Polorized
almost lost an eye the other day casting to some bass -.- i have never worn glasses but i think its time now to avoid any future incidents.need a well priced brand of polorized glasses what ones do yo |
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My fly caught a calf
I gave my best friend an assortment of flies back during the holidays. I had tied some chartreuse buggers for bass. He had his rod in the back of his cub side by side when he noticed his fly line go |
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Drum on a Fly
Considering giving them a shot, always drive past the Moira River which some people may know from the 8lb tippet class record freshwater drum. I always seem to be more allured by trout, bass and pike |
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Senko Substitute
After some one on one tutelage from the originator himself, Rich McElligott - I think I understand how to tie these now.
Getting ready for a week long trek into some back-country lakes that hold t |
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Greasy Monkey
This is my friends design and all I can say is it is a killer 'gill and bass fly. I think its the black stripe that does it.
[url="http://vimeo.com/41821191"]Greasy Monkey[/url] |
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What to start with
I just starting to acquiring the tools of the trade. ... what are the very basic tools that are a "must have"
Some of them are painfully obvious that you need, others, not so much.
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Branson MO
I would venture you will see more browns over 20 lbs in the first four miles below that dam than you have ever seen in a four mile stretch of any of your north western rivers. No offense intended but |
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new member HELP
[quote name='Flyman416' timestamp='1336617901' post='505145']
Start out with an easy pattern like a buzzer: you will need a twelve or 14 size hook, black or red thread, silver |
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Black Ghost w/ weed guard?
Obi, In the past, I've tied patterns like the Black Ghost for Largemouth bass, but used a much shorter hook than what's traditional when it's tied for trout. I've added weed guards too |
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Squimps
Pete, I'm no expert, but I have done enough surf fishing to know what a tin lure looks like. Diamond lures were originally tin. I've also played with tin, pouring it into molds I have that are |
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Thinking outside the box for carp...
LMAO!!!
Great minds at work and the Cheetos fly has been invented! Nice. I rember sitting down eating at the River Place restuarant in WV one day and the people were throwing french f |
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Hi from southwest Michigan
Hi guys! I didn't realize there was a hello forum and just posted in beginners. My name's Dave. I just started tying this week and I'm having a blast, though I'm sure I'm not d |
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Back to Our Roots
I first started bass fishing at a local pond with an old Shakespeare rod and reel. I got pretty good with it even though the pond was overfished. I started robbing my mms sewing tin and freehand tied |
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1st Redfish on The Dog
Boone, they are really beautiful in our tannin stained water. At least I think that is how they get that deep rich orange color, the bass that come out of this water are really a beautiful green.
Kir |
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perch fishheadz pike fly
Very interesting look Dave. Mr. Pike had better watch out for this one. There was a fly in Lefty's original SW pattern book called a "fender fly" that was nearly identical, but it requir |
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A good fly box?
Well Sir,
I've tried tackle boxes before and had great success with em for bass flies and streamers when I first started tying. But as I got better, I was overcrowding it with nymphs and dries, an |
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How did you get started tying?
Hello,
I know I don't have nearly as much experience you guys ( I'm only 14), but I have been tying for about two and half years now. Like a lot of other fly fishers, I started out on a |
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Hook Savvy
I made a study by fishing popping bugs and wooly buggers and 8 or 7 different bream flies. I tie them on size 10 hooks, size 8 hooks and size 6 hooks. I fish them over two summers.
I learn that size |
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Suggestions on Saltwater Popper Hooks
Are the Mustad CK74S and Lightening Strikes kink shank popper hooks my only choices for kinked-shank salt hooks?
Any comments on quality and affordability of these.
What about Freshwater irons?
Need |
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Best saltwater vise
This is my personal opinion so take it for what it is worth. I do not own a Atlas Vice YET but it will be in my house within the year. My opinion is based on two friends who have purchased the vice an |
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Colored sponge rubber bodies
[url="http://www.rainysflies.com/foamproducts.php"]Rainy's Flies [/url] has several different foam bodies in colors. Bass Pro has some of their bodies.
