Fishing The Fly Scotland
Index => Fly Tying => Topic started by: Jay Scott on 04/11/2009 at 21:46
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Hi Guys,..
Well with the river season now drawn to an end im sure a few of you will be spending a lot more time at the tying bench especially with the early nights rolling in and the recent weather we've been having :shock. Just wondering what everyone is tying? a couple variants of your most productive salmon fly for the season?.... a couple bright lures for the forthcoming cold weather?.. and i'm sure a few of you will be stocking up for some winter Pike trips :z7.
I usually try to set a goal for my winter months... nothing too hard, i dont want it to effect my enjoyment but usually just a wee guide instead of variety of random choices which often result in my vice area looking like a bomb site :z4, Going to try build up a larger armoury of more natural patterns this winter and hopefully improve on my technique.. i say hopefully with great enthusiasm :wink.
So anyway would be nice to hear what everyone else is tying up and hear if anyone else has goals they wish to acheive this winter.. Hopefully we might get a good selection of photos too, would nice to see a large variety!
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Jay
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Depends if FF&FT bring back the tying league. If not I'll fill my boxes with too many flies if they do I'll not get my boxes even to fishing level!! :z4 :z4
Hogs, Hares ears, Sculpins, zonkers, Dun wing duns are some of the necessary medicine.
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I saw on the Fly Forums that they will be bringing it out start of 2010... should be details in next months issue.
Jay
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I have a list as long as my arm to tie up for next season, here are just a few of the things i will be tying:
Traffic light buzzers
Traffic light cormorants
Diawl Bachs
Traffic light Diawl bachs
2 tone blobs
Deer hair blobs
Bibio snatchers
Bibio Hoppers
Bibio Hooper Boobys
The list is endless :z4
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Woolly Buugers in Black, & Brown
Madonnas in Black, Yellow & Brown
Butt Monkeys
Klinks in various sizes in Tan, grey, black, brown & various olive shades
Paraduns as above
GH GRHE's
black bead biot nymphs
Poly winged spinners in various shades
and spiders, lots and lots of spiders!!
Salmon stuff will be Golden Gunn tubes, gold cascades on tubes & doubles, Allys Shrimps, Stoat & Silver Stoat variants.
Cheers
Ben
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Any more nights like last year Ben? they were very useful.
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Currently restocking on elk hair caddis and DHEs then on to half hogs, buzzers, damsels and anything else needed to fill the holes in my boxes.
Ben
Madonnas, Butt Monkeys ?????? :z8
I'm falling behind the times. Any pictures to give us a clue?
Irvine
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still salmon flies at the moment. I'm currently tieing a selection of Kylie patterns for a friend, medium doubles, small doubles, plastic tubes in a templedog style and conehead varients. Then I'm going to start on some dry flies. My plan is to try and avoid buying any flies every because once I buy flies I favour the bought flies over my own ones.
I'll post some photos once I get going.
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Currently restocking on elk hair caddis and DHEs then on to half hogs, buzzers, damsels and anything else needed to fill the holes in my boxes.
Ben
Madonnas, Butt Monkeys ?????? :z8
I'm falling behind the times. Any pictures to give us a clue?
Irvine
Think big, hairy and dead rabbit Irvine :z4
Cheers
Ben
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Any more nights like last year Ben? they were very useful.
Hi Peter, Yes there will be, thinking about doing the streamer stuff someyime towards the end of November, when I get a date set I will post something. Hoping to cover not just the flies but how & where to fish them.
Cheers
Ben
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Hi Peter, Yes there will be, thinking about doing the streamer stuff someyime towards the end of November, when I get a date set I will post something. Hoping to cover not just the flies but how & where to fish them.
Cheers
Ben
That sounds superb Ben was thinking about trying streamers on the river :z16
Jay
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Book me a place
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me....
Slight incident this evening, I must remember to put the spare hook on the double at the back rather than at the front. A few minutes with some pliers and gritting my teeth sorted it out.
Still managed to get two kylies done on low water doubles and one larger kylie shrimp....
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Ouch :shock
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Hey Matt
AH! I see, the hook was in the vise when it happened.
Silly Billy!
A few Lambruscos' should ease the pain :z4
Iain
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A little bit of this and that
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Iain
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another few knocked out.
First is a pot belly pig tied on a 17mm eumer crayfish tube with a silver medium cone. I also used a mini marabou hackle at the tail which looks like it will swim very nicely.
(http://i33.tinypic.com/szbkuc.jpg)
Second a Kylie shrimp - tieing these for a friend.
(http://i37.tinypic.com/4dl3c.jpg)
An emerald stoat conehead varient, in green and black especially for Goolager this one...
