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Leeds Fly Dressers Guild – 2019 Programme

We are having our Registration Night at 7:30pm on Wednesday 2nd October 2019 at West Park Rugby Club, The Sycamores, Bramhope, LS16 9JR.

We have put two programmes together for the members this year: The beginners programme and the improvers programme, and both are very comprehensive. 

We also have six very experienced celebrity fly tyers coming along to give a talk and inspire us all on the first Wednesday of each month. This year we have Paul Procter, Dave Hudson, Aimeé Kitching, Stuart Croft, Dave Southall and last but by no means least, Matt Eastham.

This year the beginners group will all be loaned a vice, tools and all the materials needed to tie the flies in the programme. This will give all the beginners the chance to initially sample fly tying without it actually costing them anything. 

If you would like to join us on Wednesday 2nd October, you would be made very welcome.

Leeds Fly Dressers Guild – Beginners Fly Tying Program 2019 – 2020
Date             Event
02/10/2019 Registration Evening and Tying Demonstration of McTier’s Silver Dabbler.
09/10/2019 Guest Speaker: Dave Hudson. Predator Flies.
16/10/2019 Tying night Blood Worm.
23/10/2019 Tying night Black Spider.
30/10/2019 Tying Night Black and Peacock Spider.
06/11/2019 Guest Speaker: Paul Proctor.
13/11/2019 Tying night Black Pennell.
20/11/2019 Tying night Poly Winged Midge.
27/11/2019 Tying night Griffiths Gnat.
04/12/2019 Guest Speaker: Stuart Croft.
11/12/2019 Tying night Pheasant Tail Nymph.
Christmas and New Year Break 
08/01/2020 Guest Speaker: Dave Southall.
15/01/2020 Tying night Beetle.
22/01/2020 Tying night Shipman’s Buzzer.
29/01/2019 Tying night Woolly Bugger.
05/02/2020 Guest Speaker: Aimee Kitching.
12/02/2020 Tying night Shuttlecock.
19/02/2020 Tying night Hares Ear Nymph.
26/02/2020 Tying night Detached body Daddy.
04/03/2020 Guest Speaker: Matt Eastham
11/03/2020 Tying night French Partridge May Fly.
18/03/2020 Tying night Dry May Fly.
25/03/2020 Branch AGM and Prize Giving.

Leeds Fly Dressers Guild – Improvers Fly Tying Program 2019 – 2020
Date            Event
02/10/2019 Registration Evening and Tying Demonstration of McTier’s Silver Dabbler.
09/10/2019 Guest Speaker: Dave Hudson. Predator flies.
16/10/2019 Tying night Light Cahill. size 10 dry for mayfly.
23/10/2019 Tying night Hare’s Ear Nymph. Size 12.
30/10/2019 Tying Night Blae and Black. Size 12 wet.
06/11/2019 Guest Speaker: Paul Proctor.
13/11/2019 Tying night Sedgehog. Size 12 wet.
20/11/2019 Tying night Sparkle Dun. Size 14 dry.
27/11/2019 Tying night March Brown. Size 12 wet.
04/12/2019 Guest Speaker: Stuart Croft.
11/12/2019 Tying night Baetis Nymph. Size 14 wet.
Christmas and New Year Break
08/01/2020 Guest Speaker: Dave Southall.
15/01/2020 Tying night Pearly Dabbler. Size 10 wet
22/01/2020 Tying night Klinkhammer Special. Size 14 caddis
29/01/2019 Tying night Woolly Bugger. Size 10 longshank.
05/02/2020 Guest Speaker: Aimee Kitching.
12/02/2020 Tying night Clan Chief. Size 10 wet.
19/02/2020 Tying night Addams. Size 14 dry.
26/02/2020 Tying night Green Peter. Size 12 wet.
04/03/2020 Guest Speaker: Matt Eastham.
11/03/2020 Tying night Flashback PTN. Size 14 wet.
18/03/2020 Tying night Gosling. Size 10 wet.
25/03/2020 Branch AGM and Prize Giving.

Guest Night Tonight – Dave Southall

In a change to the advertised programme we have the Legend that is Dave Southall giving us a talk about his fishing exploits and tying some of his most effective patterns, including CDC. It starts tonight at 7.30pm at Bramhope RUFC, The Sycamores, Bramhope, Leeds, LS16 9JR. The cost is £8.00 for members, £10.00 for guests.

