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Danish Green Drake Mayfly is 2021 Insect of the Year
redietz replied to SilverCreek's topic in Fly Fishing Gear & Techniques
Nope. It just means "Danish." Latin to English -
Danish Green Drake Mayfly is 2021 Insect of the Year
redietz replied to SilverCreek's topic in Fly Fishing Gear & Techniques
Nice. It never occurred to me before that the Latin name for the Mayfly (E. Danica, as opposed to "mayfly", meaning any insect of the order ) meant "Danish." It should have been obvious. -
The Ken Lockwood is favorite of mine, possibly because I spent so many days fishing Ken Lockwood Gorge in my younger years. It's my go to bucktail for dark water. Nice, sparse ties.
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Just picked my set up from the post office. Not only good tying, but some wonderful ideas there as well. Thank you atxdiscgolfer for hosting.
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I have rods in all weight from 2 to 8. Most are 4,5, or 6. No odd/even for me.
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Now that is definitely a cool reel!
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Good stuff. There are some real classics there.
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I'm sorry for your loss. The reality of getting older is that you're going to lose more and more people who are close to you. I don't know how the people who reach 100 stand the loneliness.
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That way works if you don't care about building up bulk in the body, for example in a heavily dubbed body. If you want to keep it slim, like a thread or pheasant tail body, use this method: You can trim the stem much closer to the eye than he does.
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I've done exactly the same thing with a old Sucrets box when they were making them out of plastic for a few years. I put eight holes in it. It stays in the vented inner pocket of my vest. Wet flies go in and they're invariably dry an hour later.
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You have at least two options: 1) Don't use head cement 2) Get some color preserver from a rod making supplier and coat the head (and allow to dry) before applying head cement. You might also try using primrose silk and letting the head cement darken it to a light green.
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I've had considerable luck with the Wood Special for LL's, although I've only fish it in streams: Wood Special
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The mail seems really fast for this swap, considering how long it seems to take to get anything else delivered recently.
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Better than reaching in your pocket and finding a $50 bill you'd forgotten about!
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And I've caught fish on it just like that.
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Not much of a challenge for me. I already catch a lot of fish on a Stewart's Black Spider, which is just a starling feather. Or you suggesting that no thread be involved? And if you're allowing thread, there's all sorts of soft hackles that use nothing but one feather and thread.
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It may have rabid. You were wise to avoid it. They don't look like they're built for speed, but they can run amazingly fast.
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Looks like a crippled minnow. Try fishing it dead drift. It night works wonders.
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Flies are in the mail. I tied them as per the dressing in Fly Tyer (but a size smaller) and included a few extras tied the way I usually tie them. I don't know if they're of any use to you in Texas, but at least they should be good for panfish.
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I was guessing you were going to say something like 6s2p, but 9700 mAh is a serious capacity, and 120c is a higher discharge rate than any battery I've seen. Do you use a separate battery for the receiver? I guess the failsafe isn't as important in truck as it would be in a 1/5 scale airplane.
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I'm not sure that counter wrapping the rib actually is any better on this fly (I never do so); just the wording was wrong. You've got good technique.
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What battery configuration are you planning on using?
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Beside not being a BND, the instructions said to counter wrap the rib, but the video showed it being wrapped in normal direction.
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Got it. Flies are tied, still need to toe tag.
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I'll need an address soon.