flytyinfreak

I got my cape on Ebay from Estonia. No problems!

How much did they rape you for? I won one at auction and ended up paying $85 for a "c" grade cape. Did some investigation and found that those estonians had set up straw buyer accounts to jack up the price.

Well after a month of flu/bronchitis/sever sinus infection I do believe that tomorrow will be intruder tying day! WHOOOOO! Ive got some flies to tye thats for sure.I hadn't been that sick since I had the staph infection in my arm and almost died in Oregon back in the 90's! Well its going to be a nice blue and black UV special . it'll be an articu-truder with so much sexy sway that it just may get raped instead of bitten!

Yeah, I do like the way they look, and especially that they can stand up and not droop. I'm working on a salmonfly pattern - those stonelfies are all body and legs - and my legs look OK, but not quite right. I'll look for some of that leg material (or is it leveraged from something else?)

 

Jimboha!

as long as the legs are the same length it makes little to no difference, they are moving freely and are basically an atractor to the fly.

I just launched a new site www.westernflycompany.com

Who ties your flies? Flies for a $1.75? REALLY? I could never compete with that. I sell my flies for a minimum of $2.00 Steelhead flies go for 5> with a minimum order of 20. You know why? So I can afford to justify my tying and because I tye a quality fly. Guys like you are, well Im not gonna say it but you get the idea. So tell us oh wise one, what third world country supplies your flies?

First off I tie all my own flies! Yes, my prices are low because I'm just trying to get the business up a going. I can afford to sell at those prices for two reasons. 1) I have a day job that makes the mortgage payments 2) I have accounts with several wholesale suppliers so I don't pay retail.

My bad I apologise.

Please inbox me th due date, Im really out of it, I have the flu and am not all here right now

I just launched a new site www.westernflycompany.com

Who ties your flies? Flies for a $1.75? REALLY? I could never compete with that. I sell my flies for a minimum of $2.00 Steelhead flies go for 5> with a minimum order of 20. You know why? So I can afford to justify my tying and because I tye a quality fly. Guys like you are, well Im not gonna say it but you get the idea. So tell us oh wise one, what third world country supplies your flies?

Ya'll are stingy! I was tought to tie at least a dozen, you need to do that if not 18 to make sure you have the pattern standard down. I'm hardly one to speak but I have disciplined myself to do at least a dozen to get the proportions and materials down pat. I've found that 3 flies just doesn't put me into the proper rhythm and skill.

I usually tye a full dozen, just to make sure that i have the pattern standard down pat. I then divy 'em up to troutbums I know to get feedback from. What may not work for me or another might well work for someone else or another. individual. and then again they might fishe them differently than I would and find hat my pattern may need tweaking or adjustment.

I wait with baited breath. Oops, wait, we aren't bait-fisherman... :-}

 

You got photo?

 

Jimboha!

THe old timers up here actually use a butterfly net on the hatch when it hits down rivr and when they get a jelly jar full they burn rubber to get above the hatch and actually throw em with a sinker to big HUGE trout. I've been tempted, watched a guy pull a 7-10 pounder out of the river 2 years ago

tomorrow morning is my tying day, I've assembled some nice UV blue and black materials and will be combining them into a nice articulated intruder

I will divulge no fly before its time, but if you haf facebook I can point you to a picture of a trout caught on said fly

I think it looks good as is. Them stone flies are all body and legs.

 

But wait, he actually said "Big and Nasty", not "Big and Tasty"! Prepare yourselves for Gussied-up King Kong! No more previews, I want you to be surpized and amazed when you get them! [insert evil laughter here]

 

Jimboha!

Jimboha, there weren't no "and' in the name of my fly, although that might work too. its called "the big nasty" its actually an articulated dry, lots of orange and black, legs and wing. Its a proven salmonfly hatch trout attractor. You guys will enjoy it for sure.

that dog'll hunt, maybe gussy it up a bit heck you got a good pattern

I don't care one way t'other as long as flies go and flies come in a timely fashion. I always throw a few to the swap-meister for the effort so I guess there's a duece in that seat if'n I heard ya right. Just tell me how many swap heads there are and the particulars and I'll comply.

flytyinfreak You get 5 for having that avatar!

And thats on a good day!

 

My beagle won't even look at me in the morning! I could be your double ...only I don't need the distorted lens!

Distorted? BWAHAHAHAHA

flytyinfreak You get 5 for having that avatar!

And thats on a good day!

Here's a couple of the big boys:

Hey mine says 3 warning points

the old miner was walkin home from a hard day at the river when his mule stopped and started grazing, the miner turned around yanked on the halter and said, "Thats one!" he continued on and the mule balked again, which brought the miner to say"thats two!", yanked on the halter and returned on his journey home to the wife and his dinner. Just out of sight of the cabin the mule stopped again, the miner simply turned around, Said "I warned you! Thats three" pulled out his six shooter and put one right between the mules eyes. The miner bent over grabbed the sack off the dead mules back and resumed his walk home. When he arrived home, he entered the cabin and his wife greeted him at the door asking "Are you ok? I heard a gunshot.?" The miner dropped the bag put his hat on the hook and replied " had to shoot the mule, now whats for dinner?" The wife, a bit irritated at this point screached "what? are you crazy?" With that the miner calmly looked up from his seat at the dinner table and replied " not at all, now get me some dinner woman, THATS ONE!"

Droppers and slackers, but then again I think Ive been guilty once of being late. Then theres the disappearing flies. I live in Eastern Idaho and I got a feeling theres a fly stealing member in the postal service. Ive had 3 sets of flies disappear from the mail here in the last year and a half. I actually went to the postmaster and threatened to open an investigation if one more package of mine disappeared. so far my Christmas came and went with no events but I am still pretty wary

ok Im in, will do my ass up stone, I'll keep it small so it'll work back east as well as out west, and pair it with my crystal dip-merger.

right on Jaydub, Pleased to have you, you finish it out and do it in style! Boys we got us a bonafide salmonfly tyin bad boy right here! go do a pattern search for stonefly dries and you'll see what I mean.

with a due date that far off Ross I will join in if I am good enough

 

Now THATS funny Paul.

 

Kevin

You got that right Kev, Im smilin fo sho! That makes it 7!

only 2 spots now!

Thanks bro!

Then there were 3! Spots that is.