Also a reminder of our Fly Tying Competition 2017/18

There are three classes of entry:
• Beginner = less than 2 years of tying and having not won competition previously
• Improver = more than 2 years of tying or winner of previous years beginners trophy
• Advanced = Previous winners of improvers trophy

Each entry should include 3 matching flies of the patterns attached below.

LEEDS FLY DRESSERS GUILD Competition Flies 2017-18

The Essential Fly – Dying Materials Demo

On 16/12/2015 23:10, Dudley Hosfield wrote:

Hi Ann, Sarah & Andy,

I would just like to thank you all on behalf of the Leeds Branch of the FDG for a great demonstration and evening.

As I said the dying demonstration exceeded our expectations and I hope Andy you haven’t let too many commercial secrets slip. In my 20 years membership of the FDG that was by far the best talk and demo on materials dying that  I have heard and I know all the guys thoroughly enjoyed it.

Thankyou all for your hard work in putting the evening together and making it successful and many congratulations on your new ambassador HVK.

I will you all a happy Christmas and prosperous 2016,

Dudley

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On 17/12/2015 09:59, Ann Kitchener wrote:

Hello Dudley

Thank you so much for your very kind email.  We sincerely had a really lovely time at your club meeting and enjoyed not only meeting everyone again, but sharing a mutual love of all things fly tying.  You all made us feel so very welcome, you made our job easy!

We are more than delighted that you enjoyed the presentation and workshop so very much.  Please do keep in touch and let us know if we can be of any help to you or club members at any time.

With all good wishes for Christmas

Kind regards
Ann Andy and Sarah- The Essential Fly, Semperfli

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Thanks very much Dudley, nice to know it was enjoyed and of value to the club members
Attached is a pdf copy of the presentation for club use.

best regards

Andy, Ann & Sarah – The Essential Fly, Semperfli

The presentation will be posted under the club private discussion area.

 

 

Leeds FDG Programme October 2015/2016

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2015 / 2016 Programme

We commence on Wednesday 7th October 2015 at West Park Rugby Club with our registration night where Jerry Lee will tie some flies. Go to the Contact page for directions.

Any  new members will be made most welcome and introduced to the club if they come along. There is a bite to eat in terms of a little supper on this night.

In terms of our guest speaker programme, we have invited four relatively local speakers this year out of the normal six, in response to feedback from members to have the following topics covered:-

  • Tenkara flies and Fishing – Phil Sheridan,
  • New material innovations and dying of materials on a small scale at home – Andy Kitchener
  • Local Salt water Fly Fishing and suitable flies – Clark Coleman
  • North Country Flies – Robert Smith

We have Rob Denson kicking us of on Wed. 14th October with reservoir and river trout flies. The last guest speaker is a double act from Nottingham with Bob Lomax and Wendy Gibson demonstrating innovative techniques.

This year the  Beginners and Improvers programmes include all the bronze and silver level flies for the national FDG accreditation awards. The Beginners Programme will be led by Jerry Lee and the Improvers by Melvyn Wood.

We have scheduled “Buddy” nights in the programme and on each of these nights specific flies will be tied by an instructor as well as individuals having the opportunity before hand to nominate an individual fly or technique that they want help with, demonstrating or coaching on.

The Roy Jones trophy match will be at Stocks Reservoir next year on 7th May 2016.

We are going to have 3 classes of fly tying competitions  next year – the Apprentice Cup for “Beginners”, a new trophy for “Improvers “ and the Herbert Harris Cup for the new Advanced tiers group.

The trio of Flies for these awards will be selected from the Bronze, Silver and Gold patterns and need to be handed in by the end Feb 2016. Generally anybody can enter any class providing they have not previously won it.

The full programme is available to download below or take a look at the Events section. In addition to tying nights, Events will contain details of our fishing trips and competitions that are organised throughout the year.

Leeds_FDG_Programme_2015_2016

Programme 2014

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The first night is Wednesday 24th September 2014. This is for registration followed by Jerry Lee demonstrating mayflies and competition flies, starting at 7.30pm (our usual time) at West Park Rugby Club, Bramhope. It’s easy to find, on The Sycamores just off the roundabout on the A660 Leeds to Otley Road. See the Contact page for a map.

Our guest speakers this season are Paul Procter, Stuart Crofts, Pat Stevens, Paul Davidson, Phil Holding and David Southall.
Paul Procter is kicking off the guest nights on 1st October 2014 and he is always a very entertaining speaker so come along and bring a friend!