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Events 2019: Jan to Jun

 1. Fly Tying Program (2nd & 3rd Tuesday of each month)

Date
Event
Presenter(s)
12 Feb
Grunter
Ivan Jenkins
19 Feb
Fly tying technique: Split thread and palmering (CDC, Hackle and soft hackle)
Michiel van Rooy
12 Mar
Soft Hackle Nymph (Still water and small river)
Michiel van Rooy
19 Mar
Mastering pinch wrap and dubbing small amounts
Denise van Wyk
9 Apr
Special Brown Woolly Bugger
Denise van Wyk
16 Apr
Fly tying techniques
Michiel van Rooy
14 May
Large mouth yellows
TBA
21 May
Fly tying techniques
TBA
11 Jun
Tigers
TBA
18 Jun
TBA
TBA
Workshop evenings will focus on : Tips and techniques, Tying Videos, Best practices in tying, New materials and how to use them, Special techniques for special materials, Books read/ Books recommended, Where to buy what - local vs Overseas, What is what ito Hooks / threads / vices, tying benches, lighting, storing materials, Tying a specific pattern - using new materials. And much more...

 Introduction to fly tying sessions:  R30 entrance fee - all materials supplied - please bring own vice, tools and thread

Introduction evenings will focus on: Thread basics, Pinch loops and bobbin control, Ways of attaching different materials, Vices - types and functions, Tools - basic set vs extended set, Dub a thread, dubbing loops, dubbing wax, How to use a bobbin ? Whip fishing tools and techniques using hackle, hackle pliers, Glue's to use using different materials like deer hair / foam. And much more...

 2. Indoor Program (1st Tuesday of each month)

Date
Event
Presenter(s)
22 Jan
Tarpon on fly 
Charles Stewart
5 Feb
Tactics for Sterkies
Geoff Muir
7 Feb
Grunter on fly
MC Coetzer
5 Mar
Modern Nymphing Techniques
Daniel Factor
2 Apr
Fishing Small Streams
Jeandre van Schalkwyk
4 Apr
Whiskey tasting and trout filleting
Bazarutto's and whisky company
7 May
Photography, getting started
Gerhard Laubscher
4 Jun
Tigers on the fly
Roy/Warren/Frik
1st Tuesday -
  1. Casting 102: 15 min presentations prior to each indoor event and safety evening presented by Leslie Thiart

 3. Outdoor Program

Date
Event
Venue
26 Jan
Catfish
Terry Babich
8 -11 Feb
Yellows
Sterkfontein with Dennis de Klerk
22 - 25 Feb
Yellows
Sterkfontein with Dennis de Klerk
1-4 Mar
Yellows
Sterkfontein with Carl Freese
15 - 17 Mar
Modern Nymphing Techniques
Arendnes with Daniel Factor
22 -24 Mar
Bass on fly
Middelburg
Apr - TBC
KZN Trout Rivers - Bushman's/Mooi rivers
Challenge - JFFC vs. NFFC
Apr - TBC
Mpumalanga Trout and Yellows stillwater/rivers
Doornkop FWR
May - TBC
Stillwater trout
Kloofzicht
Jun - TBC
Stillwater Trout technical weekend 
Groenvlei - fish against the GN guys in an informal Comp
If there are clubs who would like to get together on a non-competitive basis and have some 'Serious Fun', please contact us on email, jacarandaflyfishers@gmail.com and lets arrange the event.

The Club meets every First, Second and Third Tuesday of the month for Technical and Fly Tying Sessions respectively,  7pm at Zwartkop Country Club, Old Johannesburg Road, Pretoria. GPS co-ordinates are:  Latitude: 25˚49'49.79"S, Longitude: 28˚9'34.70"E

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