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Go Pats

A photo is worth 1,000 wordz...

I took the liberty to copy a photo posted by good friend Adrian Sharp on flyfishingforum. :oops:
He nailed the intent and the application of the Owner Oversize Hooks #5110-171...
The 7/0 is plenty BIG for this phlatwing...
The 11/0 are a bit too humongous... :shock:

I was going to tye up a few and scan them for this post but the hot water pressure relief valve decided to fail and my energy was consumed with a big clean-up...
All part of the joys of home ownership! 🙄

Thanks Martin,

I made a few of these and can't wait to use them this spring. Great idea for a pike fly!

Rick

Dear Michael

I lo

Dear Michael

I love the fly, I am sure it will work over here in England. I will give it a go next summer.

Great photos

j. Oxford UK

Very nice looking pr

Very nice looking project. What is the scale in the PDF's? I see 10 minor units, which makes me think "metric", but the bench doesn't appear to be 3.5 meters by 2.5 meters! That would be a colossal billiards table. Are your drawings in feet and tenths, by any chance?
Thanks again for posting the whole project, and for such clear photos.

Has anybody tried to

Has anybody tried to tie this fly on a tube? This could resolve the issue with hook selection and as well adding more volume to the fly.

Technically I'm not

Technically I'm not to fond of this photo. Is it up-side down? Anyways, the fly (caddis pupa) looks super-fishy (plus it's a perfect color match to the windings of your Sage XP rod)
4 for the fishy fly!

Fantastic pictures

Fantastic pictures and a great read!

GT on the fly: my 1st fish for 2007

I am just returning from a fishing trip in Mauritius with Dominique Thevenau (Fishing and Hunting Safaris in Mauritius) and this is my first fish caught on the fly for 07: a nice GT caught in Mauritius' warm water, huge crashing waves and a great fight! We also lost two very large GT's (80 to 100 pounders ! ) on poppers and manage to catch Yellow fin tuna also on popper.

This is a warm change from sea trout fishing in DK, but I can't wait to come to Fynn in April!!!
Tight lines,

Eddy :

Peter,

The legs are not easy, but if you tie them with rectangular(when cut through. Think that`s the ones you`ve used) rubber legs, they`re a lot easier than spending days getting one flexi floss leg right 😉

Cheers,
Peter(VJ)

Ps. your shrimp will definetely catch! 😉

The Broos has done i

The Broos has done it again... This has made for yet another great artical, gripping stuff nice pictures. I cant wait to strike at those Tigers

Woow! Very nice fish

Woow! Very nice fishing. Fantastic and mystery. Great article. Thanx

Spectacular!

Spectacular!
Truly enlightened over another article with a difference set in a destination with a difference.
A wonderful article Korrie complimented with dreamy pictures of wild truth and beauty.
Ripley

Hello from the Chesa

Hello from the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland, great pictures, I saved a few of them so I can keep changing my wallpaper. Keep up the great work here.

I have the same book

I have the same book and still study it. I have been tying for more than 60 years and have never read clearer how to instructions. Well done Mark

Perfect, special if

Perfect, special if you have been at the same place, different time.

Derek catches the es

Derek catches the essence of a fish like no has. Great work and great article!

Kasper,

Thanks for your advice. I have now tied a few Honey Shrimps, and i must admit they are quite hard, particularly those legs, i find it very hard to get them in the right posistion, well practice makes champion i quess.
I've attached a pic of one of the shrimps i have tied, they are not nearly as nice as the ones in the article, found here on GFF, but they are allright i quess. Let me know what you think, cunstructive critisisme is welcome.

Peter

Btw, everyone is ofcourse welcome to reply :)

Great ties. . What hook are

Great ties. . What hook are you using? At the moment, I am waiting to receive some hooks I ordered, 2 being extra strong worm hooks by Owner and Mustad that have very long throats that one can tie large flies onto without using the shank. Have you tried these too or Eagle Claw 413? Tying up those sand eels like you did must keep the hook sharp after dragging the sand bottom and prevents snagging mussel beds.

Rick,

The collar

Rick,

The collar can be made by holding the tube close to a flame. It will usually just melt and curl up nicely. The collar is not really necessary on this fly, but on other tube flies it's really nice to have because it keeps the thread and materials from slipping off the tube.

Regarding the hook it's quite simple: you pass the tippet through the tube from the front and tie on the hook before you pull and press it into the tube or the silicone extension.

Thread the tippet through the tube, tie it on and pull... simple as that!

Martin

Hi Martin,

I just

Hi Martin,

I just found this web site and your article. I love to fly fish for pike and am looking forward to trying this fly.

I do have a couple questions. First, it appears from the pictures that the tube extends over the hook eye so how do you attach the leader? Second, the directions say to melt a small collar on the tube. How do you do that?

Thanks for the help.