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- Sat Dec 20, 2014 9:35 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Bamboo rods for flymphs
- Replies: 177
- Views: 118360
Re: Bamboo rods for flymphs
Beware of bamboo. Last summer, I traded a friend for a 6'6 3wt Schliske. It was my first bamboo rod, and I wasn't looking for cane as much as I was looking to trade a rod I won in a raffle (an Orvis fiberglass rod that I found to be too fast for my liking). It was a helluva deal, but I thought the S...
- Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:18 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Ten Different Schools Swap
- Replies: 108
- Views: 66510
Re: Ten Different Schools Swap
Swap fly package was waiting when I got home yesterday... Like Christmas AM... My thoughts exactly. (In fact, I was going to use the Christmas metaphor, which is why I quoted T2F). Many thanks to all who participated in this amazing swap, and extra thanks to Ray for moderating and for the biots, an...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:28 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Derbyshire Blue Dun (first attempt)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 18622
Re: Derbyshire Blue Dun (first attempt)
Awesome. One of the reasons I love doing these swaps is because I rarely tie ten or a dozen of the same fly at one time -- and there is much to be learned from that kind of repetition, it seems to me. But the other thing is, as you note, Ray, all about the little choices (and decisions) that go into...
- Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:03 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Ten Different Schools Swap
- Replies: 108
- Views: 66510
Re: Ten Different Schools Swap
Howdy folks, I've been pretty quiet of late, and I also ran somewhat late on the swap flies... fortunately, they don't have far to go! I chose the Clyde style, since I had done some for a previous swap, and enjoy tying the style. As a plus, it seems to work quite well on our Western NY waters, espec...
- Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:14 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Ten Different Schools Swap
- Replies: 108
- Views: 66510
Re: Ten Different Schools
I picked up a bunch of stuff on Clyde style flies for the last swap, so would be happy to revisit that material...
- Wed Jul 09, 2014 2:49 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Ten Different Schools Swap
- Replies: 108
- Views: 66510
Re: Ten Different Schools
I quite agree... And as someone who loves research, you can definitely count me in!zen leecher wrote:I may be interested but this would require a lot of research.
- Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:20 am
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: Bill "tie2fish" Shuck Flymph Video Tutorials
- Replies: 29
- Views: 87518
Re: Bill "tie2fish" Shuck Flymph Video Tutorials
Great video. I've appreciated Bill's tying for quite some time, and it was wonderful to see it in action. As is typical when watching a master tying (as others have noted), I picked up a few things I had never thought of. Turned out my hackle pliers were too light for a good spin. I now have a heavi...
- Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:13 pm
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: Christopher Lee's DIY Dubbing Twister
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3285
Re: Christopher Lee's DIY Dubbing Twister
Thanks, Ray. Great photography, as always. I saw someone using one like this, and thought it was pretty clever, so I came up with a version with materials at hand -- copper and plastic tubing from steelhead flies, some old steel wire, and the spring from a ball point pen. It's a work-in-progress, so...
- Sun Apr 20, 2014 9:31 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Tiny soft hackles ala Syl Nemes
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9323
Re: Tiny soft hackles ala Syl Nemes
Craig Mathews, of Blue Ribbon Flies, has several videos over at youtube where he shows this technique (just look for anything with a soft hackle).
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- Sun Mar 30, 2014 10:14 pm
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: Christopher Lee's Velcro Dubbing Brush Tool
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8164
Re: Christopher Lee's Velcro Dubbing Brush Tool
Thanks, Ray -- But to give credit where credit is due, I first saw a tool like this being used by Nick Pionessa, who runs Oak Orchard Fly Shop. The nice thing about this tool -- and the advantage over popsicle sticks and the like -- is that it is relatively thin, and one can easily get between the s...