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- Sun Jan 24, 2021 4:43 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Large Willow Fly
- Replies: 4
- Views: 164
Re: Large Willow Fly
Hi Tom - I love the simple, clean look you always seem to achieve. A couple nights ago, I watched your Catskill dry fly video again for probably the forth time. It reminded me this time of a quote I heard a long time back. The great pianist Arthur Rubinstein was talking about the music of Mozart. He...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:15 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Upstream Wet Fly
- Replies: 100
- Views: 19569
Re: Upstream Wet Fly
Hi All - I am just passing this along regarding a new source of rod blanks that appear to be very high quality at reasonable pricing. Look up the website for Northfork composites. An experienced friend recently put me on to them, telling me that they are well made and highly regarded. Last month, th...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 9:40 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Seta Bozzolo 24wt Silk Thread
- Replies: 10
- Views: 443
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 9:36 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Seta Bozzolo 24wt Silk Thread
- Replies: 10
- Views: 443
Re: Seta Bozzolo 24wt Silk Thread
Hi Ron - I have some Chinese silk that's packaged like the Italian stuff, however it is smaller diameter. It looks more like Persalls Naples. Long story how I got it, but it is packed in cellophane in various colors. If you want a look at it, PM me your email and I will send a photo. All the writing...
- Sun Nov 29, 2020 9:19 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
- Topic: Is anyone fishing winged wets for "trout spey" style fishing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 392
Re: Is anyone fishing winged wets for "trout spey" style fishing?
I have an older Sage 12 1/2 foot 6 weight that I like to use in bigger, rougher water. It was designed before all the Scandia, Skagit, and etc lines became available, and It fishes well with a DT 6 using the classic British spey casts. What I like is the extended line control, which allows me to cov...
- Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:55 pm
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: mounting flies in shadow boxes, frames, etc
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2139
Re: mounting flies in shadow boxes, frames, etc
I moved to central PA 12 years ago Rick, and seldom see any of the guys from Southern NJ. You are right, though, considering the trout desert we lived in, we had a bunch of talented people. A gentleman by the name of Bill Fink helped me get started as a cane rod builder over 35 years ago. I met him ...
- Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:06 pm
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: mounting flies in shadow boxes, frames, etc
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2139
Re: mounting flies in shadow boxes, frames, etc
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/tsmithwick/IMG_0266%20copy_zpsigemica0.jpg First, I apologize for the lousy photos with reflections, bad lighting, etc. At one time, our TU chapter ran a fly of the month raffle as a fund raiser. Each month, we also saved one of the flies and made up shadow b...
- Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:50 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Who Fishes Wood?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3461
Re: Who Fishes Wood?
This was posted at the classic fly rod forum, but for the benefit of those who might not have seen it, the "Trout Grass" video has been restored and is available to view online for Amazon Prime members. The film goes a long way to explain why many of us have such strong feelings about bamb...
- Mon Aug 17, 2020 9:04 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Brown Owl Hackle Substitution
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1851
Re: Brown Owl Hackle Substitution
Hi Ray - It came from a place called Sideling Hill Hackle. It was the first time I saw them and I don't know anything about them, but they seemed to have some interesting stuff.
https://www.facebook.com/sidelinghillhackle/
https://www.facebook.com/sidelinghillhackle/
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 3:43 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Brown Owl Hackle Substitution
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1851
Re: Brown Owl Hackle Substitution
Rob's excellent post got me thinking the same way Rick, only I don't need to raid the henhouse. Just before everything closed down in PA, I went to the Lancaster Fly Fishing show and saw this on one of the tables. It was fairly expensive for a hen skin, but I could not resist. All of the feathers ar...