Terrific Article I have been catching Diamond scale mullet here in Queensland Australia on bread flies, but know the Grey ghosts (thick lipped greys) from back in Jersey in the channel islands where they where also known as poor mans bone fish as they run like a freight train when hooked in shallow water.
I would love to catch a Diamond scale mullet on some thing a bit more natural than a bread fly and will definitely try some of your patterns Thanks !
Hi from South Africa. I love dry fly fishing with very light tackle. Im interested in finding a knot to the fly where the tippet is a few inches from the fly outside the water. This makes the fish less wary to take the fly. Assistance will be appreciated
Carleton,
Try buying it... It's no harder than firing off a Google search for the title. Our review is the first hit, but Powell's Book Store is the second. 20 USD and it's yours. But they only have one copy left...
Martin
So...the space heater makes my tyeing bunker toasty/warm on this snowy/cold day...
After yesterday's curious exercise in epoxy...
I decided it's time for a Tuffleye acrylic BLS (blue light special)...BRILLIANT!
The clarity is Swarovski and the overall effect IMHO is beyond ACCEPTABLE...
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The plastic on some cotton swabs are a bit thin.
Another good source of plastic tubes are the plastic tubes on lollipops. They are much stronger.
That is a great idea to use Q-tips, just tried one and it worked great.
Thanks for the idea
The temperature of the epoxy and the mixing surface will affect clarity and cure times...
A space heater was a bit too close and my glass mixing slab was warm to the touch...
'Resulting in an abrupt cure, bubbles, and deminished clarity...
Colour transmission was less precise and somewhat muddled...
Definitely fishable but not as crisp and defined as it could be...
The Striped Focus Group will have the final approval...or NOT !?
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Hi folks....great comments and questions! Allow me to respond to a few...
LONG TAILS: I tie them with longer tails because the BWO's out here in Colorado tend to have longer tails, at least on the water I fish. There's nothing preventing you from tying them longer and trimming them to size when you are on stream.
PMD vs BWO: The difference between a PMD and this BWO pattern is how it sits on the water. Both patterns can easily imitate any mayfly if the colors and size are right. This BWO pattern sits just slightly canted above the water surface while a PMD pattern typically rides right on the surface. I think for all intents & purposes, either pattern will work well for BWO's, if tied in BWO colors.
Thanks to all who have commented!
steve.
my name is Tobias and I'm new in this forum. I've visited the GFF homepage a couple of years until I realised, that there is a forum! Anyways, now I'm here. My hometown is Lübeck/Germany and my main ifocus is fishing the coast for seatrout. Beside and for the summer month, I fish at a small creek near Hamburg for brownies and even seatrout. I hope to find a lot new perspectives on flyfishing in this board.
Tobias
Tobias
Welcome to the board I just joined myself this week
Jocelin
Hi: Can I use my motorized drying set-up to apply my guide finish, too? It seems the finish would be easier and more conistent than turning the rod with one hand while applying finish with the other. Is a drying motor too slow? I have a buddy that's old school, that's teaching me to build rods, and he turns his by hand while applying the finish. He doesn't recommend using a motor.
Helge,
Never tried tying a Magnus with copper eyes. I used to paint the eyes on my Magnuses, but these days I use unpainted silver beads and even black thread. I have kind of hybridized it with the Grey Frede, but it's still one of my most productive patterns.
But I'm sure it would catch equally well with copper eyes.
Martin
Marrk,
You can do as you please. It makes little difference. Some argue that the fly will turn over when the eyes are on top of the shank, but I honestly think it matters very little. Personally I like the eyes under the shank, but mostly for the look of the fly more than anything else.
Martin
Is the bead chain eye tied in above or below the hook shank? The examples look like they are tied both ways. Great looking fly.
Dear Martin,
beautiful always beautiful I like these butter and bread fly. Did you try copper eyes as well??
best regards
Helge
inspired by Bob Pop's "Schoolies"...
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to be honest I ve never seen such a monster bevore
great picture- nice job gues
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