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HobbesFly

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About HobbesFly

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    Advanced Member
  • Birthday 01/16/1987

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  • Favorite Species
    Trout
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    2008

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    Houghton, MI
  1. John, How long would it take to tie something like this? It looks ultra-realistic? Good work.
  2. Ahahahaha that's friggin' sweet.
  3. Great looking nymph... I'll have to give them a try.
  4. Another awesome patter from you... great work!
  5. "Shaving the hair from my fox squirrels"? That's an interesting euphemism. :headbang: -Hobbes
  6. I'd eat any hopper pattern. Throw it in a pan with some onions and garlic.
  7. It is pretty bad to cast, but you don't really "cast" it as you would think. You've got basically a 15 ft leader that's more or less untapered, and you just throw it with a big open loop onto the water, high-stick it to maintain contact with your dry (Spanish EHC), and watch and wait. It really doesn't tangle that bad if you really focus on what you're doing. I usually just work my way upstream by throwing 3 or 4 casts in an area I like, moving a couple of feet with the rig dragging behind me, and throwing it again. It takes a bit to get used to, but it's extremely effective in medium-to-fast moving streams. Again, thanks for the input!
  8. I was searching online for the kind of nymphing that I had been introduced to by Riley Cotter, who is on Fly-fishing Team USA. He said that they just called it "Euro-nymphing", but somewhere online it said that it's Spanish nymphing. It's basically a three-fly rig: a dry as an indicator, a heavy nymph as an anchor, and a small attractor as a point fly. I could be wrong, but I think that the correct term for it is Spanish nymphing. Anyone with any other ideas, feel free to post.
  9. Thanks for the input! I usually use the Spanish EHC when I'm Spanish nymphing or in low-light situations. I try my best to hide the WingBrite by putting it directly on top of the fly, and it seems to work pretty good. The WingBrite also adds a lot of buoyancy to the fly as a whole. -Hobbes
  10. Yeah, other than materials like glues and epoxy, I don't see much from walmart.
  11. I'll agree with Ron to an extent. If you get a big kit like that, you're not going to get full utility out of all those materials, and you'll be so excited about all the different patterns that you won't take the time to get the basics down. Ideally, head to your fly shop and either take a class or hang out with trout bums. A second approach would be to understand your needs in fly tying and then look at some tutorials either in a book or online, and order materials accordingly. Hope that helps. -Hobbes
  12. I just realized that my question is kind of misleading... I was looking more for a "brand" of flies as opposed to a "kind". Only dealers and pro guides can order directly from companies like Umpqua and Idylwilde. MY BAD.
  13. That is such a solid looking pattern. I love it! MORE!
  14. That is an awesome looking pattern. I'm going to start investing in some liquidlace stock- I see a new one every day.
  15. Awesome looking pattern. Good work!
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