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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003/109 1st attempt of Coppef John
Ultra wire is KING! I like the small and medium for my Copper Johns. I find that Br is too small and it looks lumpy when layed down over the biots and thread. |
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WTB Grant King Fllies
I am looking for flies tied by Grant King. The flies need to be unused and have a very high degree of certainty that they are authentic. Please pm me if have some you would be willing to sell.
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Bench / Vise Height
I'm comfortable with my vise pretty much at any height, I like it when it's just about equal with my shoulders. Dyna-King makes a vice extension used with a c-clamp that enables the vise to s |
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Upper and Lower Mountain Fork
My wife & I fished LMF in Mid-November and did quite well on Spillway Creek above & below the bridge. Best flies were the BHPT and Crackleback
in size #14 & #16. Olive wooly buggers genera |
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Is the Nor Vise a gimmick?
Yeah, I agree, its a "new" vise. Only been around for about 30 years. Its been my primary vise for at least 25 years. I have tied 10s of thousands of flies on it, and it works. Yes there |
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? For Saltwater tiers
Take a look at the Dyna King Trekker. Great holding power on larger hooks and true rotary. Quality built for around $230. Could probably find a used one for much less.
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Vise Pics, please!
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This is a Ron Abbey signature vise (Dyna King) that I modified with a tilting stem and bobbin rest. It's a wonderful vise, b |
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grizzly king streamer
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i have been looking for a recipe to tye the grizzly king "streamer" and cannot find one. i have found |
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Blackburn Tellico Nymph
Hambone, yes - but it's probably coated with Fleximent or Softex first. Flytire or 'King of Google' makes it look easy... |
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Low cost Vise?
I just started tying myself. My first vise was a Griffin Superior 2A (very similar to the web offer w/o the cam). It lasted about 2 months before I had to upgrade. For bass flies it might work fine fo |
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Vise Questions
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The 34007 are slippery |
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The new pup
I love fishing steelhead in erie and for me size 14 and 16 fleas colored sucker spawn and the same sizes in bloods dot really work. In PA egg patterns are king. But swing flys infront of un molested |
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Metal vs Wooden Base....
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Thanks, I never thought of just buying the vise/gooseneck. I guess I could go that route. I have a Dyna-king base. B |
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Best most ridiculous Pizza toppings
Here on the east coast where thin pizza is king you can get pretty much any kind of gourmet pizza. I make a homemade pizza with fig paste and prosciutto usually without any buffalo mozzarella. Fig has |
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Misc flies and a fish or two
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[color="#000080"][size="3"][font="Comic Sans MS"]One of the funniest / scariest sights |
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New Vise
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With the kind of tying I mostly do, being able to turn a fly over by rotating it so as to be able to tie o |
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What type of varnish for the body of the fly?
i have no idea on what adhesive product doesnt off gas an odor of some king.
have you looked into any water based adhesives/head cements?
http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie |
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Balsa frog dilemma
With that name and an interest in balsa bugs, ya' gotta' see the bugs tyed by the master of balsa, innovator of foil poppers and knurled foil poppers, and the king of the pencil poppers, Mr. W |
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A couple more for your critique
Hi Martian. I like both flies. However, I am a beginner at Poppers as well but have been at woolly buggers for many years so I will contain my critique for to that one. Woolly Buggers are tricky to |
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1st couple of days Terrace BC
The shrimp fly even tho not as sparse as a typical pink salmon fly was absolutely working for the pink salmon which i hear spend most of their time in the ocean eating crustaceans. Small crazy charlie |
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Most embarrassing fly fishing moments?
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Not a fly fishing moment but definitely an embarrassing fishing moment. All my fishing over the last 15 or so yea |
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I am the lizard king!
My fist dance with a new rod...Saltwater 6wt BVK...
