I myself used my rod building drying motor,and cut a 2-3 inch piece of plastic dowel (doesn't have to be plastic, could be wood), a round cut piece foam attached with a washer & screw to dowel. alligator clips found at electronics stores solder pins to each clip. Now you have a fly drier/flyrod building dryer.
Outstanding tie. I especially like the colors used, and materials too. Wonderfully tyed. A winner!
Hi, have a question about the rod tubes. I have some expensive rods and was wanting to make some rod tubes for them. They are 1 piece rods, 5'4 up to 7'10 and they are spinning rods. I'll probably have to have 2 1/2 in. pipe. I was wondering if these rod tubes would be the best for my rods and any ideas or suggestions. Thanks alot.
Troy,
I honestly didn't notice anything about the soundtrack for this fly-tying video before you mentioned it, and still don't see the problem - or hear it. Sure I heard the F-word, and it might be worse than that if I listen really carefully... but I don't.
I usually run these videos on low volume, and don't decipher the lyrics. The fly-tying is nice, and that's fine enough for us - classy or not.
But thanks for your concern!
Martin
Totally inappropriate sound track on "La Poitou". I'm amazed you allowed it. No place for it on a site as classy as yours.
Thanks Kelly. It's the biggest thing I've ever tied, and it was a fun challenge. If I had to do it again, I'd make a few changes, but I think this one was the funnest fly to tie.
Great color choices, and wonderfully tied David!
Hi Martin
Just got my copy today. Beautiful flies...great book. I am a fly pattern book junkie, and this is up there with my favourites. For the record I have been fishing the Polar Magnus the last couple of years here in New England in the local ponds after ice out. Crappies, perch, bluegill, and pickerel love it as much as your sea trout!
Best regards,
Robb
Unfortunately Randall Kaufmann is not the originator of this fly. It was first tied by a tier named Jim Slattery, who now lives in W. Yellowstone, Montana. It was loosely fashioned after the famous Sofa Pillow.
ridicilus prices not normal enymore i wander hou the economic in icland is.
you can just about to pay 25.00 euro and fish in danmark in skjern a a river full with salmon
and esay to get a licencs
so i am sorry icland but im not going ,to pay 500.00 euro a day
Daniel,
Theoretically the fish could go for the "body" or the "tail" of the fly and miss the hook, but flatwings and US saltwater flies built on the same principle - short hook, long body - have worked well for ages and actually work well for seatrout too. This fly still has to lay down a serious track record before I stick my neck out 100% for it, but I'm pretty sure that it will do fine. My biggest issue is actually that the tail/body has a tendency to wrap around the hook if you don't cast it gently. I troll it most of the time from my pontoon boat, so casting isn't the big problem.
Martin
I have been using several combinations as well and they all work very well for me in the right combinations of time water color and temperature. So all of your variations work as well under the right condiltions.
Nice and easy to tie! Going to make a couple of these today. Just curious if one hook alone is enough seeing as the fly is rather long. Won't that mean that there's a risk that the fish go for the body and completely miss the hook?
Nice colors on that one. Still following along every day.
Mark
Awesome!
Monte ties some really amazing streamers and speys, and classics and ....
Martin
What a brilliant article!
Definetely not to technical and tons of usefull info.
best Heiko
Hey Bob
Your email address is bouncing for me. Her is my address
Darren MacEachern
32 Southwell Avenue
Whitby, ON
L1P 1N4
What a great looking scud. Can I get the Chewee Skin material at you store?
Very Nice, I will try some of these patterns on the Triniti River in Quebec this summer for Sea Run Brookies. Very Nice tying job on all.
Pacres:
In a past life I had a small fly shop. One year I went to the dealer show in Denver and bought a box of 1000 (silent auction) Mustad Carrie Stevens size 2 10xl long hooks. I don't know the model number. I'd send you a couple if I had your address.
Bob Olszewski (bolszewski@millitech.com)
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