Mike,
Like Hare's Ear I can only say: envy, envy!
The winter has just turned up a notch or two the latest weeks, and now we have ice almost all over the place. No fishing here. Fly tying, photos and GFF articles. That's m'life! And some work, a bit of food, some sleep and a few other things...
Martin
Hi Hares ear, if it's that cold I can see why a bit of envy might set in. To be fair here in Auckland we have had the worst summer for years, the last couple of weeks have been good but prior to that it has blown hard and rained since about November.
If it gets realy cold you should think about shooting down this way for a fishing fix!
All the best.
Mike
Chris what a piece of artwork you have created. It is beautiful and a perfect fly to honour a very talented man such as Warren Duncan. The first time I watched this video I had a hard time concentrating on what he was tying because I was so fascinated by his story telling and found it incredible he could tie a fly at the same time he was telling this story.
Beautiful combination of color. Great tie and photo.
Joe,
The Lamson LP reels are some of the first reels Lamson made and pretty hard to find information about. If they are constructed like the more recent Lamson reels they can be reversed by a shop with the right tool. Bill Archuleta of Archuleta's Reel Works might be able to help you with that information. His website is at archuletasreelworks.com.
Regarding the redfish I don't know for sure. I never fished for redfish, but judging from what I see on videos and read in articles, an 8 weight or a sturdy 7 weight will do unless you expect the really massive bulls, in which case rods up to 10-weights are mentioned.
I'd go for a lighter rod. You will be casting more than you will be fighting, and even lighter rods can handle a big fish if you happen to hook one.
Martin
I want to first off thank you for providing this free information for beginners to fly fishing such as myself. I just got a new Sage rod and a Lamson reel that was given to me by my mother in law,the reel is a Lamson LP3 and i was wondering if you could tell me if it was a left or right handed reel or if it is reversible; the reel is 15 yrs. old but was never used so i have a brand new old reel. Now for my last question - what size rod should i use for fishing for redfish on TX coast. Thanks in advance for your help.
G.S.,
I wouldn't say "Get a life" since I don't want to offend you, but I will say lighten up!
This is not meant as a place to criticize a certain way of fishing or the way it's presented by its proponents. It might me marketing by Teknkara USA and it might be previously available footage. That won't be the first time we present previously available marketing material on this site. And we are happy that some one wants to enlighten us about a kind of fishing that many of us don't know much about.
And by the way: be a man and stand behind your views with a name, huh? I was very close to not publishing your comment because it is anonymous. It's a bad online habit to hide behind anonymity when you want to criticize.
Martin
This appears to be blatant marketing by Tenkara USA under the guise of trying to tell us something new. Much of this appears to be previously avaialble footage, with maybe one or two flicks to get the line out. After that we do not see how the fishing takes place, and then it cuts to a fish being caught. There is no demonstration or discussion that specifically shows why this is not dapping. The last 'still' image shows a casting line, but that could be the first 'through-it-out-there-effort', and thereafter its 'dap-dap-dap' all the way. Yawn, nothing new here, and nothing to support the contention of this promotion video's title. Even if Tenkara IS dapping, what differernce does it make, if the advocates are having fun, and enjoying themselves? It seems that the proponents are rather overly sensitive to what others call it. Many of us don't care whether it is dapping or not, and it seems odd that there's appears to be a sense of needing to defend what tenkara is about. Get a life - just get on with it. If, however, they consider this to be some purist art form, then I would recommend they learn more about the history of fly fishing and the use of this and similar methods in wide use throughout Europe and Mesopotania for many generations.
Once again, great looking streamer! I'm thinking the brookies would love the orange!
Don, thank you for this inexpensive and innovative tip, it will certainly help me along my quest to become a better fly-tyer. Currently I have wings all over the place, and this organizational method will help to alleviate confusion and congestion. Wow !
Gray
Hey Peter the only streamer pattern I recall was one similar to a single GP. He also tied a shrimp pattern called the Bras D'or Creeper that has landed me alot of rainbows. This may be the one your referring to.
Here is the recipe for his gp streamer
Hook: Streamer
Tail: orange bucktail orange krystal flash topped with golden pheasant tippet
Body: Orange floss and golden pheasant body feather(RED) tied in the middle and at the head
Rib: Gold tinsel wound on the body
Hackle: Orange hackle tied in at the tail and palmered to the head
What a tribute to Warren Duncan. The Dunk Special is well tied and the combination of feather and floss makes a perfect streamer. I had the pleasure of tying with Dunk at show in Maine. I would love to have one of your Dunk Special . Charlie
Chris, this is a beauty! I love everything about it. I am not sure what you meant by the lengths of orange floss though. Was the long over the short piece to build a slight taper? Anyway, I love the use of materials, it looks like a killer pattern to me!
Beautiful tie Chris. This video of Warren Duncan was my inspiration for tying the rusty rat which then introduced me to the feather wing. Great tribute and great fly. Thanks for sharing.
Damn - that's a nice fly. Stops me in my tracks every time I see it. Beautifully tied, a wonderful example of Carrie Stevens' style, and a fitting tribute to a special person.
This is a reference to the Rusty Rat. In the Rusty Rat, there is a tag of floss that is laid back to the tail in the middle of the body. Chris incorporated this into his streamer pattern. It is a little hard to see it, but it is there just above the peacock herls.
exceptionally well done Chris and extremely fitting that this fly is posted on this day , the fifth aniversary of Warren's passing. Great Job darren
Absolutely great fly, Chris. Wonderful tribute, and no doubt a fine fishing fly.
Bob,
I'm really, really sorry about going simple! I know that these flies will be simpler than just a single antenna in one of your fly sculptures, but I hope you forgive me!
Martin
Neil,
It's not difficult. I did a quick writeup of the process of submitting one or more patterns, and any further questions can be directed to me as a comment or via mail as mentioned in the article.
Martin
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