I am the Lizard King
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HOWEVER, my first ever fish on the new rod...A HUG |
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Problems with Scud Back
i usally tie in about an 1/8 to 1/4 of scud back on the hook shank making sure it wont pill out. i also dont trim it to any king of point before tying in. no need to.
when finishing off at the eye, i |
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Stripping Finger Guard...
thats why I started using them hooked into an 18 lbs king and on his first run back to the big water he took half my finger with him now I wont fish them without a glove |
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vice
I agree 100% about trying them out for your self. It also depends on what you will be tying. I started out with a cheap kit with the vise included. That vise was horrible. Once I knew I would stick wi |
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RBF: Boo rebuild...
One of the guides down at a shop that sends me a LOT of repair business wanted Dad's bamboo rod freshened up. It's an older Sport King M133. This is what I started with.I stripped everything off, cl |
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new guy to forum
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hello everyone. my name is hank whitt. i have seen this site and like it very much. i have been flyfishing for qu |
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Feather confusion.
I am sure no expert but have always dreamed of fishing the salt. My understanding is either hen saddle or the capon saddle are the most desireable for tarpon flys. Oh to fish and catch a silver king. |
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New vise? $200 - $400 range.
Thank you for the replies so far. I am eager to hear from anyone with the time to reply. This is my first post on FlyTyingForum.com and what a great, friendly welcome! Thank you. I am using th |
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RBF: spoigot ferrules
I cut a 2 piece graphite rod into a 4 piece by introdcuing 2 spigot ferrules of solid fiberglass - all seems great, castswell, etc etcbut under load (20lb king salmon) or static load the first spigot |
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Uploading a pattern and signed off...
I now see it did load into the database and shows up on the forum (Copper King v.) Still no picture though and it keeps signing me out. Just giving info. I don't envy Will and all the bugs he h |
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Thinking about trying a Regal
I purchased the first of the rotary head Regal's when they were introduced.
The head would not stay in position and kept moving on its axis.
The vise would spit small hooks across the room and c |
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Copper King v.
Here is the Copper King, a classic wingless wet. It's a variation as I added a hare's mask thorax. The pattern is in the database along with instructions, somehow the link didn't appear |
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Salmon Country
In a stunning combination of superb colour images and lively personal essays, Salmon Country takes us on an excursion along New Brunswick's famous salmon rivers. Edited by Jacques Heroux, marrying |
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How can i tie this one?
Sorry, these are not my best ties but they are about to be in a King's mouth soon. The 1st is tied on the bottom the the second hook is the egg loop. The second and third are tied over the top h |
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Fly line to leader
I always use an Albright knot and some Zap-A-Gap. Never had a breakage yet. Even with a 26lb King I caught in the PM. |
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May swap club
today brought 3 awesome sets of flies crackleback those nymphs are sweet I love the color on the legs bertgwen with a great set of copper johns I love the use of the purple bead for the head and salmo |
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Golden Lady - Snapper rod with 3,30m
Another Snapper rod!This one was build with an ATX American Tackle blank, Fuji K guides, Fuji reel seat, three carbon tips and gold, white and dark blue wraps. The dark blue its Sulky viscose. The gra |
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tyer or tier
Tyer, but then I use "tyre" not "tire"....King's English all the way here. |
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landed my 1st monster of the season
QUOTE (jbenwa @ Apr 11 2011, 07:03 PM) QUOTE (MowestFlyfisher @ Apr 10 2011, 01:38 PM) QUOTE (jbenwa @ Apr 10 2011, 11:23 AM) sorry 1st fish of the season always get me goin |
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10wt blank for king
Plans to build a 10wt 9 ft rod king salmon. Preform What would you recommend? blank should be paid more than 150.Reply to topic here http://www.rodbuildingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=27100 |
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Dyna-King Ron Abby vs Barracuda [Deluxe]
