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 MIKE GENTRY  THE TROUT LINE VOLUME 09, ISSUE 6 NOVEMBER/ DECEMBER 2009 Meeting Schedule: Regular chapter meetings are held at the LUCKY LABRADOR on the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 PM with a social get-together and the f ormal meeting at 7:00 PM unless otherwise noted in t he newsletter or website. Lucky Labrador, Multnomah Village, 7675 SW Capit ol Hwy. Portland, (503) 244-2537. Food and beverages available. November 11: Peter Patricelli presenting on dry fly fishing desert lakes. Peter has a vast resume of flyfishing and w ill present this inter- esting program on a uniqu ely enjoyable pastime. Check out his web- site: http://www.flyfishingfotography.com/  December 9: Karl Mueller from the McKenzie River and Upper Wil- lamette River Chapter of Trout Unlimited will present a program on the stocking of fish in the McKenzie and the effect on wild populations. Staying Connected This issue, my message is short. All of us probably are th anniver- sary. What started as a site-specific grassroots (or stream- side) effort by several dedicated fishermen/conservationists in Michigan has blossomed into a widespread and multifac- eted organization active in every state. Programs such as Embrace A Stream, Home Rivers Initiative and Driftless Area Restoration Effort, to name a few, are making great ing and sustaining our fisheries resources. abreast of developments AND to be reenergized with cur- rent and future opportunities to do our part. Each of us, as issue is chock full of information on successes and on re- maining concerns in need of success. You may have no- ticed, in the current issue, a photo of one of the small but significant successes in Oregon (in which this chapter par- ticipated). The photo depicts the opening up four miles of habitat on Circle Creek, in the Necanicum watershed, by replacing a restrictive circular culvert with a bottomless arch, allowing the stream to scour a natural course for un- impeded migration. Another ready resource is the TU website. Any number of ways for members to participate in a wide range of projects and efforts appear on that websi te. Think of it as a smor- gasbord   pick and choose the courses that most fit your tastes and abilities. The Oregon Council of Trout Unlimited has a blog site that is avail- able to all of us as a resource. For those of us who are not techno- logically on the cutting edge, it is a user- friendly way to connect electronically to the up- to-the-minute issues for the local Trout Unlimited Chapters. As a adjunct to the Oregon Council blog site this chapter has a blog site of its own that works to keep members informed about TVTU activities. Finally, for the local scene, this newsletter is designed to tinue to do that for as long as fish swim. And with your help, that will be a long time. TU Website: WWW.TU.org. Oregon Council Website: http://www.tuoregon.org/ Oregon Council Blogsite: http://oregontroutunlimited.wordpress.com TVTU Blogsite: http://tvtroutunlimit ed.blogspot.com/ Published bimonthly Inside this issue Page 1 Reel Recovery Note of Thanks Page 2 Or Legislative Summary for 2009 Page 3 Legislative Summary continued Page 4 TU National Awards Page 4 Stinky Bait and Spray Lubricant Page 5 Fly of the Month - Airheads Page 6 Fly of the Month (continued) Page 7 Back Cover - Meeting Schedule and Outings Notice Page 8

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MIKE GENTRY

THE TROUT LINE VOLUME 09,ISSUE 6

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2009

Meeting Schedule: Regular chapter meetings are held at theLUCKY LABRADOR on the second Wednesday of each month at6:30 PM with a social get-together and the formal meeting at 7:00 PM

unless otherwise noted in the newsletter or website. Lucky Labrador,Multnomah Village, 7675 SW Capitol Hwy. Portland, (503) 244-2537.Food and beverages available.

November 11: Peter Patricelli presenting on dry fly fishing desertlakes. Peter has a vast resume of flyfishing and will present this inter-esting program on a uniquely enjoyable pastime. Check out his web-site: http://www.flyfishingfotography.com/

December 9: Karl Mueller from the McKenzie River and Upper Wil-lamette River Chapter of Trout Unlimited will present a program on thestocking of fish in the McKenzie and the effect on wild populations.

