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The red beads remind me of apples.
I'm using a Nikon D300 or D70 with a 70-300
telephoto lens.
The telephoto at 70mm has a close range of only 6 feet away.
However, when you put a magnifying glass 10x or so on the front
it turns the telephoto lens into a macro lens.
I was shooting from 1 to 2 inches away from the subjects.
No focusing, just keep the lens at 70mm with the magnifying glass
on the front. Move the camera forward and back from the subject
to get it clear.
Cheap, cheap macro.
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Thanks for the comments.
Feel free to use them as you like
lykos.
Sunlight would have made the shots alot better.
Have to try that next time.
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Awesome shots!
We have loads of squirrels around our place now.
Gotta shoot them sometime too.
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Yellow perch in Siberia.
This is amazing to me as I have never seen perch this big before.
Around home here, 8 inch perch are common.
Just imagine going to this lake in Siberia and using about a 4 or 5 weight sinking line
with some streamers. It would be unreal.
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Hmmm..... Interesting the majority of fly rods used, seem to be in the 10 wt. range.So for my next question: Is a 8 wt. to small for Pike fishing?
- Navigator37 I agree with ya on the Ugly stick fly rods they are built like a tank and weigh about the same. (If I where only Arnold in his prime :crying:. Then I would buy one if I could find one)
Have you tried the TiCR or Axiom from TFO?
Sage is nice also, but I have a Sage 4 wt. and a Scott 5 wt. and I would probably get a Scott if I had to pick between the two (A3 8 wt. 10' all the way :headbang: ).
So many hard choices :wallbash: ....... Good thing I got all winter.
Haven't tried the TiCR or Axiom from TFO for pike but have the TICR 4 weight which is a nice rod.
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I was just a kid and was up in northern Saskatchewan.
It was evening and I was standing at a small trout creek
In the Narrow Hills.
I had all I could get my hands on at the time.
A cheap 7 weight rod, a bright orange level line and 10 lb test
mono leader.
On the end I tied a small white dry fly.
The small brookies were rising on the creek
and I made a sloppy cast out and watched the fly
as it bounced slightly on the riffles.
The fly began to drag and skate
when a 6 inch brookie took the fly down faster than I could
blink.
As he turned, he hooked himself and with my heart pounding, I hand stripped him in
to the bank.
I was in awe of this little trout in my hands.
Even in the fading light, it's colors were amazing to my eyes.
I carefully took the hook out and held him a moment longer
when he suddenly flopped out of my hands and into the creek.
Do you remember your first fish on the fly?
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Pike rods...
A 10 weight Lefty Krey signature series 2 piece ( a little bend to it but thin and strong)
An Okuma 2 piece 10 weight ( light as a feather and stiff as a broom handle )
A 2 peice 10 weight Phleuger ( a little heavier than the Okuma but stiff too)
Lastly was a bad purchase.
A 2 piece 10 weight Ugly Stick fly rod.
A few independent reviews stated that it wasn't nearly as heavy
as you would think for an ugly stick.
When I got it delivered and took it out of the tube,
Ohhhhh my gosh!
I don't care how big you are. You could never cast with that thing
for long without damaging your joints.
It's tough as nails however and sits in storage as a backup
should I need it.
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Use to use SA when I first started.
Now using Rio, the deep 7 stuff is wicked for getting deep fast.
Also using the Cortland for pike.
Using Rio gold 3 weight for panfish...excellent line so far.
Shopping around now for an intermediate for pike
and don't know what I will go with.
maybe the Cortland Precision little Tunny or Cortland
Ice Blue type 1.
We'll see....
Read reviews about the sharkskin series and heard
good and bad things. The noise factor didn't occur to me.
Some say that it's so rough it will eventually damage some guides on the rod.
Also if you strip line alot that it will take the skin off your guide finger.
Think I'll just skip it.
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Sorry about the instructions. Before the hackle is wound on the shank,
the body has a second strip of rabbit wound around it to the hook eye.
Simply trim the long rabbit strip body down, so the hackle wrapped around it later shows itself.
If the rabbit strip wound body was left as is, the hackle would be buried in the long rabbit fur.
Flashabou or krystal flash by the tail. Good idea.
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Look like killers.
I know the perch pattern would be great
in some of the pike lakes around here.
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Weird stuff?
-Some tassels off one of my nieces old bicycle handles.
Looks like thick flashabou.
- Tinfoil for a streamer body
- Pillowcase feathers
- Ziplock bag for shellback
- Fur from a dog brush ( poodle fur )
I guess if I looked back to the beginnings
of my fly tying days, I could remember more
but that's all for now.
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The fly, depending on the steel leader I use, can go either way.
Most of the time it will flip so the wing is on top.
The bucktail will pulse in the water when it gets wet but very little.
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It does take a while to tie.
I used very stiff bucktail as the wing so it
doesn't move much. It helps make it
more weedless. The flashabou sparkles well
to give the fly some flash.
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Thanks for your input on this.
I'm going to try the smaller flies anyways to see what happens.
Next question...Long or short shank hooks for pike flies?...just kidding.
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Awesome looking leech imitation. I like the streamlined
look to it. Always had trouble with marabou in that it flared
too much. I guess I use too much maybe.
That pattern reminds me of the giant green and black leeches
in northern Saskatchewan.
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I'm familiar with Diefenbaker pattern but never used them.
I guess you bring up another good point with catching other fish besides pike
with smaller pike flies.
At a place with many types of fish, you could widen your options for other species.
Diefenbaker is a good example. Pike, walleye, goldeye, big rainbows, etc...all fair game
using one small pike fly.
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Hello all.
Just wondering if everyone here is focused on tying only the largest pike
flies they can.
I recall from my past that most of the larger pike I caught when using hardware,
were on walleye sized jigs and regular size spoons, etc.
That was before I use to fly fish for pike.
Many of the record pike I see being caught are taken by accident
on a simple minnow on a single hook and such.
Last year, some guys in Saskatchewan, caught a 47.5 lb pike on a single hook
and leech or minnow while fishing for walleye.
I understand the attraction factor a pike sees with a larger meal.
But would a large pike hit a smaller fly just as readily if offered
in a situation where you were normally using a giant fly?
This year, even with my 10 weight, Casting giant bunny flies and even
some synthetic patterns, was tiresome.
I have decided that for next year, I will downsize many patterns
I made to see if I can attract a big pike as easily as with a larger pattern.
The flies below are tied on size 1 and 2 hooks as opposed to my usual
size 1/0 to 3/0.
Maybe this is a silly post to the giant fly guys out there but I was curious enough
to inquire about your thought on this.
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I was by the Dollar Giant today and figured I'd check it out to see if they had anything I could
use there.
I always keep my eyes peeled when Halloween is coming up for this kind of stuff.
Awesome finds and dirt cheap.
Synthetic, fine, fish hair type stuff, feather masks and mylar flash material.
Christmas is a great time for all this stuff too.
Don't forget to start browsing the dollar stores now till Halloween for this stuff.
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Great tips. Thanks. I'll try the superglue and the mono idea.
I have some mono thread that is very thin and should work well.
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Hi guys.
Recently, I started putting eyes on my streamers.
I use different brands of flat, stick on eyes including the
mirage version.
However, upon applying the cement to the head, the cement
seems to detatch the eyes from the fly.
The eyes seem to react from the cement, no matter what kind
of cement I use.
Do you glue your eyes on first with something like superglue
and then cement the head later?
Eventually I manage to keep the eyes fastened down properly
but it's frustrating.
Any tips?
Glow Minnow
in The Fly Tying Bench
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Glow Minnow