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Thanks for the information :thumbup:
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Thank you Fred and Devin.
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Does anyone have a list of the materials and a video or step by step tutorial for the gummy minnow. It looks like from what I have been able to find you simply make a couple layers with the foil product, then cover it with silly skin? It looks like several different ways and materials are being used in the different information I have been able to find.
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Thanks for all the thoughtful and informative answers.
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Thanks guys, I'm still digging around trying to read everything I can find on the subject.
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I am thinking about buying one of two Nikon macro lenses for macro fly photography. One is AF-S 105/2.8G VR and the other is a 60mm AF-S/2.8 VR. The 105mm is almost twice as much as the 60mm, is it really worth it? I had even thought about buying some other brands but they don't have the Vibration Resistance feature and since the lenses will probably also be used as a portraite lenses I think I would like to have the feature. Any ideas or suggestions?
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The Prince Nymph is the first one that came to mind when you said you would like to use the biots as wings. Here are a couple of good tutorials, one step by step photos and one video. http://www.flyguysoutfitting.com/bhprincesbs.html http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=C9t_a2Z1dGA&...feature=related
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The shape is a little different form most midge larva. The larva is smaller at the head and larger towards the bottom. I tie the larva just about like the ones in the link Randy77 posted. I also tie a pupa/emerger version with flashabo wings and a clear glass bead. Both are good flies when trout are keying in on them on the SOHO, and they do particular in the winter and early spring
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Jack Garside has a nice article on the use of most feathers found on a Ringneck Pheasant skin. http://www.jackgartside.com/art_pheasant_feathers.htm
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It's a size 14 TMC 400T/swimming nymph. It's a light wire hook that comes shaped like that right out of the pack. After I place the hook in the vice I do "gently" push down at the eye to open the gap just a little bit. Some mfgs hooks can be bent quite a bit, Tiemco isn't one of them. The tempering is so hard that you can't bend them much without breaking.
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I guess about 30 years now. It's only been within the last 8-10 years that I've tyed on a regular basis. Before it was just a means to catch fish and not an activity within itself. The change in fly tying material and instruction over the last 8-10 years has been unbelievable. With all the step by step instruction on the web, books, viedo, and web sites like this Someone can become a very good tyer in a short period of time. When I started there were very few books, or flyfishing mags. Let alone videos/DVDs and the web.
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Can't wait to send that to a couple of my "special" friends.
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A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by flyman: Inverted Yellow Drake
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Thanks for the tips. I've used nail polish for saltwater flies before, but the heads never looked like the flies I've seen here I do remember having a problem with the consistency of the nail polish. I tried to add nail polish remover, it turned the polish cloudy Can anyone tell me what I might be able to use to thin it? Or, would I be just defeating the purpose of using the polish?
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Great looking fly Charlie! Most of the flies I tie are trout flies. When I look at these type flies I always notice the heads? What type of cement/lacquer do most tyers use? The heads always look so neat and perfect.