m_grieb

Today I went fishing on the manistee( did fairly well if you were wondering) and a group of people in a drift boat went past me. It was clear that it was a guided trip. I asked them how many fish they were catching, and all of them, including the guide, just ignored me. Finally one person felt obligated to talk and just said " a few ". This is the third or forth time I've been in this exact situation. Where I'm from, people have no problem talking to you about how many fish they are catching and even what flies they are using. Is it not proper to ask them? Are you not supposed to ask people? I'm just wondering because this is really catching me off guard. Thanks Matt

I'm starting to broaden the horizon a little bit by starting to fly fish our local lake. I'm not sure if i have the correct leader size. I have a 8 and a half foot 6 weight with 6 weight line on a 6 weight reel. I use anything from wooly buggers to small caddis patterns. Is there a " ideal length" that would kind of serve as an all around leader?

I'm speechless.

That is just too cool.

Hi all, just a question out of curiosity, what is your favorite pattern to tie? I know there has been questions about what kind of fly you like tying but I'm talking about one fly pattern. Matt

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="Fletchfishes" data-cid="557525" data-time="1373387031"><p> I'll second that it is a nice article in Fly Fisherman. The diagrams in particular very nice. Written by Charlie Craven. Not new information, but nicely laid out. To many of the points above, the article mentions how maintaining proportions are probably more important to the fisherman than the fish (with the possible exception of traditional dries where the proportions can impact presentation.)</p></blockquote>that is exactly what I was getting at. I started tying commercially when I was 12, and if I would've had this at 12, I probably would've sold a few more

wow those are really nice and i like how consistent you are. do you tie commercially?

those look good. where do you normally fish those at?

wow. that is a cool idea of a fly. im probably going to tie a couple of my own rendition of these... nice job

Does anybody know some popular and professional looking steelhead flies in northern michigan? any patterns will help really! MG

whereabouts in michigan? im a michigander as well

its a nice color, especially for clearer water.

ive used both of them in the past and i like both of them. both of them give you premuim results

in my opinion, the traveler is just as good, and much cheaper. with a master, i feel like your just paying a lot more for just a few extra (most of the time not used) features. just my two cents.

i would tie them using unithread 8/0. strong and perfect for that size range

i tie commercially and my boss requires that i tie on daichi so i dont really have experience with many other hooks

aw man i wish you wouldve posted this earlier... i just threw away about 3 hides worth of possum because i never used it...

i second this

i am a guy that eats altoids like no other person in the world. i use altoid containers for every type of fly. i know you are probably thinking "i have so many flies that i dont think it could happen", but believe me, i tie commercially and have been now for 5 years and i have flies that i didnt even know i have until i just come across them

renzetti traveler all the way, the best vice for the price and will last forever (if used right).

Hey everyone, just a heads up, i am flytyer166, i just got rid of my old email and made a new one so i made a new ftf account.