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Christmas Fly

Would love to see a video of this fly being made!!!!

Thanks for sharing my crab

Thanks for sharing my crab fly. I've adjusted it a little since the original, originally this was intended for trigger fish which was why I went for the flyliner which triggers can't crush like standard hooks, but this is a difficult hook to drive home. I now tie them on Gamakatsu teflon coated carp hooks which are still pretty resilient against the trigger's teeth but easier to drive home.

Cheers

Martyn

A simple, thank you.

Thank you for being around to read. And more fly tying videos, please.

It's been 40+ degrees c for the last three days here in Adelaide, Australia, and continuing.

Congratulations! A decision

Congratulations! A decision growing inside me too. Back to a house, far from Stockholm and all the boring pikes. Back to Öresund?

Cartoon

:) Funny looking flies. I like them. Thanks for sharing. BK

Comment to Marabou Smelt (Dick Stewart) Tied by Da

Very nice Darren, i think this fly would also work very well on the sea trout here in the U.K

Regal Vise...

I bought my Regal Vise back in '89, that was before they put the round decal on top of the vise body. I chose Regal as I needed a solid, strong vise. Previously I used a screw type and a lever type, both wore out the tightening mechanism (I tied a whole lotta flies).
I turned pro in '90 and taught 30 tyers to tie flies (mostly Trout, then Bass flies for a well known outfit in Vermont). I still use the Regal and find the hook hold as good as ever from #22's to #3/0 Blind Eye Spey and Dee hooks. Mine is a clamp model and the only thing I find now is that clamp screw needs tightening on the underside of benchtop now and again.So maybe the Regal bench clamp could be better designed to enable a firmer grip on the bench top.

Badger Creek

Just wanted to comment about Mike's Badger Creek store. I've been tying for years. Went to fly show in Atlanta. My brother went to rest of the show while I hung out at the Badger Creek stall. I was SO impressed with the quality of material. His necks and capes have now supplanted numerous ones that I accumulated over the years. Great to read the story behind such a quality company. Hope to see ya'll again in february

Right

Eugene,

You figured it out yourself: the line goes through the lower tube and the hook will hang short of the longer top tube and tail.

Martin

Rigging

This may be a dumb question but how do you rig the dual tube? You'd have to run the line through the lower tube to take advantage of the more forward hook so I'm guessing that's how you do it. I'm also guessing the wing causes it to swim right-side up. Let me know if my assumptions are correct if you don't mind. I love the idea. The more forward hook placement would really increase hook-ups.

i ll miss кольский :)

i ll miss кольский :)

Winter fishing

Great video and even greater stream. Nothing beets winter fishing. Enjoyed it.

Sunray Shadow

@Jernau,

A classic Sunray Shadow has an even longer wing and a hook placed in the absolute front. Some Sunrays are 20-25 centimeters or 4-5 inches long! Still the "short hook, long wing" flies have worked well for ages, and personally I think the fear of "tail nibbling" is vastly exaggerated. Most fish seem to attack with vigor, swallow most of almost any fly and even go for the front of the fly as they charge.

The Sunray Shadow can be seen here: http://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/sunray-shadow
And here's a whole article about short hooks and long wings: http://globalflyfisher.com/tie-better/short-hook-long-wing

The fly in the video barely qualifies as a long winged fly in my eyes, but is very much along the lines and proportions of most of the hair winged salmon flies fished here in Scandinavia.

Martin

Hook position

The problem with this design is that the hook won’t extentend far enough. It s very likely the fish will attack from the rear and won’t get hooked. Why not just tie a weighted Sunray Shadow using the same material and colors?

After dinner mint fly

Nice fly. How does it fish?

This tube fly is great. I'm

This tube fly is great. I'm going to tye tube flies.....

Comment to #213 - Jock Scott Streamer

That´s a beauty Davie! Extremely well tied and dressed. I really admire your style of tying streamers. Petr from Czech.

Comment to Hook Reference

Hello everyone. I love Mustad L87-3665A hooks. I love to tie streamers on them, but I can´t find them in any of Czech fly shops. They just don ´t offer them, the only usable streamer hooks that I can buy are TMC 300 but I don´t like them much because of soft and flexible twire. Only some Mustad carp hooks available...:-) Can anyone help me with getting one package of L-87 3665A size 8 hooks? I can offer some beautiful Whiting pack hackles or feather samples and some samples of fluo cerise marabou for that for a change.
Thanks everyone for the help, Petr

My sister shrimp

Awesome looking pattern. I can't wait to try it. How do you fish it in stillwater?

Fly fishing

I knew that my former colleque from Fokker at Ypenburg, was able to make beautiful things with his machines, but this I have never seen. My very big compliments. And it is worth te price he can get for it. There is no alternative.

Comment on new method of presenting flys

This way of presenting flys with a spinning rod by dragging them using a float is certainly nothing new. It has been used in Newfoundland Canada for at least 50 years if not longer and is still being used to catch trout!

why.

This river can not be lost to greed and ignorance.

Red, White, & Blue

Hey Shawn,
Nice setup you have there. I noticed the red, white, and blue fish hanging on your wall and didn't know if that just shows your patriotism, of if you are in Texas, or both?
Also, what is your favorite vise and bobbin?

Thanks for sharing, Dave

Cabinet

Hi Samuel,

Looks like you have a great setup for fly tying. What is the cabinet/booth that you have set up behind your tying station? It looks like it might be used for spray painting? Also, what is your favorite vise and bobbin which you use?

Thanks for sharing, Dave