Montana Fly Co has foam in 4mm t |
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buying a fly rod
I started on the Cabelas Cahill 5 wt a 9' the complete set rod reel and line is $65. I fish for panfish and bass. In my opinion its a good starter set. There are many, many different options |
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MAY 2012 ---FLIES FROM THE VISE
Thanks Ebrant10 and lykos33! I appreciate every single bit of advice I can get from you guys. Here is another little streamer I made for the bass this weekend Oh ya, do you think sizes 12 and 14 |
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A little Help!!!!!!!!!!!&#
renzetti travel vise
anvil or dr. slick scissors
magnum ceramic bobbins at least 2
english style hackle pliers
long reach whip finnish tool
bodkin
2 sided razor blades
magnum hair stacker
shoe goo &am |
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How do you eat yours?
Bass or panfish get pretty much the same treatment at the camp site an egg and milk bath then dipped into drakes fry mix and lowrey's season salt then pan fried over an oak and maple fire in a cas |
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Problems with post eyes
Phish...
I have no idea what kind of water you fish, but in my personal experience, and I have been using them for 20+ years, they do not break as easily as you infer. In fact, my 90 year old fishing |
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Joes Long Island Baitfish
Thank ya sir!
I really want you to try and mess around with the PF (Polar Fiber) and come up with some of your great creations. I used some of your streamers the other night and did very well on |
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San Juan Worm Epoxi UV
[quote name='flytire' timestamp='1335377144' post='503807']
Nice fly but wouldnt a fish just spit out something that hard?
Just wondering
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Being hard doesn't seem |
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Shrimp Eyes
[quote name='Robert M' timestamp='1335879338' post='504322']
Probably all the heavy metals and pollution in the water. I saw some 2mm plastic beads at the Michaels last week th |
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Balsa Bug, no cut hook slot
Kirk:
Very nice work. Do you by any chance know the breaking strength of the wire you use for the front eye? I've always been curious about that stuff, but I could find no mention of the actual |
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Crawdad Eyes?
I would have to agree with you sir, especially on the motion part, cause my biggest bass have come from craws with marabou or rabbit strip claws |
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Why Is It?
[quote name='Possumpoint' timestamp='1335286587' post='503698']
On the other end of the scale saw a pattern that calls for a snow shoe rabbits foot fur. Good luck on finding t |
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Polar Fiber Baitfish
Excellent work Joe! Tie up a box of those and you'll be all set when the albacore show up. You must be seeing some bass over your way by now. They're starting to get them here, but I haven |
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Video
Bad a$$ vid man! love it - now we trade, you take me out for Reds and I take you out for Striped Bass lol - keep up the great work! |
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FTF Video: - Luc Brais - Whitlock_Haregrub
[url="http://flytyingforum.com/video/Whitlock_Haregrub/118/"][img]http://d3nh6es96whrr8.cloudfront.net/videos/images/ANMMBSSB00014_640.jpg[/img][/url]
Learn to tie the Whitlock Haregrub, whi |
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fiberglass rods
I have a Fenwick FF90. It is a 9ft 7wt glass rod that weighs 4 3/4 ounces. It is my favorite night fishing rod for trout. I also use it for bass and striper in the rivers down here. I have a couple of |
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RBF: MHX 9' 5 wt
This is my 5th fly rod to build, and 7th overall rod. I will never compare to some of the exquisite rods I see posted here, but I am loving the learning process and all the rods I have built catch fis |
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Hello from Morgantown, West By God
Hi! I'm new to the board, sorta--I've been using this as a resource for the last year (about the length of time I have been tying). Anyway, not a great tyer, but I think I can hold my own. |
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What hackle brand and where to get bucktail?
What brand hackle is everyone using for pike/muskie flies? Are you using full saddles or the strung stuff?
