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Are you sure Dan Bai

Are you sure Dan Bailey originated this fly? I have a strong enthusiasm for fly tying history and would like to know where you got this information?

Hi Roger Duckworth.

Hi Roger Duckworth.
many thanks for your showcasing a new way to make flies on, I have even started to make these flies. I have made a fly daddy long legs, this fly was more realistic than others that I have made.
sincerely,
kenneth. www.westlin.dk

Ernesto,

As alway

Ernesto,

As always the positive man, huh?
But it makes sense to cut sandals. They are often much cheaper than the whole boards, and used sandals with broken soles or straps are thrown out anyway.

Martin

It's not possible! T

It's not possible! This guy destroys a sandal to make a popper! There are EVA suitable for popper in boards!

Glad to see the vide

Glad to see the video has already landed at globalflyfisher !

Regards

Ordoñez: Strobel La

Ordoñez: Strobel Lake is in Argentine! Your error is very coarse!

These tips were so h

These tips were so helpful! I've only recently gotten into fly tying and these tips helped a ton!!!!! I have found that old cigar boxes with a hot-glued foam sheet in the bottom is a great way to store flies temporarily. Thank you!

Hello Martin,

So

Hello Martin,

So recognizable is the story of a beginning fly-tying flyfisherman.
At the moment I have my fifth tying vice after 33 years of fly-tying and are happy with it now! (Stonfo.)
I like this story a lot and have also found a couple of very old flies in my old boxes, flies with a story like yours.
Thanks for telling us,

Best regards,

Tom Biesot.

Thanks, Martin. This

Thanks, Martin. This is an excellent tutorial. I should be able to take photos good enough to frame as gifts. I really appreciate it.

Jan,

I would try

Jan,

I would try on a single feather or a few, but I don't think there will be any problems if you are a bit careful. Too much steam and heat can "scorch" the fine feathers and do more harm than good, but a gentle hot, moist breeze can do wonders.

As an alternative you can dunk the whole cape in water, squeeze it semi-dry in a towel and then use a hair blow dryer. That is very unlikely to harm anything and can be used for the finest and most fragile materials.

Martin

Martin,

thanks fo

Martin,

thanks for the fine article, it was a interesting birthday present for me in september. Since then I kept it in mind and now want to try it with a Whiting Spey hen cape. You mentioned to be careful with such fragile feathers? Would you recommend to steam the whole cape, or better single feathers. I am a little anxious about ruining it and it is so difficult to get new stuff.
Thanks in advance.

Jan

Hello Pit

I neve

Hello Pit

I never tie them in tubes, it's a great idea!!! Let me know the result !!
If you ever need more info about the fly or materials don't hesitate to write me.
Best regards
Ramiro

you seem to have all

you seem to have all the new beadhead prince nymphs but do not have the "original" wondering why?

Whatever happened to

Whatever happened to Herman? he certainly knew how to strike a pose!

Paul

Dear Martin,

Rega

Dear Martin,

Regardless of some idiot’s comments, I also do enjoy your website and your view on C&R

As JanW points out: it doesn't pay to argue with a fanatic. Especially this one, as he seems to be blind to the idiocy of his own arguments. For if his parent indeed taught him not to harm the soil, the birds, the bees, the sky, or the trees, I'm confused as to why he doesn't turn off his computer to chose a self-sustaining life (preferably) far away from the luxuries of western society and the large ecological impact that they have.
I hope your kids pay more attention to you, than he did to his parents ;)

Cheers, Harry

....it doesn't reall

....it doesn't really pay to argue with a fanatic.

Paul,

I totally agree and I am really concerned and annoyed to read such rude statements about Martin and his family, so I won't argue, but only write some thoughts of a sick groupie:

- it is not worth to pay attention to fanatics and their often simple or at least one track minded statements. Getting attention is often the only reason for them to give a statement. What else could be the reason for them to be on a website together with sick groupies?

Martin,

Thanks for your article and for running your gorgeous GFF website in the way you do it.

Jan

Pete,

Pete,

Nice video with lots of action.

Martin

Beautifull and impre

Beautifull and impressing woodcarvings and painted so realistic.
You need a lot of skills to produce such fine art!

Tom Biesot.

Yeah Mark, be it rel

Yeah Mark, be it religion, politics, ethnics, or what ever the cause of the day, it doesn't really pay to argue with a fanatic. And I'm sure you will answer again with vulgar language, and attack my family, or my way of life, and thats my point.

Comment to Gary Tanner

Hi, I just now saw this, sorry I didn't see it sooner. I don't use a lot of turkey feathers in the flies I tie, sad to say. You might surf around this site and see what tyers are showing flies tied with some turkey.
Sorry not to be of any help,
Gary

Comment to #23-2013 - U.S. Coast Guard by Tom Fult

Tom, this work is such a fitting tribute. I love it~!!

Martin,
It's a good

Martin,
It's a good thing your kids have brains a little bigger than a fish.
Maybe they will recognize the error in your ways and not follow in your footsteps.
Then dozens,hundreds, thousands of fish will be spared the torture you so eagerly inflict.
Can't Stand the Heat, Get out of the Kitchen!
Mark
p.s. Why haven't any of your sick groupies jumped in to take your side?
p.p.s I rest my case

Mark,

Very well a

Mark,

Very well articulated and mature my friend! Keep that up and you will get far in life.
I rest my case. This conversation ends here for my part.

Martin

Martin,
What went r

Martin,
What went right in my life.
My parents taught me not to harm the soil,the birds, the bees, the sky, or the trees.
If you need to eat, eat.
But eventually you will be eaten too.
Never play with your food.
Never torment your fellow earthlings.
Obviously, your parents did not get it.
And you sure don't.
Don't you & your cowardly groupies tell me about the danger of being "BADLY CUT" by a Pike!
Get in the water with a Great White and a knife.
Kill it, eat it with your own teeth, then tell me what you know about C&R!
What a bunch of Narcissistic,egomaniac, whimps!
C&R what a "CROCK- O- SHIT"
You and your whole groupe are pathetic.
You knowingly and intentionally cause innocent fish to suffer.
Justify that, you F...ING, pissant brained torturer of "Earth's Creatures"

Your Committed Adversary,
Mark