(http://i37.tinypic.com/rmu1i9.jpg)
I've also tied a few shuttlecocks but haven't got photos of them.
Right time for a beer I think..
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They look good mdh! :z16
Notice you used marabou on the first fly... haven't seen a lot of salmon flies tied with that.. does it work well?
Jay
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Nice ones Matt :z16
Iain
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Very nice Matt, I'd fish with them :grin
Ben
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They look good mdh! :z16
Notice you used marabou on the first fly... haven't seen a lot of salmon flies tied with that.. does it work well?
Jay
Jay,
I watched the Frodin "make em swim" dvd last night, and he uses lots of marabou and ostrich herl behind the turbocones. It's very easy to tie in just like a normal hackle and even easier to double.
To the critics is the pot bellied pig long enough or would you have tied the tail longer to put it further past the hook?
cheers
Matt
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I've been tying up a few fish and shrimp patterns too :grin
Still trying to master the epoxy :z6 have some ideas for some squid up my sleeve, will be tying them on these cold
winter days :z10
Not quite spiders, but i'm sure i can come up with some of them too :wink
(http://i38.tinypic.com/iwut5k.jpg)
This is EP fibres/Dna
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Same again but slightly smaller.
(http://i35.tinypic.com/ws019k.jpg)
A glass shrimp, still needs some work , maybe some more legs, but i think minimalist is good.
(http://i36.tinypic.com/1416ow6.jpg)
This is made of DnA and angel hair, despite its size it casts really well on my light weight rig (7wt :shock)
Still trying to simplify but they do catch fish, thinking of which i still have to get a waterproof camera and get some fishy shots.
So far i have yet to catch anything worth photographing, but i'm on the hunt for some barramundi :z12
Sandy
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Like the Glass Shrimp Sandy :z16
Looking forward to those photo's
Iain
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Sandy,
Those are amazing. Any chance of a wee step by step on how to tie flies like that?
cheers
Matt
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Nice - I like that glass shimp too - how do you make the body ? Also, is that a weed guard you've tied in made from mono ? It must have been hard going getting it to sit completely in line with the barb.
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Hmmmm.
Step by steps, i'll see what i can do. The glass shrimp is copied from a pattern i picked up in the US.
The weed guard is Mono and it takes a bit of practice to get it to sit in the right place, will try to work out how to describe it.
The body is Pearl mylar tied tight to the hook with a built body of Z-poxy. It looks pretty cool but is tricky to keep the right shape.
Will have a go at trying a SBS for it
Must confess to enjoying learning how to make these kinds of flies, just wish the water here was a bit clearer, it would make flyfishing far better.
In the meantime im planning for OZ. there are some nice flats out there.
Playing with poppers too :shock will post one or two when im happy with them. (they are for the big gun :z6)
:z18
Sandy
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A little bit of Orange & Black today
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Iain
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a selection of kylies. Kylies in a turbo conhead templedog style, kylies on a 1" brass tube, kylie shrimps on a size 12 double and klies on size 16 doubles.
(http://i47.tinypic.com/zn1s74.jpg)
thats my first commision out the door, got another lot to work on and still haven't made a start on filling my own fly box for next year...
cheers
matt
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Just trying out how to post a picture Mike.... :z18
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Nice fly to try it out with David :z16
Cheers
Mike
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Mike,
SBS of Nymph coming soon
Iain
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Just trying out how to post a picture Mike.... :z18
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Nice fly David , youve cracked it how to post them now :z16 Mind and get one of those waterproof pouches for the camera this time :z4
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Jim
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Laugh away :z4
I give you the flexi cat, lots of movement and a good flee in the winter :wink
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Tighlines
Baz.
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Do these actually catch fish BT ? I've seen them before but thought it was a case of the fly catching the angler :z4 how would you go about fishing it ???
clark
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I wouldnt be tying them if they did not catch, best cats whisker i have in my box :wink
Intermediate point fly and a blob on the top dropper and pull :wink
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A czech nymph that I took a step by step of for the competition will work that out later on
(http://i48.tinypic.com/30m1hk7.jpg)
And then a few comets which are tied on a plastic eumer tubing, I might tie some on a metal tube for the spring.
(http://i49.tinypic.com/zl83yh.jpg)
cheers
matt
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I've been tying flies for a Flyswap with some of the Ozzies on a Satwater fly forum out here :z16
The first attempts were a bit questionable, but with the aid of photos and the internet, i was able to get a great flytying lesson online
and have managed to crack the style.
The fly is called openshaws ghost and the idea is it has no sparkle to it except for the red throat (hotspot :wink) and in the water it looks almost transparent much like the bait fish it is meant to be.
Tying transparent actually takes a lot of practice, the idea is to tie very sparse but still retain some shape.