Where is a reliable place to buy bucktail with long hair? Searched through every bucktail i |
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Upside Down Frog Results and Refinements
Last June I posted a tutorial ([url="http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=60319&view=findpost&p=470555&hl=&fromsearch=1"]Upside Down Frog Tutorial Link[/url]) for |
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advice on clouser
[quote name='flytire' timestamp='1334932034' post='503258']
how thick or thin you tie a clouser is entirely up to you.
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i have never tied a clouser actually i have nev |
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Joe's Pet Bunnies
Been catching bass and weakfish with these flies - white and pink are the hot colors by me! |
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Cloudy Wapsi Head Cement
I bought some Wapsi from the local Bass Pro. It is clear in the jar, it dries very cloudy, almost white. Is this normal or am I missing something? I do not like it. |
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Tippets -- Variations in diameter and lb Test
I recently reentered fly fishing after a decade-or-so absence. I am nearing the end of my leader supplies laid up in storage 15-20 yeares ago and am hovering over some catalogues with new products in |
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What a Stink
I don't know whether it was growing up in Kansas or what, but I kind of like the smell of dead skunk in the middle of the road. Sort of has that same homey smell of chicken soup.... That said, t |
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Muskie patterns
The weedguards I make using single strand stainless wire, #5 used on these where the bass specific flies uses#2 or 3. Wire is folded sized lengthwise to hook being used. Hope that helps. |
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Salt water pattern
I see loads of the little ones on my local beaches. We don't have mullet this far north or so I'm told. Plenty of sea trout and bass becoming more common. Lots of flat fish species. Just so ma |
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First time targetting the Esox family
Finally had a chance to get the kayak on the water yesterday, went to a local state park that is supposed to be stocked with tiger muskie. I was using a fly I tied from Vimeo called a muskrat which l |
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RBF: hello
Hi guys.I currI have been fly fishing for a few years and mostly caught blue gill and bass. But about a year ago I was in pa and feel in love with fly fishing for trout. To me its the closest thing to |
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Need your input......
[quote name='Piker20' timestamp='1334608661' post='502874']
Thats a nice common. Taken on a fly??
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No, but it wasn't for lack of trying! I bought an 8wt rod sp |
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Sheepshead minnow
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here is our gobies the steelhead and bass both eat these |
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Question on making poppers
To add to Kirk's comment, I make a lot of my foam poppers with square sides. I just taper them down towards the tail; and the bass don't seem to mind at all! In fact, I cut them out of a r |
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Todays Catch
Hi Kevin. Nice catch and thanks for the pictures. How big was your bass? Tell your wife she doesn't look like she's pregnant to me. I'm glad she enjoys being on the water.
Bruce |
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Some Shrimp Heads and Poppers
Kirk, those flies should not even be fished! Just put in a case and show them off! Excellent work. An SBS on the Shrimp (if you do not mind) would me terrific! The Striped Bass by me would |
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Eyes on baitfish flies - necessary?
Like you guys, I'm also an aquarist, (another addiction LOL) but I'm not really sure how much our tank communities reflect what goes on out there in Nature. Most of us try to simulate the natu |
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More Bunnies
Thanks again guys! Off for some creek marsh bass at 5am! Beginning of the ebb tide (outgoing) is at 7:07 at one of my fav spots. hopefully they are waiting for me! huge sand flat with spea |
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Hare & Furnace
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Hook - WR-069 (Bass Pro) Size 12
Thread - Griffith 14/0 Sheer, Black
Abdomen - Dark Hare's Mask, Dubbing Loop
Thorax - Light Hare's Mask (almost tan)
Hackle - F |
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Bass Bunny!
Thanks everyone for the comments.
Piker and Rich - Since the hook eye is weighted with a cone, the flies jigs up and down, if you let the fly sink to the bottom....the cone hits first and the hook |
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Stone Fly Streamer patters
I seem to be posting this a lot lately, but only because I believe it's a good pattern & I know it works. I use it for Smallmouth bass, but have caught trout & other species on it too. It& |
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RBF: Hell from Arizona!
Greetings Everyone!I'm here for what everyone else is here for, to learn and share stories in rod building. Since I hope to stick around a while being as interested in this hobby/art as I am, a litt |
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