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Peter,

I have a friend who used to design rods, and he will tell anybody who listens that angling the handle away from perpendicular to the line is a surefire way to stress any rod beyond its capabilities, even 10 and 12 weight rods. Sometimes you may have to do that to steer the fish away from rocks, logs not to mention boat sterns and propellers -- and it's exactly in these situations that you hear the infamous "crack". Notice BTW that the rod often breaks in several places (I think yours did too, didn't it?).

Hope that it at least gave you an excuse to buy a new and even better rod! ;-)

Martin

Submitted by Peter Laurelli on

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Hi Martin - Glad you liked it. Yes, the rod was bound to break, but in that particular environment it is the only way to fight the fish, I just had the wrong rod. If that fish finished the run it was on, it would have been around the jetty and gone. On that day, I brought a knife to a gun fight.

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I have attempted to make a usable fly tying table; there was always something 'missing' The table described
here appears to have a place for 'everything'. So am going to try to build one similar to the one described here.

Submitted by Eduardo Ferrar… on

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A nice mix of post modern culture and traditional fly fishing. Fish with bamboo roods is the most fascinant experience in fly fishing for old and young anglers. Congratulations!!

Hi Jeen. I am pleased to hear, that you have had good results with the Fluff, which is also a very efficient fly for seatrout.

The blend of dubbing is very simple: I use four kinds of the material "STF" - Synthetic Translucent Fibre. The colors are Tan, Light Olive, Gray Olive and Olive - only half amount of Olive, because it will dominate, if you use too much.

Then I add a little sparkle - for instance gold and green (only a tiny bit), and I blend the dubbing with my fingers. And done..!

Kind regards Per

Submitted by David Swart 17… on

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Good tie Martin here in the states (U.S.) the zonker style fly has been a staple for awhile, I like an olive or crawdad (off orange) version both have gold body, gold wire rib, & a gold cone, used with a loop knot they have a lot of action when striped back on a sink tip or full sinking line.

Peter,

A really great video! Well filmed, lots of ambiance and action. A nice appetizer. I can't way for season to start.
And man! That rod was bound to break... I could so see it coming. That's no way to fight a fish!

Martin

Submitted by Bruce on

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HELLO: Is there a substitute for "grey or clear micro-fibettes". AND, where can 'micro-fibettes' be purchased? Thanks

Submitted by J.A. Smith on

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What did you coat the fly with? I've been emailing with another tyer and the same thing's happening to me, even without a coating. It seems the stuff 'breaks down' after awhile and comes undone. I know the package sez something like "may not be compatible with certain adhesives." I tried Liquid Fusion on one and have to check it. I would recommend NOT using Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails, it breaks the stuff down. It's too bad if this stuff doesn't hold up, it makes the flies look awesome. There must be an adhesive that coats it and doesn't break it down.

For sure, Mark. Creating a dubbing brush as Leisenring and Hidy did, surely makes for a very strong body. Leisenring did not fool around when it came to fly construction. He was very exact and fussy regarding such things.

Submitted by mark dyba on

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Many years ago I met Hyde and while we were talking about flies and fishing he gave me one of Leisering spinning blocks. I still have it and in fact used it this afternoon to spin seal fur for a fly body. One thing I can say for sure,after spinning the body in the Leisering block, the body of spun fur is not comming appart.
Mark

Sarunas,

I will be at the Danish Fly Festival! I'm writing a blog entry about it as your comment drops in. I expect to be there Saturday only. I may set up a GFF rendezvous sometime Saturday.

Martin

Submitted by Jeen Schippers on

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Hello, I have fished for perch with your Fluff flies last season, with great results. But this year I go to the seashore for the holidays and would like to have a go at some sea fish. You wrote about a dubbing mix for your fluff flies. Can you give me a recepie on how to blend it,

With kind regards Jeen Schippers The Netherlands

Nice pics and story Martin. We still have 20-25 inches of ice on the lakes around here, and since my heart attack I hate the cold, can't handle it any more. :) Hope your spring comes soon my friend.

I ordered ZipCast about 4 weeks ago with my credit card. The card hasn't been charged yet and I haven't recieved the purchase. Is ZipCast still in business?

Thanks

Hi I'm getting into furled leaders. Please confirm for me the peg spacing above is as follows. 2 & 4 on one side of the board, 3 & 5 on t'other? Similarly, with the leader calc series, how do I figure out which pegs go where ? I get most of the measurements. but there seems to be a difference between the strands and the 5.5/2.5/1.5 this allows for three pegs yet there are five strand lengths Much appreciated.

Submitted by willard andes on

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I'm just restarting my rod-building after a 50 yr 'remission' . I enjoyed the comments above.

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