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flyfish2002

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  • Birthday 06/14/1963

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  1. I am an occasional poster and a frequent lurker. I just got back from north east PA about 50" north of College Station. I went to fish the Green Drake hatch on Penns Creek, Fishing Creek, etc. I tied several Green Drakes, but I did not know that the Green Drake spinner is the Coffin Fly :dunno: Well I took a break to ease my fustration and an old timer who had fly fished the area for years pulled up in his pick-up truck (nice truck, too) and gave me a serious entomology lesson. The lesson ended with him pulling out a large plastic bin with multiple drawers, each of which contained compartments holding a variety of Coffin Flies. He looked through the drawers, selected one in a size 8 and told me to fish it toward the middle of the creek at dusk. I did as I was instructed and it worked great, 'til I lost down the throat of a large, very aggressive brown. I failed to ask the kind gentlman what he tied the extended body with. It wasn't dubbing or foam or hair, but it was white, very firm, curved upward and fairly thick - almost feeling "stuffed" with something. A local fly shop sells coffin flies that are somewhat similar (though NOT up to the standards of the gift I was given). After asking, the shop owner told me that his tier (out of California) won't divulge his secrets, but the shoip owner thinks the tyer uses waxed rope. :help: Any thoughts or advice on how to tie an extended body andwith what materials would be appreciated. I need to go back next year. :bugeyes:
  2. I shopped with J. Stockard prior to joing this board. It is a first class organization in all ways: selection, pricing, advice and service. No, I don't work for them, I just appreciate a solid small business.
  3. Hi! I am a partner in a small consulting business that works with hospitals and physicians. My wife is a full-time, stay-at-home mom in charge of our brood of three children: two girls and one boy. Though she appreciates and supports my love for my hobby of flyfishing and fly tying, she doesn't understand its appeal. Busy and, most times, loving it! Brent
  4. Just to conclude the thread, I use Al's recommended techniques. They worked very well with a little patience and practice - relatively easy to tackle if you have some basic fly tying skills. Thanks again to all who posted.
  5. Thanks for the replies, particularly to Al for explaining a new technique. I plan to give it a try and see if I can master it. By the way - I am not a bait fisherman (nothing against them). How can I remove the phrase under my username? I just can't seem to find the right location under My Controls.
  6. I am trying to tie a helgrammite pattern and am having problems with the technique. The recipe calls for a black hen saddle feather and a strand of medium olive chenelle to be tied-in at the bend. Feather is tied in by the tip, concave side up. OK so far. Next, I am to pull the feather back over onto the top of the hook shank, which forces the convex or "good" side up. Then I am to "spiral wrap" the thread around/through the feather barbs, tying off about 3/5 up the hook. The objective is to secure the stem on top of the shank, but not compress or smash any barbs. No can do. Further, next I am to wrap the chenelle forward, once again around/through the feather barbs, and secure the chenelle at the point I secured the feather. As before, the objective is to wrap the chenelle arround the shank, but not compress or smash any barbs. No can do. If done correctly, you have the back end (abdomen) of a helgrammite with the barbs protruding downward from the chenille imitating the many small legs of the helgrammite. Well, needless to say, mine looks like one contiuous wrap of chenelle. I have thought of a few work arounds, such as tying in a piece of Thinskin and small ribbing before I tie in the feather and chenelle. I could then wrap the chenelle first, palmer the feather, trim the barbs on top of the shank and then secure the Thinskin with the ribbing to give some segmentation. Short of this or some other work around, am I missing some technique re: spiral wrapping? I might just go to an easier Helgrammite pattern. Thanks.
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