The body is tied Hi-Style like a polar minnow, but using Slinky fiber. This version is tan over white, the original is grey over white , but i dont have grey :roll.
The other trick is the eyes and epoxy :z6 took some practice too, they kept coming out with big fat heads :roll however i found that if you put the epoxy on the back of the eyes and some on the wraps and then mount the eyes and push them together so a tiny amount of epoxy comes out around the eye then it looks very neat and is light and nicely proportioned :z18
Not sure if the fly would be any use anywhere but in clear saltwater, but if you go on holiday then it is apparently a very effective pattern on the flats :z16
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh7/skuesapprentice/IMG_0535.jpg)
Sandy
Its a 3/0 hook by the way :z6
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Nice fly Sandy,
I can just imagine how good it looks good being pulled through crystal clear shallow water :z16
Have a good one.
Iain
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Thoughts of Hatches in April.....................
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These were for my January SBS but my camera has just been float tested in the lavatory!
Panasonic here we come.
Iain
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These were for my January SBS but my camera has just been float tested in the lavatory!
Hi Iain ........ did it pass the test? What were you doing with it there anyway? :z4
Nice flies :z15 and it feels good to be thinking of April :cool:
Cheers
Mike
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Hi Iain ........ did it pass the test?
No Mike,
no toilet was frozen :z4
Iain
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Some MB dries
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now for some Waterhen Bloa & MB spiders
Iain
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Hi Iain,
What are the wings in the MB,s ? CDC ?
In the Olives I like to splay the wing down with my finger nail to spread them before finally tying off and super gelling . Hey, that's just me though.
Nice quill bodies.
Paul.
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Paul I can't remember the name of the stuff but it's synthetic not CDC, Davy Wotton something or other, perhaps Kev Muir would like to comment (indestructable & high floating).
(http://i45.tinypic.com/2iw6gp3.jpg)
Maybe not the best angle to see how the wing looks in a real situation but it's a fair trout pleaser
The wing shape can indeed be altered at the tying in stage & a forward facing wing can also look nice (and be effective).
Iain
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Hi Iain,
Is it Niche polypropylene yarn or maybe Tiemco Aero Drywing ? The latter stuff is the berries for floatibility if a mite expensive. http://www.flytyingboutique.com/store/Details.asp?ProdID=71&category=5
Or this stuff from the same website . Looks good stuff
Trigger Point International Fibres
This from their ad .
The Trigger Point International range of winging products has been specifically designed by Enrico Puglisi of the USA and renowned Australian fly tier Mick Hall to compliment the natural wing colours found in the insect world.
Their objective was to be able to get as close to nature as possible, and they believe that they have achieved that goal.
- There are 16 specifically selected TPI colours, some are unique blends and others are solid colours.
- With the TPI range you can select or create your own blends. In fact you can match just about any wing colouration found in the insect world, Mayflies, Stoneflies, Caddis, it is endless.
- A key feature of most of the TPI colours and another first is that they have a subtle amount of black fibres threaded throughout the blend to specifically represent the wing venation.
- The TPI fibres are unique in that they are non-matting and so fine and delicate that they allow you to use them on just about any size hook.
- The total TPI range is marking pen friendly; you can simply add a fore-edge to your wings or create your own wing pattern.
- Another unique feature of the TPI range is that it has been pre-treated with “Water Shed” floatant. There is now no need to fish with wings all messed up with floatant.
For the full "Trigger Point International" story and more information, take a look at Mick Hall's web site:
www.kossiedun.com.au
I notice (now) also that you don't bother with a parachute hackle .
Is that to get the fly sitting right in the surface film as in the photo ?
Paul.
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Busy stocking up on the 3 tone Montrose Dry flees :wink
Messy work, my carpets covered in deer hair :shock
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Tightlines,
Baz :z18
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Hey Bazmeister,
I appreciate the tying involved and that they do catch fish but I'd need a glass or two of Port before I plucked up the courage to throw one of them.................having said that I'm keen to try a few new concepts this season (like barbless Salmon flies) so perhaps you can take me to one of your reservoirs this year and we'll fish flies of that type. :z6 :roll
Iain
p.s. get the hoovering done - or you'll be dyson with death :z4
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Seriously speaking Iain, i would of been lost without that flee last season!
Fished on a midge tip it held my nymphs/cormorants up perfectly and pulled past rising stockies at speed proved a real winner!
Also fished well on an intermediate as a top dropper with 2 cormorants chasing behind it!
Everyone to there own but most waters are filled with stocked rainbows true, stocked rainbows like blobs! :z13
Deer hair blobs just fish that bit differant but in a good way, i see lots of companys like fulling mill and caledonian flies are already starting to sell them in shops :wink
We will get a good day out this year as both times we went out the conditions were against us :z18
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Hi Paul,
No it's not Aero Wing or Niche polyprop yarn (both excellent materials & I use them both a lot). As for the TPI, don't think so but I'll find out.
