January 27, 2007 - Texoma Tie In

The Red River Fly Fishers has teamed up with TP&W Eisenhower State Park to host the fly tying event ?Texoma Tie In? at Eisenhower State Park on the shores of Lake Texoma on Saturday, January 27, 2007. The park is located near Denison, Texas just north of Dallas.

Everyone is invited to join us for the ?Texoma Tie In?. Admission to the event and to Eisenhower State Park will be free, and you can even fish within the park for free. Please see www.rrff.org for more details.

We still have some openings for some demonstration tiers and if you are interested, please see the RRFF?ers web page for details to sign up, www.rrff.org .

We hope you?ll come to Lake Texoma and join us for some fly tying in January.

For the Red River Fly Fishers,
Rex

The Red River Fly Fishers have teamed up with Eisenhower State Park to host the fly tying event ?Texoma Tie In? at Eisenhower State Park on the shores of Lake Texoma on Saturday and Sunday, January 27 and 28, 2007.

Everyone is invited to join us for the ?Texoma Tie In?. Admission to the event and to Eisenhower State Park will be free, and you can even fish within the park for free. There will be scheduled activities Saturday and an open tyer?s round-table on Sunday. Sunday everyone is invited to bring their vices and materials for a day of tying in the park?s recreation hall.

Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007 Schedule:
9:00am to 4:00pm: Tyer demonstrations at tables
9:00am to 12:00 noon: Beginning fly tying lessons
12:00 noon to 12:50pm: Special Program, "The History of Fly Fishing", Walter McLendon
1:00pm to 1:50pm: Special Program, "Stripers and Bass, Top to Bottom", Ken Bohannon
2:00pm to 2:50pm: Special Program, "Effective Flies for Inland Stripers", Kyle Hand
3:00pm to 3:50pm: Special Program, "Bass and Smallies - Favorite Flies and How to Tie Them", Marc Pinsel

Featured Fly Tyers:

Bill Adams: striper flies
John Akers:
Ken Bohannon: deer hair, salmon, saltwater flies
Al Crise: shoefly poppers
Fred Dupree:
Mark Eskew :"realistic" flies, adult caddis fly or damsel fly nymph
Kyle Hand: beautiful salmon flies, spey flies, bass and striper flies, old bass and trout flies
Slim Mitchell: the "Behopper", bluegill flies, bass flies
Marc Pinsel: largemouth, smallmouth, striper flies
Bill Sargeant: deer hair bugs, and much more
Sue Spangler: foam flies, glass bead flies
Dave Spooner: bass bugs, golden stonefly nymph
Jeff Tomlinson:
Will Travis: 14 years old, Southern Council Jr. Fly Tyer of the Year
Walter McLendon: classic trout flies, soft-hackle, hairwinged salmon flies, classic flies from the 1400's to 1800's
Dale Wilkinson: aka "brimbum", super effective bream flies - foam spiders, buggers, cap spiders on micro-jigs

Eisenhower State Park is located on the Texas side of Lake Texoma. Admission to the park will be free to anyone attending the fly tying event.

Directions to Eisenhower State Park: From TX Highway 75 north of Denison, TX. Take Exit # 72 west toward the Denison Dam. The store ?Dave?s Ski and Tackle? is located on this corner. At the edge of the Texas side of the Denison Dam, turn left onto 1310. Follow 1310 to the park entrance.

I hope everyone can join us this weekend.

For Red River Fly Fishers,
Rex