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Very nice presentaio

Very nice presentaion. Although the Maynard's Marvel pictured does not have a golden pheasant crest wing as the pattern calls for. Being very difficult to work with a travel steam iron on a low heat setting is the trick for taming those nasty yellow feathers into submission. I was sworn to secrecy on this, but maybe it will help out a few frustrated individuals out there. Many fond memoriers were rekindled browsing through these patters. Ora Smith and my father Don Stratton were great friends and collegues.

Wonderful picture.

Wonderful picture.
I think we should get together soon. Do you fancy visiting Denmark?

Ripley

Antena

Hi. it is not frosty fiber, it is krystal twisted hair or something like that produced by local tackle manufacturer. But I would say there are plenty of variants sold all over the world.
By the way, I just came back from Denmark and this fly in salmon pink colour caught 6 or 7 fish. Unfortunately only 2 were caught by me :-) Fish were not interested in our flies and there were anglers everywhere. But it was very nice trip indeed.

"BU" in action? Nice

"BU" in action? Nice picture....

Next time we will fi

Next time we will fix this mistake ;)

Without me...Again..

Without me...Again... :A :E

I laughed when I saw

I laughed when I saw this page. Years ago a friend and I were tying what we called "Hammered Mess" flies - ones intended to be as ugly as possible and still be recognizeable. We concluded that you had to actually be a good tier to make them as bad as we did, because you had to know every mistake and intentionally make them. What a treat to see something similar years later online!

Dr Petti,
Excellent

Dr Petti,
Excellent work. I always say, "the classics are classics because they work." I've been out of things for a while but am coming back to the land of the living and this page of traditional wet flies for trout is inspiring eye candy......

brian, buddy,

brian, buddy,
how did you end?

looking for short report

rgds
roolis

Is this a wild fish?

Is this a wild fish?? idk it must be a lake-run...

Good self-explanator

Good self-explanatory photography.

is that DNA frosty fibers you

is that DNA frosty fibers you have used as the Antenna ?

nice fly

Andy

how do you dye polye

how do you dye polyester please

Reminds me of my fav

Reminds me of my favourite Ula River.
I miss the Zeimena, Merky's, Salcia, Sventoji...The list is endless...
Role on May.

Ripley

Let me know how you

Let me know how you get on rick

Stirrer Straws

I'm a cheap-skate, so I'll offer a good "poor man's solution" or two:

A 'normal' fly vise can be converted to a makeshift tube vise by taking some thick (12 gauge) wire from any hardware store and making a candy-cane looking loop out of it. Once you have that, you can slide the tube on the longer leg, up to the bend in the "candy cane", and then take a piece of closed- cell foam, folded in half, and double- pierce the foam with the cane and slide the foam to the back end of the tube to hold it in place. It's easier in pictures than words, but hopefully this makes sense... You want rigid wire, but not so thick as to damage the vise jaws.

Another "poor man's solution" is to use round coffee stirrer straws in place of the tubes. They're almost the same exact diameter tubing as the (price hiked) fly store tubing, and are a fraction of the price. Only downside I've found so far is the color selection, and really, one need not worry that much on that, as you're often covering much of the tube with the tying offerings.

Just my 2 cents worth,
Pete

HMH

There are options that, I'm sure, will be shared by other kind members.
Good tools just make things easier and more enjoyable...
You can [i:eff641197b]never[/i:eff641197b] have [i:eff641197b]too many [/i:eff641197b]"[u:eff641197b]good tools[/u:eff641197b]"!
Tubes are an interesting and effective alternative...
No worries...Have fun and knock yourself out!
BTW
My favourite local shop and another source worth looking into:
International order friendly... www . bearsden . com

HMH

G'Day Mike...
These folks supply my needs...
Their premium tube tool is the finest I've seen/used...
They ship internationally and do a good job at customer service...
Google HMH Vises or adjust the info below to see the site...
www . hmhvises . com/premiumtubes

Thanks. I will be vi

Thanks. I will be visiting family but WILL find the time to visit my favourite streams. The company would be great.
I will be hooking up with Rolandas so please...Why not join us?

Ripley

Hey! You are welcome

Hey! You are welcome here.... ;)

Don't walk on the tr

Don't walk on the trouts !

I have to say that I

I have to say that I love this picture.
Now, let's push aside any question on picture quality but look more at the moment. In my opinion, this captures a rare moment in time.
Great picture, breath-taking and lures me more and more to come back to Lithuania.
See you guys in May!

Ripley

Hi Darryl,
This fl

Hi Darryl,
This fly helped my son land his first trout. Thank you so very much for the good memories and excitement this fly brings.

Richard B.

Keep this fish out o

Keep this fish out of our pet stores and out of the U.S.Some idiot will release them in our rivers.