As for the lack of hackle, it's purely a simplicity decision plus the fact that they don't need it for floatability or stability and the fish don't seem to mind it being legless.
I was toying with adding a turn or two of hackle and snipping flush undeneath but maybe I'm just tinkering to beat the ice blues.
:z16 Iain
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Do any of you lads use FABSIL on any of your dries or flies you wish to float??
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Baz,
There is no desputing their effectiveness and popularity It makes obvious sense for companies to stock them and all their variants 'cos it's money in the till.
Guess I'll have to buy some Airflo DI lines :z6
:z16 Iain
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Hi Iain / Paul,
The material Iain used for the wing of his flies is very similar to a product that Davy Wotton introduced at one of the "Partridge Tying Days" many years ago. He had a ball of synthetic yarn and cut a small section off and tied a fly he called a "Dun Wing Dun". The fly did not have a hackle and he said the fly fished much better by not having a hackle. Several of us who attended the demo day got a sample of this yarn from Davy to take home and tie a few flies with. I liked the flies and I bought more yarn from him when he started to sell it in his shop. I will dig out a packed and post a photo of it.
The big thing that Davy was stressing with this fly was the fact that the fly floated in the film rather than on it, the fly is only suitable for the smoother glides and calmer streams, it will get swamped in the very rough water. The thing that impressed me about this fly was how easy it was to loose your fly in a hatch, (therefore very similar to the natural), providing you don't take your eye off the fly when you cast above a fish it is ok.
The fly is a very quick tie and if you loose a dozen when fishing on branches etc, it is no big deal to fill the spaces in your box, all in all a great no nonsense fly.
Since Davy sold up and moved to the USA, I have not seen Dun Wing Yarn for sale in the UK, you can use Poly Yarn, the TMC Aero Yarn would be great and the new Trigger Point fibres also work well. I hate the hanks Trigger Point fibres come in but that is just me. Not user friendly in my opinion.
If Iain can't get his camera sorted, I could post a rough step by step, though I would rather defer to Iain if he can get his camera sorted.
I tend to use grey squirrel body fur dubbing for the thorax and pick it out well, it is a 3 or 4 minute fly at most and can be tied in the smallest sizes very easily.
Just a great pattern.
I will find out if it is possible to post the original article that Davy had published in Fly Fishing and Fly Tying here as it gives a good background to the fly.
Kev.
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Good photo baz :z16
I've just sent off another wee shoal of fish to the Czech republic for another Flyswap :shock.
The vice is good tonic in the jungle
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Sandy
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Good photo baz :z16
I've just sent off another wee shoal of fish to the Czech republic for another Flyswap :shock.
The vice is good tonic in the jungle
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh7/skuesapprentice/IMG_0667.jpg)
Sandy
How long did they take to tie :shock
Nice looking flies anyway :z18
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Hi Kevin,
Thanks for that .
I tend to use the Aero Wing but is it a bit dear . How do you find the TPI for floatability ? I have,nt tried that yet.
Also, since your'e on (!) have you discovered a cheaper (been in Aberdeen too long) sub for Watershed ?
Cheers,
Paul.
PS: Bit of a wee thaw in Ellon today . Roll on the Spring !!
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Skip water shed Paul, FABSIL is awesome!
Spray your material with fabsil and it will float forever :wink
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Hi Kevin,
Thanks for that .
I tend to use the Aero Wing but is it a bit dear . How do you find the TPI for floatability ? I have,nt tried that yet.
Also, since your'e on (!) have you discovered a cheaper (been in Aberdeen too long) sub for Watershed ?
Cheers,
Paul.
PS: Bit of a wee thaw in Ellon today . Roll on the Spring !!
Still not found anything better than Aero dry wing. Floats so well that with small patterns it is enough to float a fly on it's own and I like the range of colours but is is rather dear.
Not thawing here Paul, not got above -3 all day, -9 at 09:30.
Ben
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HI Baz,
Fabsil , where do you get it ?
HI Ben,
Agree re Aero Wing , it's amazing . Temp. here been plummeting since last observation . I now have very large ice formations on my guttering and it's bl---y Baltic outside. It's a bit of a baptism for your first winter here eh ? Are you going down to the Tweed bash in March ?
Paul.
