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Yep, If it wasn't for this place I would still be clueless. I was part of some forum like this back in the 90's. All I knew was a river runs through it and dry flies. After I found this place a few years ago I rekindled my interests in fly tying. I have learned the basics of fly tying and fishing. I love swimming wooley buggers in creeks and lakes now!

Happy Birthday Perchjerker! You give some good advice!

What material did you use for that last one? You know the one that looks like a candy cane? By the way, for only tying about 20 flies, I would say you have a real knack, and a good imagination. Ike.

I was about to start my very own topic on deer hunting when I came on here this morning. But there already was a good one, so. I will just type right here that I shot my first deer the other day. It was a doe about 75 yards away on a mountainside. It's head was pretty much disintegrated by a 30 06 so I don't really have any pictures. I did not keep any of it's hide or tail. I got plenty of that. So, Congratulations Chef ben 4! Ike.

That is a good link. I have read it before. Last year Flytire posted the exact same link. In the beginners corner no less!LOL

Hans, Dude! Your videos are awesome! That is not sarcasm either! Keep up the good work! Isaac.

Alright! Keep them going!

This is great. Really inspirational. I my self Must lose another 40 lbs or so... I walk the dog every day. We both get excercise. She is not overweight. Pretty soon we will get snowed in. Than morning walks will be frosty and short. Heres hoping We don't fall off the band wagon during holidays. That is what always gets me.

Dear Angelo24, Try this; scroll to the top of the page and click on (browse by material) click on (turkey). It doesn't work on my computer(what a drag!) I know. Maybe it will work on yours. If it did it could be an invaluable refrence for you or me. When I think of turkey feathers the first fly that comes to mind is a muddler minnow. But before you get started on muddler minnows, you might want to practice a few alder flies, or even a hare's ear wet fly. Just to practice making the wings. There are other flies that people would whole heartedly recommend like lets say a hares ear nymph. The shell back is commonly tied with turkey feathers that have been treated in flexament. I am not sure, but I think maribou comes from turkeys and geese. You can always improvise? ike

Two words... Muddler Minnows!

Here are a few pointers... Your flies look OK. It looks like you have good thread control. Just a pointer on the clousers... when tying the darker material along the bottom do not tie it down to the shank behind the dumbell eyes. You only tie it down in front of the dumbells. The top or lighter color it is fine to tie down behind the eyes, and almost half a shank down the hook. Those cone head rabbit streamers are deadly. They are a poor mans version of a sculpin helmet. Add a drop of super glue to the thread wraps. Otherwise when you start casting the fur will start to work itself off of your hook. The beatle looks fine. Maybe a little less bucktail in the clousers. They all say less is more when tying bucktails. Kind of like spider flies... less is more! Ike.

I would say that if it has scuds then it is probably weedy. A simple scud can be tied with dubbing, wire, and a strip of sandwich baggy. Look it up in beginners flies on FAOL. I have caught brook trout out of weedy sloughs who have had a diet of scuds. The brook trout's meat was red and delicious. It smelled like a salmon baking in the oven. Other people would dislike a trout that tastes like salmon and would say it was gamey. Some body far wiser can probably answer this better than me. Ike. P.S. You are probably a catch and release fisherman.

I voted streamers... Bucktails, muddlers, and wooley buggers.

I am always impressed with flies that girls tied. I think they have a natural knack for it. My ants still don't look that good! Oh yeah, Kudos on the great picures! You must have a fairly decent camera. Fly tyer Ike.

Excellant work... I am a beginner who started from a kit also. I found the most productive flies from my kit were: Clouser Minnows, Wooley buggers, And deer hair bugs. I have caught bass and trout on these flies. Keep posting your work please! The beginners corner is a slow place! Isaac.

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This fly reminds me of a ruby throated hummingbird! LOL! Keep up the good work!

Dear Laxi, Arn't you afraid people are going to catch on to your fantastic fishing and come in hoardes? Just something to think about... Oh and I know some one is going to call me a stick in the mud for this comment. Isaac

Isn't the Kern river in california, and known for its golden trout? Or is your's a different river?

I like the blue one!

Wow Piker! You must have some kind of record for posts! I bet you get 1000 by 6 months! Nice fly by the way.

This weekend I was using 10 lb test fishing line as leader and tippet. It was nice because most of the time I could just yank my fly out of branches and what not. I am on a tight budget, so using 10 lb test fishing line is a blessing. This way I save flies and land all my fish. But like I said I only landed a couple of 8" cutthroats. I caught a few larger brook trout. Including a 15" beauty who took a black wooley bugger. His stomach was packed full of salmon flies? Or maybe they were just really big golden stones? Any way a black wooley bugger proved to be a killing pattern last weekend. I should have gave a picket pin a whorl. That might have worked too. As for presentation, I just used the regular upstream cast with a drift and swing for the wet flies. But you are just intrested in streamers, no? I just used the wooley bugger like a nymph. The water was muddy, so I Watched the end of my floating line as a indicator while I slowly stripped it in. I hope this helps.

This weekend I fished some diffrent mountain streams and had luck with a lead wing coachman. I tried a mcginty bee, and a black gnat, but the lead wing coachman worked best.