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Bouncing Shrimp
Thank you Fred...
I hope this pattern will bring luck to everyone... hook some mama Bonefish and Permit..
This pattern were tie and design for Fly Fishing trip in March 2012 in Maldives... total 12 |
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Snook & Redfish Fly Suggestions
Perry, I've used many types of Bonefish & Redish flies for Smallmouths, and you're right, that slider will work too! When I tied commercially, I had a customer who swore by Gurglers fo |
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Caribbean flies?
I was in the bahamas a couple years ago on the island of Andros at a friends house. I wasn't that into fly fishing at the time, so for baracuda and larger fish we used lures, but I did go out with |
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Trip to the Keys
Hello Everyone!
Hoping for some guidance here... I will be heading down to the keys for my very first saltwater fly fishing trip in the beginning of Feb. I am an avid fly tyer and will tie just a |
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Reels for Trout
In answer to your Battenkill question, they are sealed drag systems. I have a half dozen large arbor Battenkill reels. It was re-designed this year. First I would like to suggest the black over the |
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Tying in Lead
My approach to adding weight to a fly usually involves lead eyes (and I keep them on hand in almost every size by the 1000...). When I am using lead wire I stay away from round lead wire and only use |
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Trying to decide on 9wt rod
All of the TFO rods are very good values (and if you break one or need repair/replacement... they're much less money in fees with a very quick turnaround from Texas...). I have two of them on my |
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Anyone else tying Christmas boxes?
Yeah so it's that season, well for me already - tying up some buddies a few boxes to keep them busy...My photo's are whack but you get the idea. Still have a lot of work to do on this one, in |
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Hey From Upper East TN
Hi Tennessee, a fellow Volunteer. I'm just outside Nashville and run Tennessees longest running guide service. I fish all over the world but always come back because we have some very well kept se |
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spray on attractant
I've never used scent with flies (although there have been occasions when I was tempted..). I do know one or two bonefish guys who have kept a fly in with a small bag of cut up shrimp and have us |
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Couple of mini shrimps
So just making a big mess at the bench today *grin*, tying up more of these awesome shrimp flies - they have been successful in both salt and fresh from the north of Australia to the great lakes and b |
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Fall Ontario Chinooks
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damn lost a chinook tonight!!! it was perfect my egg fly was drifting and blam he just ran at it! had |
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Blue Crab Bodies?
I am looking to see if anyone makes a blue crab molded body as mentioned in Dick Browns newest book "Bonefish Fly Patterns." There is a pattern referenced 'Juvenile Blue Crab' by Ca |
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What to do with pink saddle hackle?
Tie up some bonefish, redfish & snook flies ! Pink grizzly will make an excellent shrimp pattern & if you ever wondered why flamingos are pink, it's because of their diet & that |
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Craw baby
[b]Craw Baby[/b]
[img]http://montana-riverboats.com/Uploads/Crawly-bugger.jpg[/img]
Just try'na keep it fast and simple. The Craw Baby is a modified woolly bugger with barbell eyes. Easy to tie. |
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Carpin' the Auglaize
Or the poor mans bonefish. Either way they are a hoot to catch, and can't wait till this hurricane passes so I can get out. |
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A Southeastern Michigan HEY!!
Oh its terrible..
The amount of fly tying stuff and fly fishing stuff I have purchased in the last month is unreal. Im sure most people on here can relate! I actually just ordered a ton of materi |
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What was working for me, early salmon west coast
Not typical salmon flies at all, more like saltwater patterns adapted for Anadromous species, still they worked better than 'salmon flies' for me.
First up little sparse EP minnows - colour w |
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Gray fox tail
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Folks, I recently picked up a gray fox tail from a taxidermist friend. Any pattern suggestions for a gray fox tail |
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Weed Guards on Bonefish Fly
I am going to El Pescador, Belize in May 2012. I was getting ready to start tying to go and the info I have said thet make sure the bonefish flys have weed guards. Should the weed guards go on all the |
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The Horror...The Horror
[quote]And here I thought this post would be about that original elder statesman of the bonefish fly -- the Horror..[/quote]
My first thought also!
Panama, great looking box of flies! |
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Schminnow
Yes, you will need different weights for different surf, tide, and depth conditions. Never know what depth you will need them to run. Some Clousers with different weight eyes would also work. Look |
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Critique of Flies Forum
I for one think a critique forum would be a good addition. I think a lot of us try new stuff, I know I do, and sometimes I would like a little feedback on some new patterns. I have been tying for dec |
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"Commercial" Tying
I've been tying for shops, guides, and anglers that know what they want now for many years. In the last fifteen years full time guiding has left a lot less time for the bench but I still manage t |
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Snookin' the Lights 6-2 to 6-5-2011
I'm extremely jealous. I want to take a trip down to Florida and catch 1) a Bonefish OTF, and 2) snook OTF. Sounds like an extremely fun trip! Also didnt know Lookdowns got that big. I've |
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hackle
trez, man, I don't fault you for trying to take care of your family & son. I hope it lasts long enough for you to get done what you need. There's more to life than tying flies.
