Recent comments

Joe,

The Lamson LP reels are some of the first reels Lamson made and pretty hard to find information about. If they are constructed like the more recent Lamson reels they can be reversed by a shop with the right tool. Bill Archuleta of Archuleta's Reel Works might be able to help you with that information. His website is at archuletasreelworks.com.

Regarding the redfish I don't know for sure. I never fished for redfish, but judging from what I see on videos and read in articles, an 8 weight or a sturdy 7 weight will do unless you expect the really massive bulls, in which case rods up to 10-weights are mentioned.
I'd go for a lighter rod. You will be casting more than you will be fighting, and even lighter rods can handle a big fish if you happen to hook one.

Martin

Submitted by Joe Herndon on

Permalink

I want to first off thank you for providing this free information for beginners to fly fishing such as myself. I just got a new Sage rod and a Lamson reel that was given to me by my mother in law,the reel is a Lamson LP3 and i was wondering if you could tell me if it was a left or right handed reel or if it is reversible; the reel is 15 yrs. old but was never used so i have a brand new old reel. Now for my last question - what size rod should i use for fishing for redfish on TX coast. Thanks in advance for your help.

G.S.,

I wouldn't say "Get a life" since I don't want to offend you, but I will say lighten up!

This is not meant as a place to criticize a certain way of fishing or the way it's presented by its proponents. It might me marketing by Teknkara USA and it might be previously available footage. That won't be the first time we present previously available marketing material on this site. And we are happy that some one wants to enlighten us about a kind of fishing that many of us don't know much about.

And by the way: be a man and stand behind your views with a name, huh? I was very close to not publishing your comment because it is anonymous. It's a bad online habit to hide behind anonymity when you want to criticize.

Martin

Submitted by G.S. Marryat on

Permalink

This appears to be blatant marketing by Tenkara USA under the guise of trying to tell us something new. Much of this appears to be previously avaialble footage, with maybe one or two flicks to get the line out. After that we do not see how the fishing takes place, and then it cuts to a fish being caught. There is no demonstration or discussion that specifically shows why this is not dapping. The last 'still' image shows a casting line, but that could be the first 'through-it-out-there-effort', and thereafter its 'dap-dap-dap' all the way. Yawn, nothing new here, and nothing to support the contention of this promotion video's title. Even if Tenkara IS dapping, what differernce does it make, if the advocates are having fun, and enjoying themselves? It seems that the proponents are rather overly sensitive to what others call it. Many of us don't care whether it is dapping or not, and it seems odd that there's appears to be a sense of needing to defend what tenkara is about. Get a life - just get on with it. If, however, they consider this to be some purist art form, then I would recommend they learn more about the history of fly fishing and the use of this and similar methods in wide use throughout Europe and Mesopotania for many generations.

Submitted by Gray Lysechko on

Permalink

Don, thank you for this inexpensive and innovative tip, it will certainly help me along my quest to become a better fly-tyer. Currently I have wings all over the place, and this organizational method will help to alleviate confusion and congestion. Wow !

Gray

Submitted by Gary on

Permalink

Hey Peter the only streamer pattern I recall was one similar to a single GP. He also tied a shrimp pattern called the Bras D'or Creeper that has landed me alot of rainbows. This may be the one your referring to.
Here is the recipe for his gp streamer
Hook: Streamer
Tail: orange bucktail orange krystal flash topped with golden pheasant tippet
Body: Orange floss and golden pheasant body feather(RED) tied in the middle and at the head
Rib: Gold tinsel wound on the body
Hackle: Orange hackle tied in at the tail and palmered to the head

Submitted by Charles Mann on

Permalink

What a tribute to Warren Duncan. The Dunk Special is well tied and the combination of feather and floss makes a perfect streamer. I had the pleasure of tying with Dunk at show in Maine. I would love to have one of your Dunk Special . Charlie

Chris, this is a beauty! I love everything about it. I am not sure what you meant by the lengths of orange floss though. Was the long over the short piece to build a slight taper? Anyway, I love the use of materials, it looks like a killer pattern to me!

Submitted by avril anjers on

Permalink

Beautiful tie Chris. This video of Warren Duncan was my inspiration for tying the rusty rat which then introduced me to the feather wing. Great tribute and great fly. Thanks for sharing.

Damn - that's a nice fly. Stops me in my tracks every time I see it. Beautifully tied, a wonderful example of Carrie Stevens' style, and a fitting tribute to a special person.

This is a reference to the Rusty Rat. In the Rusty Rat, there is a tag of floss that is laid back to the tail in the middle of the body. Chris incorporated this into his streamer pattern. It is a little hard to see it, but it is there just above the peacock herls.

Hi Mike,
some envy on this hemisphere. Looks as if the two of you had a great time.
We have a cold spell for the last two weeks or so. Some serious ice even on the Baltic and the North Sea. So all there is left is fly tying and hoping for warmer weather,
TL
Florian

Nice fly. This fly seems to be very similar to Sören Essebo's White Sara fly. Just replace hackle feathers by ostrich hearl. But thanks for good idea I will try it.

Dear Martin,

thanks for your answer. I confess I have done it your way the first time I had to put backing and flyline to my reel.
This article is indeed not a good advice for beginners; compared to all your other ideas and articles I have read with admiration of your wisdom and expertise.

Here is my easy way to add both lines - backing and flyline quickly and easy on a flyreel without any additional adjusting of the backing.
- Take the head of your flyline and fix it with some tape on the axle.
- Wind all the flyline on your flyreel and use the knot to fix the backing to the end of the flyline.
- Now fill the flyreel completely with the backing.
- Cut off the backing and use a drilling machine with an empty plastic reel of any angling line to spool off the lines of your fly reel. Always use some tape to fix the line to the axles.
- Now take a second empty plastic reel/spool and spool both lines with the help of the drilling machine on this reel.
- Now the end of the backing is available to be attached with a knot to the axle of the fly reel. Don't forget to add a piece of tape on the axle of your fly reel. This will help a lot if a big fish empties your reel completely.The tape will make sure that no slipping of the line on the axle is possible. I just have done it 3 times with my 12 year old son who had to give me a hand holding always the reel with the line on.
To spool off and fill the empty reel with backing and flyline takes 30 seconds. Most time is used to fill the flyreel twice by hand. The same way I use to fill my flyreels with shooting head , running line and backing.

I hope you will try my way and let me know your opinion

Best Regards of your admirer
Pit

Submitted by neil on

Permalink

Hey martin quick question. if were going to submit emails, what needs to be included? tying steps, materials and the finished product?

Thanks.

Martin,
OH-OH there you go thinking again, this time on how to make us who over-complicate things by throwing a rock into our untidy brains and forcing us to think of simplicity.

Since you got this far …

A money box
The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.

Long story longer

The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.
See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.