Bucket List Trips or Species
oh this is easy I want a grand slam in Alaska King Salmon, Steelhead, ounce of gold, and a polar bear with my bow |
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Bead Head Soft Hackle
You keep tying my friend... Those fish will eat it. Remember: Some flys are to catch fish, while others are to catch fishermen. Just because the fly may appear all fancy shmancy does not mean it will |
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How much $ tied up in fly tying??
$4-5 thousand, no doubt... especially with some classic salmon fly materials. Add to that tying furniture, hmm. Add to that all the fly tying books, again especially antique or reprint salmon fly |
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dubbing
There is a lot of bright orange dubbing available. Usuallly described as hot orange or fluorescent orange. They are often used on Salmon and Steelhead flies. The major dubbing makers (Wapsi, Hareline |
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A stiff 6 weight
So, iv gotten into light tackle for salmon fishing, last year (2011) I got to fish a lot for salmon and found it was a blast to tackle them on a 6 weight rod. When the season gets colder I tend to swi |
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Why I don't fish much in the fall/winter
Good buck but it's a stinky whitetail.
It's even tougher for us to give up fishing in the fall. Prime salmon season, with late summer steelhead and early winter steelhead coming in. Still t |
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January 2012: Flies from the Vise
Hi chaps, a friend recently asked me to make him some "Pot Bellied Pig" tube flies. I also tried some variations to the original dressing. This is my favourite made using hackles from a real |
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Cementing Heads
I have alot of problems with salmon destroying flies. What head cement would hold them together longer? |
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Scottish wet flies
Having just started tying a couple of years ago i would now describe myself as an average tier of flies,i can tie classic salmon,wet,dry,tubes,coneheads,have tried mostly everything,some with not a gr |
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Materials Costs for the Non-Pro Tyer
The thread about pricing flies by professional tyers prompted me to think about what goes into some of my amateur status bugs.
Currently I am experimenting with big musky attractors with lots of flas |
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Deadly fly or finding the fish
When it comes to salmon fishing I believe presentation is everything! If you know the river very well I believe you can catch fish on almost any fly! Of course it does matter whether you use a |
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Tying Storage Containers
[quote name='flytire' timestamp='1325512588' post='488075']
i use the sterilite brand that can be purchased from walmart cuz i'm cheap!
the one in the link below is |
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Weekly Fly Tying Contest #5
[quote name='bluegill576' timestamp='1325718644' post='488431']
All of you who said you wanted to participate in the past week or two, here is your chance!!! Hopefu |
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more poppers
thanks
i cant tie a full dress salmon fly to save my life
i tried and tried!
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Steelhead fly fascination
[quote name='novabass' timestamp='1325040299' post='487353']
I've seen some really great looking steelhead flies and have been fascinated by them lately.
I'm wanting to |
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Fly Tying Bench - djmyers
This is my bench and it's actually clean. I'm very messy on the upside I lose so much stuff that it's like a christmas present when I find them. I do clean up though when tying Salmon flie |
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more ties
Thanks for the compliments. These flies are good for Bows, Steelies and Salmon up here. |
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Feathers in thier hair, wait till you hear this!
Not surprising. Years ago my Mother used to attach the deer hair mice and some of the fancier salmon flies I tied to her coat. I ended up selling quite a few to her friends.
As for the feathers i |
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Next FTF Fly Challenge
elk hair caddis
hares ear
golden stone fly
chironimids
bass poppers (hair or foam)
terrestrials (hoppers, ants, beetles etc)
leftys deceiver
carrie stevens style streamer
leeches
foam flies
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Experienced Fly Tyer needed to tie flies for shop
We are a shop located in PA and are looking for people to tie flies for us with the feathers we provide, mainly nymphs we sell. Please PM me for details. We would be shipping you the materials for fre |
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Critique and Feedback Forum?
From other forums I have been a part of, I think that when forum topics become too specific and narrow, people begin to lose interest and wander off. It becomes too much work to sort through all of t |
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unusual tying material
Great advise already! What materials you use really depends on the type of flies you're tying. If you limit yourself, then you're not likely to really get to use much that may be "unu |
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Trip Trade
Hey I may be interested in trading some trips . I live in NJ but have a camp near salmon river NY.My daughter is in college at UT.Might be interested in something.Have fished the clinch in August and |
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from the illinois wisconsin border
Hello to all,
My name is Blake and I fish the IL WI border area. I'm an all year fisherman who changes my target species often. As related to fly fishing and fly tying I chase steelhead, salmon, |
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Barbed hooks and contest submission
That I'd an interesting idea. I think for if the judges will like it really will just depend on the person and if this is a club see if they support catch and release or not and that could give yo |
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RBF: Diamondback All American Fly Rod Blank 10wt
I just bought one of these for salmon fishing the Kenai river in Alaska. are they any good? How do they compare to a Batson Forecast?[b]Reply to topic here http://www.rodbuildingforum.com/index.php?sh |
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top of the morning to ya
just thought id say hello,im a wee scotsman living in dublin.I do a lot of fishing around monaghan/cavan in south of ireland but do enjoy the river doon when i go home now and again.Im mainly a pike m |
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RBF: can you help me please
Hi all i need help urgently I got an ideal blank for creating a fishing rod it is St Croix SClll Salmon/Steelhead Blanks name: 3SC86MHF2. The rod is 8"6"ft it is MH power fast action rod with a but di |
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FTF Fly Pattern - deeky - Fuzzy Wuzzy
Originally a trout/salmon pattern, can you say panfish/bass? Use regular chenille and you can tie it large. I think yellow/black is also in order.
