Eddie,
Good to hear from you! Yes, the weight is for improved action and better penetration of the water. With no weight the very fluffy fly will hover almost without sinking. The weight dives it and gives it some swimming motion when retrieved.
Martin
Martin,
I remember the first time you published an article about the Fred(e) in the beginning of this century. I tied some at the time and with the Magnus it's still my favorite fly for seatrout. I noticed you use 'lead'-wire and chain-eyes, why's that? Better action?
Eddie Bouma
www.247ff.com
Eat, Sleep, Flyfishing!
P.S. By the way; Great tying-instruction!!
how much is the vise head?
Michael,
As you might have read, we clearly write "He sometimes ribs the fly with flash twisted to a thread and continues the flash into the head and the eye of the hook", so yes, the original used flash.
But this version will last quite a lot longer - not least if you catch fish on it. The twisted flash is very vulnerable to wear and tear, and once that breaks the hackle also comes loose and the dubbed body is exposed. We have occasionally tied the fly using flash for a rib, but then use a monofilament beneath it for strength, and we sometimes incorporate a bit of flash in the final turns of thread on the head, but have omitted this in the fly shown.
Martin
I have this site bookmark, and enjoy going back and looking at the wonderful work,that was put into this site. I will try and tie several of the patterns. Any new site in the making?
I like it. On my autumn sea trout session on Fyn I caught two two fish on this fly during one day.
The original Grey Frede, uses Crystal Flash from tail to head including rib.
Beautiful pattern my kind of fly,i managed to land my largest salmon of 28lb on the River Tweed two weeks ago on a home tied conehead cascade.Iam a big fan of Scandanavian style flies and get a lot of enjoyment tying them.
WOW! What great presentation of (some Rangeley) streamers that we most adore. Although many are still fished today, I mainly tie for dispaly and enjoy the art that blooms at the vise.
Adding stacked white calf tail for the tail instead of the Crystal Flash works well also.
Nice pics, I tie and use these alot. I also use a tight micro chenille for the body which makes for a streamline body..
hi guys....
iv been a salt water freek my whole life ,till i moved to johannesburg 2yr ago, a mate of mine told me about the yellows in the vaal in paris.ha ha .. well my o my i got the fever, amazing stuf!!!!!!!!
iv found very small flys and copper works well, the most yellows in on day is 36 and lost about 40 any way have fun all,
refreshed my memories in this nasty day here in Klaipeda, thanks!
Rolandas
standard issue...single tube phlyz...buffet style...
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One mob, one flyfishing, one Fyn! No problem!
Excepting that spinning rod :-((
Strejka you provocateur!
Ok you guys,
Slovak, Czech, CzechoSlovak...
If you could keep a little order in all these countries, it would be a lot easier... ;-)
Martin
Let's say CzechoSlovaks and we have a deal :)
Rolandas, GFF-supporters,
We haven't really decided anything about how to do this yet - or whether to do it at all. I am currently looking into some kind of "Support GFF" scheme, and will most likely announce something in the near future. I will have to discuss this with the partners and do it right.
We have always been non-commercial, and hold that principle high, so we want to do this the right way.
Thanks to everybody for their support!
Martin
? They are from Czech republic!!!!!!!!
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