The October 19th Dinner Meeting has cancelled due to the fact that the Covid proof of vaccination protocols mandate established by the King County Health Board will not be in effect until October 25th. The good news is that the November 16th Dinner Meeting and the December 14th Holiday Dinner will be held at the Seattle Tennis Club. Hope you all will sign up to the dinner events to join in once again together in person- Jim Goedhart WFFC President.

John Shaner will speak, via Zoom, to us about fly fishing with “North Country Spiders”.

John has been fly fishing for as long as he can remember. He caught his first trout on a fly he
tied himself in 1965. He grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York and was fishing the
Catskill Rivers as soon as he could drive. Over the years John have fished for trout extensively
across the US and has made several trips to England to fish the famous Chalk Streams and other rivers. He has a special love for Montana and Wyoming and lived in West Yellowstone, MT for a number of years.

He has been in the fly fishing business since 1985 and have managed fly shops, guided, and worked as a sales representative for Orvis, Cortland Line, and since 2008 with Hardy.

His interest in fly tying goes back to boyhood. He is mostly self-taught but has studied many techniques over the years and have a special interest in reproducing traditional patterns. The Catskill style of dry flies was my first love, but in the past 15 years his focus has been on British wet flies. He also like to experiment with new patterns, but is a bit of a traditionalist in his use of materials and seldom incorporate synthetics into his flies, preferring natural silk, fur, and feathers. John has a special fascination for “Spiders” (Americans call them “Soft Hackles”),
and enjoy tying and fishing these simple, elegant, and deadly flies.

John is a member of The Anglers’ Club of New York, The Flyfishers’ Club of London, The Theodore Gordon Fly Fishers, and The DeBruce Fly Fishing Club.

Currently, he lives in southern New York State, just a few minutes from the Beaverkill and West Branch of the Delaware.