Great fly pattern, realistic and easy to tie. I recently tied several of these for a fly tying event. I displayed them on an old wasp nest attached to a small branch. They were a big hit! I directed everyone to your tying instruction on GFF. Thanks again Iââ¬â¢ve really enjoyed this fly.
There are "magic systems" out there that employ liquid acrylics that are "cured" with the application of narrow band Blue Spectrum light or UV light...[depending on the system chemistry]...
I prefer the non-UV Tuffleye Blue Light specific system for personal reasons... UV bouncing around is a vision related concern... The dental industry runs with Non-UV... to each their own...
but I digress...
Regardless... The results are entertaining, stimulating, and quite encouraging...
Add a little at a time... built the fly and cure as you go... consider it "fly spot welding"...
No odor... No turning wheel... Epoxy be gone!
'Salvaged some wrapping paper and finally got around to using it to simulate a gill plate...
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Mylar tubing "pops" under the acrylic...
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minimalist...
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mardi gras parade droppings...
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No worries... NO RULES!
I have a recipe which many call 'Overton's Wonder Wax formula.' I am still tetsing it out, but can anyone tell me if Overton's wax had a certain scent to it. Someone once told me that it kind of smelled like licorice or a faint root beer smell.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I'm new at rod building. I want to build a rod with a pistol grip. I have the handle kit. How do I ream out the pistol grip. Do I have to cut the end off, ream the longer piece then glue the butt back on?
Hi David, I have never been to kos, but have been to many Greek Islands and you will almost always see plenty of Mullet and some bream off the harbour walls and if you can get a boat you will have a good chance of finding some mackeral.
Please let us know how you do, and post some pics.
where do you fish in Hampshire? I am originaly from Gosport and used to fish the entrance to Pompey harbour for Bass and Pollack and some huge Flounder!
Cheers.
Mike.
Hey Martin! Is that the Scierra Pike Rod? How are you liking it? Feel free to send me an e-mail with your thought on the rod. :) Cheers!
Winter is long here so one must be focussed on something else .... tying and youtubing for example.
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Inspired by the video [URL=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDTMFVHxXLk]http://www.youtube.com/watch…] of Vespertina hatch I thought this is what I need in June. Hook - Mustad C53S #14, Tail is Pheasant Tail fibres as well as the upper body, Underbody is dubbed with flyrite #19, hackle is Metz, Peacock herl for the thorax and Antron for the wing. Basically a KlinkhÃÂ¥mer the other way around - a knilK ;-)
Congratulations!
Superb article!
Now you are in the same league as Stephan Dombaj...
...dream on ..dream on ..about fish:)) ...
...o my God !! mr Larsen ..!! GLAMOUR..:)))
Insane!
It looks like a different football fans in one stadium, or different army soldiers!
Re5tepa!
wow , this makes you want to run to your vice....very nice article. ( and yes what fish does not like a wooly bugger.)
I like the barred chickabou effect. That looks really nice.
Nearly true. Brilliant Article! Thanks From flyfishingbookreview.com
I enjoyed your article so much! I used to live in Lithuania until I moved to US. But every summer we go back and kayak those beautiful rivers. Thank you for reminding me of home :)
Bob, great site and great pic's and this is coming from someone who was there when this book was put together. I do have some questions on the names of some of the flies and how they are tied. Ref: this book,
First of all you do not have the famous Frost's Blue Smelt for which Dick was known for. there are some changes made in this book.I have the changes written in pencil by the authors in the margins of my copy which is signed by both. No it is NOT for Sale. I live in Rangeley. Maine, have fished most of these flies and knew both of these gentlemen personally. We tied flies together on many occasions. They were good friends. I have fished the Kennebago River and both the little and big lakes with them many times. I will share these changes without charge to anyone who wishes. I am a registered Maine guide also and will take fisher-people to the same spots these two fished, mentioned in their book and got their inspirations.
Thomas,
That sounds like a great idea, sharing a day of fishing together. Me and my fishing buddy will be there from 4 June till 12 June, we're planning to fish for pike in the area around Oslo the first days before heading to Koppang. We'll keep in touch!
Cheers.
Ruza
edit: I have set my email shown in my userprofile, drop me a line if you want to get in touch during the week I'm in Norway
Well done, thanks a bunch. My wife has been diagnosed with a nasty lung disease that is caused by bird dust. Her lungs are clearing with medication but our pet parrot and all my fly tying feathers are off to new homes. This will keep me in the game without worries. Don't toss out your favorite hackles chances of them causing a problem on a healthy individual are about zero.
no problem ...
regards patterns - the desticnt special / different pattern I have seen - which is a bit of a local secret, sshhhhhh 8) - is a variation of the swedish superpuppa. They put a bunch of deer hair as underbody and tier them very slim.
Let me know when you come over so we can get together for a fish.
Thanks for all the effort Thomas, didn't know google translate works that well. It's very close to real english and indeed, sometimes very funny :D
I will contact Tore, thanks for all the info. If anyone has any idea's regarding my original question (patterns) please feel free to share :)
Greetings,
Ruza
Great work! I very much enjoy tying these patterns, and am using your pictures as an instructional guide. Thank you!
A very nice article. A would agree with almost every word.
I think that a big problem is that the term "Catch and release" or "C&R fishing" and "C&R" phillosopy" is CONTAMINATED. It has meanings that an angler that is really concerned (with the ethics of dealing with live animals on one hand and conservation of species on the other hand) doesn't really want to imply. A concerned angler has nothing to do with all the commercialization and consumerism (in angling) that the term "catch and release" has become inseparably connected to in last 30 or so years. I simply donôt use this term anymore and I think that it's better that way.
So I release a lot, sometimes almost all the fish I catch but I never "catch and release" them.
(It is not just a word game...)
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