This subject reminds me when I was in Vietnam a couple centuries back. The humidly was so bad in our hooch we would spray the walls with Lysol to try to keep the mold under control. My uniforms (er - fatigues) were always kinda damp until I realized that in my Fuels' lab, we had nice-sized bags of d...

Very nice video. I never thought of mixing peacock and ostrich herl. GREAT idea!

Bob

In addition to the above suggestions, try a wire wrapped underbody with a heavier hook.

Hank

I've read several other articles over the years that also state that the seal populations are growing larger and moving southward down the Atlantic coast. The sharks are simply following their food source and, additionally, some people feel that sharks might be mistaking humans for seals.

Bob

I don’t often read every posting with a subject, but today, I did read all in this subject. In the mid to late 1990s, I began to take an interest in fly-fishing. Bought a few graphite rods and reels to match the rods, mostly from Orvis. Bought flies, mostly dries and nymphs, from local fly fishing s...

Oliver Edwards ties them exactly as stated in Stewart's book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQR0v--AGR8

Wayne (DUBBN) and joaniebo - Could you guys post the recipes for your patterns. :D ;) I tend to over hackle but here's the link to the video for the materials...... basically hackle, gold wire and thread. I used an orange thread instead of brown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi4OI6dfK48&t=3s

I saw a video last year, I think it was a "tightlinevideo" for a soft hackled OC, so I had to order the materials to tie a few. Now have enough to probably tie a 100+ of these:

Here's some pics of the 7 1/2' 2 piece, 2 tip 4/5 weight rod.

Daiichi has several up eye hooks. Take a look here: