TheVancouverMan

Awesome stuff, no doubt you'll get some hookups on those! Where do you source your 'bou? Those feathers look particularly nice, they don't have as much fluff.

I like these very very very very very very very very much.

Nice tie! Looks like a simpler version of the GP. :headbang:

RAAAAAAAAAHHHHH

Why would this not work?!?

Nice tie!

Nice fly! I never saw square vice jaws before.

Nice tie! I have been looking for more caddis flies ever since moving to Europe. I will definitely filling up my box with these! Thanks mate.

BOOM! Salmon fry imitation. Nice :headbang:

You, sir, have tied a fly I like very much.

Well, my mum doesn't mind so much, except when I leave my table covered in hair, feathers, and furs, but hey, thats the fun part. I did have a girlfriend who got rather mad when she came across my golden pheasant crest. Damn PETA. I'm still starting out fly tying seriously. What aplications is Zap-A-Gap used for? Tight lines, -Joe

:headbang: Nice flies! They probably look great in the water! Keep it up man. -Joe

Great hopper! What did you use to create the detached body? The new Renzetti tool? All around great fly. -Joe

:headbang: Nice! That will be good for Summer trout in BC lakes. Any pattern with bunny strip is a guaranteed fish catcher. Tight lines! -Joe

Nice Fly! I am just starting out ting steal flies (just for kicks, as I am living in Switzerland temporarily. I am originaly from BC though!) Why is there the forward clump of hair at the head? Thanks, -Joe

Nice flies! Also, the Island is a good place to test them out!

For tying streamers and large nymphs and dries, I buy 50 or more longshank hooks with a straight eye, and bend the eyes with my vice. 50 hooks cost around 3 or 4 dollars at Dicks. However, I highly suggest you sharpen them, just to be sure.

My mum is coming back from Vancouver with some more materials, specificaly to tie some classic patterns, as I am going to start tying some salmon flies, just for show. I was going to tie some classic blue charms, bu I think I will tie a few of these as well!

Nice flies! Is there any reason you set the heads a bit farther back from the hook eye?

Is that a cisco imitation?

Beautiful fly! I will definitely tie up some of those!

Lucky you! Sound like you have a good testing ground for some new flies. I would definitely suggest brown woolly buggers, for some large nymphs, and size 12 mayfly imitations.

This thing is talking cased caddis! Looks super simple and effective. Nice fly mate!

:bugeyes: Oh wow! Great fly man. I know this is the warmwater section, but with some green and pink, I could make a nice rainbow trout imitation for Lost Lake in Whistler, BC, when the bull trout travel into the lake from a small stream to gorge on small trout.

I know this might be a little late, but I just started tying flies a year or so ago, and I am finally beginning to become (somewhat) proficient at tying a few select flies. When first starting out, I had no idea what to purchase in the way of materials. Thankfully, my local fly shop (Pacific Angler, Vancouver, British Columbia) was able to set me up with some materials. I suggest buying some grey and olive dubbing along with deer hair and some hackle feathers, and try out some dry flies. I started on size 12, and this was probably a mistake. Try size 10 hooks, which give you more room for error. For nymph patterns, I suggest pheasant tail and peacock hearls, as mny nymphs found around the world can be imitated by those materials. Tight lines and screaming reels. -Joe