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Hi Saltybum, I use the Fas-snap only for salt water and pike fishing. With the pike tippet, which in made with large florocarbon or still wire, it is a useful trick for changing easyly the flies. In salt water, expecially for sea bass, you need to use different flies in agreement with the spots you are exploring, so you do not have the problem to cut piece and piece of your leader making a new knot evytime. Ciao Luca

Hi Guys, I wrote in the past an article about the knots useful in fly fishing and this piece appeared in an Italian magazine. I have decided to present it on the pages on my site and although it is written in Italian, it shows pictures clear and rich of details, that can be useful to all those anglers that need to learn how to connect the different parts of their tackle This is the link Congiunzioni Essenziali Luca

Hi Kokoek9, if the feather strip splits do not worry, it is not a problem for the final result, or at least it does not compromise the alluring power of the fly, but you can obtain a good result if you use a strip 4 to 6 mm wide and you fix it in front of the abdomen for its larger end, so when you push it to cover the thorax you have to fix the smaller end just behind the hook eye. Take care to keep the external part of the strip, that is more colorful, agains the body when you fix it, so it will goes outside when you bend it towards. I wrote and sbs article about this nymph, maybe it can be of some help for you. This is the link: Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Ciao Luca

Last season I caught a quite good number of trout with a Black Gold Head tied on a No. 12 hook, sometimes using it with a strike indicator. This nymph is really effective on rivers as well on reservoirs. I write you a link of a my article in which I describe step by spet how to tie thiis fly BLACK GOLD HEAD Ciao Luca

Hi Guys, this morning I uploaded a new video on my Youtube channel. This time I have described how to tie a special dry fly of Irish origin, invented by Andrew Ryan, useful in all those situations in which there is an high concentration of large darl olive mayflies on the water surface. On my web site moscofilia.com you can find also a sbs article about this fly I hope you like it Luca

Hi David. you pointed out one of the best characteristic of this fly. Ciao Luca

I started in the 1979, when I was 14 years old: a lot of flies came in and came out from my boxes. Luca

Hi Guys, I wish to share with you this pattern that I consider useful when I try to tempt quite selective trout that are feeding of yellowish mayfly at the emerging stage. I wrote a sbs article about this fly and you can read it on this link EMERGENTE IN CAPOC I hope you like it Luca

Hi André, I am pleased to see you on this forum too. You are a nice fly fisherman and your compliments are realy welcome. The Bibione is one of my favourite terrestrial imitation and one of the very first flies I included in my book. I hope it can help you too to catch some big fish. Ciao Luca

Many thanks Guys, yes, this is a very easy fly to tye, but with an high alluring power and a great buoyancy. Luca

Hi Guys, I wish to share with you this interesting terrestrial useful for catching trout, grayling but also chub. With this tying technique it is possible to build imitations of bees, wasps or winged ants. BIBIONE I hope you like it Luca

I realize a few patterns that help me to catch mostly of my pike, to these link you can find the flies I consider the most alluring: Jungle Pike EP Yellow Roach Ciao Luca

Hi Guys, I agree with you, this is a very alluring pattern and super effective with ferocious fish, Ciao Luca

Hi Guys, in these days I have visited some reservoirs not far from my city and to tempt the rainbow trout introduced in these places I have generally used nymphs and streamers. Sometimes the most colorful patterns have been the best choice to induce to take the trout and flies like the Orange Muddler Minnow have make the difference in many situations. This is the fly I tie and that I have described in a sbs article: ORANGE MUDDLER MINNOW Ciao Luca

Hi Guys, I have completed a new video and I am pleased to share it with you. This time I descibe how to tie a well weighted gold head useful for tempting those fish that are feeding on olive ephemeral nymphs or caddis pupae on quite deep river stretches. On this link you can find also a sbs article OLIVE WIRE GOLD HEAD I hope you like it Luca

Yes, it is a real killer indeed and I have caught some nice trout with it. Thanks to you. Luca

Superlative flies! Luca

Hi Guys, I wish to share with you a interesting solution to tie tiny mayfly imitation with a particular parachute technique that helps the wings and collar to be well connected to the hook. I post the picture of this fly and the link of my sbs article about it BLUE QUILL PARACHUTE I hope you like it Luca

Hi Flytyer56, you are absolutely right and I consider this pattern one of the best gold bead in my fly box for fishing on river as well on reservoir. Ciao Luca

Hi Guys, Autumn and Winter time, the right months to tie our flies for the next season, but also to put a few of them under test on a nice reservoir with the chance to catch huge rainbows. I propose you how to tie a simple but very alluring gold bead pattern, a fly that quite often has been one of my secret weapons... Ciao Luca BLACK GOLD HEAD

No fish worth so much like those caught with your own flies! This is a rule of life in my fishing Ciao Luca

Nice fish! Did you receive some more takes and you not hooked the fish? I used for pike fishing my Articulated Fish and I was unable to hook some pike. Maybe they were young fish, but I wish to make some temps with the fly that have the hook at the tail.

Have a look to this link and use a translator, for sure the sbs will help you GARRY DOG

Try to tie it also with opossum or hare hair and you will discover how can be alluring this kind of fly...

Hi TheCream, you pointed out one problem of this fly, i.e. to tie just one pattern you need to use an entire packet of minnow wrap so it is not a cheap fly and I do not suggest to use it on spots where there is high chances to lost flies.