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  1. Very nice pattern, the photos are also very good
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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)
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. 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?
  11. 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
  12. Good looking pattern and the tail is nicely splayed
  13. 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?
  14. 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
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