, distance, sanitizer etc. We will be adhering to whatever the current Virus Practices are at the time of the meeting; however, it looks as though there is some light at the end of the Covid tunnel.

 We will be conducting our March meeting at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-Tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.

March is the time to renew your membership. As we all remember due to Covid membership renewals were suspended until March of 2022, however our Expo has been moved to April so we all have an extra month to renew before being taken off the membership list. I will also be attaching the Renew by Mail Form.to this meeting announcement just follow the directions on the form to renew by mail or if you prefer to renew in person at the next meeting or at the April Expo. Please fill out the form and bring it to the next meeting or the Expo to streamline the renewal process.  

Hope to see many of you at this coming meeting.

Fly Tying Demo:

 Dan will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting.   Thanks Dan.

EAGAN’S RED DART
Hook – jig hook16-14
Thread -red UNI 8/0
Bead – gold to match hook size
TAIL – red hackle
Body – peacock herl or UV Dub peacock
Rib- 6x mono tippet and sulky pearl / silver thread
Collar – brown hackle
Head – pink SLF or UV dubbing
OLIVE SCUD
Thread – olive uni 8/0
Hook – scud size 16-14-12
Body – olive sow/scud dubbing
Rib – silver wire x-small
Over-body – 2 mm clear scud back
CARDINELLE MARIBOU STREAMER
Hook – standard streamer hook 8 xl 
Thread – red or flor. red
Body – cerise yarn
Under wing – fl. pink fish hair now called synthetic buck tail
Wing -cerise marabou
Collar – yellow hackle
Head – red thread 
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Monday February 21, 2022, meeting notice

It is now February 2022 and we are still dealing with Covid and it’s two variants Delta and Omicron. We will still have to adhere to the current Virus Practices. masks, distance, sanitizer etc. or whatever they may be at the time of the meeting or what ever is your comfort level. We will be conducting our February meeting at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-Tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.

We are rapidly approaching the time to renew our individual membership.

 As we all know due to Covid membership renewals were suspended until March of 2022. Please note if you would like to renew your membership by mail or would like to join the club you can email me at wmffclub@Gmail.com and I will email you back the form. If you prefer to renew in person fill out the form and bring to the next meeting.

There was a Bord of Directors Meeting held at the end of the regular meeting. A discussion was made by all directors and officers present that the March Fly Fishing Expo will be moved to April 18th, 2022.

It was also decided to monitor COVID activity to possibly postpone to a later date or to cancel.

Currently we do not have guest speaker for this meeting. In lieu of a guest speaker we will be presenting the documentary “Trout Grass”. This is the story of Bamboo and its journey from China and the process of turning it into a fly rod.

Hope to see many of you at this coming meeting.

Fly Tying Demo:

 Dan will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting. 

(6:30) Thanks Dan.

PERDIGON NYMPH
Hook – Jig hook any size
Bead – black size to match hook size
Thread- Black uni 6/0
Tail- Cock de leon fibers
Body – black thread
Rib – sulky silver thread
Hot spot – Fl. pink thread
BLACK STIMULATOR
Hook – TMC 200 or Daichi 1270 york bend 3 XL
Thread – black 6/0 uni
Tail – deer or elk body hair dyed black
Body – black dubbing
Rib – black hackle ribbed with silver wire
Wing – deer or elk body dyed black
Thorax – black dubbing
Hackle – grizzly
Hook- Curved shank grub hook.  1X heavy
Body – Nat. beaver
Wing – 3-4 natural CDC feathers

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Monday January 17, 2022, Meeting Notice

Welcome to 2022!

We will conduct our January meeting at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-Tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.  We will adhere to current Virus Practices. Masks, distance, sanitizer etc.

January’s guest speaker will be Don Stewart from WMFF and TU. His presentation will be on his fly-fishing experiences fishing Alaska. Please join me in welcoming and thanking Don for taking the time to share his experiences.

We are rapidly approaching the time to renew our individual membership. As we all know due to Covid membership renewals were suspended until March of 2022. For those of you who wish to renew early your new expiration date will be March 2023.

Hope to see many of you at this coming meeting.

Just a reminder fly tying class started Thursday January 13th. You still can come and join the class that will run for 8 consecutive Thursdays. Classes will start at 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm and be held at the Elk’s Lodge in Ludlow, MA.

Fly Tying Demo:

 Dan will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting. 

(6:30) Thanks Dan.


ZUG BUG
Thread -6/0 uni black
Hook- Nymph 2 xl 10-12-14
Tail – peacock sword
Body- peacock herl
Rib – oval silver tinsel small
Wing – mallard breast feather
Legs- brown hackle

PUFF DADDY
Thread – yellow  – Uni, 8/0 Danville   or UTC
Hook – 16 – 18 Dry Fly
Body – built up with yellow thread
Wing: – white CDC feather tied like a soft hackle

CLOUSER MINNOW
Thread – heavy white or chartreuse  thread  3/0 uni,  UTC or Danville
Hook – standard saltwater size 2
Eyes – small lead dumbbell eyes
Body/Tail- white buck tail
Wing – chartreuse buck tail

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Monday December 20, 2021, Meeting Notice

FREE Fly-Tying Classes starting January 13th 2022

We will conduct our December meeting at 7:00 pm right after the Fly-Tying Demo, at the Ludlow Elks Club, 69 Chapin Street in Ludlow MA.  We will adhere to current Virus Practices. Masks, distance, sanitizer etc.December’s guest speaker will be Tom Panaccione   

Tom will be sharing an eclectic mix of fly-fishing stories and personal experiences from his trips to some great fly-fishing destination’s such as Argentina, Montana and Belize. The presentation will include trip info, fishing techniques and the flies used. Questions during the presentation will be welcome.  Please join me in welcoming and thanking Tom for taking the time to share his experiences.

Hope to see many of you at this coming meeting. 

Fly Tying Demo:

Dan will be demonstrating how to tie the following fly’s at our meeting on Monday night before the scheduled meeting. (6:30) Thanks Dan.

SIMPLE GOLDEN STONE
Hook – standard nymph 1 or 2 xl size 8 – 10-12
Bead – gold to match hook size
Thread- Uni 6/0 brown
Tail – amber or yellow turkey biots
Wing cover – pheasant tail
Body – possum golden stone dubbing
HALF PINT
Hook- scud hook 16-20
Thread-brown uni 6/0
Body – pheasant tail
Rib – copper ultra wire x-small
Wing – white antron yarn
EZ BODI SAND EEL
Hook – standard saltwater size 2
Thread- clear mono (monofil)
Tail- white, olive craft fur and pearl krystal flash
Body – EZ body small size
Olive – sharpie
Eyes – flat stick on eyes black / silver
Body coating – Exo-Flex or Softex
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