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Rob,

I have alway

Rob,

I have always used salt for my skins and never had problems with it. Borax might be rougher on the feathers, but I don't think so. Might there be something with the feathers from the outset? The bird molting or whatnot?

I have been very hard on some skins during the washing and drying process, and never had any problems.

The only time I have had barbs come off was during a nasty attack of some critters in my fly tying materials. They literally bit off the barbs by the root, but only on a few skins. I have since put some repellent in between my stuff, and never had the problem again.

Martin

Jim, Give the sea

Jim,

Give the search facility a chance... Type in The Trout Bum Diaries and viola! There it is, our review of this great DVD. They have made more than one, and you can find them all.

Martin

Looking for your DVD

Looking for your DVD video The Trout Bum Diaries by Will Mullis and can't find it on your web site but a few months ago I did.

Great article Martin

Great article Martin, very useful information!!

Today I completed the curing of the neck and saddle of my first rooster following these directions, and they came out great except for one problem: some of the feathers on the neck lost a significant number of their barbs during the final cleaning with warm water(which I did gently). I am wondering if maybe this was due to the fact that I left them cureing in Borax for a few weeks, which is longer than recommended. I also find it curious that it only happened to the neck and not the saddle. Have you ever encountered this problem and do you know what the cause may have been? Thanks very much.

As a fly dresser and

As a fly dresser and angler ,i have chopped and changed -experimented with most of the "major" brands of trout hooks the No 1 for me is the Dry FlashPoint -best I;ve ever used for tying and angling !

I'm from the U.K. Ou

I'm from the U.K. Our trout are maybe not as big but they are intelligent and it takes a good fly to catch them.
I use size 12 or 14 microbarb hooks. The body I use is 2 fold, one of olive and one of grey. An olive body with a twist of copper works well. Tail of blue dun or pheasant for the nymph. Hackle of pheasant tied nymph style or blue dun (greyish) for the BWO. Thread of olive or black. Our trout love them all year round.

This is a problem al

This is a problem all over. I've read that due to escapee fish, there's now an Alantic Salmon population that runs in rivers on the west coast of North and South America.

North Pacific Chinook salmon have started to establish themselves on both coasts of South America due to escapees as well.

you could use test t

you could use test tubes as contianers to

teo korihot wait to

teo korihot wait to kill the mood and you woudnt need to go to the store after you have the matierials

Psst! Anyone want to

Psst! Anyone want to buy some depleted uranium? It's REALLY hot. Nuke those trout good. ;-)

....Well done Roland

....Well done Rolandas, it realy was a pleasure to read your article,remembers me on my first fishing and travel experiances in South america......nice catches and good pictures .Rolandas, i am planing to fish lago Strobel but got no idea how to contact Estancia ,Pecho Blanco' do you still have a phone nr of this guyes to contact them? Or anything like this??Thanks a lot and tight lines Sven

rado you could even

rado you could even use a single hook for this fly and you could split the cork in the middle tie a few partridge fibers in tie off put the cork on fire like you did then put the cork on the hook and glue it down

Good Morning Bob;

Good Morning Bob;
I have a fly fishing workshop in Patagonia for many years and the amount of fly rods and I buy in USA.
Let me know if you can give me information because I want to make my rods and reels carriers need some direction where to buy bar nickel silver and wood inserts.
I have in my workshop tools to make it as a lathe.
Thanks for your time and I look forward to your prompt response,
Diego.

P.S. Searching the internet I found your address and I liked his work in the reel seat and a lover of natural wood'm also a fan of fishing with Bamboo.

mate you seem to hav

mate you seem to have some good fishing, luckey for me i have a river near by where we can catch pike , roach, chub ( a lot of big resident chub) on the fly, the biggest i had so far is a 5lb chub. Bro you take some amazing pictures, there not one picture here on your site that i dont like, they are truely amazing...keep up the good work....

It would be very hel

It would be very helpful if hook manufacturers were to further identify specific hooks with their dimensions of gap/length in mms.
For example Mustad 9671-6-6/18, or a 9672-6-6/20, the gap being 6mms, the body length 20mms.
The 2x or 3x long being somewhat redundant today with the wide variety of hooks available. And the odd habit of calling some hooks "wide gap". Surely a wider gap only really means a larger hook size on a smaller body length, such as 1x or 2x short.
Hooks can be confusing with such titles as long shank and short shank, how long is long, and how short is short?

hi..i just love your

hi..i just love your work..or should i say, your art. i would love to learn this amazing art of fishing fly tying.. So i appreciate the good work you're doind. thank's my friend. To bad i have no credit card...

Dale,

Most muddle

Dale,

Most muddlers are excellent sculpin imitations, and this one will be fine for your purpose. But you might also consider a more elongated and maybe weighted pattern such as the FMJNM, the Zuddler or a tube tied muddler or a pattern such as The Bow River Bugger. Another option is a large zonker streamer, which is a bit easier to tie.

Martin

Great articel! The o

Great articel! The opening paragraphs were especially appropriate as I have been standing in the middle of a large group of 'boiling' mullet this week without a single take!

You've certainly given me something to think about - thanks again!

ok i have a question

ok i have a question i live in montana in the usa... and i am going to float the yellowstone river where the shields river dumps into the yellowstone and in that are there are scuplins galor and in the fall when brown trout go up to the shields river to spawn and they eat scuplins and scuplins so i was wondering what patterns you would reckamend

these are great bait

these are great baits!

Jason,

Do you mea

Jason,

Do you mean how loose the knot can be tied or how long the tags can be - or something else?

To address the first two in one: the knot has to be pretty snug and tight. I usually work the loops of backing towards the loop in the fly line while tightening. When the knot is tight, you can trim both lines very close to the knot.

Or did you mean something else?

Martin

Yup, first timer, to

Yup, first timer, took a couple of goes, but very simple indeed. Just one question how much loose can there be at either on the ends - assuming backing to fly-line

Derek,

A chub is

Derek,

A chub is a freshwater fish found in Europe. It's known as Cyprinus cephalus or Leuciscus cephalus in Latin and is a popular quarry in many countries - especially in Eastern Europe. It's found in many streams, grows big (up to almost 2 feet!) and takes flies readily.

You can read more here on GFF as well as on FishBase.org

Martin

Dear Sirs,
I am loo

Dear Sirs,
I am looking for a quality rod joints for my split cane rods. Do You have, or do you know where I could get them ?

regards, Ilkka Virta