Staying ConnectedThis issue, my message is short. All of us probably are

th anniver-sary. What started as a site-specific grassroots (or stream-side) effort by several dedicated fishermen/conservationistsin Michigan has blossomed into a widespread and multifac-eted organization active in every state. Programs such asEmbrace A Stream, Home Rivers Initiative and DriftlessArea Restoration Effort, to name a few, are making great

ing and sustaining our fisheries resources.

abreast of developments AND to be reenergized with cur-rent and future opportunities to do our part. Each of us, as

issue is chock full of information on successes and on re-maining concerns in need of success. You may have no-ticed, in the current issue, a photo of one of the small butsignificant successes in Oregon (in which this chapter par-ticipated). The photo depicts the opening up four miles of habitat on Circle Creek, in the Necanicum watershed, byreplacing a restrictive circular culvert with a bottomlessarch, allowing the stream to scour a natural course for un-impeded migration.

Another ready resource is the TU website. Any number of ways for members to participate in a wide range of projectsand efforts appear on that website. Think of it as a smor-gasbord pick and choose the courses that most fit your

tastes and abilities.The Oregon Council of Trout Unlimited has ablog site that is avail-able to all of us as aresource. For those of us who are not techno-logically on the cuttingedge, it is a user-friendly way to connectelectronically to the up-to-the-minute issuesfor the local TroutUnlimited Chapters.As a adjunct to theOregon Council blogsite this chapter has ablog site of its own thatworks to keep members informed about TVTU activities.

Finally, for the local scene, this newsletter is designed to

tinue to do that for as long as fish swim. And with your help, that will be a long time.

TU Website: WWW.TU.org.Oregon Council Website: http://www.tuoregon.org/Oregon Council Blogsite:http://oregontroutunlimited.wordpress.comTVTU Blogsite: http://tvtroutunlimited.blogspot.com/

Published bimonthly

Inside this issue

Page 1Reel Recovery Note of Thanks Page 2Or Legislative Summary for 2009 Page 3Legislative Summary continued Page 4TU National Awards Page 4Stinky Bait and Spray Lubricant Page 5Fly of the Month - Airheads Page 6Fly of the Month (continued) Page 7Back Cover - Meeting Schedule and

Outings Notice Page 8

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T H E T R O U T L I N E

October 16, 2009

Tualatin Valley Trout UnlimitedC/o Mike Gentry, Chapter President85 Tanglewood DriveLake Oswego, Oregon

97305-1415

RE: Thank you-for Oregon Retreat 2009

Dear Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited:

men, battling cancer, experienced a life-changing event. We had a full retreat. These men came away

the rest of their life.Each man thanks you.

Be Well! Fish On!

Robert L. BernardReel Recovery-NW Retreat Coordinator [email protected]

In the past issues of The Trout Line you have often read of our many projects and programs designed to further the TU

One of our proudest associations has been with Reel Recovery. The mission of Reel Recovery is to help men in thecancer recovery process by introducing them to the healing powers of the sport of fly-fishing, while providing a safe, sup-

portive environment to explore their personal experiences of cancer with others who share their stories .

While it may not be apparent at first that our missions are connected, this program has provided an introduction to cold-water fisheries and conservation while providing therapeutic recreation for the participants. Some of our staunchest sup-porters have come from the ranks of these program participants.

In the past few months Reel Recovery has held two retreats, one in Washington State and one in Oregon. Each was ahuge success. Our involvement included endorsement of the program to potential participants, assistance in fundrais-ing, and direct contribution of time and money.

Robert Bernard, past president of the Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter, has devoted a great deal of his time andenergy to this worthwhile program. We received the letter below from him after the recent programs.

We are pleased at the success of the programs in our states and our association with such a wonderful program.

The Good Things We Do.

