Events 2020: Jan to Jul

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

Date	Event	Presenter(s)
4 Feb	Lines and needles, choosing a fly line	Denise van Wyk, Warren van Tonder
3 Mar	Reading the flow	Andy Lawler (TBC)
7 Apr	Still water techniques	Gary-Glen Young (TBC)
5 May	The dark world of bats	Gauteng & Northern Regions Bat Interest Group by Julio Balona
2 Jun	TBA	TBA
7 Jul	FOSAF	FOSAF
23 Jul	Fishing in the Karoo	Alan Hobson

1st Tuesday -

1. Casting 102: 15 min presentations prior to each indoor event/safety evening presented by Leslie Thiart

 2. Outdoor Program

Date	Event	Venue/Presenter
21-24 Feb	Sterkies experience	Sterkfontein with Mark Yelland
29 Feb	Welcoming function	Committee
6-8 Mar	Sterkies experience	Sterkfontein with Mark Yelland
7 Mar	Casting clinic - back to basics workshop, intro to casting skills challenge program	Baseball fields with Leslie Thiart
26-29 Mar	SM/LM yellows	Van der Kloof
24-27 Apr	Small stream trout	Bushmen river - Snowflake cottage/Mooi river
9 May	Casting Clinic - accuracy	Baseball fields with Leslie Thiart
22-24 May	Trout - still waters and rivers	Haenertsburg
19-21 Jun	Trout - still waters	Schoonspruit
Jun - TBC	Trout - still waters	Wild Fly Fishing in the Karoo

 3. Fly Tying Program (2nd Tuesday of the month)

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 as to hooks / threads / vices, tying benches, lighting, storing materials, Tying a specific pattern - using new materials.

Guest tiers are invited to tie special flies. And much more...

Introduction to fly tying sessions:  R35 entrance fee - all materials supplied - please bring own vice, tools and thread. Only arranged on requests.

Introduction fly tying 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...

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 and Second 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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