What should I do with this material?
Hey Guys,
I was given some material by a friend and I'm not too sure what to do with some of it as I've not used it before.
Any suggestions would be great.
Flat Flashabou in Gold. |
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Bristol Bay Impact of Pebble Mine
If anyone is interested in the current debate regarding Bristol Bay and the proposed Pebble Mine there is currently a link on www.moldychum.com that will allow to send an email voiceing your opinion t |
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How many species have you landed on the fly
Had to think about this as i am sure i missed some...
Southern Garfish
Tommy Rough
Black Bream
Tarwine
Pikey Bream
Sand Whiting
Sand Trevally
Blue Spot Flathead
Southern Flathead
Flounder
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First pike on a fly
and " mridenour " I think I would count a creek chub :)
my 2013 fish goal fish, top 16 almost too easy, our river always seems to be having a run, and Lake Ontario is local.
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WARNING- Scammer making the rounds on FF forums
Gee, All of this makes wonder what i could get since i DO have cancer...Well at least did. The last PET scan flared on my entire right lung (what is left after lower lobe resection) but the Docs |
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Pet Hair Swap
Wow, that filled fast! Here's a fly tied from a [attachment=41212:P6123465.JPG]St. Bernard named Gibson. Except for the eyes and pink throat it's all "Gibson"
Beautiful action in the water. Caug |
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Where to move on to .....
The facts that we know about fly tying all point to one thing, we are trying to imitate something a fish eats. It's simple.. the more a fly looks and acts like a predominate food in a fishes ha |
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coloring feathers and deer hair
This might sound weird but I use non sweet kool aid powder for dying feathers, deer hair, just about anything. Read this if you are interested:
Dyeing with Kool-Aid
After curing yo |
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MICHIGAN TROUT OPENER! whats in your box?
I am throwing my streamers on a 2 wt with floating line but I am using size 10 streamers and fishing creeks that are only about 8 feet wide :lol:
As for Hendricksons I am going with a woven |
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Capt. Bob style flies
I tied up a few seaducer style flies copied from ones Capt Bob has posted. They are on 2/0 hooks and about 4 inches. I added an ice dub head to the pink one just because I thought it looke |
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Scud colors?
Gray, olive, tan, pink, orange like silver creek I also tie them in white and all get the parasite hot spot
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Emulator Baitfish Fly
EMULATOR BAITFISH FLY BY BRAD W. BUZZI www.BuzFly.com
Materials:
Thread: Clear Mono
Hook: Gamakatsu SC15 2/0 (Vary Hook Size to Bait Size)
Glue: Zap-A-Gap Pink Bottle
Body: Mega Baitfish Emulator |
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tube fly question
You can buy various tube fly holders. Some are better quality than others. HMH does one, as do Snowbee among others. Though both those will cost you more than I spent on a dedicated tube fly vice. It |
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Cooper Shrimp XS
This is a little extra small shrimp pattern which tie on saltwater hook as small as size 10, it's design to target for those bottom feeder and bonefish which is extra spooky or only takes smal |
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How to fight bigger fish?
I caught my first salmon on a modified medalist just like that I still have the reel somewhere in my shed it has caught pike bass carp steelhead and salmon on many occasions the best part of it I actu |
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white bass fly
Have been busting them on size 6 and 4 white buggers with pink thread or chartruese thread heads....hope you fill the boat with this one!
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working on striper flies
Those buggers will work down your way. Tie some in gold & silver too. Gold works well in tannic stained waters. In addition to the pearl, I particularly like using holographic estaz for buggers.&# |
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Predator Poppers
I agree. Qtip size tubing is all you need. Too wide and tying materials is an issue. The UK guys and hopefully the stateside ones will want to use wire traces to attach the hook and I know over here t |
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Classic Wings
Does anyone know where i can get colored turkey feathers for classic salmon fly wings. I have a buddy trying to tie classic salmon flies but can't find feathers long enough to reach the back of t |
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Any thoughts on what i can tye with these
ANY pattern you tie with a brass or tungsten bead can be tied with a glass bead, they just won't sink as well. Tie egg sucking leaches with some of the larger red, orange, yellow and pink beads. |
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Brett Kent's Brook Trout Strip Leech
Hook : TMC 9395 size 2
Thread: 3/0 olive
Eyes: medium nickel/yellow-iris real eyes plus (Feather Craft) tied under shank about ¼ in. behind hook eye.
Tail: tie in large clump of fluorescent orang |
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Babine Special Variation
Tying Directions:
Hook: Gamakatsu T10-6H size 2
Thread: pink 3/0 (shown) or orange
Body: Tie in the rear egg using medium florescent fire orange chenille (or fluorescent
orange or dark pink), tying an |
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RBF: Blank suggestions...
Hi! Someone ask me about a fast action 10 foot 7 wt fly rod for atlantic salmon. He was eyeballing rods like Hardy zenith , Sage One etc... Rods in the 700-800$.So he is looking for a high end high pe |
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Sealex Dubbing?
I've used it on Atlantic salmon flies as it is a substitute for seal. It is a little unruly to dub, but is generally teased out on the salmon flies, so it doesn't matter. I think the Ice D |
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Various Fsies
I bought up a bunch of that stuff a while back. I usually blend it with other synthetics - makes some nice accents/highlights.
Those hairpieces are also a favorite fashion accessory of many of |
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What do you do with your Congo Hair/EP?
I recently received the baitfish box from Fly Tyers Dungeon, and holy cow that is a lot of material ! I am not sure if I ever will get through it all. I was thinking it would be |
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need some help identifying a fly
sorry work computer wont allow me to upload the pic, ill get it on here shortly. Because his advice when I asked him was "just use the pink worm it works just as good" lol
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Spey flies?
