David Roberts

I love to tie, and tie with others. Yesterday as we do every Wed. a few of my cronys from SOFT (Southern Oregon Fly Tyers) met here in my fly tying room and tyed and shared patterns and method.  A bunch of these guys are going up to Camp Sherman to tie for the show and tie as a group, although all have tyed at shows all over the country.  This is a club that any of you local tyers that would want to think of joining is a lot of fun. There are no dues no officers just sharing once a month and a good source of info if you are just learning, or and old master and want to learn new things. I have been tying over 50+ years and always learn new things. We had our first swap and BBQ this last month and I came home with some real treasures, 7 new books (to me) to add to my library. (I still have a lot of room for more). Although I am a pro/custom tyer (that just means I sell a lot of flys) I still love to tie for fun and there is always something to learn. I am still planing on putting a lot more pictures up here, but still having trouble getting them up, also forget to take pictures. My guiding partner and good friend JimU, is going to help me, (when we can get off the water long enough to do it). Fishing is just to good now.

Those of you that want to start thinking of going after Steelhead its getting time the count is starting to move up, Also JimU is guiding lakes in our area and does pretty damn good. As of right now I am still stuck on moving water, and have a hard time not feeling the water moving under the drift boat or my waders. That may change with some of the trout he has been getting on the lakes.

See you at Camp Sherman, and if you are out of this area, please stop by and let me know who you are. I will be tying both days there, and if you want help casting your first bamboo let me know.

David