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Oh Martin, thank god

Oh Martin, thank god for you! I think I was having anxiety attacks everytime I tried to sleep in my bed! Lol even though I had already washed my sheets I will do these steps this weekend thank you again!

Like the article

Like the article,love a classic small #12 bucktail streamer in early spring on local waters,1 of my favorites is I call a yoo stream,#12 TMC 5263,or 300 gold tinsel body,gold wire rib,hot orange 6/0 thread,a wing of hot orange,& yellow bucktail,with yellow glue on eyes,& cover the head with clear cure goo,works on our local brookies great.

Veronica,

I would

Veronica,

I wouldn't worry much about the bed! Wash the sheets and you will probably be fine. The feathers might be dirty, but there are usually no animals or anything similar in them. They smell and are dirty, but that's mostly it. If you don't see anything crawling, you're fine.

I would do the following:
- Soak the feathers in lukewarm water for as long as it takes to get the skin soft and the dirt to loosen.
- Stir and change the water a couple of times to get rid of the worst dirt.
- Simply pull the useful feathers off the skin patches and put them into some clean water.
- Add some mild soap - shampoo or dish-washing liquid - and wash the feathers as you would cloth or any other material.
- Drain and rinse and repeat until the water isn't dirty anymore.
- Remove the worst water by pressing the feathers in a towel.
- Air dry the feathers by spreading them out in a dry place.
or even better
- Dry the feathers in a pillowcase using a blow dryer or a drying tumbler.
- When they are totally dry, store them in Ziploc bags.

That should give you nice, clean, straightened and dry feathers, ready to use for whatever purpose you have.

Martin

hello, My name is Ev

hello, My name is Evan Quimby. Bert was my great grandfather. I have MANY of his original flies as well as several pictures. several with the chief. if you ever wanted to discuss, feel free to contact me, id be happy to send you somne pictures.

I need advice! I bou

I need advice! I bought a lot of rooster neck feathers online they came to me dirty with thick dried crumbling skin attached and smell awful not realising they were dirty I opened the package on my bed. I'm scared I my bed might have been exposed to something even still how do I clean these for use in crafts ect.

You could also try u

You could also try using Krystal Flash for the body strands. Midge flash for smaller bodies would work as well for finer bodies. Yet another idea is midge diamond braid. Some depends on what you want for the bodies...

Hi Tom,

1000 time

Hi Tom,

1000 times thanks for sharing this wonderfull contraption with us!
Build one today!works like a charm.
Kind Regards

Comment to Red Shang's Special - D. MacEachern

Nice job! Head is looking good!!!!

Comment to Red Shang's Special - D. MacEachern

Darren, love this pattern! You did a wonderful job on it. The colors and materials really pop, and go perfectly together.

Comment to Red Shang's Special - D. MacEachern

STUNNING!

Comment to Red Shang's Special - D. MacEachern

Great much red white and black combinations.

Bruce,

I'd think

Bruce,

I'd think they are the same... they are both photographic reproductions of an old book, so they are probably identical with regards to content. I can't say anything about quality. I have the Coch-y-Bonddu one, and that is in excellent quality and doesn't look like a reproduction at all.

Martin

Comment to #65-2013 - Cock Robin tied by Loratta P

Very nice Loretta! I've never seen this version before.

Comment to #65-2013 - Cock Robin tied by Loratta P

Thank you Kelly. My mentor Marc Madore showed me this pattern and I just love it. The version I tie uses vintage phentex yarn when it was made in Quebec Canada. The yarn could be separated into 3 sections. I take one section hold a piece at each end and pull it back and forth across the frame of my vice and the friction causes the fibres to separate making it nice and easy to wind tightly around the body of the fly with a nice smooth finish to it. The new phentex yarn does not do this and is horrible to use.

Hi Martin. Are those

Hi Martin. Are those 2 books the same? One costs twice as much as the other.
Bruce

Comment to Loretta Parent

Thank you Gary. This is a favourite of mine to fish for Atlantic salmon in the early Spring. I designed a marabou feather wing version that was successful earlier this Spring. I landed a beautiful 20lb 40+ inch male Kelt on the Miramichi near Blackville.

Bruce,

You can fi

Bruce,

You can find it on Amazon, but also order it from Coch-y-Bonddu in Wales. I'm sure they ship to the US.

Martin

Can the book be purc

Can the book be purchased in the U. S.

Sounds like you have

Sounds like you have a hole in your boat if you use a shovel! You use a double paddle because the boat is wide and short. I don't want some old aluminum boat that is 20' long and weighs a ton. I want a light boat, that is easy to load, easy to use and won't break my back.

I had an old aluminum boat about 15 years ( and about 6 boat swaps ) ago. Try carrying that boat more than 5 ' and you'll ask me for the name of the boat dealer. I like my back and also I don't want to sit with the front in the air and the rear under water. Gruman does one thing well..... making airplanes....not so much for boats. Aluminum is heavy, loud and grabs rocks. Gotta love that 9" keel as well!

You can also use clunky glass rods, automatic reels, level flylines and vinyl/rubber waders... Red Balls anyone? This is very high tech stuff.

Unreal, these guys g

Unreal, these guys got it dialed in... well done

Thank you for sharin

Thank you for sharing such an experience.
Very emotional. I'm also jealous beeing started flyfishing after 45 and had to discover all by myself.
Beside beeing good fly-fishermen, we need such personalities -dads and childs- in every corner of the life.
I wish them goodnes in their entire life.

I have a Michi canoe

I have a Michi canoe since 1990 made of Aluminium. 4 meters long 18 Kilo light. No problems to carry it to the car and back to the waters. I just wonder that you dont use a normal Paddle designed for this type of boat. I´ve never seen someone using a double paddle your way in a canoe. THE CHAIN IS A GREAT IDEA. I WILL GET THIS THING ASAP. What you need besides all your equipment is a second paddle in case you loose or damage the one you have. And what is easily cut out of a big plastic tank is a kind of water shovel to get out lots of water quickly. A sponge is nice for a gallon of water; what you really need is that shovel to get out 20 gallons.

These boats rock but

These boats rock but don't flip. Keep your legs wide and steady when you stand. Also wear a jacket.

interesting article.

interesting article. I recently had such a Hobie PA 12 angling-kayak . to Heavy to carry around and not so flyfisher-friendly as all those knobs and things cq pedals from the "mirage drive" system where your fly-line seems to stick on around etc.
Despite the H-bar attended, the first time i tried to cast standing, I ended in the freezing cold water and lost several equipment on the bottom of the lake. Due to the weight and with my bad spine I already sold him after 3 months!
Let's try the canoe now :-) ! I wonder though if he 's stable enough to stand-casting ?