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Comment to #132 Spotted Cardinal - David Mac

David, this is another beauty.

Carp are my maen tar

Carp are my maen target . Dont sell them short .Thay a grate sport on a fly . Sume more flies and videos would be good if its posable .

The fly tying is good

The fly tying is good i liked the Big easy & friends . thay are easy to tye .And look to be right on the muney.

Thanks

Robert,

Thanks for the heads up! I didn't know Solarez, but its products look very interesting and at good prices.
I added it to the list.

Martin

Solarez is a new one

Solarez is a new one on the fly fishing market in the US.
Robert

Thanks for the notice

Ian,

Thanks for the notice. I added Mr. Bond to the list.

Martin

One addition

Hi,

One addition here is Mr Bond! A very good LCR from the UK that I use all the time.

This is only £7 a bottle and it dries 100% clear and glass hard.

Amazing production.

Amazing production. Even the extras are brilliant. I 'm a big RT fan and he keeps on finding these unique areas where the locals live in a microcosm of fly fishing nirvana. It was the same with Zero2Hero too. Hats off for the amount of work that went in to this to give credit (and some needed exposure) to a unique area that most American anglers don't even know about. The driftless area now on my fly fishing bucket list!

Good to see some new ones

Good to see some new ones . Didnt whatch them all . But will have plenty of avoes when theres not much else doing .So thay will be enjoable .Thanks for that.

Comment to #130 - Dickie

Peggy, very nice & sleek! Wicked looking!

Best site on the web

This is the best site on the web . It kept me watching for days .Its grate to have so much information in one place .I well be very happy to hear for you as often as is posible . Thank you very much.

Great and very inspiring

Great and very inspiring article Martin. One of the things I have come to think about when it comes to shrimp flies is that these very realistic imitations often look entirely different when they get wet which - after all - is how the seatrout sees our flies.
The realistic shrimps tied with a bunch of materials (some of them quite expensive) and a lot of details like rostrum, antennae, segmented back, legs etc. does look convincing when they sit in our vice. However when they are put in water, and even more when they are retrieved through the water, they do, in my opinion, not always look that realistic. Don't get me wrong: the are off course able to catch fish, and occasionally I tie them my self because I simply like to tie flies. However - and quite in line of your Mundane Fly project - I like to keep it simple, and I haven't yet come across a fly which is more realistic in the water than the STF shrimp - at least when you take into consideration how simple it is.
It goes like this:
"Tail": small bunch of STF dubbing.
Eyes: 2 pcs. of burned nylon line.
Body: STF dubbing in a dubbing loop wrapped around the hook.

Brush the whole thing up - and go fishing.

When it's wet the brushed dubbing gives the fly a transparent look, wich in my opinion resembles a shrimp very well.

Tight lines.
Søren.

Bob great job Do you

Bob great job Do you have a DVD out?

Just fashion victims

Just fashion victims

I think the pure mot

I think the pure motivation was to keep the fly rod in the picture, too. A very old and common thing for many fly fishers around the globe. I think it has to do with how much we often prefer to choose fly fishing over other forms of angling?!
I just understand this "new thing" as another form of saying: "This fish was taken on a fly rod."
Greets
Bernd

Comment to Peggy Brenner

Peggy, I am from West Michigan but I got my start in fly tying in Maine. My in-laws lived in Dennysville. I tied salmon hair wing flies. In the past 2 years I have started tying Carrie's files bu for the life me I can no get the wings right.

There are many copies

There are many copies of this book available by searching www.abebooks.com my favorite used book store on the Internet. Although most of the ~$25 copies are only in good condition, the text should be good enough for careful study.

Some great info and

Some great info and flies here. It appears that the hook position/orientation is widely varied among all shrimp patterns. Any input on this aspect of hook orientation with respect to the shrimps body on how the shrimp will move/sink throughout the water column? Can you correct weight imbalance after one is tied, or are you sometimes left with a wonderful looking yet useless shrimp?

The article is extre

The article is extremely well done. As a young man I was fortunate to have been one of Ora's steady customers and still possess many of his flies in their original unopened envelopes. I made many trips to his Blossom Street home in Keene N.H. Many of the flies in the article were named after Ora's customers who used to troll them in many of the nearby lakes in Vermont and New Hampshire. I believe Ora taught fly tying until he was well into his 90's. Both Ora and his wife were a true sportsmen and their legend will live on forever as long as their are trout in Spofford Lake.

I have been interest

I have been interested in trying to catch carp on the fly. Can you share what patterns have been the most effective for you??

Comment to #129 - Blue Back (Var)

Steve, this fly is probably my favorite of ALL the streamers I've seen you tie. The colors are simply breath taking. Outstanding design!

I am fortunate to ca

I am fortunate to call Nick a good friend, and what doesn't come across in this article is he is as nice and stand up a guy as he is an artist. Congrats on your recognition Nick!

Incredible, Awesome

Incredible, Awesome!!!!

Comment to #128 - Maligne Sunrise

I love this one...very very nice work!