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Summary of 2009 Oregon legislative session- Tom Wolf The 2009 legislative session was a tough one, lastingabout six months with state legislators facing major budgetproblems. Any bill involving funding had a tough time pass-ing due to the $4 billion deficit in the budget proposed bythe Governor. The bills which survived were watered down

limited general fund dollars. That being said, it was a verysuccessful session for many coldwater conservation is-sues. Our contract lobbyist, Dave Moskowitz , acted as our ears in Salem. Tom Wolf, Oregon Council Chair, came

TU in Salem. TU was very visible in Salem.

Summary of bills and actions TU was involved with in 2009Salem session-

Restricting poaching and controlling invasive species

Trout Unlimited was the leader on this for conservationists

not have been a major issue for environmentalists and an-glers in Salem. Without the support of the environmental

a coalition almost 50 conservation groups, included inva-sives as 1 of their 6 legislative priorities for 2009. We alsoworked very closely with the Oregon Invasive SpeciesCouncil to pass these bills. The key legislative bills wewanted were:1.) HB 3089 to increase penalties for serious fish and wild-life crimes and provide the state with additional enforce-

ment tools,2.) SB 571 to greatly increase the penalties for intentionallyreleasing non-native fish into bodies of water, thus ad-dressing the kind of expensive invasive fish disaster thatoccurred at Diamond Lake. Also allows ODFW Commis-sioners to get restitution fees from convicted parties,3.) HB 2220 to authorize portable inspection stations thatare aimed at preventing the introduction of aquatic invasivespecies into our waterways (legislative leaders and conser-

gram by placing a special fee on most boats),4.) HB 2020 one of several related bills that would set upan earmarked fund to respond quickly to outbreaks; thiscapability could save taxpayers millions of dollars in thelong run,5.) HB 2212, which will expand the statutes on what plantsare considered invasive (includes all plants classified asnoxious under definition of Oregon Department of Agricul-ture-also giving Department of Agriculture more power todeal with these), HB 2213 to place Oregon Invasive Spe-cies Council in Department of Agriculture and allows themto apply for grants and sources of funding,6.) HB 2221 to outlaw landowners selling hunts for feralpigs on their land and requires them to eliminate the pigs.There were also some other invasive bills dealing with in-vasives along roads, etc.,

7.) No child left inside HB 2544 an important new environ-mental literacy program, which puts our state in line to re-ceive major federal assistance in preparing our students for the conservation and natural resource challenges of thefuture,8.) Marine Reserves HB 3013 is the response to privatefoundation and state administrative plans to initiate largereserves off the Oregon coast, (This law will apply impor-tant public oversight and evaluation processes to directODFW to develop a work plan for two relatively small re-serves and will codifies the intent to adequately researchthe potential of any additional sites and to have any suchsites collaboratively designed),9.) Rivers and water HB 3298 will protect the MetoliusRiver for future generations by declaring the area one of

of new development in the basin, (This is a bill that TU vol-

unteers worked very hard on and sent hundreds of emailsand phone calls to different legislators),10.) SB 76 is the Klamath River basin agreement that willfacilitate removal of antiquated dams,11.) HB 3369 an omnibus water bill which survived greatdebate among numerous parties it will do a number of things: help to develop new water projects, establishstrong environmental standards, create a long term visionfor water management, and encourage collaborationamong stakeholders, (TU helped on this but special kudosshould go to Waterwatch for the passage of this bill),12.) Hatcheries and hatching receive attention in HB 3489which instructs ODFW to develop a plan to reform opera-

tion of its coastal hatcheries. (this bill allows the types of hatchery reform TU proposed in their recent paper),13.) Comment on ODFW budget and fees (TU was veryinvolved in the important legislative work of making surethat natural resource agencies had money to continue im-portant conservation issues, in particular, we tried with theODFW to keep funding for wild salmonid protection staff and programs and continued in our fight to get rid of olddecrepit hatcheries).14.) Other Natural Resource agency budgets-TU testifiedat the budget hearing for other natural resource agenciessuch as Department of Forestry, DEQ, Water Resources,Department of Agriculture.

