Hi Glenn I use tube flies sometimes but honestly I think that a good streamer is a better fly most times. The tube flies just do not have that enticing movement that a Rabbit or even a hair wing fly has. The tubes of course sink much faster so if you need to get down then they are hard to beat.
All the best.
Mike.
Randy,
Actually, I have yet to trash one of these flies because fish have shredded it. I have a few marred ones, but none that were completely trashed. And I have caught pike on it!
On the other hand, I have had a few of the very simple flash type flies (Valeur Pike Streamers and Tinsel Flies), which were literally flowing away in pieces after one pike.
So I don't think the rule is a simple natural materials versus synthetics.
Martin
Nice looking fly but will probably last through about 3 fish. Synthetic materials will allow many more fish per fly. I have tied several patterns using synthetic body fur heads and angel hair tails that have landed more than 30 fish and are still usable.
Eino,
No, we don't make anything - apart from these web pages.
Eumer doesn't make a "normal jaw" vise as far as I know - only a tube vise.
And no, I haven't heard of the Finnish pp-vise, and I can't find anything about it on the web either.
Martin
I have used several reel seats made by Bob and they are beautiful. I purchased them from Goldenwitch a few years ago and all my buyers love them.
do you make a normal jaw vise. have you heard of pp-vise made in finland.
I'm glad to see there were some fish taken! By the looks of the second grouping of pictures, there was plenty of resting going on!
This is a nice picture. I wish I knew if that feather was on the water or on a mirror. Kind of hard to tell, but's still a great picture.
I have several old (antique) bamboo rods that I have found at yard sales. Two of the rods that I am interested in restoring are heavy rods one is in the 10 foot range and the other is in the 8 foot range. The others are fly rods, they seem to be in pretty good shape still in the original wood box. Any information that you could supply would be most helpful.
This fly made my fishing trip! Tied a Tan-coloured fluff with STF and a dubbed butt of black hair (to imitate shrimp's eyes/head) and the fish loved it. I like the stf-dubbing's shimmering effect in the water. Thanks for the pattern.
I agree that the article is well written and informative.
However I am disapointed that there is only positive feedback. Letôs give the flyfishing philosophy some consideration. How about the old adage that "fly fishing is not (only) about catching fish". There is more to it. The method has nothing to do with flyfishing. To quote Howell Raines from his famous book "Flyfishing through the Midlifee crisis", fishing e.g a gold beaded nymph with a strike indicator with a flyrod has nothing to do with flyfishing. Flyfishing is not defined by the fact that you use a flyrod.
It is too bad that there are flyfishing "contests" that lead to excesses of this kind.
I know my comments will not draw sympathy here. I hope that at least a small minority of true flyfishermen will start thinking.
Very nice. Thanks for writing about your trip. Looks like you had some good times. Fish on my friends.
I think your fly tying is absolutely outstanding and extra comments would be uncalled for
Hi Eelke. I'm sure, you can buy STF, when you come to Denmark - or in a Danish webshop, that can send the material to you in the Netherlands. The best Fluff is made of a blend of colors tan, gray olive, light olive and a little olive + a little flash (green/gold). You can mail me for further information. Per
Great article - can you tell me what make of Stand out snake guides you use for saltwater rods? I assume they are stainless steel.
Cheers
I also have been using dryer lint for a while. Now the waterproofing is new. I also have a friend who raises boer goats. In the spring when they start to shed i go over and pull the shedding off. Great for dubbing as it is angora. Seems to shed water fairly well.
I can't buy the Synthetic Translucent Fibre in the Netherlands. Is normal dubbing also possible?
TL,
Eelke
Thanks for the instructions on Per's fly. I am going to Fyn the first week of May and hope to catch some seatrout.
Eelke,
Depending on which fly - my pink monster or the one that caught Per's fish?
Mine is still in the experimental phase, and not online anywhere - that might come.
Per's fly is the Fluff, which is described here.
Martin
The addition of the hackle as described by Jerome Malloy allows the tying thread to reinforce the hackle as well as the body hair, making this fly very durable. The tying thread sinks into the deer hair body and vanishes.when wound under tension. Tying the hackle on after you trim the body means that you didn't cut it off WHILE trimming the body hair, or maybe not.
Also, this fly has also been made with Phentex yarn ( a polypropylene yarn used to knit bedroom slippers) and UNI-Yarn.
Very nice fish, we were not lucky that much, nevertheless, we kicked it off on the Danish coast successfuly too.
Hey, Folks, it seems that this was a nice trip. Congrats & Cheers, Frank
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