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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How do you eat yours?
I like fish about any way. I steam trout in a bamboo steamer and drizzle a bit of sesame oil on it after it's done. I love fried fish as well, but don't generally fry them because I'm co |
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Shrimp Eyes
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RBF: forgot to sand blank
Hello all. I'm a relative new comer to rod building. Built a few rods previously. Made a dumb mistake and forgot to sand under the ferrule before fastening it down with rod bond. It's an 80 class tuna |
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Silicone Types
Has it ever occurred to you that most of us work with fur, feathers, and synthetic hair and have little or no use for silicone? Nobody I know uses either silicone, epoxy, or UV resins for anything oth |
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Which fly
Yeah, sounds overly complicated to me, and the one in your book isn't the standard over here. Just tie in a marabou tail, maybe add a touch of flash. Tie in a saddle hackle or two (depending on ho |
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Small Saltwater Flies
Joe, the woolly bugger doesn't look exactly like much of anything, but it looks just enough like a whole host of critters that it'll trigger a feeding response in just about any gamefish that |
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Fly-Fishing Fiji - Information Needed
I ended up catching some Skipjacks & Bonitos on the #8. It actually snapped in two during a backcast at one point. What a whimpy rod indeed. I did manage to land a 200lbs Yellow Fin Tuna while dee |
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Crustaceans
Many thanks Andy and Dave - I'm gonna be leaning heavily on advice from you southern boys in the months to come. I've been tying for stripers and tuna for decades, but I don't know beans a |
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Tons of Tarpon Flies
Great flies Ben! You'll have no excuses now if you don't nail a big tarpon. Hey, what size circle hooks are you using? I use the C71SS a lot for tuna flies - been doing some tarpon flies o |
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SCULPIN SWAP.....free prize for best sculpin
The flies are all sorted and I will hit the post office in the morning. DJG picked Bruce Derington to win his dozen flies. JBurge bought flies and mailed them in and did not want a set back. He then g |
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Striper Decline
Kudos to Nightheron for operating his business on a sustainable basis. Wish there were more out there like him.
I agree that a moratorium is a necessary, but the only way it will work this time arou |
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Creepy Crawlers
I’m not 100% sure what to expect when we move south this coming spring, but fish everywhere like to eat, so I’ve been doing mostly general stuff, a lot of “critter flies” and s |
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Craft Stores!
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Sean, you & I are on the same page then! Funny you mention those foam marshmallows, I have a bag of |
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battenkill vs access
I am a Battenkill man for my striper rods, Tibor for my big sticks. I have large arbor Battenkills on everything from 3wt's up to 10wt's. After that the game changes tremendously. If I'm c |
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Bite Tippet
If you think you'll be dealing with heavy fish, you'd be well advised to make sure your leader strength is well below your backing strength. If you're using 50# backing and a 50# leader, y |
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Post Card From Australia
sounds like a good trip! i can vouch for exmouth is a awesome fishery in the 5 days on the water i had there hooked permit(none landed) sailfish also not landed bonefish queenfish tuna golden trev |
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RBF: salt water rod making
I am new to the boards here and new to rod building.With a dozen of rods under my belt..(fly and spinning rods)I am ready to move on to what I really want to build.Salt water rods for long range tuna |
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RBF: Greetings from Lake Tahoe Ca.
Greetings from Lake Tahoe, New to the forums.Just a quick intro.Started building rod a few months ago.Have a few under my belt started with some fly rods. A couple of spinning rods, and now ready to |
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Bucket List Trips or Species
I am disabled and 56 and have fished a lot of salt and fresh water species, would like to do alaska get a bowfin, covina, roosterfish another hammerhead (have one on wall that was only 22" bit me |
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RBF: 1st build - Bushido 500g 5' 5"
Hi Guys,Brand new to the forum and rod building. So far I've done a couple and this is the 1st. There is a lot of valuable info and I and I hope to keep learning as I go. I do all saltwater fishing |
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RBF: 2nd Build - bushido 25g 6' 6"
Hey Guys,I finished up a Bushido 250g 6' 6" blank. Decided to try some diamond wrapping on this one and also made it spiral wrapped. This will be a great rod for live-lining bass, jigging, blackfish |
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Joes Surf Candies!
