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I have used Wapsi head cement for years and have always purchased it by the qt. My supply is running low but I am no longer ably to buy this in bulk. Im pretty sure this is a standard clear lacquer and am thinking of trying lacquer used for furniture & instruments. What are others using and getting in bulk??
I am also quite fond of gudbrod head cement (cir 1970 and am getting down to my last couple jars).
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For last 20 years I am using only nail-polish.
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One of the solution is to buy a switch-rod. You will be able to switch to double-handed overhead or spey casts any time - to let your wrist relax..
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I am using a smaller streamer or nymph behing a bigger fly (streamer) a lot, but I never put any weight a the tippet connecting the flies? Which situation does require this additional weight?
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I have finished a set of flies for Iceland salmon. Thank you all for your help! I will work on Friggy and some otther flies later.
According the info from Internet the rivers of Iceland are very clear.
Salmon from this country prefer tiny flies – they are made on the hooks from #16 to #8.
As a rule they are tied on double or treble hooks, or on tiny tubes.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54566599/0029-strange-flies/01/IMG_8639.jpg
I do not know how to call this fly, but the fish should like it. In worst case, if salmon will refuse it, we will use it to catch grayling.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54566599/0029-strange-flies/01/IMG_8640.jpg
Very sparse and skinny Collie Dog
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54566599/0029-strange-flies/01/IMG_8642.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54566599/0029-strange-flies/01/IMG_8643.jpg
Snaelda
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54566599/0029-strange-flies/01/IMG_8644.jpg
Willie Gunn on a # 10 treble
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54566599/0029-strange-flies/01/IMG_8646.jpg
Silver Munro (variant on a double hook)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54566599/0029-strange-flies/01/IMG_8647.jpg
Silver Munro (variant on a treble hook)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54566599/0029-strange-flies/01/IMG_8650.jpg
Collie Dog
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54566599/0029-strange-flies/01/IMG_8654.jpg
Hempel tied as a skating fly on a plastic tube
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54566599/0029-strange-flies/01/IMG_8659.jpg
Something like Silver Munro on half-inch tube
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54566599/0029-strange-flies/01/IMG_8661.jpg
Red Francis
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I thought it was the most addictive thing known to mankind!I was told smoking pot is also a big fun. I see fly fishing as catching fish with a rod, line & fly (artificial lure put together with thread & glue). Reels, guides, special lines, etc. are optional. If one is using bobbers, sinkers, metal lures, and bait, it is not fly fishing. IMHO.
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I found a bunch of empty shotgun shells and set them up on my bench and now each time i go to tie an order (usually for myself) i put the hook and materials needed for each fly in the shells. Then I'll tie in an assembly line form. Anyone else do something similar?I am using a set of brass shells (12, 16, 28 & 32 gauge) with sharpened edges for cutting foam bodies for the poppers
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I have need for clousers in the 5 to 5.5" range. I would like to use 2/0 hooks or larger. I have never tied them this large. I wanted to know what everyone likes to use for components. I really like using bucktail for them but would probably need to sub for clousers this large. What are the preferable hooks?Thanks
Use strong, rather stiff synthetec fibers. These big Clousers are used for big & toothy fish. This winter in Africa they had destroyed many of my bucktail flies.
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Thank you all for great info! Now I will be able to tie the flies which will later travel 7000 km to reach Iceland.
On the Friggy: how does it behave in the current? These two opposite wings make its design very strange...
Best wishes!
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I use soft electric wiring in different color PVC cover
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Hello,
My friend is coming to Iceland for salmon fishing this year (first week of July).He will fish the Laxa in Adaldal & Hofsa Rivers.
He had asked me to tie some flies most suitable for these streams.
Could you tell me the names of the flies which are the best, and the hook sizes?
Are the double hooks legal in Iceland?
Thank you!
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I am making & selling lots of these "dubbing brushes" to the tiers. Dubbing brush has so many advantages comparing with tying using a dubbing loop. For instance, some of my brushes are multi-colored. You wrap such one on a hook and get a scud body of 3 or 5 colors with no hassle.. Now before starting to tie flies I often make dubbing brush for them; it saves lots of time. This Rainbow Nymph is made out of one multi-colored brush.
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I had recently come back from the West Africa (Bijagos). I was able to catch some fish species I never had before.Attachments - 2 kinds of snapper and ladyfish. Ladyfish looks like a tiny tarpon; it is extremely strong for its size!
We were also catching jack & barracuda.
I love to catch lady fish…They love to poop on my clean boat
Yes, I remember fishing in Florida with a local guide. His skiff was made out of white well-polished plastic; it was clean enough to perform brain surgery on a deck.
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Never counted them - the boxes fill a big Coleman cooler.. about 30 at least
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Think on Kola Salmon rods - I am using them for long time. Good quality and good prices!
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I prefer to move & fish downstream, espeacially on very swift streams where a wobbler-fly is the best choice.
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Added another species to the list...
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In some rivers catfish often bite flies. In the murky, shallow water the best fly is a popper, and when it is deeper than 10" - the wobbler fly.
The 24-pound Amur catfish at the image was caught with a wobbler-fly on a 1/0 size hook.