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Very nice pattern, the photos are also very good

Kev, very nice tie that one. Shame to here about the Siman thread, I’ve heard about it before and was hoping to ask our local Siman agent to get me some, I love splitting threads and use this method frequently.

If you spin your bobbin anti-clokwise with UTC thread you undo the twist in the thread and you can get it to lie very flat. Similarly you can collate the thread by spinning it clockwise again.

I know exactly where you are coming from, I’ve had both good and bad quality zonker from all the major suppliers (Hareline, Wapsi and Spirit River), I find that the best thing to do is to actually take the zonkers out the package and look at the fur before buying. Also I look for different qualities in the zonker depending on they type and size of pattern I plan to use it one (damsels, baitfish patterns etc)

What I do if I’m going to be tying allot of flies is to open one of the windows in the room and have a fan at the door blowing air out the room, that we you create a natural flow of air through the room without having the fan blowing are your materials around

Harold, I have most of his DVD's and the one you would be looking for is Essential Skills / Czech Nymphing / Upstream Nymphing and North Country Spiders (3 parts on one DVD). This DVD is not pure fly fishing technique, about half the DVD is on fly tying the patterns he uses. As I'm sure any of the members familiar with CZ nymphing would agree, there isn't an absolute hard and fast method of CZ nymphing, most people develop their own style so to speak (leader length, rod and line angle etc) which suites them best, as long as the flies are on the bottom and your getting the drift right (not dragging the flies). . I initially struggled with it but then it just suddenly clicked and I've been very successful with it ever since. Here is South Africa it's an absolutely deadly method for catching one of our indigenous species as the shoal like graying, difference is they grow to 12-15lb and fight like demons, Smallmouth Yellowfish. I've been using this method for a few years and it's produced allot of fish I find that CZ nymphing in two main categories: - What we call mono nymphing here in SA. This is the original style of CZ nymphing were there is no fly line out the reel, the leader runs into the real. I don't like this method much as I find it a little restrictive but do use it when it's really windy, greater sensitivity but you must be weary of our drift speed, it's easy to drag your flies.. - CZ as practiced by most people, a varying length of fly line out the tip depending on your style. I was fortunate to spend some time with Dr Karel Krivanec and Jiri Klima here is SA, awesome anglers and Jiri fishes a different style of CZ nymphing to other competitive anglers, similar to Oliver Edwards style but still different.

What I meant was that compared to other methods which have been around for over a century, if not much longer than that You are correct, it did start in 1984, strangely enough by the Polish (polish woven nymphs). It was brought into the spotlight in by the Czechs in 1990 at the World Champs in Wales. The Europeans are the masters of this technique and they aren’t the most prolific writers in English, I'm sure there is possibly allot more literature on this subject in other languages.

Harold There hasn’t been that many books written on CZ nymphing, possibly because compared to other techniques out there, this one has only been around for a short time.

It's a brand made by Wapsi. It splits very easily comapred to other threads, you split the thread with a bodkin, pack the material between the thread (almost like a loop) and then you spin the bobbin to twist, quick dubbing loop without a dubbing tool and creats less bulk. I even use this to spin sculpin wool if the hair is dense (frizzy) enough, just spread it properly The Marc Petijaun (sp) split second thread does the same, if you look at some of the magic tool demo's on the web they use the same method. Kev, just saw this flies submission int he coldwater, got the hook type, nice pattern

Well, to throw a bit of a spanner in the works, I prefer to use the split thread method using UTC thread instead of dubbing loops though I do like using brushes when I want to blend allot of different types of materials together. Kev, nice fly, out of interest what hook did you use, Knapek?

I’m glad you are happy with one of our local products, there are some others that we do like Shilton Fly Reels that are starting to get international recognition. What you’ll notice on some of the Grip hooks (especially the 2xH scud hooks) is that the eyes tend to be a little larger on most other brands. I suspect that part of the reason for this is that some of the indigenous fish here in South Africa often take very small flies but they are big fish that are extremely strong fighters, you need to be able to fish 2-3X tippet on size 16 – 18 scud hooks at times. No worries about the scan, thanks again Kevin

Good looking pattern and the tail is nicely splayed

Very nice pattern I’m sure it’s deadly. I see in the database that you specify a Grip hook by Scientific Fly with is a South African company, what do you think of their hooks?

Thank you very much, PM sent

Looks like it was an interesting article, would have loved to have read it but we don’t get this publication down in South Africa

Like Carl mentioned, try adding weight like shot or putty if you don't want to use tungstens as they become expensive (I have over 1000 tungsten beaded flies in my boxes) Bear in mind that tungsten came about through competition angling, FIPS Mouche rules don't alow split shot or beads larger than 4mm, so tungsten beads came into use as it's 70% heavier than lead. If you're not fishing competitivly then there's nothing stopping you from just adding split shot

Thanks

My dutch ain't so godd but: heel mooi tafel There is a dutch dialect we speak down here in South Africa (Afrikaans) so I can read you site, but my problem is that the site isn't working for me, none of the links are working so I can't see the blue prints. Will try again some other time. Dank u well

I'm in the same boat, I started doing post grad studies at 28 and I'm writing advanced steel and advanced concrete design in the next 2 weeks. At least once these are over I will be finished for good :yahoo:

Damn, we don't have that mag here in South Africa, would have been nice to get the DVD.

Yes it can be done, can’t remember where you would use it though. If you want to spin a feather (not sure if this is what you want to do), the easiest is to split the thread in two and place the hackles between the feathers without plucking them from the quill. Tension up the thread so that thread grips the hackles and then cut the hackles from the quill. This way you get a nice even distribution of the hackles down the length of the thread. Then twist the thread and you’re good to go. Oliver Edwards does something similar in his book by placing deer hair between the split thread to spin a deer hackle hackle. Well actually, he uses a dubbing loop, but I find it easier to just split the thread.

Thanks for that. Unfortunately they don’t do international orders over the web, I would have to call them via phone to place the order. I would like to try and avoid calling the US from here as it would cost me about $1.50 - $1.75 per minute.

I'm keen on subscribing to Flytyer magazine as it's not available here but I'm having problems with that. I can't seen to find their website to subscribe from them directly but I did notice that there is a wide variety of sites that sell subscriptions. Unfortunately Amazon doesn’t ship magazines internationally. Have any of you guys have any suggested stores that I should consider subscribing from as I have no idea if any of the guys on the web are any good. Thanks

Sorry, that question was intended for down2earthly, attached wrong one

Question, do you attached the indicator fly off a dropper or are you fishing it New Zealand style? (tying in tippet to the bend of the indicator fly and tying the point fly to the end of that)