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Several flies that flew out

Several flies that flew out of my vise.

Grey & Brown:

Gradational gray body:

Peacock body:

Organza tail emerger:

All the best.

Upper Leather Bug

Upper Leather Bug

Slowly sinking in slow water.
Tail - organza (several threads),
Body - peacock - from the tail feather (the eye),
Torso and mini hackle - peacock from the base of the tail feather,
Saddle - upper leather.
No extra weight.

All the best.

You could also make

You could also make your own felt using wool roving, hot water, soap, and elbow grease.

As an aside, what are the downsides of having felt soles for everyday use? Does it wear/tear easily?

Tank's, Martin.

Tank's, Martin.
Really fly fished well. The bad thing is that cork is fixed at one point. Front only. This requires more frequent replacement. But in contrast, we check more often nodes of the line 😄 . New fly - check the line - good fish. 😄
It is the secret to this fly. Fished well.

All the best.
Miro

Some lovely flies

Some lovely flies, you could also do a google search on clyde style flies. The clyde is the river I fish in Scotland, and it's clyde style spiders are renowned for there sparseness.

To N: I have never p

To N: I have never posted a video either, but Panasonic, JVC, Sony all make affordable video cameras that would likely suffice for what you want to do. To chose, you would have to answer if you want to save/store your video internally on a hard drive (Panasonic) or on a memory card (Sony, JVC, Panasonic). You can get a good camera from any of these three companies for around $300.00 USD, at least I did (Panasonic).

No mention of the ef

No mention of the effect of depth of presentation, size of fly, turbidity and flow of water, expertise of caster, even species of fish? An ideal leader for maximum casting distance is relatively easy to prescribe, but for optimum hook-ups the physical properties of the leader depend upon other considerations.

Gary, There shoul

Gary,

There should be absolutely no problems in showing the videos in a fly tying club or guild as long as you don't charge money to do it - like a cinema show. Screening online videos - and DVDs for that matter - to a select group of member under private circumstances breaks no laws. So you just go ahead. It's a great idea by the way and a very good way of introducing patterns and tying steps to people.

Martin

Evening Martin, My

Evening Martin,
My name is Gary and reside in Port Elizabeth South Africa. Have just started a fly tying Guild and am a keen follower of Davie's clips. My question is as follows. During our Guild meetings may we download,watch and then tie the applicable pattern? No funds of any sort are generated from such viewing but as Chairman of the Guild I do not which to infringe on any of Davie's copyrite material. Your advice on this will be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards
Gary

Love that Video

Love that Video. What rod/line do you use?

Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks for sharing!!

I have started to wa

I have started to watch your videos very informative you are truly a master tier. Is that a law vise if not can you let me know what brand it is and where to get one. Thanks Happy Tying, Martin

Miro,

Miro,

That's a killer bug right there! Nice fly and definitely worth trying for people fishing beetles. And very easy to tie too. Nice fly.

Martin

Alen,

For many fl

Alen,

For many flies you can use different approaches. Some frame makers simply make a large opening and arrange their flies in that - like here - others make an opening per fly, which is a lot of work and requires precision, but can be quite amazing as seen here in this frame with the flies from the Danish Fly Festival 1997.

Martin

Ok
I understand tha

Ok
I understand that you emphasize only a few together
But for example I wanted to do the Wolff series which is about a dozen

How would I go about

How would I go about mounting dozens in the same frame?

Hi.

Hi.

This fly is from cork. You can drink a bottle of good wine, and after that, you can make you own fly. Nothing to lose. The wine is for you, and the cork is for fish 😄

Cork back bug:

Less CDC, a piеce of cork, thread 8/0 to 14/0, pinch dubbing, hook and little desire.

Fish is for you.

Cheers.

Hello i have been th

Hello i have been thinking about making my own fly tying videos what kind of camer do you suggest {i dont want to spend a ton of money}

Hi, boys.

Hi, boys.

Blue Jay.

Tail: goos fibre (white)
Body: peacock
Half hackle: Jay wing (blue)

Big fish for you all.

Organza Wing Wasp (Foam body)

Organza Wing Wasp (Foam body).

Organza Wing Wasp (dubbing body).

Top side:

Bottom side:

All the best.
MJ

Dikanya lake GMO wasp.

Dikanya lake GMO wasp.

Black Foam Wasp without wings.

All the best.

Thank's, Martin.

Thank's, Martin.
The second fly (Green beetle) is very effective for chub - one of the fishes in BG for fly fishing.
The first fly (George 1) is universal fly - for trout, chub ...
Cheers.
Miro

A man,a boat,a lake,

A man,a boat,a lake,& fly rod what could be wrong with that,"nothing" thats what.

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