Production flies
[quote]Thread- Danville's flat waxed nylon, fl. pink[/quote]
Piker, it's the thread color, and it's pink. I use a lot of the same threads. |
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Sea trout Tube
1 inch plastic tube for Seatrout.
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Plastic tube
14/0 thread claret
GP tail
Peacock metallic tinsel body.
Pink Flash 4 strands
Blue Guinea fowl hackle
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Streamer FIshing mountain streams
[size="4"]Scott, An excellant book I read at the east bonner county library was sea run cutthroat trout. by: les johnson? I know north Idaho is a long ways away from the sea, but the book wa |
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Greetings from Scotland.
You'd be welcome. Trout is inexpensive here but to get on the famous salmon rivers can cost silly amounts. We are trying to concentrate on the wild waters this season.
Cheers,
C. |
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Fly Tying Inventory
I wouldn't say I have TOO much stuff, but it's been accumulating since moths wiped me out 34 years ago. I fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find anything in a fly shop that I don't have i |
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Drum on a Fly
I'm going to be fishing Lake Erie for a few days in early June. Like schaef said, we used to catch them all the time when I was growing up on the lake, when we were trying to catch walleye and ba |
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RBF: Repairing grandpa's old graphite rod
My grandfather has an old Hawk Grip (HawkGrip) Graphite Medium Action Egg Rod 9.5' 2-piece Salmon Trout... well that's what it says on the rod! Oh, and Model SP1741-96 Now I can't wait to use a nice |
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Trout Nymph Swap?
great looking scuds Jim here in MI we also have the mysis shrimp as well as common scuds so when you catch rainbows out of some rivers the flesh is almost as pink as a pink salmon great tasting and ve |
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Bugger colors?
Buggers are tied in every color imaginable & they will all work at times. IMO, it's the movement & profile more than the color that's important.
However, often there's a time & |
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How big is too big?
The simplest answer to your question is that it depends upon the type of fish you are after. I have seen Marlin flies in excess of 18 inches that incorporated entire Peacock Sword feathers! I have |
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All about Feathers
I'm pretty sure that the only feathers that float a hook unaided for any length of time are CDC feathers. Cul de Cunard. These feathers come from ducks and other water birds bums and are near the |
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Starting young
My oldest is 6 in july and I have let her direct my tying every so often. She often matches colours I would never think to use and they work well. Hopefully when she's a bit bigger she will want t |
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Steelhead Fly Hook Selection
If you look at the 'old' Scottish salmon flies with married wings and the like, they don't fish in a perfect cosmetic fashion but they caught plenty of fish. The Atlantic Salmon isn't |
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Thinking outside the box for carp...
love the pics kind of reminds me of a fishing trip I took about 10 yrs ago I was in Idaho falls Idaho right down town I had casted every fly I had in my vest at some cruising cut throat trout and didn |
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hooked
The amount of salmon flies I 'collect' from unfortunate souls at work each autumn is great. (I work in A&E) Normally manage to debarb them and get them pushed out without destroying fly.
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Which knots are using? to anchor your fly
Which knots are using to anchor your fly to the line?
My improved clinch not doesn't seem to improved.I was fishing a river yesterday where salmon a sea trout play caught one or the other but it |
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Back to Our Roots
When I first started fishing, I was taught to use a fiberglass fly rod to catch Trout in the streams flowing off the East side of the Sierra Nevadas...my brother and I would slither through the under |
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Foam cutter ?
Try a rubber pencil eraser, either the pink kind or the tan, kind of murky colored one. Not as nice as the pad that comes with the kits, but cheap, readily available. I'm leery of using the same |
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tube materials
You can make a very weak sub of the turbo by fitting a small sequin up against the hook eye then a cone. Make sure the sequin is faced cup out so it causes the wobble and pulse. You can't spey wel |
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Sheepsfoot
[img]http://www.danica.com/flytier/hweilenmann/sheepsfoot.jpg[/img]
Sheepsfoot
Hook: Partridge Barbless Ideal Nymph #10
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Rear hackle: Guinea fowl saddle hackle, dyed brown |
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buying a fly rod
I can recommend the Albright Topwater Outfits now on sale for $120 for rod, reel, backing, fly line and leader. We use the 9 ft 5/6 wt to teach our classes.
The reel is metal instead of plastic |
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MAY 2012 ---FLIES FROM THE VISE
Wet Flies
LA Laker (Sorry I will Get Harassed Because I Am Going For The Heat But I Didn't Have The Colours)
Tag & Rib - Holo Tinsel Medium Pink
Body - Chartreuse Thread & Black Hackle
Th |
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A little Help!!!!!!!!!!!&#
Sent you a PM. I'm in Afghanistan too and spend most of my evenings behind the vice. Depending where you're at i may be able to help you out a bit with some pointers from the little bit i kn |
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Uses for Pig Hair
Bristles are great for salmon shrimp flies. To mimmick the feelers. Snaelda, Frances, Pot Bellied Pigs etc. Google boar bristle flies for more info. They stay fairly coarse and stiff so not sure if yo |
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How do you eat yours?
Interested in how folks prepare their catch for eating. My favourite is Seatrout and I like Patrick Williams's recipe for sea trout with spicy bean salsa and avocado salad. Works well with a fresh |
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...Dry Streamer Fly?
Is this an actual type of fly?
