good informashion for lads who live in wales picture of you sitting in boat lyn clywedog by any chance? many thanks d.roberts p.s tight lines
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I can see it now...
Airport Customs/Agriculture Inspector:
"I'm sorry Sir...Please follow me into the 'QUARANTINE' area..."
"You cannot procede until we fumigate you and your baggage..."
"Worst case of Sea Lice infestation we've seen since we stopped a guy named Martin from Denmark!"
NICE TYEZ !!!
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Awesome,, I never thought of slicing it very fine for wings
cheers ,, ,you've just given me another idea :D
Andy
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Looks great - and thanks for the crab pattern as well!
I'll have to try something similar with evafoam, which is similar but thicker.
There's also a product out there called "mayfly spent-wing material", produced by a top- notch gentleman in Ohio, Jerry Belfour. It looks like what would be used to wrap electronics, but is far more durable (in my personal experience) and somewhat more flexible as well. http://www.mayfly-material.com/ is the site (no affiliation shy of being a VERY pleased customer!) and I may be wrong, but he used to send a small sample upon request...
Anyhow, great tie and I look forward to many more!
Tight wraps,
Pete
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Hi Pete
Its packaging foam I kept from a camera ... its similar to the closed cell foam you would buy for making gurglers, perhaps not so dense
I made a crab fly out of it too ..
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Andy
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Awesome tie there! Just curious, what was used for the back/ carapace? An evafoam- like product, or perhaps a swiss straw? Just curious - whatever it is, it was used with great success!
Tight wraps,
Pete
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'Wanted to display large, prominent eyez...
...with enhanced three dimensional characteristics.
Did not want to compress or restrict the body material nor rely on gobbs of goop to hold the BigEyez in place...
Simple, durable, adjustable, and suited to numerous applications.
An epoxy project that combines 3D eyes and mono...
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I stumbled upon this well trying to find new styles for this amazing little bug, boy this pattern is great.
It's snowing here in Michigan, but I can already see a brown suck this little guy down.
Thanks alot
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Very informative series. I have a Rick Fick rod that is in need of a ferrule replacement. I haven't had any luck locating him. Would you have any leads? Thanks . Cheers, Jon
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Hi Im coming over to Aalborg working for a few days end of april start of may wondered if its worth putting in the fly rod and what sort of fishing there is likely to be? Cheers tightlines!
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hi steve, very interested in your ammonite nymph. Only discovered its 'your fly'. Never actually seen one in reality, I have made poor attempts at dressing one. It looks a beautiful creation.
Can I purchase some, I live in Ireland And mainly fish the river suir. I,m trying my hand at czech nymphing.
Regards Seamus Barry, Co. Tipperary.
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Sory,Excuse my henglish....the article is ...good.....very good
Tnks very tnks
Rob51
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Do you ever have a problem with the glue shrinking and coming loose from the hook when you fish in very cold water? what can you do to alleviate the problem?
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Mine is a coffee table and it is not that organized. LOL
Instead of 'O' rings, use orthodontic elastics (1/4", 5/16', 3/8"). I find these better than the "O" ring as well as eliminating the sliding problem. Additionally, it keeps me thinking of the stream, when I'm working in my office.
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it is not very clear to me how to put tension on the half leader?
thanks in advance
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I have read your book. It is full of great information. The one thing that I could not find(there were a few references to it, maybe I missed it) was how to determine the length of the leader. The caluclator gives different options on length of leader. With a 9' 5wt should I use a 10.5' leader for dry flies and a 9' leader for nymphing? Can you give me a quick understanding on how I determine that. Thank you
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[quote:a27b629a72="houdini"]Sure wish someone knew. I even tried to email him.[/quote:a27b629a72]
I'm not sure if this is the pattern, or someone's imitation thereof, but an interesting link is http://www.southeastflyfishingforum.com/flypatterns/displayimage-88.html
I, too, tried e-mail. Perchance a phone call is in order? Page 88 of "the best fly fishing trips money can buy" (ISBN 0811701794) lists his phone # as 540-563-1617. No clue if it;s still in use, but it is in print (which is why I don't feel THAT bad posting it here...)
Let me (us?) know if you do call, and what you find out. It's a shame there isn't a book - I'd gladly support a fellow tyer by buying the pattern in a book, but I can't seem to find anything of the sorts.
I'm trying to tie some up, though, so we'll see what turns out from that. :)
Kind regards, and tight wraps,
Pete
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I tried the same method -
For the dubbing, I used a tungsten blend in that sort of color but just because I wanted more weight.
To darken the wing buds, I used a marker in brown.
Sure wish someone knew. I even tried to email him.
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