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hi Mike

hi Mike
I've done some research and ordered cortland pike rocket taper and vision big mama(funny name you want to see what comes up when you google it 😄 )
the last one has a slow sinking head and inter running. We'll results soon and I'll post a review. Thanks for the help guys

"Great Article"!! I

"Great Article"!! I now have a completed book. Thanks!

great topic!

great topic ! hate to see only man/woman with big fish pictures. Bent rod pictures are one of the other options.

Cornelis
The Netherlands.

Larger version is mu

Larger version is much much better and worth the extra click.

Hi Martin,

Hi Martin,

I've tried it with a chinese neck and this works very well. Thanks for the hint...

T

Oh! Thank you :)

Oh! Thank you :)

Hi,

Hi,

One weeken earlier or later would be fine with me as i have not booked any holiday yet plus its my sons birthday on the 19th :)

Steve

Hey Michal, I do not think a

Hey Michal, I do not think a sink tip will work for a skating mouse, It will just pull it under too quickly. Here in nz we use a heavy wieght forward floating line and if the leader does not turn over nicely it does not matter too much as once you have done a couple of strips the leader is straight. Also I normaly mend downstream before stripping to get the mouse realy moving.
All the best.
Mike.

Beautiful!! Well don

Beautiful!! Well done! Sooner or later I'll try my hand at this art form.

The fly has very goo

The fly has very good balance in size of all its components, and a well thought out colour that mix well

One thing you forgot

One thing you forgot to mention in your excellent article is that trying to load a reel with playful cats in the house makes things much trickier!!! ;-)

I hired a guide for

I hired a guide for the San Juan last year. We went out in his boat. He had a bunch of polypropylene rope in it. I figured it was for the anchor. Nope. He said "I'm going to make some strike indicators" and while we were on the river, he hacked off a piece of rope, went through a bunch of steps of rubbing it on a piece of velcro to frizz it out, tied it in some fashion to the leader, and there we were! We fished all day with those indicators.

I'm glad I came across this article because I couldn't remember how to tie it on, and your O-ring solution looks good. I'm going to give it a try and fish the Frying Pan, colorado next week.

Hi Rolandas,

Can

Hi Rolandas,

Can you please tell me where you found your map of Kola? I am looking for a detailed (1:50 000 or less) of the Kola peninsula, because we are planning to do a trekking there. Here in the Netherlands I cannot find one.

Your information would be of great help to me, thanks in advance!

Perhaps a small gree

Perhaps a small green glass bead or a set of beads in each end superglued and held together with mono burned down to the glass bead to hold it in. More realism and green transparency when the light shines through. I'm going tot ake my G-string nut to the bead store and insure a perfect fit. Good on ya!

new venue

I was pesonally hoping for the site that Ripley mentioned at the last summit.
But probably that´s out of question. 😄

Hi everybody,

I a

Hi everybody,

I am happy you lik the fly, I hope your local fish like it also.

Joe, I did not try the fly with another material then yarn. I use yarn because it is made of many thin strings. It is smooth, shiny and very easy to work with. If you want you may try with floss or some kind of poly yarn or other material which are sold for wings, may be they will works too.

I wish you all the best!

Sincerely,

Rado

Aengus, Maybe fro

Aengus,

Maybe from Steve's own site. Try contacting him through there.

Martin

Perhaps even a Stali

Perhaps even a Stalin or Bush lighter?

Red Tag is not a Woolly Worm

David,

I don't think the Red Tag is a Woolly Worm or anything near it. It's a body hackled fly in this variation, but based on an old UK wet and dry fly pattern and not tied in the Woolly Worm tradition at all. Especially not in this "low water" version.
And likening the Copper Bully with its one material to a fly with, 6-7 materials, wings, tail, rib and more is also taking the term variation to its limit in my view.

Just my two cents...

Martin

Called wolly worms in the U.S.

The flies your talking about are called wolly worms in the U.S. all shapes and sizes can be tied they work great from large size # 4 down to size # 14 weighted or not ribbed with wire or tinsel the skies the limit.You also talk about the copper bully,I tie a varyation called the copper demon the pattern is as follows hook 2 or 3 xl (mustad 9762 or 9761) # 14 - 4 hot orange 6/0 thread,hot orange marabou tail copper wire rib,copper tinsel body,hot orange hackle three turns,hot orange marabou wing with pearl krystal flash mixed in,caught everything from panfish to salmon,keep up the good article's enjoy sharing ideas and information.remember keep the fur and feathers flying.

Anonymous,

People

Anonymous,

People posting unjustified critical comments anonymously disgust me even more!
If you have an opinion be man enough to put your name behind it!

PS: Love the Che lighter and would have found an Adolf lighter even more hilarious.

Martin

So what's with the C

So what's with the Che lighter? Were they out of Adolph Hitler lighters? You disgust me.

moin moin
nice patt

moin moin
nice pattern. i tied it, when i first read this article a few months ago. today was its day, seatrouts are hunting but no take.... not even my all time favourit "the pattegris" could get their interest. there were thousands of sandeels
in the water and i tried "the strange christmas tree" - second cast, hand over hand stripped - first fish ! two other trouts take it in the next 30min after i fished other patterns for two and a half hour. - nice result.....

greets tom

what would be a suit

what would be a suitable replacement for the yellow antron yarn? I can only find antron dubbing here in the states.

thanks