CALENDAR OF EVENTS    Below: 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009

Date	Event	Demonstrator	Fly of the night
January 16th 2012	Tying Together Sponsored by Fly Tying Boutique	Subject 'Dubbing re-visited'. Phil Holding led us through a range of materials and techniques for wet and dry flies.
February 20th 2012	Tying Together	'Wings' led by Bernard Sunderland. The program included feather slip down-wings, wonderwing and Klinkhamer.
March 19th 2012	Guest	Steve Cooper of Cookshill
April 16th 2012	Tying Together	Hairwings and still-water lures, led by David Henderson
May 21st 2012	Guest	to be confirmed
June 18 2012	Informal meeting	Possible analysis of members' competition flies
July 16th 2012	Outdoor
August 19th 2012	Tying Together	Patterns using foam, led by Phil Holding
September 17th 2012	AGM
October 15th 2012	Guest	To be confirmed
November 19th 2012	Tying Together	Suggested topic, 'Spiders', leader to be confirmed
December 17th 2012	Auction	plus pie & peas and trophy presentation

YEARS GONE BY:

Date	Event	Demonstrator	Fly of the night
January 17th 2011	Demonstrator	Our thanks to Tom Gott who showed us a number of patterns, both wet and dry, which he has picked up on his travels with the fly fishing youth team. All the patterns were new to us and being competition flies, are proven to be good catchers.	Treacle Parkin (14 down-eye wet)
February 21st 2011	Tying together: buzzers Event sponsor The Fly Tying Boutique	Led by Phil Holding, Phil gave instruction in the anatomy of a grub hook buzzer, with different styles of body, rib, thorax and cheeks.	Czech Nymph (10 heavy nymph)
March 21st 2011	Joint demo by our own members	Bernard, Phil and Stuart took turns to demonstrate flies ranging from dries and wets for the river to still water lures, all good preparation for the new season.	March Brown (12 down-eye wet)
April 18th 2011	Tying together: Mayflies Sponsored by wharfedaleanglingonline.co.uk	Stuart Bowdin led this Tying Together session. He introduced new materials. pre-formed wings and detached bodies supplied by the evenings sponsor	CDC Emerger (16 down-eye fine wire)
May 16th 2011	Demonstrator	John Tyzack gave us a very entertaining and thought provoking presentation entitled “the seven deadly sins of fishing” – the does and dont’s to keep in mind whenever we go fishing, whether on a river or a stillwater. John then tied some of his most productive patterns for river fishing – both a selection of dry and wet patterns. Simple, easy to tie patterns but very effective.	Diawl Bach (12 wet)
June 20th 2011	Open night. The whole evening's activity being conversation.		Polywing Midge (20 dry)
July 18th 2011	Outdoor / River walk	Mark Whitehead, Bolton Abbey river keeper, again gave us an interesting evening starting with a kick sample from the river, which was carrying a flush of peaty water, followed by a discussion of stocking programmes and the reactions of trout to varying conditions. He then proved his prowess by catching a good wild brown trout immediately on cast ing a dry fly at close range. His advice on casting basics was well taken.	F Fly (16 dry)
August 15th 2011	Tying together: nymphs	Phil Holding led this session, demonstrating materials and methods for Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail and Damsel nymphs. Event sponsor: The Flytying Boutique	Viva (8 long shank)
September 19th 2011	AGM		Soldier Palmer (12 wet)
October 17th 2011	Demonstrator	Our thanks to Chris Watson who gave us an interesting demonstration on 17th October. Chris has tied on the clinic desk at the British Fly Fair for the last 10 years and toured the USA demoing at tying events. The theme for the evening was “micro patterns” – as Chris says, “you cannot make a diamond from a brick”. It was an useful evening with pointers to the more effective detail of flies to catch fish.	Montana Nymph (10 long shank)
November 21st 2011	Tying together	Welcome to the several new members who attended this meeting, making it a record turnout. This was a Tying Together session led by Bernard, the topic being 'Grayling flies'<	none
December 19th 2011	Auction	Our December auction went as well as always with Steve Bielby coaxing purses to open. Hopefully, everyone profited in the end. Pie and peas were generously sponsored again by Wharfedale Angling Classics. Trophies were awarded for the Fly of the Month competition	none

