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- Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Rods for fishing flymphs and soft hackles
- Replies: 37
- Views: 43381
Re: Rods for fishing flymphs and soft hackles
I spent a few years fishing flymphs with 10' 3 wts and have spent 24 years using everything from 7'6" glass rods to tenkara rods, but my favorite over the past decade has been a medium action 9' 4 wt. Not only is it a perfect all around rod, suitable to cast dries when the time is right, but it...
- Mon Jul 05, 2021 6:11 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Block,silk and a fine wax.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4626
Re: Block,silk and a fine wax.
Doug, Lance Hidy made those decks of cards to match his father’s cards in size and paper weight. I typically use a smaller card, the size of a baseball card that’s about 120lb Bristol paper. I like that I can buy collector sheets for cards and they store easily. I love seeing what you guys are doing...
- Sun Jul 04, 2021 4:22 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Bedtime flymph
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4067
Re: Bedtime flymph
Beautiful
- Sun Jul 04, 2021 4:17 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Tying pre dubbed bodies
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7197
Re: Tying pre dubbed bodies
You guys are all very kind. Thanks so much for the positive feedback. I have thoroughly enjoyed making them available. It’s always good to have new folks exploring the traditional techniques. I’ll be glad when we can all get together for a tying event to swap trade secrets again. ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
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- Tue Jun 29, 2021 12:52 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Tying pre dubbed bodies
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7197
Re: Tying pre dubbed bodies
I’ve found that many things waxes work fine for the bodies. Not the dubbing waxes that are soft and sticky, but most cake style waxes will bind the silk and dubbing fibers in a cord when stored on the cards. The best ones are kind of hard/hardened when you pick them up but if you take a small pea si...
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 3:23 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Hackle Pliers
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10751
Re: Hackle Pliers
The one I've found most useful for smaller hackles is the basic Stonflo model. Your J. Dorin ones look nice William. Tim, I'm not sure what I would do if I ever wore out the J Dorins I use. I have half a dozen and if I ever found them available again, I'd probably snag them. I haven't seen them in ...
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 3:17 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: What rod do you use?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 71445
Re: What rod do you use?
For most of the week in Roscoe I fished my 10' 3 wt greys streamflex (first gen). Before leaving I had the pleasure of casting John Shaner's 10' 3 wt Hardy Zenith. I love my rod and don't intend to buy another...but if I were going to, that rod would be a serious want. I can't say if it was John's ...
- Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:42 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Soft Hackle Patterns for Madison & Firehole
- Replies: 29
- Views: 20904
- Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:41 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Soft Hackle Patterns for Madison & Firehole
- Replies: 29
- Views: 20904
Re: Soft Hackle Patterns for Madison & Firehole
Here is a link to the IBF White Miller Soft Hackle I tied when we had the Flymph Forum Rendezvous there in 2014. It has proven effective for me since then on the Firehole. https://live.staticflickr.com/1748/41668282714_3ebf1ab3e3_z.jpg B0061801 by William Lovelace , on Flickr https://flymphforum.co...
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 3:21 pm
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: PT Jingler (pheasant tail stiff hackle variation)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6295
Re: PT Jingler (pheasant tail stiff hackle variation)
Ray, no one has communicated the process of tying a fly better. This really is an essay and damn nice pattern. ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
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