QUOTE (EzGoing @ Mar 29 2011, 10:35 PM) Has anyone ever compared the smoothness of the rotary between the Ron Abby and the Barracuda vises? I've got a [new] Ron Abby. But recently I was a |
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Regal Vise
Vises are very much a personal preference. Some of the best tyers I've ever met won't use anything other than a Regal. Others won't touch it if it does not say Dyna King. Still others t |
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Humpback Caddis Hackle Stacker
Hi all -- Here are a couple of caddis emergers. CDC humpback, over a dubbed/segmented body, legs of grouse or partridge, and a thorax with a Hackle Stacker (a la Bob Quigley) pulled over the top. Th |
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HMH Tube Vise Question
Thanks for all of the help. I have a kyna-king vise and thought about the adapter but wasn't sure if the adapter would accomodate fresh water and salt water tubes. I am wanting either a vise or an |
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lamiglas salmon stick
Here is a lamiglas international classic graphite rod i built to do battle with the king salmon up in port hardy BC a few years back I absolutely love the color of these blanks. I turned the grip us |
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DYNA-KING Barracuda Question
I am looking at purchasing a Dyna-King Barracuda vise. I am wanting to know if it is worth the extra investenment to get the barracuda with the Indexer? I tie a lot of flies with epoxy and CCG but I h |
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NOOB Needs help picking a rotary vise
QUOTE (92Esquire @ Mar 26 2011, 05:14 AM) I tied on the PEAK for a few years. I now have a Dyna King Barracuda and an HMH Spartan. The 'cuda is my bench vise, the Spartan is my travel/b |
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Colorado Caddis
Looks like a killer! Kind of reminds me of the Pacific King, an old standby sea-run cutthroat pattern created by Roy Patrick. |
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Sylvester Nemes Soft Hackle Swap...
QUOTE (NJ All Day @ Feb 13 2011, 06:27 PM) Swap Is Full!Hello everyone, Due to the recent passing of Sylvester Nemes a soft hackle king. I have decided to do a swap in honor of him.Standa |
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Nor-Vise
Any vise is a very personal choice. I have had one for about 20 years now. It is my main vise, and I am very happy with mine. I also use the fine point conversion jaws and have had Norm tap in the |
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advice on Griffin Patriot or Peak vise
I tied on a patriot for several years and really liked it. Its a tank of a vise and very versatile. I used it for trout to large deer hair bugs. It is a rotary vise but not true rotary. It can be t |
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A Weave or Two
Have never fished nymphs for bream, small poppers are king around these parts...Have also resolved to fish the spring feeder creeks, gin clear water @ millions of gallons a day What say you?Tight li |
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Weirdest thing you have found fishing
In the early 80's I was a mate on a commercial fishing boat ( New Smyrna, FL) and we brought along some Kentucky fried chicken for one of the many dinners, which we ate and tossed the bones over, |
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Tying Tools Help
I'm personally not hot on the Dr. Slick scissors. I've tried a couple and wore them out quickly. I prefer the Anvil scissors. They're not cheap but they last and cut oh-so-nicely! I lo |
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Montana Mongoose Vise
I've tied on one for a few years, switching to the newer model when it came out a couple of years ago. I used to be a Dyna King guy, went to a Nor-Vise for a titch. Tried a Vosselor (hated it). |
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Question about Dyna King Trekker vise
Looking in to buying a Dyna King Trekker or the Barracuda vise this week. I had one question about the black knobs on the Trekker vise. Does anyone know if they are plastic or aluminum?ThanksRay |
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beginner spey flies
I would pick a few traditional spey patterns that you like and check out the material listing for each pattern. You will need Bronze Mallard for the wingsflat and oval tinsel - small, medium, large - |
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small creek patterns
You might want to look for a copy of the book "Sea Run," by Les Johnson. Your local library may have it or you could probably find a cheap used copy via the Internet.When I lived in southwes |
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considering new vise
I have a dyna-king trekker which I greatly enjoy. Solid hook holding power for bass bugs and alot of warm water flies. Previously I owned a griffin patriot which is another very very solid vise and |
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