New to the group
New to the group, but excited to share my love for fly tying/fly fishing. Living in the Midwest I needed something else to scratch my fly fishing/tying itch during the long winters so I started Hammer |
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Orvis Clearwater Experiences?
I suspect it's a solid set up, they seem to stand behind all their gear great. I also love that orvis sells some of their entry level set ups to my fly tying club for a kids fly tying and f |
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Tying Wet Flies Backwards?
I experimented with tying "reverse" BHPT and Prince nymphs with the tails at the hook eye. I have to say that my results were mixed, and didn't seem to have any more success that tying the "normal" fl |
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available.
just wondering if there is a spot for me in any swaps on trout dry/wet flys.
im a new member and love tying flys, so if you need a swap member im your guy.
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Brown Trout Spring 2013
I am at the local fly shop right now working on tying up an army of scuds...they just got somle brand new tenkara rods in....I bet that it would be a blast on that section of water...now to convince t |
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Stretch yourself.
Ok folks. I'm am looking to host a swap which I have just finished on this side of the Atlantic.
There will be 6 swappers in total. Each swapper names 2 fly patterns which the others then tie. You do |
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help
It allows you the chance to see how much better other people are than you at tying certain patterns.
You also will have a box of flies that you just look at and never fish then.
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The One-Box project; Trout
I too sort of try this. I have a salt box I take on the seatrout trips with goat toes in 4 sizes. Bead head bugger in 2 sizes. Teal and silver in 2 sizes and a couple of muddlers.
For loch fishing I |
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A Tough Messinger Frog
that is awesome Slinger one of these days I am going to do one of them in that style of tying
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Colour disappearing when varnishing
Hi all
I'm new to fly tying so I hope this isn't a stupid question! I am learning to tie epoxy buzzers. All going well except that when I varnish them, or use epoxy, certain materials loose their col |
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Picket Pin - What hook?
It's a wonderful fly for stream Smallmouths! I like 2X or 3X long streamer hooks, usually in sizes from 8 to 4. But as has been said, try a variety!
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Epoxy finish comparisons
WHAT THE HELL???????
Ya know, it’s getting to the point around here where a man can’t spend a few relaxing hours at a Justin Bieber concert without being surreptitiously attacked by |
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first mckenzie green pupa's
i think something is missing
http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2009/06/13/fly-tying-video-green-mckenzie-caddis-pupa/
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deceiver flowling
tie a few wraps behind the tie in point (and under the tail).
I do this too, in addition I'll make a few wraps around the base of the hackles. I then give the thread a coat of head cement |
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camera
i use a pentax optio w30 but will be updating soon
you dont need a camera with a bazillion megapixels to photograph fishing flies
choose a camera with good macro capabilities
get |
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First Wine Cork Popper Fly
My First Wine Cork Popper Fly
This is my first popper fly that I have ever tied. I didn't have much material so I scavenged around the house to find a half empty wine bottle. I could not drink it |
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wild crafted supplies
Hi I am new to fly tying, just found this forum. I have a question, if you can get raw furs and feathers how can you preserve them so they don't stink. There is a deer cutter close to me but I don't k |
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Mike's Golfing Cricket
Bear with me. Neither my tying skills, nor my photo skills, are much to brag about. Here's my attempt to make a cricket/hopper.
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Fly line for the legs, super |
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What should I have done?
Where exactly on the Au Sable? Obviously there are hundreds of miles that you could be on.
I'm another Au Sable guy (north branch and big creek junction) and what I do is tandem flies probably |
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Planning a trip to Cody
Me and a friend are going to go back to Cody, WY this year. We will be there about the second and third week of July. Last year we only got to fish there a couple days but this year we hav |
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Peeping Caddis - the Case?
Dear all,
I wanted to tye a peeping caddis pattern on a jig hook, and in search of inspiration I found this interesting pattern in the net:
http://www.swedneckflyfishing.com/nh_peeping_c |
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Annoying problem with foam
Have been tying for around a year now. Mostly have been satisfied with my flies. However, I do have a recurrent problem with foam spiders, gurgle-pops, bugs, etc. About 50% of the ti |
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howdy from wv
Hey all,
Been fly fishing for about seven years, and tying for just over one. Looking forward to reading and learning.
I moved to WV from Texas ten years ago, and I love chasing brook trout in |
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janns netcraft
hi ya'll. is janns a good place to purchase supplies. im tying nymphs right now and will advance to streamers.
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Do I have Hen or Rooster Hackle?
I'm getting started in fly tying and someone sent me some hackle. I'm not sure if a few of the pieces are Hen or Rooster hackle.
Is there an easy way to tell? How much rounder are the tips of H |
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J Stockard....FTF sponsor?
Green Caddis has a long way to go to be any real threat to J. Stockard. My suspicions are that Green Caddis got rid of J. Stockard. I have placed one order with Green Caddis and never rece |
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hello from central pa.
Dear niti-1,
Welcome from someone that just joined this forum on Saturday May 11th but who has been fly fishing and fly tying seriously since I attended PSU in the late 70's and early 80's.
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Brood II aka 17 year cicadas.