Date	Event	Demonstrator	Fly of the night
January 18th 2010	Flies as tied for the book 'Swarbrick's list of Wharfedale flies'. Stuart demonstrated 10 of the flies for us, illustrating not only his expertise but also the wide variety of materials which he had gone to great lengths to obtain in order to conform to the original patterns.	Stuart Bowdin	Blae & Black
February 15th 2010	Our first 'Tying Together' session (topic 'Deer Hair')was a great success with plenty of vices in use, some of them newcomers. Even for those with experience there are always new tricks to learn.	Phil Holding Event sponsor The Fly Tying Boutique	Kite's Imperial
March 15th 2010	Just returned from Patagonia, Paul showed us a few of the patterns he had used to catch a few 2-figure sea trout. (Photos to prove it!). He also dressed some familiar trout flies in his usual immaculate style.	Paul Little	Muddler Minnow
April 19th 2010	Hackles were flying during our second 'Tying Together' session	Bernard Sunderland;	Cove's Pheasant Tail Nymph
May 17th 2010	Mike regaled us with a choice selection of anecdotes, during which he also, without pause, demonstrated his method for a considerable number of spider patterns most of which were new to us. Very neatly tied, too.	Mike Harding	Morning Glory
June 21st 2010	At this Tying Together evening, Stuart instructed us in the art of tying feather slip wings with regard to methods and materials. No excuses now for those present!	Stuart Bowdin	Partridge & Orange Spider
July 19th 2010	Mark gave us a demo of the kick-sampling method of assessing river insect life, as specified by the Riverfly Partnership (see links page, also pics soon to be posted in the gallery). He followed this with a casting demo, explaining the logic of correct technique. Mostof us found this very interesintg and look forward to improving our casting.	Mark Whitehead, Bolton Abbey river keeper	Royal Coachman
August 16th 2010	Steve led this Tying Together session, the topic being 'dubbing'. He demonstrated the virtues of some of the synthetic and natural materials.	Steve Bielby Event sponsor: Wharfedale Angling Classics	Prince Nymph
September 20th 2010	Attendance at our AGM on September 20th was rather sparse but positive decisions were made... Fly of the Month will be continues with some modification, likewise the Tying Together meetings. It was decided not to auction Stuart's set of Swarbrick flies until the December meeting, where a better turnout is expected. (Pie & peas as an attractor)		Butcher
October 18th 2010	Charles gave us an instructive and entertaining evening, tying a number of buzzer/nymph types nominally for still water but also useful on the river.	Charles Jardine	Silver Doctor
November 15th 2010	Tying together: Phil provided plumes and hooks and led us in tying F-Fly, a CDC emerger, a CDC spider and Roncallo's delicate 1-feather fly.	Phil Holding Event sponsor The Fly Tying Boutique	none
December 20th 2010	Auction	Pie & peas sponsored by Wharfedale Angling Classics	none

Date	Event	Demonstrator	Fly of the month	Fly of the night
January 2009			Adams	..none..
February 2009			Terry's Terror
March 2009			Clouser Minnow var.
April 20 2009	Steve gave us an interesting demonstration of the preparation of partridge skins and an informative talk illustrated by his collection of common and exotic feathers. Of particular interest was his display of the variation in the feathers that we thought were familiar to us. Also his revelation that the springtime breeding plumage of some birds is due to the feathers wearing away and revealing their inner portions - not due to moulting as one might have unthinkingly surmised.	Steve Cooper (Cookshill Flytying)	..none..	King of the Waters
May 18 2009	Fur & feather	Phil Holding	Winter Brown AND buzzer	The Reverend Mother
June 15 2009	Roy gave us an extremely interesting evening, demonstrating his range (and its history) of USD and tippet-sinking patterns, and the associated techniques which he has developed to a fine degree. Thanks also for his generous donation of flies to our group.	Roy Christie from N Ireland	..none..	Mini Matuka
July 2009	We were lucky to have a fine evening for our recent meeting by the Wharfe at Barden. The river was in fine fettle after a recent long-awaited spate, though we were not there to fish. Our thanks to Mark for sharing his valuable experience particularly with regard to the relation between weather, fly hatches and fish activity. Also to Adam for giving us a tour of the trout farm and some insight into the delicate balance of conditions needed for the raising of quality trout with emphasis on trying to restore genetic integrity.	Mark Whitehead, Bolton Abbey river keeper and Adam Westcott, fish farm manager	..none..	CDC split wing dun
August 2009	We had a talk by Bernard Sunderland, with the aid of an ultraviolet lamp, on the subject of fluorescent materials and an illustration of their lack of colour in the absence of UV light, which is likely to occur in peat stained water.	Stewart Bowdin offers his apologies for being unable to demonstrate this evening.	..none..	Dawson's Olive
September	AGM		..none..	..none..
October 2009	Cooking demo	Liam Bradbury Le Caveau Restaurant	CDC and Elk If time available	Funnel Dun
November 2009	Fur & feather	Phil Holding	Cased Caddis	Dunkeld
December 2009	Auction		..none..	Christmas fly

The calendar events are subject to change.