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Submitted by Byron Thiel on

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I love fly tying and found your excellent site quite by accident. I used to get out fishing a lot thanks to the generosity of forum members from a forum I've fallen afoul of-not by my actions, but by the fact one of the members of the group I once belonged to suddenly decided he didn't like me (unfortunately he is bipolar) and spread malicious lies to besmudge my reputation so now I no longer belong to the group and I avoid that forum. It doesn't put me off tying flies and as I,m retired it gives me an activity to help spend my time. My wife got me a Samsung smart phone for Christmas and the pics it takes are excellent so would love to post on here if possible as I've tied about 12,000 flies since 2007 and adding more all the time.

Pete,

You keep on churning out these amazing baitfish flies! Endless variation and still a very distinct style.

You might be striving for the Jack Factor, but you definitely have the Pete Factor as it is.

I have been extremely busy with work lately and haven't tied for a while, but have on my itinerary to tie up some Pete's Welded Phlies for this upcoming season. The have to be able to catch fish here too!

Keep 'em coming.

Martin

Submitted by claudio on

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stunning video. wonderful music.nice place. great performers (both anglers and trouts

Submitted by Bob Edens on

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Who has the North American distributor ship and how can our shop contact them.

Marcelo,

I have been admiring the detail and quality of your fly tying and your flies are just stunning. I
especially love your version of the Parmachene Belle. I would love to know what brand of wool you used for the body. Did you wrap the throat feathers collar style first? Thank you for sharing these beautiful flies with us.

Submitted by Kate Pike 1737246321 on

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Martin,
Great Mickey Finn variations. There are many famous Mickeys in the world, but fly fishing's famous Mickey Finn has/will
outlive all of the others. Mickey Finn is a much kinder version of the original American Mickey Finn beverage. They both
hook their victims. Thank you for revisiting Mickey Finn. Kate

Great article. I start the day with a stronger blood knot with the top fly on the heavier untrimmed lead. I attach the fies with an orvis knot. But, when in a hatch, I use the double surgeon knot which is much faster to tie. I have seen anglers spend 10 minutes of a 30 minute hatch re-rigging! The key is to practice, practice, practice. I fish the Green River each April and if you have not practiced, it is almost impossible to rig size 20 BWO patterns with cold hands in 30 knot winds. I tell friends going on their first trip to practice after putting their hands in ice for 10 minutes and while their spouse hits them in the face with a fly swatter! Both will be better for it.

Submitted by Ron Mazzarella on

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Capt Mel, great knot! I have been using the nailless nail knot for years and almost forget how to tie one using the tube. I have been looking for a tube that I can use to practice this knot but no one seems to have one. Do you sell tubes for this knot? I use to use an albright on my tarpon lines but it made the knot a little big.

Submitted by Billy Taylor on

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Just a comment on the extremely helpful info shared by all of you. Fly fisher people..and tiers...tend to be great folks. Thanks to all

Ray,

No such word...?

It might not be correct above, but the word certainly exists. "Ray showed himself to be an excellent fly-caster" is absolutely correct as far as I know - but then again, I'm not a native English speaker, so I might of course be wrong.

And reading a little about the word, showed is often referred to as "technically correct" but in practice, shown rules the day.

Well, life is full of irregularities...

Martin

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