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Submitted by Everett theise on

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I like this fly its my go to fly.I tye it with a coachman red body its deadly.

Submitted by Bill Davis on

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In the 1950's our parents would on occasion would visit with Bert and Jackie Quimby. I believe Jackie to be my father's cousin. At any rate, my recollection was that Jackie and perhaps Bert also tied flies for LL Bean in that time period. At this time my father (Edward Davis) was an avid fly fisherman and received many streamer flies from the quimby's as well as from LL Bean himself as we lived nearby and father plowed his driveway in the winter.
To the crutx of the matter, I have my father's fly roll and I have tied a duplicate of every fly therin. However, I would love to aquire one or two of the original flies tied by Jackie or Bert in the original paper and cellophane wrappers. If anyone can help please e-mail me.

Bill

Submitted by Johny U. on

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Wow great fly!!!!!, Great tie!!!!!! What size foam is that you use? Foam went and got complicated ha ha. Over here in the states, we call chubs fall fish. A lot of people don't enjoy catching them. I think there all a loon. These fish run just as hard as any Salmonidae.

Submitted by Louw Pretorius on

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Yellows on fly what more do you want or need to get you hooked to fishing, it is and will if we look after the fish stay the best fresh water fishing ever..

I cant wait to go i have only fished in the vaal let us know of places to fish which is the best, and have good accommodation and is friendly to the wife's..

Rich,

Yeah, we sure had a nice time didn't we?
One of the best "business trips" I've been on!
30% business and 70% fishing! Great ratio!

Martin

Submitted by RICH LOBROVICH on

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Hi Martin, ten years later 8-31-09 and the story still seems like yesterday.
Thanks Rich Lob

Submitted by Johny U. on

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This address below has a video of how to do it , its much easier to understand. i picked it up in no time at all. copperfly.net

Also if your thread knots up on you or twist when you pull it tight, don't pull too hard, but move the thread to the other side of the hook and give it steady pressure pull. 99.9% out of a 100% it will cinch the knot tight. P.S. DONT GIVE UP. ITS FASTER AND IT FEELS GOOD TO BE ABLE DO SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE NEED A TOOL TO DO. LOL

Martin, regarding Robert's post. I think he's confused about your statement regarding the first full moon in April bringing out the worms.

The joys of multi-national participation on a web site. ;-)

Submitted by robert wheeler on

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i wish i could go fishing with some one but i just don't have anybody to take me because it takes up alot of gas milage.

You would not want to use fluorocarbon on dry flies I would not think. It is especially good to use fluorocarbon in the summer, when you want your flies to sink a little lower. Sometimes I just buy a roll of fluorocarbon, and cut off what I need. (conventional fishing rolls) You can pull off a few feet, roll it up, and stick in into a plastic zip lock bag, and then stick in your vest. That way is much cheaper than buying the regular fly fishing tippet.

Submitted by Jamie Hatt on

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toilet rings are now made from a petroleum wax as opposed to beeswax (10yrs ago). Is this recipe assuming beeswax, or the modern petro-wax?

Submitted by 1737246372 on

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I ordered this dvd from amazon over 4 months ago, and they still can't say when it will be shipped. Is anyone aware of a similar issue

Chris,

As much as some people might like to see video of everything, there's a limit to the time we can spend producing stuff for the site - and I honestly think the images do a fine job and take a fraction of the time to produce.

Martin

Submitted by Dave Hockin on

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I've caught 61 Rainbows on my local reservoir using holo Diawl Bachs, very slow or no retrieve in wind lanes.
Sometimes using a Booby on the top dropper as a reverse 'washing line'. The booby attracts the fish and they take the Diawl Bachs.

Submitted by chris dawson on

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the diagrams are handy but there are videos on youtube etc, which make tying flies for beginners alot easier. the details on how to fish the buzzers was extremely helpful tho. cheers :):)

Submitted by Jason 1737246372 on

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Has anybody ever heard of a wet fly called the old faithful and know how to tie it

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