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Thanks for posting m

Thanks for posting my short film on your site. The wonders of YouTube.
Glad you enjoy it. It was fun to make.

Good morning
I have

Good morning
I have bought the DVD two weeks ago. Good quality at all and a lot to think about. The part about the leader is a bit short.
My recommendation.

Tight lines
Axel

I have used a simmil

I have used a simmilar fly just adding a pair of shrimp eyes. Works fine. Simple. Yet it cuts the tying time to a minimum, which works for me also.

I have to depend on mail order when buying hooks. The problem is the length of the body, in variable "long shank" type hooks one never knows what this is when ordering Today we have much more information on the size of the insects than in the past, most given in mms. Example; if I wanted a hook for a stonefly nymph of 20mms body length, or a dry fly in 12mms, what do I order? I know which are heavy and light wires and the gape size, but not the length.
I think it would be helpful, especially for new fly tiers, if we had some additional spec like a #6/20, the 20 being body length in mms, rather than say 4X, which can be confusing.
Then again what is wide gap hook? Surely it is only a larger size gap, or gape, on a shorter size body length 2 or 3X short, which again is not clear as to the actual body length.
Add to this the variables between hook manufacturers, it would seem time to perhaps review this system and bring it up to the present day?

Congratulations for

Congratulations for your art work! This picture is fantastic.. and if is possible.. can i have this file for my computer desktop?
Scuse me for english...
Thank you for attention
Bye

Hi Brian

The firs

Hi Brian

The first piece is Into The West by Howard Shore and the second piece is The Balcony Scene by Craig Armstrong. Both pieces came off a cd compilation called Classical Chillout Platinum.

This was the first video I've ever shot and edited. I was happy with how it all turned out.

Crispin

Sufyan,

I use cod

Sufyan,

I use cod or pollack - both saltwater fish with lean, white meat and not very expensive.
Most white fish will do - freshwater or saltwater.

Martin

how do i choose the

how do i choose the species of fish suitable for that? we have many spp. in yemen.some with red meat .others wuth white meat. others fich high price while others with low price.

Michael,

You can

Michael,

You can still get prewaxed threads. like the Danville and Monocord. These are widely available and can be found in online shops too. Alternatively you can apply wax yourself, and many types of wax will work as mentioned in this article, which I can see you already found.

Martin

Thanks for the instr

Thanks for the instructions - I'm going to try the microwave, since I have to clean it out anyway from my last experiment with scrambled eggs this morning. I cannot wait to try this out - tight lines.

A bit of help here.

A bit of help here. I used prewaxed thread in the 1970' and 80's and i was fine. Now these new threads I am trying to apply beeswax... any suggestions?
Michael

I liked the article!

I liked the article! Thanks for the ideas.

BROTHER YOU ROCK!

Hello! thanks a lot.

Hello! thanks a lot.before i read this article,i dont know so much about J.C.,but i love these fethers.now i have learned how i can repair and color,so they be more beutiful.HAPPY FISHING TO ALL.

Great fly,
I tie a

Great fly,
I tie a similar style greenwells glory using a naples yellow midge floss and splitting the floss and adding very fine rabbit fur
that gives the fly the same type of killer edge as your fly just scale everything down.
Ronnie .T

I have to correct my

I have to correct myself. The material used for the Fluff isn't SLF - but STF (Synthetic Translucent Fibre). Sorry - sometimes not only fish are stupid :-)

nice article hank!

Thanks. I hope they

Thanks. I hope they are as successful for you as they have been for me.

Mark

Reminds me of a simp

Reminds me of a simple version of Hansen's Electric Frog which I've been using for bass. Martin doesn't allow urls in the comments but you can find a picture with a web search.

Very enjoyable. I wi

Very enjoyable. I will watch this video again.

Catch and Release sh

Catch and Release should be considered more with game fishing. Its anoys me when i am fishing and i see anglers knock fish after fish on the head, there is no need, its just greed.
Catch and Release fishing is a lot like a game of golf. You don't have to eat the ball to have a good time

Carlos
I think that

Carlos
I think that in Spanish it is "CAPTURA Y SUELTA".

And it works!!!!

I tied up about four Czech

I tied up about four Czech Nymph looking flies with a glass bead head. I weighed the shank with some lead though...I read this post previously. I then saw a tungsten bead headed Czech Nymph...and thought I wonder how cool a glass bead would be. So I am trying different hooks out now. The glass bead head looks great, but I am not thrilled with my hook choice. I will probably post a fly on my Photobucket if I can get a couple I am fairly happy with.