When the session finished, there were some bills that we

SB 869- giving increased attention and direction to creating

HB 3443- Leaving large woody debris in streams in order toimprove fish habitat-currently there is no law in Oregon re-quiring that large woody debris be left in streams..HB 3249 Calling attention to the importance of having awell balanced board of forestry and providing key conser-vations areas within our state forests.

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Summary of 2009 Oregon legislative session- Tom Wolf (continued from previous page) HB 2015 - Providing public and wildlife protection againstLNG projects;SB 80 - Creating state level solutions for global warmingpollution.

Thoughts on the funding process- The Oregon state natural resource agencies have alwaysbeen woefully underfunded. They get very limited amountsof general fund money and this year, with the budget prob-lems, their funding was cut even more. In order to helpmake money to pay for programs there was an increase infees or the creation of new fees. For example, ODFW fish-ing and hunting licenses will go up by 30%. TU encour-aged a fee of $5 placed on non-motorized boats over 10feet (HB 2220). A water user fee was implemented to helpfund Water Resources. Other ideas such as a bird seed

expect these ideas to resurface in 2011.

Not a perfect session but a good one with more victoriesthan ever before. Credit is due to many TU members whotook time to call or email their legislator on bills of impor-tance to Trout Unlimited. The response to action alerts sentout was outstanding and helped in the many victories TUhad in Salem this session.

For 2011-be 1. A bill requiring that woody debris be left in all streams,except for emergencies. 2. A bill calling for hatchery reform. 3. A bill , depending on what happens on the McKenzieissue, requiring ODFW to stop stocking all streams in Ore-gon with hatchery resident trout. 4. A blue ribbon stream bill. 5. A bill requiring that new Oregon natural resource boardor commission members have no conflicts of interests thatmight influence their decision making process. 6. Change in state forest management plan. 7. bills which could proposed special fees that would fundnatural resource agencies. 8. Work to try to getting a better definition on protectingnavagitable rivers within Oregon. 9. Working to remove gill nets from Columbia River. And this last one is probably a pipe dream, making surenatural resource agencies get a larger cut of general fundmoney. If you have any questions, contact Tom Wolf, Chair, Ore-

gon Council TU

Trout Unlimited Awards

50th anniversary in Traverse City, Michigan. The meetingincluded awards and recognition for members and chaptersaround the country in many categories. Three awardswere presented to winners with Oregon connections.

First to Doug Ray, consultant in Seaside Oregon, goes theBetty Winn Memorial Searun Conservation Award , for working on anadromous fisheries restoration. Doug re-ceived this for his tireless efforts to restore native salmonid

cum basin. Doug has really helped drive the current TUefforts to do restoration in Necanicum basin. As a 4th gen-eration Oregonian who was born and raised in Seaside, hehas worked very hard to restore his home river and others.This project is a very important part of the work that is be-ing done by Tualatin Valley Trout Unlimited with importantguidance and support from Alan Moore and TU National.

Congratulations Doug!!!

Second, winning a 2009 National TU Distinguished Ser-vice award is Oregon State Council chair, Tom Wolf.

Council. His selfless voluntary service includes thousandsof hours working with the Oregon Legislature to assure thatour tax dollars are put to good use in conserving our local

includes his pioneering efforts to develop and grow this

Chapter in Tualatin Valley. Thereare those who say Tom wasspeechless when the award wasannounced. Hard to imagine. Our many thanks are not equal to thetask of showing our appreciation for all that he has done and continuesto do.

Finally, Tualatin Valley Trout Unlim-

Award . This award is given to the newsletter consideredthe best for the previous year. There were over 70 nomi-nees from all over the country for this prestigious award. Itis a distinct honor and a tribute to the many who contributetheir time and literacy to the publication of this newsletter.

Editors note: I want to acknowledge the support that I re-ceive from members of the chapter who have submitted thewonderful content for this newsletter. Of note are the arti-cles on conservation that were offered by past presidentRobert Bernard, and Alan Moore, Acting Director - PacificSalmon. Special thanks to the Presidents who have re-spectfully submitted their notes earlier than the deadlineand members of the board who have kept their promise to

Month feature goes to Mike Gentry. I just stick it into theformat and get it out to the members.Thanks to all for the incredible support.

