Firetiger

Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! Glad to be in in such a distinguished company! J.

Jan and Dave, you are both right! That is, if Jan agrees to have an intenational member in the Carp swap he is hosting wink wink Cheers! J.

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by Firetiger: Godzilla Bloodworm

Hehe, out of the curiosity that comes naturally to a person with progressing case of fly tying addiction I have used several mats over the time that might raise a custom inspector's eybrow (feathers of predatory and migratory birds, Lemur and Tiger fur). In this case I however promise that my Godzilla Bloodworm pattern consists of nothing more than a large hook, thread, some tinsel, a little marabou and a touch of genius. Nothing more, I promise, I promise! :lol2: Cheers! - and thanks for the helping hand! Jindra

Jan, is international OK with you? If so, Im in. I'll call my pattern the Godzilla Bloodworm ;-) Jindra

Deeky, yes the duck in the pic is Mallard Drake. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard). I am of opinion the actual species does not really matter, all ducks have the preen gland and thus the CDC feathers at roughly the same place. And geese and swans (never tried plucking a turkey). If you hunt I strongly recommend plucking your own, that way you can be sure that you get both high and low quality feathers (some commercial suppliers have habit of selling the nice feathers separately at premium) and the price is hard to beat. I would prefer not to get into the relative merits of cleaned and natural CDC again, so I leave that part up to you ;-) Cheers! Jindra

Got your point, perhaps I should have said lazy fly fisherman? The fact is that it takes more than a hour (and about 100 km) of travelling to get from Prague to any decent trout river, but fine Asp fishing can be had in the city limits. J.

A picture is better than thousand words... This is the butt end of a duck with the CDC showing (it is hidden in feathers, so it might take a moment to locate). J.

I had success fishing for carp with monster bloodworm bug - about the same relations to actual bloodworm as Chernobyl Ant to real ant. In the hot summer the #1 fly is the Bread fly - a bunch of spun deerhair cut to match the breadcrust hatch. In cooler months black leeches work well to targetted carp. Smallish white booby nymphs fished on ultra hight density line perform well on a baited spot. If you decide to go forward with the swap and are OK with international dimension then I'm in. Jindra

We fish for Asp in the Czech Republic as well, we call them bolen. They are - together with pike and to certain extent carp - a poor fly fisherman's alternative to trout. We catch them on medium sized streamers (bigger than trout, smaller than pike flies) of mostly white color, combined with black and red. The Asp belong to the Cyprinid family (i.e. they are second cousins to common carp) and to my knowledge never made it to the US. Jindra

Be wary of bearers of the one and only truth! There is no such thing in fly fishing (well, unless when I say so...) Have a look at one of the many tying videos by Oliver Edwars on the net; he ties left handed and wraps his thread in the "wrong" direction. Despite such flaunting of the tying dogma his flies seem to work out fine :devil: J.

I will check it out. The butt and body remind me of flies they call "hoppers" on the British stillwaters - a possible clue? Thanks anyhow J.

This fly comes from Slovakia, where Tomáš Uhorčík was an idealistic bandit leader (and a friend of better known Juraj Jánošík) in the early 1700's and a hero of many folk stories.

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by Firetiger: Uhorčík

The fly looks "catchy", though I fail to grasp the international dimension of it. What am I missing? Cheers Jindra

Terje, seeing how you fare I see how I am a lucky guy - my season ended November last, and I my first fishing day this year was yesterday! I caught nothing - high snowy water, muddy and devoid of life - but I was fishing! It takes a long, long winter to fully appreciate the fact :lol2: Jindra

The fly looks relatively OK, though I would change the proportions a bit. the tail is too long and body too fat (especially at the tail; you want a conical, not cylindrical shape). The video of the Spiced BWO has the look of a sales pitch for new materials. Nothing wrong with that, as long as you realise that they are not essential for the pattern to work. In my humble opinion Coq de León is a premium dry fly material, using it in nymphs is waste; any rooster of greyish color will do. The best for this style of nymphs is el cheapo Chinese. You can very easily substitute the olive quill by building the body from thread and adding a drop of tying lacquer (use lighter olive color, it will darken). For ribbing use the thinnest copper wire you have; the best is from old transformers (that is what Mr. Sawyer used, so ton of tradition associated). Jindra

Good job Gustav; I like your spider - that is some piece of clean work! I got tied up in swaps again, so it was 15 wet March Browns for me today. It is said that tying in bulk is good for your soul. I doubt that, but surely the last ones seemed neater and easier than the first. J.

Thanks, the red eyes are supposed to stand out - red is complementary color to green, so in theory (the artists wheel etc.) red accents on green background should give the maximum contrast. I hope Mr. Trout subscribes to the same theory. David, there is a nice article on the subject you might appreciate: http://globalflyfisher.com/tiebetter/tour_de_france/ - though why should someone want to spend his time watching bicycle race beats me Cheers! Jindra

This dragonfly nymph is a great ice hockey fan - so great it managed to stay awake the whole night and watch the CZ vs. Latvia match in the early morning hours. No wonder it is a bit red eyed now... Go, Czechs, go!

You really are enjoying yourself, Paul! I do about five poppers a year, and paint them in plain colors. Your work speaks of some dedication. I really like the red one with many eyes - reminds me of reading Lovecraft novels in my wasted youth :lol2: J.

What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet Cool fly. A tad large for my waters, but impressive. Ian is right about the fishing hat ;-) Cheers! J.

Thanks guys, I think I will settle on the bottom one - greenish body, hint of wing buds, CDC beard hackle - for the time being. It seems to have all the right ingredients. Now is the time to let the picky Mr. Trout be the final judge ;-) Cheers J.

Looks very vulnerable, big eyes and broken back, poor boy! Sure to have lot of appeal, the eyes are great trigger and it will squirm like the real thing J.

A pretty fly indeed. I am very curious how it will perform on the water - will the little fishes be intrigued or scared by the wobbly legs? That is the $1000 question! Cheers! J.