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good fish ...

good fish ...

A lot of these cheap

A lot of these cheaper tools are actually originally designed for melting modelling wax, and are used by goldsmiths and jewellers.

Steve Morawski: thes

Steve Morawski: these are standard dye colors produced by Whiting Farms for the chick-a-bou and soft-hackle product. If your catalog or flyshop does not offer those colors, it is their choice I guess. Ask your local flyshop or catalog outfit to obtain these pelts for you.

You can find or ask

You can find or ask Harvest rods from Finland too.
www.bamburakentaja.com/fisubitti.
Wellcome,

Very cool wallpapers

Very cool wallpapers . Perfect !!!

It's super wallpapapers

It's super wallpapapers..Perfect !!!

Hello Martin,
my na

Hello Martin,
my name is Kai Nolting and I was just listening to your padcast, while tying some flies for the coming seasen, dreaming of some seatrouts and that the spring now may still arrive.
I'm living in a city called Leverkusen near Colone in Germany and staying for two or three times every year in Danmark, flyfishing for seatrouts.
I think it's a very good idea to let us have some of your impression by speaking through the podcast.
So I say thank you while waiting for your next audio-turn and pictures. I hope to listen to a fight with a big seatrout next time.
Tide lines

Kai Nolting

Excellent article. I

Excellent article. I have painted in the past so I have been using tiny artist brushes. I tried Q-tips as well. I have recently become obsessed with eyes on flies. These have been the stick on kind for hair bugs and divers that I glue on with some clear caulking or Goop. My streamers are about to become eyed. I think I have finally become a believer of eyes on flies. Like you say, they look good to us and it can't possibly reduce the number of fish you catch, so what the heck.

Stephen,

Try clic

Stephen,

Try clicking on the image... the picture is a part of an article, which tells you how to tie the fly...!

Martin

very nice fly! it wo

very nice fly! it would be nice to have the recipe. thanks

Edward,

Regarding

Edward,

Regarding the position of the indicator and problems with sliding. I have had the same experience a couple of times. Consider passing the top of the indicator twice through the loop. It will give an extra twist, but steady the ring on the line.

I have also used the indicators on knotted leaders where a knot will stop the indicator from sliding.

A smaller O-ring leading to a tighter loop might also do the trick.

Hope this helps.

Martin

Everytime I try to u

Everytime I try to use the "o" ring type indicators, they will travel down the line, i.e. not stay in the original position which negates their critical placement. Any suggestions on how to keep them in their original position?

watch out the giant

watch out the giant water bug has a nasty "bite" from what i hear, damn well should i guess they eat minnows.

I have been tying an

I have been tying and fishing "Micro Streamers" for years. I tye Wooley Buggers down to size 18 on 2x or 3x hooks when I can get them. They are very succesfull in winter trout fishing and early spring. I usually tye them with a few strands of silver crystal flash in the tail,
Alex Lilje

The tubes can be pla

The tubes can be plastic tubes, which can be found in many well stocked flyshops. I have also used cotton swabs. Trim off the cotton and you have a nice tube. Some are too brittle to work, but some are sturdy enough to last.

Martin

where could I find t

where could I find tube materials

Ed,

The elastic f

Ed,

The elastic floss is nothing but thin, smooth rubber band on spools. I don't know the brand name, but I think Uni has something called UNI-Stretch, which is the same.

You could also varnish or epoxy the floss. That gives a great effect and makes your fly close to indestructible.

Martin

The buzzer looks gre

The buzzer looks great and fished great even when I tied it with regular floss, which dosen't stand more than a couple of bites before getting loose ans ruining the fly. So, what is "elastic floss"? Where can I buy it online?
Thanks,
Ed

This man does not lo

This man does not look comfortable. Is this a vacation or work?

Thankyou, thankyou a

Thankyou, thankyou and thankyou. Just started in fly fishing for trout in the UK., and the more you read the more confused you get! Lots of magazine articles mentioning (to me) improbable leader lengths/tippets etc. A web-site that gives me answers until I know enough to make my own mistakes.

:)

:)

Steve - I've enjoyed

Steve - I've enjoyed the write-ups on the caddis emerger and the midge. Keep up the good work. I live in Ft. Collins and fish the Poudre quite a bit. I'll tie some up and try them this season. Thanks.

great looking fly. i

great looking fly. i can't believe how real it looks when wet. can't wait to try it out.

Hey Guys,

Here ar

Hey Guys,

Here are my replies:
Ryan: The BRB is one of my better fish catching patterns. It is one of my go-to patterns. Species caught are Rainbows, Browns, Cutties, Searun Cutties, Bulls, and Lakers. Species caught most often would be either Rainbows or Browns (probably due to water I fish most often). Other species caught include LM bass, SM bass, Bowfins, Perch, Walleye, and Pike.
Ed: Sculpin wool works great. My friend, Mike Dell likes sculpin wool. The lead eyes work well too. It is easier to use wool than deer hair if you decide to use lead eyes.
Brian: Hen works well too. I've always used saddle, because I tie lots of feather wing streamers and steelhead patterns. I also like saddle on my wooly buggers.

Cheers,

Alberta Al