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On a recent outing to Timothy Lake, I awoke on Sundaymorning to find a large can of WD-40 waiting for me rightoutside my tent. I was reminded of a conversation the

night before around the campfire about the scenting of baitfor Sturgeon.

At some point in history while a hunter-gatherer was spear-ing and trapping fish to feed himself and his family he real-ized that he could be more successful in trapping andspearing fish if he could attract the fish with bait or odors.

scenting of bait have been around for a long, long time.Chumming still remains in use today, though in some formsits use is illegal. Though the practice of flavoring baits isfrowned upon by some fisherman, the practice is very pro-ductive in attracting fish. Containers of scented bait are

sold today in most sporting good stores.The fireside conversation that night centered around thetechnique that I, and others, use to attract sturgeon. Myfather began taking me sturgeon fishing as a child on theColumbia below Bonneville Dam. In those days we experi-mented with hook size, lead weights, and techniques tomatch the various conditions we faced. I still fish usingthose same tactics that we developed many years ago.

I have refused to use a certain scent attractor that my dad

veloped by putting several herring in a jar where they wereallowed to rot in the sun until only a black, shiny liquid goopremained. Dad would then swirl his bait in this toxic, stinkyliquid before sending the bait to the bottom. My only wishwas that Dad stayed way, way downwind whenever heopened the jar to contaminate his bait; otherwise, the joy of eating lunch would lose its luster. In those days it was pos-sible to find dead, decaying spawned out salmon and eelslaying on the beach and they could be used for bait as well.(When was the last time you saw a spawned out salmonlaying on the river bank?).

Just so there is no misunderstanding sturgeon bait can in-clude herring, shrimp, night crawlers, smelt, fish eggs,crawdads and probably banana peels. Ok, so banana peelmight be a stretch , but the point is that there are manybaits available for sturgeon besides the process that I ex-plained to my company of campfire friends that evening.

On the market today there are a number of bait scent mate-rials that you can purchase to apply to your bait that maybe just as effective as that used by my dad. The pur-chased scent is more pleasant to deal with, and certainlyhas more eye appeal. The material I currently use is foundin many workshops as a lubricant and penetrating oil andits base substance is fish oil. When I study the above ma-terial, the only reason I can find for the negative reaction by

Stinky Bait and Spray Lubricant By Andy Andrews

those around the campfire during our outing, was the tech-nique I used in applying this lubricating, oily scent materialto the bait.

When you buy herring for bait, it is generally frozen. Assoon as the bait starts to thaw, I spray the bait with myscent material and begin the baiting process. First I cut athree foot piece of leader material and insert a hollow tubefrom the butt of the fish out through its mouth. Then, after blowing air through the hollow tube to clear any debris fromthe tube, I push the cut leader through the tube from butt tomouth. (It is important to remember to BLOW debris outthe tube because if you suck air back through the tube,

be successful with sturgeon). With the leader now sticking

fish. You can now remove the hollow tube from the fish butremember to leave the leader in place. Tie on a swivel to

propriate weight up the line from the fishing rod and tie theline from the rod to the swivel. This will allow the line totravel freely back and forth through the eye of the weightwithout the fish having to move the weight. Sturgeon , aslarge as they are, can peck at the bait very gently and if theweight is tied to the line, the fish has to move the weightbefore you detect a bite.

Because sturgeon peck at the bait, they often steal the bait

ply tie a piece to stout thread to the hook and wrap thethread diagonally back to the tail where I put a simple knotand wrap back to the hook and tie off the thread. Thisgives a diamond pattern to the thread along both sides of the fish. Now comes the part that seemed to be upsettingto most of the campers around the fire on that Saturdaynight. I take my can of lubricant with its red, 6 inch hose

area near the head. I then slowly withdraw the tube while

The description of this last process caused the greatestreaction around the campfire. Cringing and squirming were pect that the description of this process of the internal in-sertion of a tube up the butt of the bait fish can cause someto recall an invasive procedure performed by their doctors.