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Happy Birthday Murray
[color="#0000FF"][size="3"][font="Comic Sans MS"]Thank ya gents! Going to tie a few hairwing salmon flies, enjoy my granddaughter's Christmas play,and just chill |
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winter techniques
well i will give my 2 cents. Its cold right now...and its getting colder! So if I was swimming around all day and it was cold and I happened to be cold blooded I think id move pritty damn slow. So |
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Looking for advice
These are a few steelhead /salmon flies I tied in the last few weeks would like to get some critique on my tying technique.
[img]http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad71/ibefishin/streamers2001-1.jpg |
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The Calamity
This is a pattern that I came up with last year. It works well for Steelhead and trout as well as warmwater species, and I imagine they would also be great for saltwater. The full length versions are |
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Trying to decide on 9wt rod
I have a 9wt that is 9' 6" that I love. It is a graphite Payne made in Stowe, VT in 1988 maybe. I bought it at the factory. I use a Pflueger 1498DA (made in Akron, OH) for freshwater and a TF |
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Mondo Frog
[quote name='Bruce Derington' timestamp='1322094714' post='483769']
Yep, the Mondo Frog, know it well I do. I did a slide show on it and put it on hatches TV but i don't th |
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HOW ABOUT THIS COMPANY !!!
I have a fenwick steelhead/salmon rod (bait rod) and it is one of my favorite rods. I have not seen any fenwick fly rods around here or I would check them out. I try not to buy a rod unless it has a |
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Suggestions for Salmon RIver NY
[quote name='BamBudday' timestamp='1321921245' post='483598']
I'm visiting Syracuse for Thanksgiving weekend and I'm going to do some fishing on Saturday. I'll be |
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Fish Pictures
Salmon end of October and a few trouties since then.......a couple of nice wild browns during the past week |
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Swapping Guinea for Jungle Cock??
[quote name='flytire' timestamp='1322044148' post='483698']
dont forget starling feathers. they will work in a pinch!
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I tie classic salmon flies and I'll sec |
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Chamois Help
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/flytire/teststrip.jpg[/IMG]
a strip of chamois colored with plain old permanent markers. the strip should be blotted after marking to remove all excess mar |
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Fly Tying Bench - JWM72
Here is my tying and rod building room. I started tying about 15 years ago and that was when I built my tying desk and material storage cabinet. The main tying desk is made from birch. The desk has a |
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Pflueger Trion 1990
I recently got a offer on a new Islander that i could not pass up and being i have way to many Fly reels as it is have a Brand New Trion for sale. I had originally bought it as a back up for Salmon Fi |
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TFO Deer Creek Switch Rod
i am not a big fan of nymphing or over head with switch/2handed rods
I see "switch" as switching between 2handed and single handed spey casts
you asked about rods and reels, I have a range o |
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Anyone else tying Christmas boxes?
I'll probably do a box for a friend, no pictures, it won't be done until the week of Christmas if I'm lucky. I usually tie some boxes for a few friends but don't have the time this yea |
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November 2011: Flies from the Vise
[attachment=31855:November 22 Blue Charm 002 resized.jpg]
My version of a Blue Charm:
Tag: gold embossed tinsel
butt: ostrich herl (black)
body: light blue rayon floss
rib: gold embossed tinsel
throa |
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Vise Questions
[quote name='flyfishing99' timestamp='1321575889' post='483310']
Cn you imagine a commercial tier doing that?
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Nope. And I also can't imagine a commercial tier |
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Flies From the Vise Topics
I actually disagree. I think keeping it a single post will be easier. You do have a lot of pages to flip through, but it will all be in one post at least near the top. If it is a new post monthly, |
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What is your favorite Fly Reel?
I picked up a new Nautilus FWX 5wt reel. Great reel with a very quiet click when retrieving line and line goes out nice and smooth. Lifetime warranty and not made in China. One of my best flyfishing p |
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Hatches Blog Post - The Chav- by Shawn Mitchell
“This fly was inspired by a popular fashion house which found itself lent to the prole drift. I wanted to take something so typically blue-blood, twist it 180°… and create something moder |
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RBF: Southern Chinook
Project „Southern Chinook“I´ve seen some wonderful rods here in the past so I think it´s time to return with some immages myself. Eventually I found the time to finish off a rod that I had in the pip |
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November swap club
I went way back to one of the first flies I ever tied for steelhead for this month its original pattern is for salmon but it works great on the steelhead in the fall its called Merrimack Salmon fly fo |
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Share a special technique?
No profound innovation here but the idea might not be in use at some benches....
My fly tying bench light has a metal adjustable frame. I use small circular magnets attached to the frame to hold fli |
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RBF: Hardy Wye 13ft
Hello to everyone!Im new here and im starting my adventure with double hand rod,so a little bit of forbearance,please... I have Hardy Wye 13ft rod (aprox #9-10?).From new season I would try to catch |
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Popper question
A member of my fly fishing club has a Wapsi Hard Foam popper which consists of a hook glued in the head slot, a marabou tail and a bit of hackle palmer. There is no paint. The popper works. A parti |
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More Intruders
Slowly getting it right over here, maybe we should start an entire thread with them
I'd like any critique, they seem to swim well and catch fish but always looking at improvements perhaps art |
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