Blae & Black

Last night was the last tying class for this season until November. The fly we were tying last night was the hardest to date, the Blae & Black. My first attempt is the pic above. I found that getting the wing slips together before tying them on was the hardest part. It was another enjoyable evening with plenty of banter and a few curses when the slips fell or when someone failed to tie on the hackle before the wings and whip finish, which I had done with the Peter Ross last week.
Next week is our monthly meeting with a talk and tying display by Stuart Crofts entitled “Putting the fly back into fly fishing” which I am looking forward to and will post a report here next week.