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A company called grangers Make it and i got it in a huge spray tin from an outdoor shop in forfar
Here are a couple of links
Not tried this one but looks the bizz :wink
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Granger's-Fabsil-Universal-Silicone-Waterproofer-125ml_W0QQitemZ130325210165QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=&rvr_id=&cguid=1b3d91af11d0a0aad321bb41ffa32dd6
This is the tin i use and i spray it on completed flies or tying materials prior to tying!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Granger's-Fabsil-Universal-Silicone-Waterproofer-400ml_W0QQitemZ200413636356QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=&rvr_id=&cguid=1b3d91af11d0a0aad321bb41ffa32dd6
Best stuff i have ever used, i use this on my klinks alot.
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Hey it was +6 in montrose today....... where's my sunscreen?? :z13
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HI Baz,
Fabsil , where do you get it ?
HI Ben,
Agree re Aero Wing , it's amazing . Temp. here been plummeting since last observation . I now have very large ice formations on my guttering and it's bl---y Baltic outside. It's a bit of a baptism for your first winter here eh ? Are you going down to the Tweed bash in March ?
Paul.
Was here last winter too Paul, everyone said that it was unusually harsh last year!! What Tweed bash is the in march?
Will get the tying gear out tonight I think and get cracking on some tubes for the 11th :grin
Ben
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Latest stuff
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Hi peter,
I'm going to tie some of your March Browns this season.
Baz,
What's the story with Fabsil? Does it matt the fibres together? Any down sides? slicks, etc?
Yes Aero is expensive (cheekily so) but arguably the best material on the market and you can make one hell of a lot of flies from one card - more annoying if you like to have an assortment of colours when it's easy to ring up a shilling or two.
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No downsides Iain, no slicks and no matting of fibres :wink
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How long did they take to tie :shock
Now for the geeky part :z6
I discovered that one length of holofusion ties 5 flies, and that i can comfortably apply 2 sets of eyes for each mix up of 5min devcon. So the flies were tied in batches of 10 (4 of) and epoxied in pairs
I entered the swap to keep me occupied for a couple of weeks and kinda finished the flies in 3 days :roll
I reckon it takes about 45 mins to tie up the 10 flies and then another 45 mins to apply 10 sets of eyes. (that includes coffee or wine, depending on daytime or evening :z7)
So i suppose they took 6 hours to tie, didn't seem that long :shock
Interesting topic on Aero wing, never used fabsil either.
Can't think of anything useful to add :z6 Never use either, or watershed for that matter, i like my dryflies to get damp :z4
I like to add Aquel to the parts i want to float, if i want it too.
Sandy
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Hi Ben,
Sorry , senior moment , I guess I was thinking about REAL winiters ! :wink
The Tweed thing in March is the GAIA Salmon casting CPD at Tweedswood being organised by Alberto.
Paul.
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On Day 3 of torrential rain :shock
So more flooding here than at home at the moment.
Been back at the vice this afternoon, winding down after work.
Tying up a large scale EP fibre Minnow, well its a bit big to be a minnow :z6 But the technique is the same, i think :z6
I had a lot of fun tying it though.
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh7/skuesapprentice/IMG_0671.jpg)
Its on a Size 9/0 longshank hook :shock For scale this picture also has a a size 12 damsel :z18
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My flies are getting more like Rob's all the time :shock :z4 :z4
Good fun though, i understand fully why Magnus calls this fly building, not fly tying :z4
Sandy
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This ones slightly smaller at 7/0 :shock
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Sandy
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Nice flies Sandy.
These EP baitfish flies are impressive :z16
Iain
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Hi guys
Heres tonights efforts started off tying some streamers for the Don then got a bit more adventurous and tried my hand at a mini tarpon toad. Trying to convince the wife she wants a trip to cuba. Not the best tyings youll see but a good nite was had and hopefully the fish will approve.
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The Mini Tarpon toad might try one on a small hook for the rainbows.
(http://i45.tinypic.com/a5jalg.jpg)
Will have to attempt a step by step sometime soon
Cheers
Michael
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Nice flies Michael. They'll catch fish!!
Ben
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Something different for me
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They look nice for a wave Iain ..... Cool :cool:
Cheers
Mike
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Sea-Trout anyone?
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Iain
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Some of this mornings efforts :z18
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Hi Baz,
Were you looking in my window last night ? :shock
I was tying up some black WB's with pink tungsten heads , aye great minds seldom differ .... :grin
Is that UV micro straggle on the 2nd fly ?
Nice.
Paul.
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I wouldnt dare look through yer window paul, god knows what i might see :z4
The bottom flee is Mini Uv straggle with a badger hackle!
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Knocking out some spring flies so that I've got a few to give away to friends...
A nice wee monkey decided it looked really good with a red head on it tied on a 1" alumnium slipstream tube
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A Snaelda, i got the tail proportions a wee bit wrong on this one, its a half inch tungsten tube with a bit of medium eumer tubing to extend it
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An ice maiden tied on a 1" copper tube
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An a posh tosh tied on a 1" aluminium tube with a large eumer tungsten cone on it
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Time to tie some trout flies soon, honest...
