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Thanks for the kind words!

Thanks for the kind words!
Positive re-enforcement appreciated...

The body is a blend of "DNA"...not much material involved...
The 3-D eyes and head are fused with the new Tuffleye Acrylic material (applied then "cured" with a UV light)...sort'a like epoxy but not...Ms Epoxy and I are still "dating"!
The DNA material looks great in the water...nice movement, flash, and colour.
Fouling/tangles not an issue...

The Brewster Flats here on Cape Cod (and Barnstable Harbour and Chatham/Monomoy) sport clouds of paranoid Sand Lances...this was intended to be a stragler on the fringe of "oblivion"...Striped muggers will pick off targets of opportunity...
SoFarSoGood!
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"Sili Skin"...

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It comes in small sheets...very stretchy...sticky back...I like the Mother of Pearl (thick) as it takes on fishy colours...#3071 a product of Loco Foam LLC...
I've done Gummi Minows and Gummi Eels from this stuff which are more a "craft project" than a tyeing exercise...effective and durable...
My preferred source comes from The Bears Den (on line) in Taunton, Massachusetts.
Proprietor Scott Wessel does a good job on mail order to everywhere except Venus and Mars.

Excellent

Excellent

What do you call the vinyl shell material ?

Andy

Hi, this is a graet

Hi, this is a graet help to the fly fisherman here over in patagonia ( CHILE), I have learn a lot in just a few minutes, sorry my english isn't very good. We are a group of flyfisherman from "X" region, Osorno Chile. It would be great if I can recive some more information at my mail. Please contact us.at javier.atero@gmail.com, also I have to say that this specific material is essential for the understanding of fly casting, and it was a lot fun readding this article having a beer. Saludos from Chile.

Pete,

Pete,

That is one wicked fly! A great concept.

Did you fish it? Any problems with the long wing/body/tail tangling around the hook or does the angle between hook and materials take care of that?

Martin

Like Esox said, 'brutal'

Like Esox said, 'brutal' flies! Very good work, I hope my tying skills can compete with yours one day...... But first i've to start tying my own flies :lol:

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Tuffleye...

I like epoxy...
'been using it for a long time...
Tuffleye is an acrylic alternative with an 30 second "blue light" cure...
So far so good with an interesting learning curve...
Tuffleye may not replace epoxy but it has some curiously ingenious applications...

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Love tying spiders f

Love tying spiders fantastic flies if tied properly, yours are cool and look great hope to see more soon

Hi claudia

Hi claudia
the fly works well just left drifting with the wind, or jerking back slow and stopping. Try different ways. Keep intouch Jan

I'm sitting in my bu

I'm sitting in my bureau and have tears in my eyes....great pictures and scenes...

Oh okay. Still a nice fish

Oh okay. Still a nice fish though. :) Would'nt mind catching one of those myself one day...

As it was entered as an

As it was entered as an international sea trout record, scale samples had to be sent so that if could either be verified as a salmon or sea trout.

So it was verified by those that can, as a salmon and not a record breaking sea trout.

I will be traveling

I will be traveling to Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Between July15- August20. I live in Minnesota USA. I would really like to fish for several different species of bream. I have a fishing guide service in Minnesota, fishing Bass Largemouth and Smallmouth, Muskies, Northern Pike, and Walleye. I enjoy fishing bream (sunfish) and Crappie with a fly rod.
I would like to learn as much about fish species located near the coast. Any information will be of great help in planning my holiday.

i promise to do just

i promise to do just that. i think i am going to save youre flie until its a bit warmer. its not fair to try it out now.

Claudia.

Brian,
I've been co

Brian,
I've been contemplating the same customization; apply a set of Aquastealth rubber soles to my old Weinbrenners. Still looking for a place that will sell me a pair of replacement Aquastealth soles so I can try it. That just MIGHT be the ultimate boot!
Gabe

Great photo Martin!

Great photo Martin! The perfect moment to capture the atmosphere.

Hello there,

Hello there,
It will probably be march 26th till the 29th, so just before you arive. I guess you are renting a cabin there?
Best of luck with the fishing, who knows, maybe we'll see eachtother on that camping when we leave. :)
Brian

March Seatrout

Hi Brian,

What days would you be in DK, a friend and I will be spending a week at the camping site at Fyns Hoved form the 29th of March til the 5th of April. If you would be interested we could try and hook up for a day or two.

Paul Kalbrener

Yea i heard that some argued

Yea i heard that some argued it was a salmon, though i can't personally tell from the clip. Was it ever proved that it actually was a salmon?

Great photo! The sea

Great photo! The seabass fibe has kicked in. Soon the watertemperature will rise along the Dutch coast and seabass will cruise our waters again after along winter.
Hopefully in April we can start fishing for them, by boat and in the bellyboat.
Brian

If the tandemstreame

If the tandemstreamer was to be used for pike, I would opt for a "bite off" free connection between the two hooks. This could be established by attaching a swivel plus connector to the bend of the first hook with fine iron- or copper wire. Ty off in the normal way, use headcement and ready. On top of that it does make one flexibel in tactics, because it enables you to fish a mono streamer of to mount to big streamers in a row. Sometimes big pike love those prey lining up........

Kind regards,

Vassenden

Babic,

superglue

Babic,

superglue becomes stiff, so I am using AquaSeal og other flexible-when-dry-glue. Here I am using a Loon knot glue.

Kasper Mühlbach