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Ernesto

I agree i

Ernesto

I agree in all terms but to blame Loop & Co as the sole initiator of this problem isnt the entire story, as you wrote. Those gueys didnt fence the public acces to the river itself. Its a lot of politic involved, as you know. And the closure of the paso de cortesia which is a must by LAW, where done by the landowners and thats what keeps us away from one of the most interesting pools, since a couple of years. Its a shame I know and there's very little we can do. But Ernesto, there still is a lot of good fishing, you and I know, but we have to walk further, away from the plague...

Heiko Schneider, Concordia

The video is beautif

The video is beautiful, so I have no doubt but that the policy of public waters and lands in Argentina is a shame we all know, and it has many landlords who sell their souls to the foreigners as well. And many selfish Argentines are guilty of this too . Cristher only take advantage of this, but his not wrong, is Argentina and its bloody and corrupt politics that allows that. I'm angler, and I dont miserable, but I can not go to fish in Buitrera. And now?

Ernesto,

I know t

Ernesto,

I know that the conditions are miserable for the local anglers in many places in South America, and I know that maybe we ought not to bring advertizing videos like this, but the video is actually quite nice, and hopefully comments like yours wlll let people know that there's a snake in Paradise.

Martin

A beautiful advertis

A beautiful advertisement Loop. Cristher owns Loop and now owns the Rio Gallegos and Las Buitreras. Rio Gallegos is only for foreigners. A realy shame, the only argentines that fishing this river are the servants who work in the Estancia Las Buitreras.

Hi guys,

very int

Hi guys,

very interesting page, i would be interested to spend a week during August to fly fishing Brown Trout and char can you provide me any informations about accomodation, guide and rates? No salmon tag

Another of those mus

Another of those must tye flies,the colors are endless my favorite colors are all white,olive & white,white & chatreuse,all black the colors are endless what ever bait fish or attractor color tyer's choice.

somehow, this classi

somehow, this classic pattern vanished out of my fly-box... time to stock up for the next trip !

thanks Martin for the input, Heiko

real nice work you d

real nice work you do i hope to more keep up the good work your doing its interesting and no cnc machines wow
thank you
Richard

There are more ways to make

There are more ways to make fewer wraps than just making fewer wraps! Subsequent wraps also add to the security of materials already tied in. Here's an example. Tying a dry with a flat gold tinsel rib I didn't want a lot of turns specifically holding the rib down after winding it. By using only one wrap and cutting it off a little long the wraps to tie in the hackle also finished tying off the rib.

Another way to reduce bulk is if you form a body from either tinsel or floss how many wraps are specifically used to hold the body on? On my flies, two. I use many wraps to hold the tinsel to the hook shank before winding. You can use a dozen if you like, but count them. Then wind your body along the hook shank and back. While holding the body material under tension, count all the wraps you put on before, off. Then take two over the end of the tinsel to tie down.

Something else that also helps with head size is that many of my salmon flies have a full collar hackle. In order to get this in the wing has to be moved back a little. The hackle is then wound over the wing root. This means I am forming the head on the hook shank behind the eye. This is an example of what I mean.
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Hope there is something there to help.
Cheers,
C.

H.C.S.,

While you

H.C.S.,

While you absolutely entitled to your opinion, I think good portraits of fishermen has a place here as well as other types of non-fishing images: flowers, landscapes, dogs and whatnot.

And honestly: with the number of images currently submitted to this section of GFF, we welcome (almost) anything!

Martin

IMHO GFF shouldnt be

IMHO GFF shouldnt be a platform for such pics which shows no relation to fishing, even the pic is technically well done !

George,

There are

George,

There are no plans for adding further instructions right now. This is an old article from an outside contributor, and I doubt we can urge the aouthor to supply step-by-step instructions. The fly is fairly simple, and by studying the images and the materials list you can basically figure out how to tie it. Maybe something will emerge, so keep an eye out.

Martin

My experience is tha

My experience is that if you can find Polar Bear (still available in Canada) it out fishes any other wing material on Black ghosts by a substantial margin. The other option is human hair from my daughter or some other ash blonde (it works)

It is nice to see an

It is nice to see an old pattern from my nymph box on the web. I can vouch for the effectiveness of this dressing from many parts of Europe, Iceland, Pharoe Isles, all over Scotland (the land of my birth till my mid forties), England, Wales and here in California. I would not feel right if they were not in my box. Fish them with confidence.

Anyway you could inc

Anyway you could include instructions. Not that good at tying so would appreciate the help

I've been taking a c

I've been taking a careful look at Craig's artwork. Gees, I've never seen a fish artist 'get' fish like he does. The attitude, the energy, the moment, it's all there ... wow!

This one "works" gre

This one "works" great as well ;-)

Wow! This is our mos

Wow! This is our most brave fish in to South America! From Venezuela to Argentina, and entire Brazil, this is a first predator fish of all kids! If this fish had appeared in the northern hemisphere, would complete lines of equipment for him!
Congratulations for this fishing

Thanks for the credi

Thanks for the credits folks !

Carolina & Heiko

Craig's art is pheno

Craig's art is phenomenal - I say that owning a true original!!! It can only add class to your home:-)

Absolutely not

Jason,

Absolutely not!

Click on the image or the link "To Hornberg Home" and you will magically be taken to a page with the pattern, materials as well as links to more Hornbergs.

Martin

could you send this

could you send this fly pattern to me.

Anonymous,

I thin

Anonymous,

I think 2 rpm will be just fine, and if I were you I'd just go ahead and build the rotor with the motor you have there. I doubt that you will have any problems with that.

Martin

I have a question I

I have a question I have found a disco ball motor in my garage and on the box it says 2 rpm is that good enough or maybe more? You said it had to be fast enough to not make epoxy sag and not to fast to spin the epoxy off! so I'm wondering should I keep it or buy something faster?