Big Mac
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NW Ontario
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Thanks for the kind words, I sat and tied a few more Muddlers and it turns out the first one was the best one. :wallbash: Beginners luck I guess! Heres a pic of the second one.
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Heres my first Muddler Minnow , I had to use three little bundles of deer hair to have enough for the head, is that okay? or should I try to do it with one bundle?Also, I couldn't get my turkey feathers to stay together for the wings, but they're like 20 years old!
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Heres a few more that I've been working on. How are they lookin'?
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After my first try failed, I tried again and came up with this.
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Timenet, thanks for the list. Hairstacker you're right about being shocked! :bugeyes: and Iconnu thanks for the advise. I just got back from grabbing a few odds and ends $100+ later heres what i got. They were out of a bunch of stuff, so I'll have to make due with what I got for now. Between Dad's old stuff, and my new stuff, I should be able to stay busy for a while. Thanks again.
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I don't have alot of hooks or materials in Dad's old kit and I have to make trip for some new supplies. I'm just wondering if there are some basic hook sizes & styles that every newb should have. Same with materials, is there some basics that i should have. Target species are; great lakes steelhead, brook trout, smallies, pike and maybe even some walleyes. The choices are a little overwhelming and I don't really know where to start, the stuff is expensive too. I've mainly been tying streamers and nymphs. Heres a pic of a wiggler i did yesterday.
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Been tying like crazy since I found this site, and I figured out how to post pics too. I also just thought I'd share a little story with everyone. Last summer I decided to take my flyrod to my favorite bass lake here in NW Ontario. I was a little unsure about bassin' on the fly but thought what the heck. I tied on an olive wooly bugger and started fishing. nothing was happening and I decided to try a mickey finn. (my girlfriend was catching fish with a yellow and red jig) On my first cast I got a 16 inch smallie! A few more casts after that bang, an 18 incher! After that we caught lots between 15-18 inches and had great day fishing. Now all I can think about is getting back there for some more. Heres a couple pics of the smallies that got me hooked. (interesting note on the second fish, it spit up a Garder snake that was about 18" long!!!) My first flyrod Smallie My second, you can see the Mickey Finn in the corner of its mouth
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Welcome. I just loined too and love this site! I'm a fellow Ontarian. I'm in NW Ontario, and theres some fly fishers here but not to many that I know. What part of Ont. are you in? Anywho, have fun and good luck with your photo biz and of course good fishing!
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Thanks. Obsession, no kidding! been playing all day! Heres a couple more pics. Joe Hard, thanks for the tip on the tinsel :headbang: Dragonfly nymphs #1 #2 #3
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Thanks for the replies. I took me a few attempts to get it right, but once I relaxed it was like riding a bike. I've been hooked on this stuff all day.(laid off) I made a few more buggers and worms today plus a few dragonfly nymphs. I'll post a couple pics of those later. I was just wondering what was the most durable way of wrapping the tinsel to hold in the hackle in place.
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I say first cause I only tied maybe 2 dozen or so flies about 10-15 years ago. I've still got lots to learn. These two took me a while to do, but I was very happy with them. What do you think? Not sure if i wrapped the tinsel the right way, should it go counter-clockwise?
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This is my first post and want to say hi to everyone. I really got hooked on fly fishing last summer after a couple trips for smallmouth bass. Caught lots of 15- 18 inchers. It was a blast! Before those trips I'd never really gotten serious about fly fishing. I just found this site and it got me pumped to pull out Dad's old fly tying stuff! He showed me how to tie a few nymphs years ago. So I pulled it all out, took a trip to the tackle store, and got to it. I tied up a wooly bugger and a wooly worm, i'm pretty happy with them. I'll have to figure out how to post pics and I'll post em in the beginners fourm.Bye for now. :headbang: