Thank you for these great suggestions. I plan to build my first home made shooting head tomorrow.
Do you have any suggestions for fly casting from a kayak?
If you ever plan a holiday in Florida, contact me. I'll take you fishing.
David:
Two that I would have in my box, actually have in my box would be the CDC and Elk and the Usual. I also carry a pattern loosely based on one called Quigley's Cripple/Emerger. Another pattern that's worked for brookies up in Vermont is one called the Nalle Puh. If you don't tie, you might have trouble finding these, though the Quigley pattern might be available on line or in catalogs, and it's possible the Usual may also be available. My nymphs are pretty limited. Pheasant Tail Nymphs tied with a bead head and soft hackle in Natural, Olive and Brown. Some hares' ear nymphs tied the same way and the old Pennsylvania standby the Green Weenie.
The drys are range from size 12 to size 20. The nymphs range from size 12 to 26.
Dear Martin, in fact fishes are most important ,even i you put them to the water.Most important is biting and draging. We still hunters. Best wishes
Hello Janess
This article is one of the best winter fly fishing stories I have ever read, I really enjoyed it.
I fish for coarse fish only on the fly. Roach, chub, perch, pike etc.
Any more information on fly fishing for coarse fish would be fantastic.
Once again well done and thankyou.
David,
I don't have much experience with kits, but I bought a handful of spools Maxima in different thicknesses in Walmart for almost nothing, and that stock has served me well as a foundation for leaders for several years now.
You can in general opt for most monofilament for the butt part of your leaders. You might want to be a bit more picky with the tippet, where breaking strain and knot strength has a great influence on performance. Some 4-5 spools plus tippet will roughly cover you for most leaders if you are not completely hysterical about the formulas. You might also take your starting point in Steve Schweitzer's [url=http://globalflyfisher.com/fishbetter/leadercalc/]LeaderCalc[/url] and make your shopping list from a well defined formula.
My Maxima i rather stiff - other brands are more supple. This does have influence on the finished leader, although not as much as you would think in my opinion.
Martin
Ken Bonde, thanks for your answer. I will test it during my trip to Denmark in March together with Partridge CS11.
I used to tied all similar flies on Kamasan hooks but they seems to me too heavy.
Pike....
The hook I used for Magnus and Grey Fred is Tiemco`s TMC 777SP - a very nice shaped hook, and very SHARP:-) But any other "medium-length" streamerhook might do the work..
Ken Bonde
They will work on any warm/cold water predotary specimen that chase on bait fish :)
I love these streamers very light and easy to cast into the wind !!
Martin, would you be so kind and could you tell me the type (brand) of hook you use for this fly? I have noticed, the same type is used for Grey Frede too and I really like it.
Thanks a lot.
Thanks Göran for commenting my picture. I am happy you enjoy this photo. In that stream were some really nice trouts , but very very shy- so I had to be very patient.
tight line Andrej
your ant pattern works great; caught a 28 inch rainbow in a california northern lake last year.I use .016 monofilament for the legs, and use a warm to hot needle over a candle to make a bend in the leg.I use a black marker pen to color the legs.Thanks for sharing your pattern.If you like I would send you my version of the ant. THANKS John
Google "Nail Spoon flies". there was an article in the summer '98 Fly Tier Magazine
It shows how to tie spoon style flies using fake finger nails
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The learning curve is not as steep as the initial sticker price (core/finish/light/ac adaptor)...
The concept and application will open the door to some interesting horizons!
For the price of a few Cuban cigars and/or maybe a single malt, it's a great new on-the-edge tool !
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If you do a whip-finish with a tool in slow-motion, you can figure out how to replace the hooks on the tool with your finger.
I've been whip-finishing by hand for a bazillion years now, the only thing is I put a bodkin in the loop when I pull it down into the knot so that I have tension on the loop.
The thread that's winding around the hook is the thread attached to the head. You're just winding it over the thread coming out of the bobbin. It's basically a half-hitch with multiple wraps.
great video Martin, thanks ...I will certainly give it a try.
Regards,
Ruan,
Steve,
It's difficult to explain more precisely than the video combined with the illustrations in the original article - linked above.
I don't know what you mean by "fingers are twisting from one to the other", but the thread is kind of moving from one finger to the other. The fingers switch places for each round.. in order to stay attached to the hand! ;-)
But look at the illustrations and the video again and you might see it.
Martin
Great idea. I do both and have been for years ( not good at either - but love it ) Would never have thought of this wonderful and practicle method - Well done
Thank you - a little confused as to which thread is actually winding around the hook - please explain this part. It looks as though your fingers are twisting from 1 to the other ? Great to have this type of educational video - thanks.
HEY kwiatec, if you are going for distance then a shooting head is the way to go, if you want to make your own then cut 10 ft of lead line and splice on some shooting line, it will fly once you get the hang of it. You may have to trim a foot off at a time to get the right feel for your rod.
All the best.
Mike.
Pete,
The Tuffleye stuff looks good. Gotta try it.
For those not fully enlightened:
http://www.wetahook.net/index.html
Martin
Terrific Article I have been catching Diamond scale mullet here in Queensland Australia on bread flies, but know the Grey ghosts (thick lipped greys) from back in Jersey in the channel islands where they where also known as poor mans bone fish as they run like a freight train when hooked in shallow water.
I would love to catch a Diamond scale mullet on some thing a bit more natural than a bread fly and will definitely try some of your patterns Thanks !
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