My experience has been that the above process works wellfor attracting sturgeon and I will continue this practice andrefuse to associate the baiting or scenting process for stur-geon with the procedure my doctor uses on me. To eachhis own. Just be sure you remember this story when youare out fishing with someone who carries a can of spraylubricant.

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T H E T R O U T L I N E

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Tackle, Classes, Guided Trips & W orldwide Travel

Fly of the Month AIRHEADS AT HOSMER LAKE by Michael Ellis

sun and the air temperature rise, silky threads of mist drift

temperature with increasing activity as I make a cast to theedge of the reed beds. After a few seconds I begin strip-

trout slams my fly and takes off for the weeds. I eventuallybring the fish to net and, for a few seconds before releasinghim, admire the beauty of this wise old fish who was fooledby a fly so bizarre looking that, when I showed a fellow an-

I love to fish at Hosmer Lake. It is an extremely beautifulplace. If the fishing is slow you can at least watch the fishin the channel. There are incredible views of the CascadeMountains, as well as Osprey and Bald Eagles to watch.

Hosmer is a very special place for fly fishers. It is managedas a fly fishing only lake (although you will find lots of peo-ple there who are NOT fly fishing) and is stocked with At-lantic Salmon (catch and release) and Brook Trout (notcatch and release, see current game regs). Hosmer isshaped somewhat like a barbell with two bulbs connectedby a channel.

There is really only one problem with fishing at Hosmer: itis also a very popular destination for kayakers, includingtour groups. If you are there on a weekend in the summer,you will be confronted by an endless flotilla of thoughtless,

slack-jawed, troglodytic sightseeing, louts, who all seem tobe paddling right over your fish, especially in the channel.However, before 9 a.m. and after about 6 p.m., there arevery few people on the water, including, to my continualsurprise, other fly fishers. I try to fish Hosmer on weekdaysduring the summer. The crowds thin out in September when the weather cools off and weekends are much lesscrowded then.

The airhead is a fly designed by Gary LaFontaine. Its origi-nal intent was to not catch fish but Gary found that it was a

was initially skeptical of this fly, but a couple of winters ago

I decided to tie some up and give it a try. I fished it on theDeschutes in the early spring with a nymph dropper and

see much action until I was at Hosmer Lake in early July.

I awoke as the sun was coming up and made breakfast.

events. I had begun fishing about 6:30 a.m. with a # 16pheasant tail nymph on a clear intermediate line, which hasbeen a consistent combo for me at Hosmer, but on that daythe fishing had been slow and I had been doing a lot of fishing and not much catching. There had been quite a fewsmall black Caddis flying around, along with a few Damsels

any attention from the fish. I then saw a much larger tanCaddis crash down on the water once, twice, three times,when a rather large fish violently ended her egg layingflight.

This gave me a few ideas about what I should be doing fly-wise, so I pulled out my fly box and found I had only one#10 tan Caddis with me. I tied it on, cast it to the reeds andlet it sit, for about 5 seconds. I get impatient fishing dry onnonmoving water so I started to strip the fly back. Strip,strip, WHAM, and a fat 17 inch Brookie whacked that fly.After releasing that fish I cast to the reeds again andcaught an Atlantic Salmon.

Well, after an hour or so, my fly was looking ragged, gettingwaterlogged, and I was a little worried about what fly to use

next. I needed a replacement and I had no more largeCaddis patterns with me. It was then that I rememberedthe airheads I had tied up the previous winter. I had a fewwith me, the hook size was close, and I thought they wouldact similarly on the water to the fly I had been using.