Cheers
Matt
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Mucking about with 19mm Eumer Gold teardrops and a (very loose) Cascade theme
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Iain
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Hi Matt,
Nice flies as always, the Snaelda interests me..... Tie one on a 1.75" tube in baby pink, has accounted for two springers (including a 15lb fish) and a rake of kelts over the last two days, total fly length of about 3.5"
Cheers
Ben
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Hi Matt,
Nice flies as always, the Snaelda interests me..... Tie one on a 1.75" tube in baby pink, has accounted for two springers (including a 15lb fish) and a rake of kelts over the last two days, total fly length of about 3.5"
Cheers
Ben
very interesting news there Ben. Have you got any of those ready tied in the shop? I don't have any pink bucktail and I'll have to raid my granny's sewing box to find some pink wool!
Cheers
Matt
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I saw the pink 'thing' in action on opening day on the Dee, very interesting indeed and when I'm next in front of the vice I'll be tying a couple up.
As I commented at the time, white and pink Kynoch Killers were once very popular on the Tay in early season in clear and slightly coloured water conditions. I used them a lot when trolling for salmon (and big troots)on Lochs Tay and Shiel so there's no reason that I can see that those combinations wouldn't work very well on a tube fly - clearly, in pink alone, it works well so I have to tie a few in fluro pink and white to see what happens...... chuck a turbo disc on the front and you've got pretty much a spinning lure anyway :z7
Might also be worth re-visiting the contents of my trolling/spinning lure box to see othe colour combinations that have worked well and incorporate them into a fly or two. Just for the hell of it, you understand.
I'll get my coat :wink
Hamish :z3
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the Snaelda is very similar to a red francis in style. Just with the hackle moved up to the head of the tube. Stands to reason given that shrimpy things in the sea are pink or orange that this attracts them. Much the same way as a sunray shadow imitates a sand eel.
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Chartreuse j/c buzzer
(http://i45.tinypic.com/2uduzb8.jpg)
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(http://i49.tinypic.com/14btamb.jpg)
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nice flies lads but they appear to be going in the wrong direction?
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Hi All,
Nice flies All.
Iain that's a good wee variation , dressing a wee tail on the double. Also means you can mix and match colour combos too.
Baz,
"I wouldnt dare look through yer window paul, god knows what i might see " . True , true ..........
Paul.
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Hi Matt,
Nice flies as always, the Snaelda interests me..... Tie one on a 1.75" tube in baby pink, has accounted for two springers (including a 15lb fish) and a rake of kelts over the last two days, total fly length of about 3.5"
Cheers
Ben
a bit like one of these perhaps?
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2lxfpdt.jpg)
I couldn't find any pink bucktail despite visiting Orvis and Somers. The best I could get was some very nice pink crystal flash at orvis and flouresecent pink bucktail in somers. Just need to use a slightly smaller tube and a neaten up the head. Oh and steal some of the OH's pink nail polish! One aside is that the krystal flash in orvis is really nice compared to the veniards stuff.
cheers
Matt
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I don't have any pink except some Ice Dub shrimp pink dubbing so I used that over floss to make the body. I used white over red arctic fox for the tail and white over red for the hackle.
Will it work?
(http://i45.tinypic.com/xcp2co.jpg)
I'll have to ask a passing fish.
Irvine
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I don't have any pink except some Ice Dub shrimp pink dubbing so I used that over floss to make the body. I used white over red arctic fox for the tail and white over red for the hackle.
Nice work Hare's lug.
The original dressing of a Snealda is bucktail rather than artic fox but I can't see it making that much difference. Also the example that I saw in the orvis shop today was pink over red so I'm sure that the white over red will be similar. They had done the same with the body it looked like pink dubbing over red floss.
I bought some pink chenille rather than pink dubbing. I should have got pink dubbing really. Oh well next time.
cheers
matt
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Where all the troot flies :z8 :wink
Nice flies chaps Iam sure the tourists will love em :z18
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I was at a tying demo the other night and just cant get over how sweet Jungle cock cheeked buzzers are :shock
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030111.jpg)
Is it just me or are they just hot :z16
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Baz, what's the scoop with the 'Screamin' Pheonix' thorax?!
Very very neat................ if I may be so bold I'd have liked to have seen 2 more turns on the body. :z10
Like it though.
Iain
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Ok i will do a couple more turns just for you :wink
The thorax is just black thread with orkney peach jungle cock cheeks :z18
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(http://i50.tinypic.com/2hs812a.jpg)
1st stop Epoxius Additionalus
2nd stop Esox Lucius
Iain
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A couple nice looking flies there Iain, When and where you planning on using them?
