Montreal Whore (Bucktail & Marabou Streamer)
Question 1 - Does anyone use a different material for the body on the "Montreal Whore"? My "Fish Flies" book calls for fluorescent fire orange yarn. The closest thing I had was som |
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Correct Colour
For the wings i use dun antron or dun snowshoe rabbit hair, and for teh hackle i usually tie half with a dun hackle and half with ginger hackle. The best way to find out is to check out teh bugs on |
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Mikkeli Blue
QUOTE(Stormwind @ Oct 30 2007, 02:30 PM) [snapback]265377[/snapback]Hello, Would somebody please supply the pattern for the Mikkeli Blue. I know it's one of Frodin's flies, but can |
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Different chenille types/brands
there are now about 12.4 bazillion different types of "chenille" out there... I would say the most widely used is fine/med/large regular old rayon chenille. It works fine for most everythi |
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Need some ideas
This is a simple / amazing emerger pattern.Mink TailDubbed BodyCDC Wing extra heavy point up and towards the eye a little.Paul Weamer added the Mink tail and it sinks quicker then antron and I like it |
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Trico
Here are some....TriCo SpinnersI've got a tutorial showing a John Betts pattern using a Turkey Biot Body and an Antron Wing. We use these on the Lower Owens River and Hot Creek in the Eastern Sie |
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My First Crappie Candy Fly
QUOTE(fishaholic69 @ Oct 26 2007, 04:38 PM) [snapback]264497[/snapback]just curious what kind of yarn ya used for this and where u got it at?? on the instructions it says wool yarn but I can& |
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OFFICIAL! Bluegill #2 Sign Up Thread
I did a tutorial on hatches on how I dub. I show the peacock box 12 colors in all for 7 bucks. remember the shipping side of the dungeon is ultra slow but the quality is ultra freakin sweet!!& |
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Coming back to fly tying while deployed
Here's a list of the goodies I'm sending.Mustad 3366 hooks in size 4 and 2/0Mallard flank dyed to look like wood duckGray squirrel tailGolden pheasant tippetsA few popper heads already glued t |
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MAOL help
Good Day, O.K. jack*ss... do I have to keep teaching you all your fly tying techniques?! Haha... only kidding of course. [attachmentid=11518] The MAOL is not the easiest thing to set up for |
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Another "Willowhead" fly
[attachmentid=11362]Hey guys, here's another fly......i'm just blown away at my wife's photography abilities,........again. She aint bad..........Make sure you blow it up for a good look.. |
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Missing Caddis Pattern
I could have sworn I saw a caddis larva pattern here 2 or 3 days ago that used cream/white antron or some other yarn to form a dubbing loop. The dubbing loop was filled with cream dubbing, and when w |
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trico nymph pattern
Flyweaver: What color is the abdomen? I think it probbaly should be a brown color, but not as dark as a PT. The past two years, since I've begun to fish emergers during the Trico hatch, I've b |
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Mink Head Sculpin
Mink Head Sculpinfor Vern-OHook: Daiichi 2220 #2.Thread: Benecchi Ultra-Strong Thread (White).Tail: Australian 'Possum Tail.Body: 1/2 Burgundy, 1/2 Black Siman Crystal Sparkle Antron Dubbing Brush |
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Gosling
Not a bad attempt TS. The use of "Straddlebug" dressings as they are known is pretty much isolated to the big loughs of Ireland and to some extent Scotland so it's unlikely you'll ge |
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POLL-Wings on Catskill Dries
i love to tie with mallard sections on my dry flies but i also will use antron cdc hen hackle or snowshoe rabbit |
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Wing cases optional on small nymphs?
I have heard that wing cases are a "triggering feature" on nymphs. If that is true (no scientific proof), then on your wing-case-less nymphs you can cheat by putting some thick head cement o |
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Water Boatman
Step #2Cut of a piece of Antron yarn, double it up and tie it in at the hook bend. |
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Tying Small Flies
Some more ideas on tying micropatterns (#18s and smaller):1. Darrel Martin's Micropatterns book. Much more technical than Engle's book, but there are many accessible passages and great ideas/p |
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Puffer (Marbury)
Mike or Lee, would you read recipe for the puffer .. instead of green antron as a rib, green floss ? or would you expect to use a wool or something else? |
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Scissors advice
Hi Tracy:I use the top of the line Revlon Scissors (that's right, Revlon) for all of my tying other than cutting wire, tinsel, kevlar, and thick antron. For $1.00 USD they will resharpen the |
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shiner and chub flies
I do well on Chubs and Shiners when I use emergers of most kinds. I dunno why they hit those more than most flies I use, but they do. My favorite is a size 18 curved nymph hook, tuft of antron for a s |
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fly question
i found a fly on a stream while fishing and cant seem to figure what it is here are the materials used in the flyhook curved scud hookgold bead headtail pheasant tailbody black threadwing white antron |
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A few MOM trout flies
I thought I'd try a few MOM trout flies on you. My tying was all trout flies when I started out, and thatcontinued for many, many years until I discovered Steelhead and Atlantic salmon flies. Gett |
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Antron yarn... posts
Good point on fibers getting matted when wet. That said, it also depends on the type of antron. Antron typically sold in fly shops is quite fine and is quite easily wet and matted. On the other han |
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Black Green Highlander
QUOTE(ScandinavianTyer @ Apr 16 2007, 02:55 AM) [snapback]233230[/snapback]One of Håkan Norlings most beautiful flies: the Black Green Highlander:Tag: Oval gulltinsel,Veniards |
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Fly Tyers Dungeon
I love there dubbin Peacock, Coarse and wet, and hairs web are all tops in my book!!! There antrons mix well with other dubbin's also great colors. I have every color of H20flash. It i |
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What Materials Should I Buy?
Hi Correus,Congrats on your acquisition! Your question is a fair one, though it will best be answered by you over time. Since you asked for some general input, I'll start by sharing some tho |
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Dry Fly wings
I tie them with all of the above. It really depends, for me anyway, what type of water I am fishing. For pocket water, fast and turbulent, I like calf tail and calf body. But when I get into calmer |
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Sharks Caddis Larva
cream, natural, chart, orange, olive, black and mixes of those are what I use. The only color that I have tried but havent had any luck with has been solid yellow. Could just be where I fish. I am |
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UV light reflection of feathers
Mark, There is a difference between fluorescence, which basically means that the material gives out more light than it absorbs and this can be extended further by the addition to or replacement by a |
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Workhorse#2 and hints to Sebastian
Hi all My workhorse #2 is the Patakhorva. It's colors makes it ideal for brown rivers and after a spate when the water is a bit tea coloured. But I have also caught salmons with it in clear water |
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