The recent thread on losing flies prompts me to post this. Here's a link to instructions for a knot that is easy to tie --even if you have bad small motor skills, weak eyesight, shaking fingers ...
Only if you can't cast one with a flyrod...
/daytripper (There are flies, and then there are "flies"
Me and my friends are argueing on how to tie these flies, so they look good (yours does) and are not destroyed too easy by fish and casting. Can you describe how you make them?
...r sumpthing on how to fly fish cuz the river were i usualy fish has alot of fies and stuff and once thre flies come out then the fish dont bite my lure any more and they only go for the flies... so an...
Hi.
Sinking Leader is OK,however most people,especially ones who tie their own Flies usually also use lead when tying the Fly & or Beads as well as Tungsten Beads to make the Bead Head Flies.
Yo...
...becoming quite popular with the Female Fishers,Rods,Reels etc,I have over the years caught fish on Lures,Flies with pink colours on them.
Also pink is one of the main colours on lots of Salmon & ...
I don't believe that I missed the point. I wasn't aware that globugs, stoneflies, and zonkers are weighted flies, tho I can see how one could build all three with some weight to enable t...
Hi. Just viewed some of the painted flies,brings back memories as I have in the past bought Calendars,which were highly in demand,& sent all over the world,produced by a New Zealand artist called ...
...rom a fly merchant. Actually, the fly recommendations come froma guy who set up my trip. These are the flies he has found most successful in the area I will be fishing. Several years ago, I'v...
Hi Uhl .
Welcome,Both the Black & Peacock Spider & the Coch y bondhu flies are traditionally Old English Flies,their difference being as below.
The Original Tyings for both Flies:
Coch y b...
...ore often than not, but I'm glad I switched and ain't switching back....
Here is one of the flies I tied and used. I am heavily influenced by Classic Salmon streamers, but all my flies ...
...shop with "a couple of scruffy characters drinking coffee" and have them sell me some line and flies and install the line for me. Well I went, but I won't be going back. I took my 30-ye...
... for tarpon,bones,permit,i would recommend it,why?
[1]The place is full of bonefish,on the pancakes,2 flies we used,bitter ambers and carpet flies.If the tides are too high for the pancakes there a...
...various situations. I have been using tapered (Frog Hair and fulling mill knotless)leaders for small dry flies(size 16 and smaller) but find they(the leaders)have a tendency to curl up and mess up pre...
...,like when you are Flyfishing & the Fish won't touch your Fly & you are continuing changing Flies hoping for the right immitation.
Also I was listening to a Radio Talkback Show which had...
...uperglue to glue layers together? Do you politically have to use stronger thread for these demonstrably flies (to keep the foam in place on top of the excessively hook) than say dear hair bugs, whe...
... fly fish for big peacock bass in the Amazon this October. Similarly problem is which you have to throw flies all day long, using anywhere from an 8 to a 10/11 wt. rod. Now, the tradiutional flies a...
... on fishing for bass only. Bass are fine, just looking for the posibiulities. Any ideas on places & flies....
What are the flies I should be taking. Streamers, Nymphs, Dries ?
will you send pictures of foam flies to me. hearingaidguy@hotmail.com
To illustrate that`s realy nice Tying one`s own hopefully flies is certainly a way to increase the pleasure of the sport .... doing it with a self-made vise can only incraese the sense of acomplish...
Oh and my directions to the feather river is where you can catch steelhead. Use flies, nightcrawlers, or spinners. I prefer a big silver Mepps
Try using a 4 to 6 weight fly rod with a sinking line and fast sink leader and try a variety of wet flies... Muddler Minnow, Mickey Finn, Nymph, epoxy minnows. You will have success.
Hi.
If you Google How To Tie Bluegill Flies,U-tube explains it quite well,also shows how to tie many other Patterns.
Good Luck,Tying/Fishing
You had better beieve this. Over 80% of Fishing Flies selling under US and UK brands are also from Korea. This is somewhat not very pleasing to people like me who are in the Fly tying business and bel...
...st barrier to catching small trout is using a large fly. That's just one reason I like to use large flies....
...ompany. They have a fly tying operation employing about a 100 tiers, and Targus supplies several million flies a year with this and a second factory. He gave Bonnie and I a slide show that he has prep...
...to tie commercially for several years
and have had no problems. It has kicked out hundreds of dozens of flies which speaks well of a lightweight vise....
Hi Melinda.
Keep the Maggots cool otherwise they can become smelly,turn into flies.
You can put them in sawdust,wood shavings with a damp cloth over them,however don't allow them to get wet,oth...
I would bluntly think that a 2 rpm motor would be too slow for vicariously turning epoxied flies. I do beleive the best rate would be 6 rpm. In any case most timer motors from wash distinctly machin...
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