Tightlines,
Baz
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Not sure where and when they'll get used but if I don't catch at least a few Pike this year then I'm gonna be peeved!
Iain
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Nice flies Iain
What size are they? Have you tried casting them? I'm Interested to know how they cast.
Sandy
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Hi Sandy
(http://i46.tinypic.com/2079n5g.jpg)
Haven't cast an EP Baitfish pattern yet but as I'm sure you know the material is hydrophobic and I'm informed by Rob and others that regularly use them they are very easy to cast.
I've larger ones tied on 3/0 Varivas 2600 ST-V hooks! I guess there will be a few 'dog nobbler duck' casts when I first try them.
Iain
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Some small, size 2, :shock Hi style clousers
Ready for Golden Trevally in OZ next month :z3
Subtle colours like Grey and pale pink are the best colours , so i'm told, so here's hoping
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh7/skuesapprentice/pinkandgrey.jpg)
Sandy
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These are bigger ones, size 1 and tied brighter for Tuna, hopefully for the same trip
Natural bucktail this time :z16
(http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh7/skuesapprentice/clousers.jpg)
Sandy
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A wee emerger :wink
(http://i47.tinypic.com/5anbc6.jpg)
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030230.jpg)
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030238.jpg)
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030241.jpg)
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All this talk of spiders is ace but we've got a whole lot of Salmon love to negotiate first.
(http://i46.tinypic.com/f38cnk.jpg)
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They look posh Iain :z18
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Nice spiders, Iain :z16
Sandy
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Mucking about with Rhyac's,
(http://i49.tinypic.com/1z64213.jpg)
Iain
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silver stoat variants. I prefer gold ribbing with a silver body i'm not really sure why but I like the colour contrast. And a wee bit of blue schlappen for the throat oh and artic fox rather than stoats tail for the wing.
(http://i49.tinypic.com/1z3c8pl.jpg)
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2m2e6mx.jpg)
off to start my step by step shortly..
cheers
matt
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Nice Matheus :z16
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I like them Matt :z16
have you ever tried putting one full turn of the schlappen feather on the collar before the wing.
It gives you a full hackle which looks a bit like a spey style fly and then with the wing over the top, the hackle kicks the wing up in the hair so the fly moves more in the water (great for faster water). Give it a try if you haven't, but dont use any more than one full turn of the hackle. See if you like it :z18
Sandy
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Sandy
Is this the kind of thing you mean? This one is not schlappen just the big end of a Chinese cock cape. I used a turn of grizzle over two turns of black, I think.
(http://i46.tinypic.com/se63b4.jpg)
Irvine
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Now that's my kind of salmon fly :z16
love it
sandy
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Sandy
I've been tempted to tie a few without the wing, just a big spider, but I haven't had the courage to part with convention yet. Anybody out there tried it?
Irvine
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Cracking fleee Irvine :z16
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I like them Matt :z16
have you ever tried putting one full turn of the schlappen feather on the collar before the wing.
It gives you a full hackle which looks a bit like a spey style fly and then with the wing over the top, the hackle kicks the wing up in the hair so the fly moves more in the water (great for faster water). Give it a try if you haven't, but dont use any more than one full turn of the hackle. See if you like it :z18
Sandy
Sandy,
I did some earlier on and the schlappen is too soft and doesn't stand up enough. I reckon a normal hen or cock hackle would do the job nicely. I'll post a few pictures later on.
Irvine I've sent you a PM.
Cheers
Matt
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Okay so its not the same fly but very similar its an emerald stoat this time
With a turn of schlappen
(http://i46.tinypic.com/2s6wqjs.jpg)
With a turn of cock hackle
(http://i46.tinypic.com/2wpm714.jpg)
And a few other flies chosen at random from my big book of Salmon flies
A leslie Peters
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2lsuu88.jpg)
A Goldie/Gold Kenny's Killer
(http://i46.tinypic.com/2ihwh2q.jpg)
and a Red Pearl Ally's Shrimp
(http://i50.tinypic.com/i41lro.jpg)
cheers
Matt :z16 :z15
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Nice flees Matt, photos are great also :z18
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(http://i45.tinypic.com/2nu4w7k.jpg)
Please don't tell me the hackle is too long, it's 01:34
:z10
Iain
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Really love the flies Matt
Especially the Kennys killer one, it looks awesome.
I like way the schlappen sits nice and soft, if you tie a couple of turns of thread behind the hackle when you tie it down, like i do with spiders, it will kick up and then do the same with the fox hair and it kicks up too, and you get an effect similar to Kenny's you have there, but with the longer hackle.
