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?
Here are two quick and simple recipe's i enjoy, usually fresh fish i cook very simply but theses are fun too
Chilli Mussels,
Fresh red chilli's
Garlic
Onion
Anchovy fillet
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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.
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FTF Video: - Luc Brais - OrangeBlosson_TUBE
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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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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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Materials
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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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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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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
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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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New to Forum, Selecting hooks for tying
I think Utyer hinted at it, you need to decide first off if you are tying for fresh or salt. A 'salt water' hook will be a match for pretty much anything you hook in fresh but the presentation |
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Spring landlocked salmon
So I have been taught by my great uncle the art of Maine salmon trolling streamers. This is the first spring season I have had the oppertunity to use some of my own flies to catch landlocked salmon. T |
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StimiPillow
Here is the hatch chart for Salmon Flies on the Henry's Fork:
Photo Common Name Scientific Name Dates Location Hook size
Salmonfly. Pteronarcys californica May-J |
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April 2012 : Flies from the Vise
They are very good flies. The paired the strips of various feathers is so hard to get right. They look perfect untill you start tying them in. A tip I had on Salmon flies for showing, not fishing, was |
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Micro flies <#18
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I'm from the UK and small flies certainly aren't a rare thing on my line. I fish the streams around Salisbury and find I catch more on the micro flies because thats the size of fly th |
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Small Clousers
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Regarding the topic of small flies (size 6 4 2 1) I decided to make some small clousers using a new material (new |
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Turbo Cones
the shake was the whole point
there are a few rules for me the last few years in my tying
the hooks must ride correctly
they have to move
they have to catch & hold fish
the summer slam fills all |
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Small Saltwater Flies
I'd say go very light on the EP fiber. I've never done baitfish with polar or craft fur. Something like this should be light and shed water quickly.
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What is this rod worth?
Bonhams auction house in UK had a rod listed as Hardy Pennell split cane salmon road for £60 so about 100 dollars. |
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Here's to me ....
I'm kind of a long-time user but 1st time poster.
My grandad used to take me out to the Vedder Canal when I was 3. He would plunk me down with a worm and a bobber then fly fish on either side of |
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Follow along on the build up
The new reel for it just came today. I spooled it up with some blue backing that matches the wraps on the rod as well as a Orvis Wonderline Salmon&Steelhead taper 7wt line. Couple more days and th |
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Thread Waste:
have to agree with JSzymczyk on the relative cost of things. The hooks specifically for fly tying do seem expensive. And don't start me on 'salmon' hooks or ' seatrout hooks'. I ex |
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Hello from South West Michigan
Hey all Im just getting back into fly tying. I mainly fly fish for bluegills and bass right now but im hoping this year i will be able to hook a salmon, steelhead, pike/muskie, and maybe some smaller |
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Lucian Vasies "Perfect Caddis Pupa"
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Blue Charm
magnifico... This patern with mallard is the best version for atlantic salmon very nice |
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Fly Tying Archive
I've started to keep a fly tying blog where I will post the patterns I tie and a bit of history and tying instructions on them. I do all kinds of flies and try to cover everything from classic sal |
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Automatic Bobbin
Again Thanks for all the great advice. I ended up and brought two, the trout in stainless steel and the salmon with the ceramic tip. They are great so far I like the ability of using the spool instea |
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Fuzzy Peach
Another Alaskabou fly tied for some Atlantic Salmon. This is the "Fuzzy Peach" but it didn't turn out as well as I like mainly because of the orange Marabou feathers being of very bad qu |
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March 2012: Flies from the Vise
Hooray Flies from the bench in March, well kind of a mixture here...
Heading off for pink salmon in BC during August so these little pink clousers should be nice.
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Nitro
Another Alaskabou fly tied for some Atlantic Salmon fishing.
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Manhattan Beach
No select marabou here. Most people don't use marabou when tying flies here for salmon. They usually use bugs and hairwings. |
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Some More Bunker Patterns
Whats up AGN54, hope is well buddy. The fly is tied with white, olive and salmon pink craft fur. Also used some krystal Flash. I get all my eyes from clear cure goo. They have the best eyes on the mar |
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Accessories??
Thanks for the links oldtrout58.
As for things I take with me are forceps (one with a built in tippet cutter and jaws for clamping on split shot), tippet spools from 4lb to 12-15lb so I can make new |
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Groundhog hair good for anything?
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A couple of things to test this season
Hey Guys, i just thought i would plonk some pictures up of what i am putting together for this upcoming season, east and west, swing them good for salmon and steelhead. I have to tie some bass pattern |
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MUDDLERS IN THE BLUE
Yes black was my first thought for a primarily surface lure as I've always thought the size and silhouette most important. Prince Charles only uses black or mostly black flies for his salmon fishi |
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Wax
I use beeswax in a rectangle block. It works fine for me as I tend to run my working thread through it before all my tying if the hooks are above #18. I find waxed thread too bulky on the little hooks |
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Fly organization
[color="#0000FF"][size="3"][font="Comic Sans MS"]Same prob here..too many boxes of different types o' flies. ..and now I've added salmon flies to the mix... May |
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Hatches Blog Post - Turning Tail Trailer
Gray Ghost Productions presents their latest installment “Turning Tail” Throughout the east coast of North America, from Long Island Sound to the northern most point of Labrador if you loo |
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Canadian Flyshops Online
Well, that's a pretty good start. Doaks looks like a go-to place for basic salmon/steelhead fly material like Partridge irons and silk floss, but lacks in avian-derived products. Canadian Llama ap |
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Head cement question
I was planning on tying up some salmon flies this weekend but my cement is no where to be found. I dont have any place within 50 miles that sells head cement so i was wondering how nail polish like &q |
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RBF: Need some advice
This is out of my range of expertise, which is very small. My main customer base is trout fishing and warmwater fishing. I have a customer that is asking for a rod for surf fishing and coho salmon. |
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Bombers and brookies
I can't say that I've ever tied on a bomber specifically for brook trout but I have definately caught many on bombers and bugs while salmon fishing. In Labrador and to some extent in NFLD (I |
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Cascade doubles.
The season is getting close now here in South Wales, i fish a lot for sewin (sea run browns). and this fly really works here, also for salmon.
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