flyman

Thanks for the information :thumbup:

Thank you Fred and Devin.

Does anyone have a list of the materials and a video or step by step tutorial for the gummy minnow. It looks like from what I have been able to find you simply make a couple layers with the foil product, then cover it with silly skin? It looks like several different ways and materials are being used in the different information I have been able to find.

Thanks for all the thoughtful and informative answers.

Thanks guys, I'm still digging around trying to read everything I can find on the subject.

I am thinking about buying one of two Nikon macro lenses for macro fly photography. One is AF-S 105/2.8G VR and the other is a 60mm AF-S/2.8 VR. The 105mm is almost twice as much as the 60mm, is it really worth it? I had even thought about buying some other brands but they don't have the Vibration Resistance feature and since the lenses will probably also be used as a portraite lenses I think I would like to have the feature. Any ideas or suggestions?

The Prince Nymph is the first one that came to mind when you said you would like to use the biots as wings. Here are a couple of good tutorials, one step by step photos and one video. http://www.flyguysoutfitting.com/bhprincesbs.html http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=C9t_a2Z1dGA&...feature=related

The shape is a little different form most midge larva. The larva is smaller at the head and larger towards the bottom. I tie the larva just about like the ones in the link Randy77 posted. I also tie a pupa/emerger version with flashabo wings and a clear glass bead. Both are good flies when trout are keying in on them on the SOHO, and they do particular in the winter and early spring

Jack Garside has a nice article on the use of most feathers found on a Ringneck Pheasant skin. http://www.jackgartside.com/art_pheasant_feathers.htm

It's a size 14 TMC 400T/swimming nymph. It's a light wire hook that comes shaped like that right out of the pack. After I place the hook in the vice I do "gently" push down at the eye to open the gap just a little bit. Some mfgs hooks can be bent quite a bit, Tiemco isn't one of them. The tempering is so hard that you can't bend them much without breaking.

I guess about 30 years now. It's only been within the last 8-10 years that I've tyed on a regular basis. Before it was just a means to catch fish and not an activity within itself. The change in fly tying material and instruction over the last 8-10 years has been unbelievable. With all the step by step instruction on the web, books, viedo, and web sites like this Someone can become a very good tyer in a short period of time. When I started there were very few books, or flyfishing mags. Let alone videos/DVDs and the web.

Can't wait to send that to a couple of my "special" friends.

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by flyman: Inverted Yellow Drake

Thanks for the tips. I've used nail polish for saltwater flies before, but the heads never looked like the flies I've seen here I do remember having a problem with the consistency of the nail polish. I tried to add nail polish remover, it turned the polish cloudy Can anyone tell me what I might be able to use to thin it? Or, would I be just defeating the purpose of using the polish?

Great looking fly Charlie! Most of the flies I tie are trout flies. When I look at these type flies I always notice the heads? What type of cement/lacquer do most tyers use? The heads always look so neat and perfect.

Thanks for the compliments. I was thinking the wings would make the fly float just in, or just under the surface film. It's a Oct caddis imitation. They leave their pupal shucks a couple days before they hatch.They are just floating and drifting around in the current. Making them easy prey for the trout. They are an important food source this time of year in the southeastern trout waters. I've had good luck with a simple version like this one in the past. I usually fish it as a dropper behind an adult imitation. http://www.myfishingpictures.com/watermark...SCF0370-med.JPG

Have you ever seen the Pantone Color Chart System? I think it's kind of the standard for printing and art work, I don't let it drive me too crazy anyway. I think size and shape are more important in the construction of a fly than an exact color match The material is gonna change color when it gets wet anyway Here's the Pantone chart. http://www.demstore.com/scstore/DemStore/c...tone-chart.html

Yakfisher, Looking good. I like both of DH's recommendations. Tie it sparse enough "you could read the news paper thru it" was what I once heard about this type fly. Also when you take the photo of the fly put something directly behind the fly. A pc of light blue or grey poster board would be great. Heck, an old towel or sheet will do. Try it, I think you'll be surprised how much better your fly will look

Thanks again everyone for the welcome. Irish, I haven't been over that way since the storms. But if it's like everywhere else I've been, it's a mess. We've lost a lot of trees and streamside vegetation. All the rocks and streambeds have been scoured clean. Most of the trees and logs that were down in the water are gone. Worst floods I can remember. It's going to take a couple years for many of the streams to recover from these events.

Fishigan. I'd say the Pteronarcys genius of stoneflies is a pretty good guess. I'm not so sure about the species though. The californica species is mainly a western species of stonefly. It's more than likley some other species of Pteronarcys, like the dorsata MbCarp mentioned. Identifying insects to the species level can be tricky. Even expert entomologist need to examine the bug under magnification for very subtle differences. Most times being able to identify an insect to the genus level is close enough. Take a look at this link with the distribution of stonefly genus and species in the US. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/i...fly/usa/546.htm

*Notice- flyboy has grown up and is now Flyman. I think at some point I had signed up and forgotten about it Guess I must be suffering from old timers or CRS. This is pretty embarrassing to say the least. I do go by Flyman on a couple other boards I visit and would like to use that name here as well. Thanks Skeet & AA. You fellows ever get the urge to come over this way, give me a shout. I'd be glad to show you around. I like to fish the S. Holston and the Tenn side of the park as well.