teeny weeny welded wide body tunnel hull schmall phryz...

The forums are very quiet

The Global FlyFisher forum has existed for almost as long as the site, and the oldest posts are more than 20 years old. Forums aren't what they used to be. Social media has taken over a lot of their roles, and the GFF form is very quiet ... to put it mildly.
We keep everything online for the sake of history, and preserve the posts for as long as possible, but as you will see, quite a few of them aren't in a good shape, but rely on old images hosted elsewhere, which are no longer available, odd codes from old systems and much more, which can't be shown in a decent way.
But the posts are here, and you can - if you insist - start new threads. But don't stay awake waiting for replies, because they are unfortunately few and far apart.
Martin

Patterns

done on 16's & 18's...
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Pete,

Pretty (small) flies...
I'd fish those any day for our local sea runs.
Good job.

Martin

I like these streamers. Good flies. Gets the juices flowing to see good work like this. I fish lots of streamers, including huge long things tied around a snelled hook, up to six seven inches long.

But I fish a lot of very small streamers too. Sometimes I think old fashioned English winged wet flies are really streamers. The original tiers didn't know it. But that's what they were making.

Itty bitty streamers only and inch long don't zero in on big fish only--the monster Roadkill Streamers do. Small streamers catch small fish and big fish. Now I'll have to try making some using your techniques. Incorporating molded plastic eyes is important. Big time.

Pete,

Pretty (small) flies...
I'd fish those any day for our local sea runs.
Good job.

Martin

I like these streamers. Good flies. Gets the juices flowing to see good work like this. I fish lots of streamers, including huge long things tied around a snelled hook, up to six seven inches long.

But I fish a lot of very small streamers too. Sometimes I think old fashioned English winged wet flies are really streamers. The original tiers didn't know it. But that's what they were making.

Itty bitty streamers only and inch long don't zero in on big fish only--the monster Roadkill Streamers do. Small streamers catch small fish and big fish. Now I'll have to try making some using your techniques. Incorporating molded plastic eyes is important. Big time.

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