Ghil·lie (gillie)
Pronunciation: 'gi-lE
Etymology: Scottish Gaelic ghille
1. professional fly fishing guide, knowledgeable about local river
conditions, hatches, fly casting, and fly fishing tackle.
Ghillies
Hackle & Tackle Fly Shop 3314 Austin Bluffs Pkwy Colorado Springs,
CO 80918 719-531-5413 
Ghillies Fly Shop and CMCTU have teamed on a special offer. TFO is a corporate sponsor of PHWFF and makes special 9’, 5-weight PHW Fly rod.
If you purchase one of these rods at Ghillies and donate it to CMCTU, they will donate the rod and an additional $40 to PHWFF and you will receive a donation letter for tax purposes. In addition, for each PHWFF rod purchased from a TFO dealer, TFO will donate $25 to PHWFF.
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing (PHWFF) aids the physical and emotional recovery of wounded military personnel through fly tying and fly fishing.
Baker's Dozen
Trout Flies
All
The Time
Hoppers, Streamers, Dries, Nymphs, Emergers
$1.75 ea
GHILLIES
FREE FLY TYING CLINICS
With fishing slowing down for the season, now is the time to learn or brush up
on one's fly tying techniques. Ghillies will present fly tying clinics featuring
some of the finest fly tiers from the Front Range on Saturdays through the winter.
Tying demonstrations on a high-definition television screen and discussions will
begin at 10 a.m. and continue at least until noon. Admission is free, preregistration
is not required and coffee and snacks will be provided.
January 30th: Mark McMillian Favorite Flies and Lies
February 6th: Landon Mayer "Sight Fishing" Book Signing and Presentation
February 20th: Jimbo Busse Tying tips and Tricks with proven Lake Patterns
Newsletter 1/21/2010
Late January is a time
of mixed signals for fishermen. After a couple of consecutive warm days,
anglers get the itch to step out and sample some wintertime fishing,
perhaps to try out that new rod or reel that found its way under the
Christmas tree. The fishing might be fairly good for a time, but then
a frigid night, a bone-chilling day in Elevenmile Canyon or the latest
in a series of cold fronts serves as a reminder that spring hasn't arrived
after all.
With winter still very much with us, anglers might look indoors to fly
tying, reading, tackle maintenance or maybe just visiting with fellow
fishermen to exchange fish tales from the past season or look to the
good times ahead.
Either way, Ghillies has something to offer for fly fishermen in winter,
including some goodies left over after the successful, recently concluded
show season in Denver and some other special bargains.
RODS & REELS: Check out our special sale on a TFO Finesse rod and reel combo. They're priced starting at $200 save $100
LOOK INTO THE WATER: No deal is hotter than two pairs of Chili's polarized sunglasses for the price of one. We have a wide selection of sizes and styles with either gray or amber lenses. Get two pairs for $20 while supplies last.
SCIENTIFIC LEADERS: Our entire supply of Scientific Anglers Mastery Series
tapered leaders is on sale for $2.50 apiece. We have the full range
from 0X to 7X in a variety of lengths.
LESSONS
WITH JUAN
Ghillies will offer a series of fly-tying lessons with Colorado Springs
tier Juan Ramirez on Jan 29th with a session on South Platte Flies
Vol 1. All classes will run 6:30-8:30 p.m. The cost for each will be $25. All
will include
the
use
of high-definition video equipment.
Ramirez grew up in northern New Mexico, just east of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. He learned fishing with worms and live minnows, but soon turned to fly fishing with San Juan worms and streamers. He is an accomplished fly-fishing guide as well as tier, and says he always is thinking about and wishing he was fishing. He is a designer for the Montana Fly Company and has a blog with fishing stories and tutorials at http://hopperjuan.blogspot.com/.