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Submitted by Bahman Atrforoush on

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Dear friend, Hi, I love fishing and fly fishing for trout,in fact my country is in dry zone of the earth, and we have limit places for fishing but many people loves to go to fishing like in rivers and in the lakes, in above paintings I found sun set image near mountain, which is very similar to our Damavand mountain and it's peak, and there is a valley which has a very nice river named Lar, thanks for you interest in nature and is it possible I download some of your painting, am I allow?

Don't drop that box!!!

Very nice tying, you've certainly a good selection there. Martin is right, that is real production fly tying.

Have a good trip and please share the results.

Cheers,
C.

For 90% of the time I would go for ceramic. Either insert or full tube. The only exception to this I have found is Matarelli bobbin holders. The metal tube on these is hard enough not to wear.

To give you an idea I can wear out a metal tubed bobbin holder in about a month. Some of my ceramic ones are still going after 10 years. They do cost more initially. Mostly I use TMC bobbin holders (though I modify them by removing the rubber tubing and replacing with hot melt glue around the joint). They cost about 4 times the price, but are worth every penny.

If you are tying mostly salt water patterns you will be using more pressure and more thread than if you were tying, say, trout patterns. That means you'll wear groves into the tube even faster.

Cheers,
C.

The clouser is a nice tying principle.
If I tie clousers in smaller sizes (I fish them with good success in size 8 and 10), I replace the bucktail with squirrel or polar fox hair. Make sure you place the eyes a good distance from the frontof the fly,
TL
Florian

when it comes to tools, as a cheap tool will only add to the frustration when
your starting out learning the art of tyeing !!!
A short list of tools you will need and use often,
sclssors..an ultra fine tip , a fine tip and a curved tip
a bodkin tool
hackle pliers
bobbin holders ceramic tip in different lengths short tip for the tiny stuff and long for the big stuff
wire cutters ..dont use your scissors for wire
bobbin threaders
bobbin tip cleaners
hair stacker and packer
dubbin loop tool

I'm sure the list will grow as you learn

Submitted by Allen Smith on

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I am looking for "multi color rod wrapping thread" size E or D

Martin,
I saw this article just now - a very precise look at the things that really matter. Thanks for that.
But the 'This is for fun' extra headline bothers me.......I am sure that who doesn't understand it right without it, won't understand ever!

Cheers

Jan

Submitted by Peter on

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David,
That is perhaps the most spectacular color combination on a streamer I have ever seen. Something about it resonates with me. Great job!
-Peter

Submitted by Cristian Sosa on

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Dear mr Joergensen,
I wrote this comment because I want to take your part ,even I am sure that you don't need it ! :)) But I am , to some extent ,heartstick about how many have criticized your articles. Thank you for both articles about how to look and act as an flyfisher. As a beginner I have experience almost all mistakes that you discribe in your article and I must say that irony or not ,so many things are very true,especially how to act. I am sure that I look very silly when my line have drop through the guides and my fly have stuck in the tip tops or worst, to the next one,and of course my line tangled between my foots. In my opinion if we don't have the capacity to make merry over us we never learn somethings. As for the rest ,to make a qoute : " if love (for flyfishing) doesn't exist ,nothing exist..." :))

Submitted by Ash Rogers on

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Hi,

Like the pics, just wondering what this spiky fish is?

Thanks,

Ash

Flytyer,

I think the only sane reply would be everywhere!

Not quite true of course. A Clouser is hardly as useful on a spring creek or a gin clear salmon river, but for most saltwater, lake and stream fishing you wouldn't be bad off with a Clouser.

And colors?

Well, I like them natural (brown, black, grey, olive), but I actually think the most productive Clouser ever is the chartreuse/white one, which Bob Clouser also ties.

It's a truly universal pattern that will do well in most places.

Martin

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