The closes pattern I could really find to this is the hot pink Pollywog mouse fly. |
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Hello From Scotland
Hello, just joined and probably won't say a lot, but I'll post plenty fly pics when I get the time.
Fish over here in Scotland for wild Browns and Atlantic salmon, occasionally Grayling.
Loo |
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FTF Video: - Luc Brais - OrangeBlosson_TUBE
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fly tying, Steelhead, salmon,tube patt |
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Polar Fiber Baitfish
Very cool minnows, I really like the touch of pink. The Polar Fiber minnow is one of my favorite flies lately. I usually tie them on Owner hooks, either SSW or Mosquito style. |
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RBF: king salmon fly rod blank selection help
I'm going to be building a king salmon michigan fly rod. This rod will be tested on kings that are 30+ lbs so i'm looking at either a 9 or 10wt, 4pc 9'-0". The issue is what blank to use for these mon |
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Bull/Brown Trout Streamers
Whats your favorite pattern to throw at a bull or a brown trout in a river this time of year? Personally for me the double bunny with a pink under body never fails. This pattern was proved successful |
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advice on clouser
I have found that Black and Pink show up good in murky water. The other way if visibility is low is to make sure the fly sends out some signs of its presence. You can use a rattle and/or put a deer bo |
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Anyone ever have a fly rod snap on a backcast?
I broke a brand new Payne graphite 9wt fishing for steelhead on the Salmon River in NY. It was 17 degrees out. I hooked and landed a nice steelie and hokked a second one. When I set the hook the rod e |
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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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Materials
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again i'm assuming this i |
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Green Intruder
That links great. I have seen that technique before but never used it in my tying and the written word didn't stir the old brain cells for me. I will look at the pins and maybe tie up some prawn p |
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RBF: Heavy FW and light SW rod recomendation
I have a customer that has asked for a price on a rod as described in the topic title. I was looking at an MHX F908-4. Question is: the guide calculator has one set of spec's. Spec's for the MHX a |
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Tippets -- Variations in diameter and lb Test
Thanks for the pointers.
Furled -- not folded -- leaders. I knew it was not quite right but close enough for a geezer.
I actually bought some of the leader rings w/o thinking how in the heell I qou |
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Tying a Riffle hitch
Here are two links that should help you out
http://www.jeromefarnsworth.com/salmon-article1.html
http://www.faqs.org/fly-fishing/Pe-Si/Riffling-Hitch-Waking-Fly.html
Art Lee has a very nice book on |
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How Do I Photograph "Floating" Flies?
[color="#0000FF"][size="3"][font="Comic Sans MS"]Parts of the Margaree are open for trout, salmon doesn't open till June 1st I believe. One thing about Nova Scotia, t |
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no-name salmon tube
Another salmon tube from my vice
/Peter
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Dapping?
Looks good and edible. Its a differen way to fish and you'll either find yourself sucked in or not. The Humpy back which I think is an America origin dry fly is common for dapping with. Size 10 an |
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Don't Drink The Dye!
I’ve been tying a lot of wool flies this winter - great action and I like the way it puffs up in the water, giving the appearance of bulk. But what’s been driving me nuts is that the choice of colors |
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Tying: a new perspective
With 3 kids under 6 I know how you feel. Getting the tying kit out helps me feel like I'm still connected to the water and it builds up anticipation of the time in 18years when I'll be free ag |
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Greys GRXI+
If you're looking for an out and out rod to start spey fishing with you would do worse than the Shakespeare Oracle Salmon rods. They have sold hundreds in the UK and I don't know about the 201 |
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Fly Box
Cheers for the replies.
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Steelhead - Had a couple of very old (20y) Wheatley boxes with solid foam on each side. T |
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Canadian West Coast
I'm looking to tie up a few flies for my cousin who just moved to BC. This will be his first fishing season out there and I'm hoping that if I make him some good ones it will get me an in and |
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Black n´orange Squidro
Appreciate your comments:) I think they will do the job. We dont have steelheads in Sweden but seatrout and salmon
will hopefully be triggered by the rubberlegs aswell
Peter |
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Perch and bass fly patterns
In some places, "perch" are the what the rest of us call Crappies. Makes no difference, White Perch, Yellow Perch or Crappies will all eat the same things. Anything such as dry flies, nymph |
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6/7 Beulah Switch - Line questions
I would imagine you have already seen this, but Beulah recommends the following for their 6/7 switch.
"FLY LINE RECOMMENDATIONS:
Scandinavian: Beulah Elixir 325 for 6/7 Switch.
Skagit: Beulah Ton |
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michigan fly fishing
I know the betsie is well known for salmon and steelhead, but has anybody ever had success for the browns and brookies that are supposed to be in this river? i kjust blew a whole weekend at this river |
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How do I fish Clouser Minnows?
Hi saltwater experts,Im in Fiji, on an island surrounded by a lagoon. I have seen some Giant Trevally's and Baraccuda cruising about the area. I have a bunch of clousers, baitfish patterns, crab p |
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Waking Flies for Salmon
I'd Agree with Rob H, and it is not just out east either, skating pink techno wogs for feisty pink salmon is a hoot, we also skate dries for steelhead.
I just don't see it used much in the gr |
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3366 hook
I know what you mean, and I believe a 3399 & 3399A, were both sold as fly hooks, and are basically the same hook, except have turned down eyes, yet the price is often higher.
I have some worm hoo |
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