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Great! Thanks Marti

Great! Thanks Martin. Your 2012 article is quite comprehensive. All your hard work is always appreciated. Cheers!

John,

I may do so

John,

I may do something based on the presentation and the experience from the workshops. Much of what I will say is covered on the site already, but I will most likely add something specific about getting pure white and pure black backgrounds and a few other things not mentioned in the existing articles.

It was fun doing the Nikonians as well as the GFF podcasts, but also a lot of work. I have been thinking about doing something again, both about fishing and about photography, but it won't be as much afield as the old ones.

Martin

Martin, Will you be

Martin, Will you be producing an article based on your photography workshop? I will not be able to attend since I'm in the US celebrating my birthday on the 12th. (Still miss your Nikonian podcasts)

Cheers!

Thank you Martin. I

Thank you Martin. It's so nice to watch videos that have a soundtrack where I can hear the natural sounds of the river, the walking through the forest, the anglers voices, etc. Beautiful!

very good and easy f

very good and easy fly to tie I love using it up on the river that I fish . It is very effective

Jim,

Tim might se

Jim,

Tim might see your comment here, but the best way to contact him is probably through his YouTube page.

Martin

I was watching Tim C

I was watching Tim Camissa tying a improved PT nymph and he had a material clip that he liked very much. I have been looking for a clip that will hold and I think the one he used would do the trick. I don't know if this will go to Tim, if it doesn't could you give me an email that I could contact him?
I'm trying to find out where he got the material clip and what the name/distributer is to send for one, Thank You,
Jim Ritter.

PLEASE - where can I

PLEASE - where can I buy this shrimp/hook?? - I would love to try it.

Derek De Young's art

Derek De Young's art work is truly fabulous. My goodness, what a talent!
The colors and movement throughout each piece is truly inspiring.

INCONCEIVABLE... Sal

INCONCEIVABLE... Salty pike... Cats playing with dogs... Blizzards on on Cape Cod-all-gone... What's this crazy world coming to...?! I'm always pleasantly informed by these brilliant Martin J Journals... ;)

Bill, We have no

Bill,

We have no direct contact with Davie McPhail, but just feature his colossal series of fly-tying videos. You can consider posting a comment on his YouTube channel and ask him to tie the Juice Bug Damsel.

Martin

I love Davie's ties

I love Davie's ties and enjoy watching his videos. I am sure I saw one of his flies titled juice bug damsel but didn't find it here. Is it possible to add it?

George, Thanks fo

George,

Thanks for the kind words - and thanks for being a reader.

Martin

This is the SITE, ma

This is the SITE, many replicates no equals tho, the overall appeal and information is incredible i personally have elevated my personal fishing and tying skills from the plethora of videos and articles. Pros or beginners have something to learn perusing this site. Thank you much GFF!

I have been tying fo

I have been tying for a while now, years. I am going to try some streamers. I am amazed by their beauty. They don't look all that hard

I have ben watched a

I have ben watched a lot of Davie McPhail fly tying video, and I wondering is it possible to copy the picture and the recipe.
I am tying flies only for my own use.
If I can copy the picture and the recipe can you show me how I can copy the picture.

Best Regards Odd - Julian Martinsen ( Norway )

A magnificent patter

A magnificent pattern beautifully tied. I would like to find a source for the velcro dubbing brush and needle tool used in the video. I am a hardcore tool/gizmo junky and I can't stand to see a tool I don't have. I would really appreciate a source if you have one before my wife sends me to fly tying tool rehab.

James,

I honestly

James,

I honestly don't think glue sticks is something that's suited for home making, and have no idea how to make them. You probably need a chemical lab to develop a recipe for glue sticks and make some that will work properly. It's much easier and probably less expensive to buy them.

Martin

This is a marvelous

This is a marvelous site and despite tying tubes for many years it is always good to see the fresh ideas on here. On another very related subject can anyone help with some information about which areas to fish for Salmon and Sea Trout in Denmark? Not too expensive and where I don;t have to spend my days driving instead of fishing. Somewhere within reach of Copenhagen

Very nice! I would l

Very nice! I would like to make my own glue sticks. If so could I get a resape for it, please:)
Thanks :)

Anyone got any info

Anyone got any info on fly fishing the Tromso aria of Norway, I have to be up there for ten days in July and could get a few days free.
Any ideas?
Many Thanks
AL

I sell on Amazon and

I sell on Amazon and I know it is not 'market manipulation' when it comes to rare, unique, out of print books. Since I have books on everything from making fly rods to tying, to best places to fly fish in the Americas. When you see an outrageously priced book, it may be one of a couple things: the seller offering is a dropshipper and does not have the book in stock or the price is what is called a price holder meaning the seller had the book at one time and is on the lookout through book sources to buy the book for their inventory again. They don't want to sell the book at that price, but when they relist they don't have to add all the info again. Also, may dropshippers will offer something at a higher price then contact a seller who has the book if the dropshipper happens to sell it to directly ship to their customer. Why anyone would buy from a dropshipper or a company using price holding, I'll never know, but it happens.

Comment to Preventing Wing Roll in Traditional Fea

I would say your main problem was pulling the thread down on the same side as the wing is mounted (as pictured) rather than the stems being stacked and rolling. By pulling down, the main force is concentrated on the stems, but if you made a full loop and pulled up vertically, the main force is concentrated on the shank of the hook and the subsequent loop around the stems compresses down around the point of contact with the stems, thus not rolling them. Same would be applicable for the opposite wing, where you would make a full loop and still pull up, the primary force being concentrated on the under side of the shank
The exact same principle applies for mounting married wings on streamers, trout and salmon flies.
I also think, in my experience the widths of the stems of different feathers are for the most part, the same at the tie in point with an difference not being significant, unless you using genetic cape feathers (rather than saddle feathers),

The other alternative is to crush the stems at the angle you want them mounted on the side of the hook,, so they all end up flat against the shank (

everyone has a different way of doing things, none of which are wrong, but thread control is the deciding factor.

Comment to Preventing Wing Roll in Traditional Fea

I agree , I use a pair of needle nose pliers and flatten the stem at the tie down area. Glue and me don't get along well.