Advanced – Tying a Quill Gordon with Steve Fernandez

Description

• Thursday Evening, March 19 5:30pm – 8:30pm
• Location – Meeting Room @ The Zone Sports Grill – 1505 W Broadway St, Idaho Falls
• Please Bring Fly Tying Tools, Thread and a Portable Lamp if needed.

Tying a Quill Gordon style fly on a size 20 hook. (I almost said #22!!) This class would concentrate on precision thread wraps in lieu of multiple wraps to tie in materials. We would strive for the same elegance and proportions of a #12 version of the fly. At this size, every thread wrap counts, every tie in location matters, every proportion discrepancy becomes magnified.

Steven Fernandez, one of the most renowned fly tiers in the world, will share his knowledge and expertise. In Steven’s workshop students will have the chance to learn from a true master. This workshop will be very intensive and is intended for fly tiers with advanced skills. Steven Fernandez has been tying flies for over 40 years and started tying professionally at the age 13. By his sixteenth year he was demonstrating and teaching fly tying locally and then nationally. By 17, he was featured in the April 1977 edition of Field and Stream. While pursuing an architecture degree in the 1980’s, he challenged the notion of artistic salmon flies by tying flies on straightened out hooks with atypical materials and techniques, raising a few eyebrows in the process. Judith Dunham included him in her book The Atlantic Salmon Fly, The Tyers and Their Art ( 1991), which helped lead to international demonstrations, classes, and feature articles. Currently Steven is the Fly Tying Co-Director for the Southwest Council of the FFF and also received the prestigious FFF Buz Buszek Memorial Award in 2012. We invite you to attend Steven’s workshop for a truly unmatched and unique fly tying experience.