2 Joe Surf Candies, aka Popoviks surf candies.
Tied with 2/0 big game hooks and devcon epoxy.
Everything from schoolie bass to tuna swallow these! Enjoy! |
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Reels for Trout
I think it depends a lot on how much you appreciate quality. Some could care less about how a reel or any tool looks or feels as long as it basically gets the job done. Others, like myself, get a lo |
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Vise Questions
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RBF: Long, Slow action for 130lb class
Hi - I am a bluefin tuna fisherman and have seen a couple of people using very long, slow action rods for the type of fishing we do in the Northeast US. We fish for these fish (up to 1000lb fish) dir |
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What happened to the old-timers
I posted this on Talkflyfishing yesterday. Sometimes you just get burned out from all of the drama too.
Hi my name is Fred and I have been on Hiatus. It was for so long I forgot my password, had an a |
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RBF: Need some info...new to fly fishing
So I've decided to give a go at fly fishing. New to both fly fishing and fly rod building, but not to rod building. Want to build my own rod but really don't know where to start. For starters I'll be |
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tuna flies.. help me..
i will be on my honeymoon the end of June in punta cana and i see that the tuna fishing is peaking out around then... what kind of flies should i bring??? i have about 25 sardine baitfish flies tied u |
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Got A New Hardy Greys Streamflex 9' 4wt
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no no no, you've got it all wrong. It must have a space-age unobtanium drag that will stop a locomotive- or |
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saying hello to all from Australia
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gidday. I've checked out lil' daves website and seen the pics. I'm sure I could hook a barra as they lay |
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Fluro breaking
Ok thanks for the info. If Orvis was a person and near me when that line broke he would of had a broken face. Makes me very nervous to try it again. Will try to send it back to the dealer I bought fro |
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12 wt Tuna Fly Rod
I have a friend building a 12wt 9 foot fly rod for tuna... I advised he may want to look into an under wrap for the stripping guides. One of the instructors in the class thinks there will not be any p |
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Fishing for a new vest
QUOTE (JSzymczyk @ Mar 31 2011, 10:07 PM) QUOTE (agn54 @ Mar 30 2011, 10:16 PM) QUOTE (JSzymczyk @ Mar 30 2011, 10:10 PM) Fishpond has partnered with the Humane Society of t |
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Anyone experienced this?
*sigh* reminds me of fishing in aus. Never quite seen them pushing the bait up onto the shore tho! Usually a bit off shore, you will find the birds working the surface and you will find some crazy |
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Barracuda Fly
Well guys I have some news to report! First off, I made a rookie mistake...that's right, I didn't bother tying in a wire leader, and after a massive take from either a large garfish or bar |
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new fly rod coming for spring
i agree that if i made a living bass fishing i would probably use the tuna pole technique along with the 40 lb line but since that is not my livelyhood (at least it doesnt pay my bills lol) i choose t |
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what Saltwater reel do you use?
I have been using a medalist 1499cj anti reverse since the 80's, hasnt let me down ever. went up against blue fin tuna, sails, and other large game fish. holds 30 yds of 30lb. dacron and a 12 wt. |
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Fish.vs.Fish
I had to go with Other. We got into a mess of yellowfin tuna in Mexico and it will be hard to beat that trip...With a flyrod, It'd be a toss-up between rainbows and bluegills. |
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Gamakatsu SC15
Good info here from Kirk! Some other hooks that i find are pretty good are the SS15's thin wire tin plated for light duty. Then the SL11-3H which is almost the same hook but much heavier duty, |
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I'm confused??????????
Call it "Tuna surfing" or "Monkey Spinning" or anything else, and then don't worry about what anyone else calls it. If you enjoy doing it, don't let it's label make you |
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How many fish should a fly hold up to?
