Join us at Fish Tales Fly Shop on selected Tuesdays for these special one-evening workshops featuring popular patterns and techniques presented by guest fly tiers and familiar Fish Tales faces. Get a head start on filling your fly boxes for 2025 with this unique opportunity to learn from some of Calgary's best fly tiers. A small registration fee includes the materials to tie 3 of the flies presented - bring your vise, tools, thread and epoxy and tie along!
Sessions are hosted at Fish Tales Fly Shop and run from 7pm to 9/9:30 on the scheduled dates. Registration required. Scroll to the end for what's coming up next on the session schedule - updates on the way!
Upcoming Events
April 8th, 2025 - Modern Bow River Buggers With Matt
The Bow River Bugger was designed, tested and popularized right here in Calgary on the Bow River in the early 1980s. It’s a perfect blend of two timeless patterns, the Wooly Bugger and Muddler Minnow. Due to its versatility The Bow River Bugger has become a staple in streamer boxes across the world. Join Matt Chatani on Tuesday April 8th as he ties a modernized version of this killer pattern, with materials that simply weren't available during it’s conception. The Modern Bow River Bugger has spent hundreds of hours on the end of our tippet, yielding numerous trophy trout.
Register for Modern Bow River Buggers With Matt
April 22nd, 2025 - Morrish Hoppers With Gideon
NEW DATE - On Tuesday April 22nd, Gideon Bennett will be showing how to tie the Morrish Hopper, a truly effective and consistent pattern on the Bow River summer after summer. Ken Morrish spent two months staring at a grasshopper he'd pinned to a block of wood before he would eventually come to the conclusion that foam was the only way to achieve the unusual shape of this terrestrial. Join us to discover the secrets of this ingenious fly design.
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Sessions Scheduled