I tied on an airhead and cast it out. When I started strip-ping it back, I was horrified to hear that it was making a

fluke, as the action continued all day for both Brook Troutand Atlantic Salmon. Around 6 p.m. a Callibaetis hatch

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Board of Directors :

Outings Andy Andrews (971) [email protected]

Raffles: Ron Reinebach (503) [email protected]

Conservation: Vacant

Newsletter : Jerry Lorang (971) 404-5154 [email protected]

Jerry Heppell (503) [email protected]

Officers

President: Mike Gentry (503) [email protected]

Vice Pres.: George Wilson (503)[email protected]

Treasurer: Erle Norman (503) [email protected]

Secretary/ Bill Schoen (503) 638-7748Membership: [email protected]

Ex-Officio: Hank Hosfield (503) 228-6553(Past Pres.) [email protected]

TUALATIN VALLEY TU OFFI CERS AND BOARD

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came off and I thought I would have to change flies, but theairhead just kept on catching fish!

1. The Airhead is not too difficult to tie. Use a regular dry

fly hook (Tiemco 900bl or your favorite). In the smaller sizes (size 18 and up), I like to use the Tiemco 200R

3. Dub the rear third of the hook with the dubbing of your choice.

4. Tie in a deer hair wing that extends past the rear of thehook about one half the hook length.

5. Dub the body leaving the front third of the hook bare.Wrap the thread forward to just behind the eye.

6. Tie in six strips of foam, extended forward over the eyeof the hook. Wrap the thread back to the dubbing andtrim the ends of the foam.

7. Pull the strips back, forming a full bullethead and tiedown.

8. Trim the strips. Leave the top three the length of thedeer hair wing. Trim the lower middle one completelyoff and the two lower sides short.

behavior on the water somewhat. Longer side strips willfloat better and disturb the water more when stripped.

The foam used in this fly is a closed cell type salvaged frompacking foam sheets which goods like books and electron-ics are shipped in. You want a white translucent type solight is transmitted through the foam. You can cut the foaminto strips of the appropriate width with scissors.

This is a hard fly to get people to try. I fished it atWickiup Reservoir when I was there for the Callibaetishatch with some friends, and, one friend was more than alittle put out that I would use such a thing. He was even

head is a magic fly, or even that it will work again at Hos-mer, but it has been useful enough that I keep a selectionin my fly box.

Materials

Hook: Tiemco 900bl or similar, Smaller that size16 use Tiemco 200R

Thread: Match dubbing for bodyBody: dubbing of choiceWing: deer hair Overwing: closed cell foam strips

FOTM - AIRHEADS AT HOSMER LAKE (continued from page 6) by Michael Ellis

Rear of body dubbed anddeer hair wing tied in

Middle of body dubbed and

Finished fly, side view

Finished fly , bottom view

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The Trout LineTualatin Valley Trout Unlimited Chapter85 Tanglewood DriveLake Oswego, OR 97035-1415

Meeting Schedule: Regular Chapter Meetings are held at the LUCKY LABRADOR on the second Wednesday of eachmonth at 6:30 PM with a social get-together and the formal meeting at 7:00 PM unless otherwise noted in the newsletter or website. Lucky Labrador, Multnomah Village, 7675 SW Capitol Hwy. Portland, (503) 244-2537. Food and Beveragesavailable.

November 11: Peter Patricelli presenting on dry fly fishing desert lakes. Peter has a vast resume of flyfishing and willpresent this interesting program on a uniquely enjoyable pastime. Check out his website: http://www.flyfishingfotography.com/

December 9: Karl Mueller from the McKenzie River and Upper Willamette River Chapter of Trout Unlimited will present aprogram on the stocking of fish in the McKenzie and the effect on wild populations.

January 13: Andy Andrews and Mike Gentry take us for a visit to Patagonia in pictures and words.

February 10: Hal Gordon will present a program on fishing the Owyhee River for big brown trout.

Clackamas River Chapter &

Tualatin Valley Chapter Co-Sponsored

Fishing Outings for 2009

By the time this newsletter arrives the season of sponsored outings will be completed.

All of us who have enjoyed the camaraderie, and great food extend our deepest appreciation for the sponsorship.

Most especially, we want to thank Andy Andrews and the Road Kill Café for making the challenges of living outdoors much more palatable.

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