Colin, you are entering a world that is stranger than fiction! Spey and Dee flies are two styles of classic salmon flies. (As with most things the definition has been abused to include all kinds of th |
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recent fly line posts
Joel, excellent post! My experience learning with a fly rod is almost exactly the same as your's. I spent a lot of time fishing in tidal creeks, which are different than the waters you fished, but for |
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What materials do you miss?
Add another vote for Polar Bear.
Jungle cock is being imported in much higher amounts compared to about 5-6 years ago, but they are still keeping the price too high and the quality is.... almos |
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Identification of material
Over the last month I have been fortunate to,score on some rare and no longer available feathers and other items. I know what most are but much of is just guessing. A lot was from Norway and England |
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The Evolution Of An Obsession
When I started into fly tying every so often I would take pictures of my work area for future reference and to watch the evolution of my hobby *cough* obsession. I know that getting to the point that |
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worms!
I've been tying some worms with Lead, Pink thread, Red ultra chenille, and size 12 or 14 scud hook.
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Pattern suggestions please
Probably the same response as to riffs suggestion but my favorite salmon fly is the green highlander. I don't fish for salmon as we don't have them here in Kentucky but I sure would bid on them. Goo |
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Get a Free Pack of GCO Fly Tying Hooks
Repeat customer here. Bought tons of dry fly hooks and just ordered a pack of wet hooks. If they get Salmon/Steelhead hooks in the future, I'll be getting all my hooks from GCO.
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Some recent ties
You're doing good! Those will all catch some fish! There are many shrimp patterns, but a good, simple one would be a Bendback.
Tie them in any color you like. Basic shrimp colors of pink, tans, shades |
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striper flies
Deceivers, Clouser Minnows, Seaducers, Rabbit strip Eels, Murdich Minnows, Gurglers & big poppers are the flies I've relied on most over many years for fishing for them. There are many other style |
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Dark hendrickson
Ditto the adding pink to the dubbing. I've found an increase in bites when fishing hendricksons that I tie mixing a light brown dubbing with a creamy pink dubbing I have... it looks odd at first |
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Big Bait Fly
awesome tie PJ! Does the head give it a sort of slider action? It looks like the tail is icelandic sheep which has great action in the water. Goat hair would also work there or even a mix |
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off brand hooks
I have to agree with Joel, name brands ain't that important. A lot of my Atlantic Canada tying friends will only go for the name brand salmon hooks....not I. I compared the bendability and sharpness o |
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Fishing wets like drys
If memory serves it was TE Pritt who said, about casting down and across with North Country Flies,
"Tis the devil's work my son, and do not let me catch you about it."
Traditional Spider patterns are |
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Monster Mouse Pattern
The experience I have is with stream fishing. We would fish mice in grassy meadows at dusk. The fish we did catch were always good size. I have tied hundreds of mice for clients head |
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RBF: Pink fly blank
So my little girl is starting to show interest in wanting to fly fish. I know that there use to be a CFR blank out there but I don't know if they are still making them. Something in 6'6-8'0 in a 3 or |
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Shopping list for my wife
Their bats! Their bats?? You've upset someone their Al.
Good tip on the golf shop though. I'll dig out some audacious trousers and a pink jumper and make a trip down. |
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Reel Seats
I recall those removable extensions. You could sometimes get extensions of different lengths. Even Thomas & Thomas offered a matching removable extension for their nickel silver seat for use on th |
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adult salmon fly
this pattern is equally suited for salmon,steelhead or big trout...I have been trying to do this one for a while...I ended up using "swiss straw" for the segmented legs...it was a lot easier for me to |
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adult salmon fly
after seeing some pics posted here in another thread I got inspired to try this out...
this bug emerges in western streams and rivers between april - july...its a pretty big meal too...
I have |
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Questions about Steaming Feathers (& Hair?)
Over the years i have heard (or read) about people steaming their tying feathers to...i don't remember exactly.
Do any of you steam feathers or hair ?
If so, then exactly why?
I th |
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Grayling Fishing Locations
if I were looking for pure fight and excitement, I would fish for Chinook (King) Salmon or Coho (Silver) Salmon on the Kenai Peninsula.
well, sure, who wouldn't? Grayling are |
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Problems with Dumbell eyes
Wraps AROUND the figure-eights (betweent the eyes and the shank) as previously stated, and a drop of THIN penetrating CA (pink label Zap-A-Gap) is what I use to keep them from moving.
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ladders for fishing?
I know a few guys that fish the great lakes surf from a ladder for steelhead, salmon, brown trout, and in the early spring they fish for huge lake trout that rush in the shallows gorging on smelt as l |
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Pan fish tickler.
Pics of the waters is easy, pics of the fish is the challenge, especially if my normal luck holds out
Salt water mostly like this
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Go to pattern for stocked trout
STOCKIE KILLER (vinyl rib prince)
hook: allen size 14 1xl nymph
bead: allen 2.8mm brass, red gloss, green gloss
thread: utc 140 black
tail: 2 white goose biot
body: utc vinyl rib (size: NYM) an |
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Some flies for fish
Haha, the best conditions for fish are the worst for fishing around here. Big churn and coloured water so thought I would at least tie something they can see.
Ah, churned waters. Our water can |
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Ottawa Area Fishing
I'm likely moving to Ottawa next summer and will have to find some new areas to fish. I've started doing a bit of research and see that there's some good bass and musky fishing but I'm looking more fo |
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