Ext body Parachute variation
if you are having problems with your hackle wraps and dont mind synthetics try using a piece of antron yarn. Tie it down flat on top of your dubbed body with three wraps, pull the tips up and put thr |
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Wet Fly Fishing Question
QUOTEI've noted that Don often ties size 6 wet flies and I'm wondering if this size is for demo or do you (any of you) also fish with that size?Al, the ones I've been tying and fishing are |
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How much variation is needed----
Personally, I dont own many pattern books and I tie based on what action I want out of a fly and what I want to imitate so I dont know if the flies that I tie have been done before or not. So when I & |
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Tying any new smallmouth flies?
I've been tying some bass flys for my neighbor who walks my dog during the week. I wanted to give him a nice variety so I was searchin the web for ideas and concocted a few hybrids. His warmwate |
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Dubbing Twister
Here's the results: towards the head is actually antron yarn wrapped, no bugginess, but the rest was done the way I described above.[attachmentid=3392][attachmentid=3393] |
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What do you use?
I use white antron. For a little more round-looking wing, double the material and put the crease from being on the card at the wing tip, and tie in where the middle of the card would be. |
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Woven Foam Bee
BassYes, the fly is woven around the shank, and the butt ends of the foam strips. Tie them in to the back, over the herl tail. I found it helps to make one wrap of the black, and then tie it down a |
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Synthetic Tying Materials
I see your point deeky, but like luvinbluegills I find that I can get the same action from materials like marabou, antron, etc. To each their own. |
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New materials question
Good Day, 1 - I have a Wasatch dubbing brush and love it. A lot less time involved vs. picking with a bobbin.[attachmentid=3182]2 - I find minor differences between the two products. However, the a |
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Zelon or Z-Lon
Good Day, Zelon is good stuff. In fact, if I am not mistaken, Blue Ribbon Flies and John Betts bought the worlds supply of Zelon from DuPont. Psst, you can buy straight Zelon, and if you want, can |
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Extended body B.W.O.
that is a neat little tye.looks like it could be a killer.Is that furled antron for the body. |
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Stimulator with legs
Bryce,Been there done that! I feel posting my flies was the best thing I did to improve them. I take all the feedback good and bad and use all of it including tips to make it better. I have been t |
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Bunch O' Baetis Nymphs
Good Day,Been working on a fishable realistic baetis nymph. [attachmentid=2864]Tied on Daiichi 1150 size 16.Tails - microfibbetsBody - Bug WrapLegs - Broom BristlesUnder Thorax - Ginger AntronEyes - |
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Dubbing Materials
We just bought new towels, and so have tons of lint. My wife suggested using it the other day as dubbing. It seems as though it would dub easily. According to the article cotton would work ok for n |
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BWO, no hackle?
try the comparadun patturns with the flared deer hair wing dyed a soft dun. Usually works real well. cdc is another good one. also make some with antron or z-lon "tails" to imitate the ny |
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Easy Dubbing
I add my enthusiasm for the grinder and for adding some antron or other synthetic for sparkle. I find the trick to prevent it stringing into a rope is to snip the synthetic to the length I want with |
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Kit - trout fly tying materials only!
Skunkaroo,Thanks for the lengthy, very informative reply! A quick followup question if you don't mind.I have a 12 pack of Hareline Dubbin (DUB5 - think it's 100% rabbit hair) andAntron in |
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The original H.Norling templedog
Hi Tompa,You tye a beautiful fly and like yourself I'm a great fan of tying and fishing tubes.This is the dressing I got from Paddy Bonner a few years ago and this is the recipe I was given for T |
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Antron muti-colour bommer
A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by Joe Hard:
Antron muti-colour bommer (click link for more info)
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POLL: mayfly wings, are they necessary?
I've Wondered the same thing about dry fly wing, so I asked that question in a newsgroup. The consensus was that most of those tyers don't tie wings, unless it's a bigger fly. My fishing b |
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Best big ol hellgramitte pattern
A couple things about hellgrammites...Most patterns to imitate them are much too dark. The larger the hellgrammite, the more likely it is to be the color of the stream substrate. For the streams I f |
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Crappie help
Crappie this time of year can be found deep resting on the bottom. they tend to hang on the transitions between sand and soft bottom. They are eating lots and lots of nymphs that live in the soft bott |
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Huge fly tying material sale
I found a fly tying desk that I am trying to buy. I am selling this load of materials to cover the cost of the desk.This is what I have for sale. It is one big lot, I will not split it up. I am sel |
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Whatcha think?
Hi Will & group,I've watched this one with interest through out the day and see the group is split on the issue - I would have been surprised if they were not. The discussion is not unlike som |
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Tried something new
QUOTE(Greg H. @ Sep 20 2005, 10:22 PM) [snapback]108436[/snapback]Your second try is much better IMHO. In order to help you read patterns better in the future I suggest you re-define your te |
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The Sh!t Fly
Hi, GuysThere is a river near my born town Sandanski which is called Sandanska Bistritsa River. From each apartment, house in the town, the toilete water goes in the waters of Sandanska Bistrica and |
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Shark's Caddis Larva
Hi, guys,I realy have to explane...Well, may be I make a mistake calling the yellow antron floss. You can look here for example:http://www.flyfishusa.com/fly-tying/antron.htmWhat I use is something l |
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Need storage ideas
I bought some vinyl baseball card holder sheets that fit into loose leaf note books. I put each color or size into it's own sleeve and I can easily see what I have with a glance. I have three not |
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Swap box 3
Ok gang,In the swap box there were two sceines of the original Dazzal Aire original antron that Gary used for his Sparkle caddis. Thinking I took some of each color figuring I had the issue of Fly |
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