Hello all, I'm sure some of the people on here have known about the cicada group known as Brood II in North America on the East coast. Brood II is as old as I am and I'm pretty excited as I remember a |
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Restarting Fly Fishing and Fly Tying
Hello everyone,
I just got back into fly fishing and fly tying again after about a six years. Unfortunately life happened and did not have time for it, but found that I do now and that I am enj |
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water boatman patterns
Thanks for the help guys!!! Those look awesome!!!! Ill try tying up some and hopefully ill be able to post some pics of the specks and perch they catch me! |
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Ashokan Valley Revisited
So I did a little googling....fast forward from the 60's to the late 80's and I found this article by Robert H Boyle http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1068423/index.htm.He mus |
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Chenille for dry fly body?
I haven't really started tying dry flies yet, been making spider pattern's and pheasant tail nymphs. I'am wondering if you can use Ultra-fine Chenille on certain dry fly bodies?
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Feathers...
Hello, my first post here, Ive been tying off and on for a while, but never had the time/energy to get really involved until now, so im trying to inventory what i have, I kinda know what these feather |
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Winged Victory Nymph
In addition to original BWO version, I have added more variation of my Winged Victory Nymph! Two versions of PMD and one for Sulphur. Get ready for summer hatches at spring creeks!
http://leftytyer.bl |
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New Fly Tying Bench
Earlier this year I was approached by Jay with Finest Fly tying Benches about a prostaff opportunity. After a couple month in the design and build process I received my new bench and it did not disapp |
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southern ontario trout
ive been fly fishing for three seasons now and tying for two, but so far ive only tied wooly buggers and muddlers for steelhead on my spin rod and lots of bass and panfish patterns. somehow last year |
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New from Harrisburg, PA
Dear Board,
Since I already posted a question asking for help to find some old style hourglass eyes it seems kind of odd to make my second post an introduction but here goes.
I live in t |
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Is this the Ultimate Vise?
I suppose i am the odd one out, but i do not like damascus steel jaws on a vise.
I love the material's intricate pattern on, say, a good knife blade.
For tying i like to have the vise jaws to be uno |
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Some of my first flies
Here are some of my flies I started to get creative with. After tying a bunch of patterns for the last couple weeks over and over again I just wanted to see what I could come up with. No matter how I |
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Extended Abdomen Hopper X
Materials :
Hook - Gamakatsu B10S / F-314 size 6
3mm thks and 1.5mm thk close cell foam
Loon Hard Head
Pheasant Tail knob legs
Barb sili legs
Elk Hair as inn |
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Looking for a particular type of dumbbell eye
There was a barbell type eye made many years ago that were pewter I think. Very light compared to brass or lead. When I was tying commercially I received samples, but never used them to tie flies with |
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My fly tying bench
Mike, I wish I had half of that space. Most tyers here have tying space bigger than my house.
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Good morning from Kansas
Good morning to all - I am new to the sight but not the spot or tying. Have been using a fly rod for a lot of years but would not consider myself an expert angler by any means. Have been tyi |
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Wedding Veil/Ice Dub v. Laser Dub
Ice dub would be better for a direct dubbing method as is has shorter fibers, ive always used lazer dub by tying it in as clumps like rams wool or deer hair similarly, it has 3/4" fibers so it makes a |
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Fly a friend requested to copy
dude those are nice flies.
I like the 3x long 2x strong hook to start
sz. 8 is my fav for stoneflys.
I tie weighted & un-weighted to fit my fishing
I like to use maxima chameleon fis |
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What should I tie?
On small streams there are two nymphs I wouldn't be without. The ubiquitous BHPTN and a small cased caddis imitation. These are the two.
The PTN is heavy, the cased caddis is very heavy. Depending on |
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new from Oahu
Hi and welcome. I'm a newbie as well on here and to fly tying. I was stationed on Oahu at Camp Smith from 93-96 and I never took advantage of the fishing in Hawaii....wish I would have. Good luck here |
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A nice surprise
Hey riffleriversteelheadslayer, I really need some chupacabra neck hackle for a blood sucking ghost leech pattern...LOL
Cool find there on the fur peices.
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New Rotary Vise, Accessories too?
Something I would highly recommend is an L bracket to throw the vice out from the table. Its the only way I can get a vice into a comfy position for prolonged tying sessions. Something I often see is |
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Avatars showing up as tags
Here we go. It started up again. All of AGN54's posts are like this, just as before, then it crept to others including mine. Also, the about me in member profile produces an error me |
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Pike fly weed guard advice sought
I agree with your concern. IMO pike love lillie pads and sitting along side hard obstacles like stumps, rocks. pillings etc. But they are just as likely to hit from undercut banks or just be sitting a |
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"The Trilogy"
I like those. I like the tying of stages it makes my box feel complete. |
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Hello from Southcentral PA
First let me just say that in the half hour since I've joined the site, I have learned a lot by reading the posts from you seasoned fly fisherman, in the beginners section. Not only am I new to |
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What music do you listen to while fishing?
I admire the previous respondents mild responses but I cannot live up to that standard.
The only music I have heard out fishing was from the boom box of an ignorant mushhead with no abilit |
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Hello from Southcentral Alaska
Hello,
I have been fishing in AK for about 50 years, fly fishing for about 30, tying for about 20. Always interested in new and innovative patterns and maybe trading fur and feathers from local anim |
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To Kit or not to Kit?
personally I would buy a cheap kit just to see if your actually gonna hang in and commit to tying your own flies, it can be to tidius for some people, however if you do decide to stick it out and real |
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