Make it as durable as possible without affecting action or look, i use zap on quite a few stages of my tying not just the head and always finish with some sally hansen at least 1 coat. Fred. H is corr |
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tuna leaders
We don't see many skippies where I usually fish, but everybody I know who fishes regularly for them on fly gear can tell you horror stories about being spooled in a matter of seconds, so make sure |
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Traditional Catskill Dry Flies
Vegemite ah fine Aussie food. Down south here Fly fischa we have pork brains in milk in a can the size of tuna. Being a Yankee from NY and a transplant I can only imagine it's taste. Probably lik |
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Hello from San Diego
I just got an old "Tuna King" rod and am hoping to start restoring it soon. I know nothing about restoration of fishing rods, but I look forward to learning and working on it. I would love to get into |
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Costa Rican trip
Be interested to hear how you go, Costa Rica i have not been to yet but if its anything like El Salvador you are in for good fishing. We have a friend who runs a game fishing boat down there, he catch |
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Need some opinions...
I use a lot of zonker strips for tails on tuna and striper flies, and they outperform just about everything else. One tip: make sure to use a mono loop, or you'll have a lot of trouble with foulin |
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one year
QUOTE (JSzymczyk @ Sep 20 2010, 03:56 PM) QUOTE (DevinKaradeema @ Sep 18 2010, 02:52 PM) Good luck with it. Flyfishing compared to marriage--?? It ain't against the law to go bu |
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The Man Cave
I got a 3 Cold Tuna 10 rod racks for the ceiling in my garage. They are pretty sweet and they keep the rods off the floors and walls which I like. But it sounds like you can mount them on the wall as |
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Need help with trout
Make sure your hook is sharp, and just quickly bring strong tension on the rod for a hookset. You're not driving a 3/0 hook through an inch of rubber lizard before it contacts fish mouth. Trout |
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2nd NO R.S.V.P. NEEDED SWAP
SWAP IS FULL !!!! ( SORRY, TRY NEXT YEAR)Everyone is welcome. First twelve (12) with "in" I want to thank 'riffleriversteelheadslayer' once again for the idea for thi |
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reel recommendation
hi guysrecently got access to a boat and some inshore flyfishing as a result- thing is i'm going to need some sinking lines for the 10wt, but i dont want to be shelling out a couple of hundred bu |
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Sage Bass rods
If you're using it mostly for largemouths, as intended, don't worry about wasting money on a tuna-drag. Your reel hand is all the drag you'll need. Get a reel with an exposed rim, which |
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LaFontaine Originals Volume 2
Hi Hot Tuna,Thanks for the "plug" regarding the LaFontaine DVD's. We had a lot of fun working with Gary (and Paul/Char Stimpson) on the 7-video project. Yes, he is gone but not forgotten |
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New to Tying
G'Day all Pat Butler here from South East Queensland,Australia.I'm new to this forum having only "discovered" it late last night.I've been fly fishing and fly tying on and off no |
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Best Foam For Beetle Patterns sizes 12 to 16?
QUOTE (Hot Tuna @ May 5 2010, 11:40 AM) I like to make sandwiches of the thin craft store foam....two sheets of black with one sheet of green(my favorite) or orange glued(I use Super 77) betw |
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Cone Head Zonker
Nice bunnies - I like the colors; you usually only see them in white around here. Blue/white or olive/white would work great on stripers or tuna. |
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If your over 30
LOL YOR ARE SO RIGHT!!!!!!!!!! And what will it be like in 30 years from now CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s !&# |
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CDC
QUOTE (Hot Tuna @ May 4 2010, 04:16 AM) An excellent, albeit dated book about all of this is my old friend Eric Leiser's book, Fly Tying Materials:Their Procurement ,Use and Protection.Yo |
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FINDING IT HARD TO TIE 18 TO 24
QUOTE (Hot Tuna @ May 1 2010, 04:12 PM) Tom...I think a long shank hook in the smaller sizes is not an optimal choice if you're looking to hook the fish. You want to go for better hook ga |
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