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This is probably an

This is probably an old post but man if thats not history in a nutshell on a page i dont know what. Thanx for those that kept it online.... big kudos
Great info since iam going up north before returning to Alaska

Comment to Larry Leight

I love you flies!! Great job!

Recieved you book as

Recieved you book as a gift,you know you should never use the word "complete" because I really don,t think you could ever get them all,but the book is great,I,ve been tying fly,s for almost 40 years and have cought a few fish on my own patterns but these aren,t the one,s you missed.I,ve caught fish in nearly 20 rivers in N.S. and meeting the old local fishermen ,I,ve seen some great local fly patterns that took fish on a regular basis.Some of the patterns that are in you book shouldn't be counted,they,re tied by people that I call salmon social climbers,their flys are tied just to be called their new pattern and not necessarily to catch a salmon,but those old patterns that I learned from the old guys,this flys are killers ! There,s was a old guy that used to fish the LaHave River in Nova Scotia his name is Doug Bezanson,well he knew every rock in that river and he tied flys for people,to have afew of his flys in your box was a necessity,his flys were super sparce,one in piticular was his Black Moose,(pattern as follows) oval silver tinsel,black floss body(cigar shape taper) black moose,never stacked,jungle cock,small, cream color badger hackle collared,this pattern was also tied with a green body.He fished another fly he called Cow Dung,which as you know is a trout pattern,but I saw him catch many salmon with it,you know his patterns worked very well but it had a lot to do with the guy holding the stick.His fly patterns had an almost buggy look they were tyed that sparce.The wings on his fly,s weren,t stack as I mentioned earlier,the hair,s in the center seemed to be abit longer than the outside hairs,in the water it gave the fly a tear drop shape not the paint brush look,but as most Anglers know when the fish are taking just about anything will work. Anyway sorry to be long winded but this is how I see it,I just recently started tying tube flys and I,m going to attempt to Ty a few Temple Dogs,they,ll be deadly on our Fall Rivers.Again great book and another addition to my Library. P.S. Do not let the illustrations bother you,they are top notch and illustrate the patterns perfectly !

In Davie's video Oli

In Davie's video Olive Lite-Brite Buzzer he uses Lite-Brite for the wing buds I have bought some but it is it much thinner and finer and less stiff than the material in the video and does not work
Does anyone know what material Davie is using and where to buy it?

Incredible Artwork!

Incredible Artwork!
Truly Beautiful.

To your point

Hi Martin,
To your point, when tying at the east coast shows in the US, the only things that come up to my room at night are my Law Vise and tube of Wonder Wax (perhaps the next topic in a series hard to find items with prices going through the roof).
Best,
Bruce

have you tried the u

have you tried the unit in moving water? I am a shore fisher man, and wondering how the unit will do in the surf...

i am quite keen to try it out but need to know if it has been tested in rougher water than lakes first..

Comment to #72-2013 - Leitz Bucktail by Gary Frase

nice tye Gary.. however, in Bates' "Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing" (1966) The dressing states the Black & Red Bucktail is to be "mixed equally", not stacked one on top of the other...
Other then that You did an excellent job.. even without the jungle cock cheeks :)

Comment to Ancient Chattan tied by Larry Leight

Hey Kevin thanks nice to hear from you hows everything up there in Chenango County.

That looks like a re

That looks like a renegade (double) pattern that I pulled out of archives to catch a whack of rainbow at one of our local lakes here in Digby Nova-Scotia. Taken alot of trout on the renegade. Looks good I'll tie some and try them in various sizes. Later Chuck.

I commend you on get

I commend you on getting the younger generation into fly fishing or any type of fishing period . this is a great site . the only worry i have in watching this video is i did not see any boating safety as in wearing life vests . in the one picture of a child wearing chest waders in a boat without a life vest really bothered me . waders filled up with water is extremely deathly . i hope you change your policy in safety first on you agenda . other then this i enjoyed your video very much .

bonne article, belle

bonne article, belle pèche, tu as vraiment un bo terrain de jeux

Comment to Ancient Chattan tied by Larry Leight

Very nice fly Larry.

We don't sell flies

Paul,

We don't sell it, but Pedro who tied it and wrote the article does. Look at his author page for contact info.

Martin

Do you sell flies ?

Do you sell flies ? I don't see any prices

Wow, totally blown a

Wow, totally blown away by the wet look, incredible realism, wheres the cocktail sauce? Definitely going to toss that at the searun browns, and salters ( searun brookies) this coming fall, in an olive or light olive it is a mirror image of the wee grass shrimp found on most New England flats, the striped bass will at times feed on them and nothing else for weeks it seems. Thank you for another incredible pattern. GFF rocks as always,sharp hooks,tight lines.

great idea. just st

great idea. just starting to tie flys and have been reading and trying different tips i read. it is amazing how hard you can make a project when if you just sit back and think about it you can see all kinds of options. thanks for the tips and hope to see more.

Comment to Gary Tanner

I loved the picture of the really relaxed guy in the photo. Would like to take him fishing. An old friend from Pa. Gary Magee

16 min of speech ov

16 min of speech over fishing large dry flies? Wohhh, please!!! Of philosophies about fly fishing all of us got tired!!!

Great post

Great post. I like the pattern; the best take away is the proportion information - short arms, long body. We have (cutthroat) trout eating squid here in the Puget Sound. I believe the squid (and the trout) are smaller than yours, but great fishing on light weight rods..

This fly bears a str

This fly bears a striking resemblance to a pattern in Tony Lolli's go to flies, named Clints emerger the differences are minimal, but the flies ability to absolutely slay LL salmon in early spring when lil BWO are coming off the water, or when midges are clustered up is undeniable.

My tying skills are

My tying skills are so mediocre my muddlers have and always will be shaggy Gapenesque type monstrosities, that although not a whole lot to look at, LL salmon and Brook trout dont seem to mind here in the streamer capitol of the world my beloved Maine.

Very nice, i am one

Very nice, i am one of the unfortunates that chose to purchase one of the more costly types (Orvis), not complainig or busting Orvis' chops the tub is absolutely top quality and very very durable, but that being said i will be letting my fellow brethren of the surf know about this article. Thanks again.

Cam and screw knob vises

Cam and screw knob vices can exert tremendous pressure on a hook, enough to cause it to fracture in use, maybe on that fish of a lifetime. Years ago Art Flick suggested cutting a tiny square of heavy "poster paper," folding it in half, and placing it over the hook bend before placing the hook in your vise and tightening it. It works great. You can use half as much jaw pressure but the hook will not move before it bends or breaks. I use the thin cardboard on cereal and cracker boxes: easy, cheap, and effective.