Shaq

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OK guys give me your honest opinions. here is my first version of the dragon. BTW I agree with Graham, would love to see your flies BC but not really interested in winning, in my case probably losing any contest, I just want to get better at this. Also, I think this may be a REALLY REALLY REALLY BAD IDEA. I just spent all night obsessing at my desk. My back hurts, my stomach is clenched, I have bad gas and heartburn and I think I'm high on Dave's FLexament.

I'm in, Hey guys!!! I'm a beginner!!!!

This is from a friend of mine in Colorado, anybody know what he is talking about? Hey maybe with all your wealth of knowledge of flie patterns I am looking for a prince pattern that is a cone head bout a size 12 or 14 the tails are long and made of a swiss strae like material made into teo thin strips. The wings are the same material except in white. Any ideas I have searched the web trying to find it but I can't find it anywhere we used to have them in the shop but the boss doesn't remeber them. They worked awesome early season.

grew up in that area and with out getting too technical, get the basics and wooly's and others but get Thomas Ames book NE hatches or Art Flick's Stream side guide as they are geared towards the east. Also the Flyfishers guide to Northern NE will be invaluable as NH has some great trout fishing. Many oppurtunities for Stripers as well, an Olive and white four inch clouser with a small amout of yellow bucktail, 5 strands, will be your go to fly. Good luck, let us know how you do.

is that you hatchmaster? I recognise that fly from your website.

Well here is the the second to last baitfisher post. you can get the right markers from virtualnymph.com, steve thornton's website. Most of the realistic tyers nowadays do it for a living but the market is getting real saturated. I don't sell flies, just seem to leave them on the bottom for the next guy. I have encorporated some of the stuff in Oliver Edwards' book into most of my tying with great results. Love to see a realistics board finally and looking forward to seeing some of your ties. I know I'm new here but let's make this as good as the salmon tyer's thread!!

The legs are saddle hackle stems, stripped on one side then the fibres on the other are pulled back and cut really short.

Then What? Sparkle-boat owner? How about Bill Dance?

Can anybody tell me why I get a label of BAIT FISHERMAN???? Is it because I put worms on my dry flies?

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can't seem to get the picture up. Any help?

The Mosquito in Fly Tyer was Bob Mead's I think, and one of the origionals of the realistic ties. He is the creator of the Praying Mantis and Walking stick. Do a search on the web to see his stuff, it's incredible. I have dabbled for the past two years on realistics but I tend to lean on the side of fishable stuff, more like the Oliver Edwards/Steve Thornton type flies. Eventually I will probably tie something that takes more than twenty minutes. I have a box which holds my realistics labelled, "For Emergency Use Only" and has bailed me out many days on the water. Yes I use alot of markers, the best being Edding, They are designed to write on glass, but I don't really see any difference in using a treated turkey feather for the back or a colored piece of latex derivative. But that's just my personal opinion. Right now, nymphs are my bread and butters but they are everyone elses too. Everyone ties a stone, here's a pic of mine attached. I'd definately like to learn more. Hope to talk soon, OK have to make the pic size smaller will try tonight when I get home Shaq

CDC is the Southbound end of a northbound duck. The feathers are located around the preening gland making them saturated with floating oil, Natural fly floatant so to speak. The wispy feathers have a natural air-trapping quality which takes bubbles ubder water on sinking patterns. They are used on many dries instead of hackles, emergers, and caddis patterns. Also wrapped, twisted and used as bosies of smaller dries instead of dubbing. They are great as a deer hair substitute on comparaduns and great for nymph legs because of the motion.,

http://www.thomasames.com/insects/index.html nice book out and real good pics, wouldn't tie without it on the desk