Pit,
There's a whole article on handling chickens and preserving their skins here. Once you have the skin, you can use Richard's method as described here or the one I describe using salt and pinning the skin to a board.
Martin
thanks a lot for this article. I am just going to keep chickens in my garden to have eggs, meat and feathers. is it the same way with chickens and other poultry? like pheasant, black bird, magpie or partridge.
pit
Thanks Martin,
That's the fly I was asking about.
I'll try to get in touch with Jim when I establish a You Tube account.
In the meantime, I Googled CASTS and found several acronyms
relative to autism and Asberger's Syndrome.
"Creative Autism Solution Team" and "Childhood Autism Spectrum Test"
are two examples.
Dennis
PoppyT,
Which one do you mean.
"Casts For Autisim Beadhead Nymph"?
My guess is that this particular fly was inspired by Autism Awareness Day, which was this past week on the 2.
But you can contact Jim himself through his YouTube profile
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFlymanJim/about
Martin
Andrew, in addition to Martin's response, I would also like to add a comment on why it's better to leave the feathers on the skin. Often in tying a fly, you are required to use a left feather and a right feather for tying wings. It is almost impossible to do that with all the feathers detached from the skin and stored in a bag. It would drive a tier insane and take up so much time trying to match them correctly. When I first started tying flies, I did what most tiers do, I bought feathers from a supplier that were randomly thrown into a bag. Not knowing what I know now, I thought that was okay. Then I started to build winged flies and quickly realized how much time I was wasting just trying to match feathers. That's why when you buy capes they are still on the skin. I look at it this way, time and quality are relative. If you tie your own flies, you do it because you get pleasure from building your own flies to use instead of going to the store and buy what they have to offer. If you put the time in, it will be worth it. Thank you for reading my article.
Andrew,
Yes you can, but the feathers are much easier to handle when they are on the skin. If you only need specific feathers - flank, CDC or wing feathers, you can pluck what you need and they will often be fine enough to be used as is. But a whole skin hold so many useful feathers, which can be nice to have.
Personally I find it worth the work to have the feathers "well organized" on the skin rather than stuffed into a bag.
Martin
Martin
Can you just pluck the feathers from the skin, and wash the feathers?
Great article on preserving. Looking forward to your next article.
I managed to get your pictures to show. It seems that they had some kind of color management in them, and by opening them in Photoshop and stripping that off and saving them again I got them to behave.
Refresh the page, and you should see the flies. very nice flies as I said already!
Martin
perskis,
I managed to get your pictures to show. It seems that they had some kind of color management in them, and by opening them in Photoshop and stripping that off and saving them again I got them to behave.
Refresh the page, and you should see the flies. very nice flies as I said already!
Martin
Rick-I was fishing in Pagosa Springs Colorado last summer using the hopper copper dropper. My guide tied the hopper directly to the leader and then the copper to 4X tippet and the dropper to 5X tippet. I hope I have that correct, the larger tippet first. I see the diagram above has this presentation with the flies on droppers off the leader. I am wondering if you might know he did that. How did he tie the fly and tippet to the next tippet and fly. Hope this makes sense.
Richard,
This was shot in Denmark, on the west coast of the island Sjaelland.
Martin
First, let me say how much I appreciate the excellent quality of your videos. You have provided a clear, concise, extremely informative compendium that has been my main resource for technical improvements in my tying. I've seen that, on some patterns, you will use thread to build up the body or provide coloration whereas I will typically use floss on the same pattern. Do you notice any difference in action or durability comparing floss and thread? Again, thanks so much Mr. Misiura. You are a real master and those us who strive to become one appreciate you sharing your skills and expertise with us.
Best,
Matt Glascock
This fly would fish well in streams and lakes. Bass and Pike would take it.
Beautiful sunset! Where was it taken?
Great looking group of streamer patterns Gary...I like the whiteback very much!
Dave
Can you tell me what is GO2 150D Veevus thread compare to the 0/0 system? Is it equal to 6/0 , 8/0 etc.?
what is 100D and 30 D equal to the threads like Danville or Uni-thread? With these 3 deniers what type would you use to tye dry flies, nymphs etc.. Thank you.
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