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Spotted Trout Flies
Burch, it all depends on the hook size & bead chain size combination for Clousers when using bead chain, and they should be tied on the back side of the shank to invert the hook so the point swims |
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Hatches Blog Post - UV Chewee Skin Bonefish Tailer
Barrett Christiansen of Caddisflyshop.com demonstrates how to tie an excellent shallow water Bonefish Fly Pattern. When you are fishing over spooky bonefish in shallow water, or tailing Bonefish it is |
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My take on the Kwan
Kool pattern there! Nice ties! and i third that comment on the sparkle. I have not been redfishing before but i have seen bonefish that are fickle about sparkle too, i remember a time where th |
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Tying with bills bodi braid
Goldie's are great patterns, but they can be tied with other flash materials besides Bill's Bodi Braid. Since you've already used it for streamer bodies, that would be the place to continu |
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permit flies?
Dave, I have never targeted them on fly but I know they eat crabs and shrimp. Merkins and white or tan Gotchas are very popular in the keys. One really good fly I like for reds but is designed for b |
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Poster Fly Patterns
So i had an excellent day today with this thread ringing through my mind since it started and my knees trembling in anticipation of finally fishing after such a long cold ugly winter. As i am a weak |
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Carp on the fly
I guess ill join the thread. i fish for carp frequenlty and i use alot of headstands crawfish and bonefish flies. they seem to work well for me |
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FlyFishin'Jam's flies
Thanks guys and especially Kirk for taking time to photograph, but also with the smaller sized shrimps in the #6 bonefish size we had some trouble getting the fly to ride hook point, so with some simp |
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Question for all saltwater fly tiers out there.
Terry, for your trip, what you have is fine. You may wish to add a size 4, 2546. Size 4 is a very popular size for flats type fishing, but it really depends on the area. I use a lot of different hooks |
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HoverMover
QUOTE That's a great fly. It will probably work for smallies and panfish too.I certainly agree!day5, I always enjoy seeing your creations! It would work well as a tidal flats fly too tie |
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new member from s florida
Welcome aboard, Derek, always good to have another salty on board. I grew up fishing in Miami but never went for bonefish. I used to do a lot of reef fishing when I lived down there and unfortunately |
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Deer Creek Adhesive Eyes Review and Giveaway
Hi everyone, I just posted a review of Deer Creek Adhesive eyes. If you are not familiar with these eyes they are amazing. You can order specie specific eyes and a wide range of crystal and gator ey |
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Production Tying...
I'm one of those production tyers (be careful what you wish for....) so I've learned a few small tricks to speed things up and make me a more accurate consistent tyer. In the end, though, wha |
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what Saltwater reel do you use?
Look at LOOP, Bauer and Lamson WaterWorks. The companies have been around for a long time, have great service and quality. We have used those reels for tarpon, permit, redfish, bonefish, trout, bass, |
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Shrimp Orientation
So I'm working on some shrimp patterns for Bonefish. I'm a newbie when it comes to Bonefish patterns, so I apologize for the stupid question. But I've seen some existing shrimp patterns |
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intro and screensavers...
I guide both day and night down in south Florida, during days I'm somewhere in the salty portions of Everglades National Park either out of Flamingo (on the mainland roughly 30 miles due north of |
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Carpy Charlie
looks carp-o-licious....I have been playing around with tur4ning some bonefish type flies into carp catchers...nice work |
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Couple of mini bonefish yums & 2 Pelagic streamers
The Bonefish Yums look like they would be great down here. I can see them working well in the surf. They look a lot like sand fleas, they should slay just about anything prowling the edge. What did yo |
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Gamakatsu SC15
Good info here from Kirk! Some other hooks that i find are pretty good are the SS15's thin wire tin plated for light duty. Then the SL11-3H which is almost the same hook but much heavier duty, |
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Official: What did you tie today
Modified Hammerhead BMSRecipe calls for the following, alas i changed it up a bit.Hook - Mustad C68SSS, S71SSS, Bonefish #4, 6, 8Thread - 3/0 Monocord (i used 6/0 flymaster waxed)Tail & Body - BMS |
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Hello from Pa.
Hello everyone. My name is Michael. I have been flyfishing and tying for 39 yrs. My Dad started me out when I was 12. Unfortountly my Dad passed away a few weeks ago, he was my best friend. I can only |
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Scent......
Fly fishermen are the ONLY fishermen who get all wound up about using scent. In the early 80's, I was catching tons of carp on my fly rod using small brown woolly worms with a couple drops of C |
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Some carp patterns
I've read a lot about how similar patterns to bonefish flies will work on carp as well, so I tied up a few recently as test patterns to try out this spring. I've done a few Gotcha style patte |
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The South African Mud and Sand Prawn - HELP!
Hi guys,For some time now I have been targeting a local specie called Pomadasys Commersonni (Spotted Grunter).These guys make Bonefish look stupid and are extrememly fussy on what they take. Very few |
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Why I Love Craft Stores
I had never even looked in a craft store until yesterday. I was only looking to see if they had craft fur that I could use on some patterns for carp, mostly, basically bonefish-style patterns. I onl |
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Merkin Crab
Fred - Since you tying salty flies again, I take it you have migrated south for the winter. You get the best of both worlds this way. Great crab, btw. I can see this working on bonefish too. |
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Craws and shrimp
Once again, I very much agree with Joel, and my observations of crayfish & shrimp have been similar to his, although I've never done the scuba thing. There is a difference in what is life like |
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Mikes Shrimps
This pattern has been proven on the flats of NW Australia for bonefish and permit. The bass seem to like it too. You can do a variation in this tie with two noodle sized lengths of fiber, knotting the |
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Hawaii Bonefish Flies
QUOTE (Big E @ Nov 11 2010, 12:08 PM) Talked to the boss and he said that there's an 80% chance I'll be going to Oahu for two months for work.I should start tying now but haven't |
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