Author Archive: St.Paul Fly Tiers

Bill Spiess | 1928–2016

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We lost one of our own recently. Bill Spiess passed away on Wednesday after a brief battle with cancer and other health complications. He was 88.

A member since the early 70s, Bill was a long-time member of St. Paul Fly Tiers, an awesome fisherman and innovative fly tier.

A fun-loving guy, Bill could often be seen as the camp cook at his beloved Cottonwood camp on the Big Horn River, or running from the bull at his “secret spot” on the Rush River. Trout in the Big Horn and Minnesota/Wisconsin waters can now feel safe.

Always welcoming to club members and integral to the fabric of the club, the “Silver Spider,” will be forever in our hearts.

Visitation from 3-5PM MONDAY, Dec. 26, 2016 at MUELLER MEMORIAL, 835 Johnson Parkway at E. 7th St., St. Paul with service starting at 5PM. Reception immediately follows. –

See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/twincities/obituary.aspx…

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/bill-spiess-obituary…

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June Fly of the Month

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Cranefly Soft Hackle

By Greg Meyer
Hook: TMC 101  #14 -16
Thread: 8/0 Yellow Uni
Thorax: Small ball of sulphur orange superfine to splay the soft hackle
Body: Trout Hunter yellow goose biot (can substitute yellow or cream dry fly dubbing with copper wire rib)
Tail/shuck: Zelon (brown or gray) fibers
Hackle: 1-2 turns over-sized light dun hen neck

NOTE: Drop this behind a Sulphur dry fly. Sometimes, especially on the Rush the trout are keyed on yellow crane flies. If not, it looks like a sulphur emerger too.

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May Fly of the Month

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Hi-Vis Parachute Adams

By Greg Meyer
Hook: TMC 100 or 101 #12 – 20
Thread: 16/0 gray Veevus
Body: Gray Trout Hunter goose biot
Wing/post: Gray Hi-Vis (or antron)
Hackle: Cree rooster hackle
Tail: 10-12 Coque-deLeon hackle fibers
Thorax: Super Fine Adams gray dry fly dubbing

NOTE: Substitute a black post for evening or overcast days. I also change up using different color Hi-Vis in bright colors to help with size choice in fly box (e.g., Pink for #20s, orange for #18s, chartreuse for 16s, etc)

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Fly Tying Events

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May 26th Beer Tie: An Evening of Fly Tying at Summit Beer Hall & Patio

Calling all Twin Cities area fly fishers and fly tyers!

Thursday, May 26th at 4pm-8pm

The St. Paul Fly Tiers invite you to Summit Beer Hall & Patio for an evening of hanging out, craft beer, fly tying and fly fishing camaraderie.

Bring your supplies and tie while enjoying a few pints of Summit beer. We’ll have a few stations of power cords available for those that require lamps for their tie station.

Bring your club or friends with you! SHARE this link to help spread the word and let us know if you’re going to join us.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1740863242798605/

Plus, the My Burger food truck will be on-site selling their awesome food.

April Fly of the Month

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Purple Reign Prince Nymph

By Greg Meyer
Hook: TMC 3761 #10 – 16
Thread: 8/0 purple Uni-thread
Bead: Gold tungsten appropriate to hook size
Body: Purple dyed peacock
Wing: White goose biot
Tail: Golden goose biot
Rib: Purple Krystal Flash
Collar: Purple SLF tri-lobal mixed with gray UV Ice-Dub
Hackle: Two turns black cdc
Weight: Ten turns .20 lead-free wire

NOTE: This is one of my go-to steelhead flies that I’ve been using the last few years. It seemed appropriate to be the F.O.M. given the passing of Prince this week. I just pinched this fly out of my fly box, so it is pretty ratty looking. I’ll get a better fly and photo after we get back from the BigHorn. ~G

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Big Horn Barney

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Our friend Barney with a 23″ rainbow he caught below the Afterbay Dam on the BigHorn River

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23″Rainbow

Big Horn River  |   Afterbay Dam   |  April 2013

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April 7th Program

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April 7th Program to Feature New Web Site Design for St. Paul Fly Tiers

Greg Meyer, of Meyer Creative, LLC
Our spring presentation and business meetings kick off on Thursday April 7th.  We will be having a business meeting a 7:00pm for those that are interested followed by a presentation by current member Greg Meyer of Meyer Creative, LLC.

Greg  will be giving a presentation of the completely redesigned St Paul Fly Tier’s website. The new web site will bring together old photos and club history along with the current activities and events.

You can visit his web site at:  www.meyer-creative.com

Hope to see you all at the meeting.

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