Please don't tell me the hackle is too long, it's 01:34
:z10
Iain
Iain - your hook is too small :wink
You have the right idea though, the hackle is sitting beautifully :z16 This fly will catch fish, especially when there are B.W.O's on the go.
Might even be a bit to sparse with the mole, if that is possible :shock Far better than being to heavy though :z18
Love it :z3
Sandy
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Lots of Spiders.
Scared to post photo's as they just seem to be a source of ridicule (you know who you are Superman) and my Mum says to steer clear bullys.
Nah, the battery on my camera has now departed - see what I can do with the other really crud camera.
Iain
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Wuss!
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Sandy
I've been tempted to tie a few without the wing, just a big spider, but I haven't had the courage to part with convention yet. Anybody out there tried it?
Irvine
I haven't Irvine but I know a man who has. Will who sometimes posts here fishes an endrick spider as a searching pattern for trout and hooks a lot of salmon on that. Really irritating, he ties them with lots of Cu wire under the body for weight so they look like a nice spider that has eaten one to many McDonalds, ugly chunky fly but they work!!
Ben
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I sent Irvine a link to the Salmon Fishing Forum where one of the members has tied some nice spiders for sea-trout. I had a go at copying them the other night I'll hopefully get some photos tonight. I over did the hackles though really.
Cheers
Matt
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I haven't Irvine but I know a man who has. Will who sometimes posts here fishes an endrick spider as a searching pattern for trout and hooks a lot of salmon on that. Really irritating, he ties them with lots of Cu wire under the body for weight so they look like a nice spider that has eaten one to many McDonalds, ugly chunky fly but they work!!
Ben
Ben
I use the Endrick spider too and it has been successful for me on trout. Never taken a salmon though. Maybe that is because I tend to use it in the spring and the salmon have not got that far upstream at that time of the year.
There was a fishing programme on telly two or three years ago when Fiona Armstrong came to fish on Glen Tanar. She spent the afternoon on the stocked trout pond and I had to lend her my rod, line and flies. She did quite well and all the rainbows she got were on the Endrick spider.
Irvine
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The only pictures that came out decent before the battery went belly up........
(http://i47.tinypic.com/jgntb4.jpg)
(http://i47.tinypic.com/106bwp4.jpg)
The 7 shots taken of the March Browns & the Greenwells were a waste of time :z6
NEED to get a decent camera soon.
Iain
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spiders here too!
A march brown spider
(http://i45.tinypic.com/op4mmu.jpg)
and a Hares ear spider
(http://i49.tinypic.com/wiqcgo.jpg)
Dressed them a bit heavy I think....
Tonights random Salmon fly from my big book of Salmon flies the Analyst Hairwing.
(http://i48.tinypic.com/160abuq.jpg)
cheers
Matt
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No doubts they'll catch Matt. :z16
My MB Spider
(http://i50.tinypic.com/m3sds.jpg)
Greenwells variant (muchos variant)
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2yxkxmd.jpg)
Iain
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Nice flies guys! .......... I do like that "MB Spider" :wink
Cheers
Mike
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No doubts they'll catch Matt. :z16
My MB Spider
(http://i50.tinypic.com/m3sds.jpg)
should the hackle be doubled/folded on spiders or not?
cheers
Matt
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Matt,
not being an authority on spiders I'm not going to tell you how they should be tied but, to me, doubling a hackle lends itself more to a swept back type finish rather than the true -soft, perpendicular, dare I say scraggy result - which would be more desirable for a free drifting river pattern.
The typical, commercial, shop bought 'spiders' have a swept back style - like a traditional wet without a wing (and possibly tail). Dare I say that more river anglers fish spiders down and across (tight line) than upstream dead drift and they are typically pulled on still waters by the majority therefore people are happy to use the mass produced swept back style.
I don't know if this was what you were infact asking but It's my take on things.
I always use scraggy perpendicular hackles for upstream spider fishing.
Iain
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Nice flies guys! .......... I do like that "MB Spider" :wink
Cheers
Mike
me too :z16
cracking spids Iain, love them.
Matt , I would say no, check out the SBS's
the flies should look like the ones iain has put up
with the hackle perpendicular to the hook
sometimes even pointing slightly forward :wink
Sandy
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to me, doubling a hackle lends itself more to a swept back type finish rather than the true -soft, perpendicular, dare I say scraggy result - which would be more desirable for a free drifting river pattern.
I always use scraggy perpendicular hackles for upstream spider fishing.
Spot on . Almost a simultaneous answer :z7
the flies gotta dance
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Sandy
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thanks Iain and Sandy.
I'll go back through the SBS for spiders and make a few changes me thinks...
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Just a post to say that I wasn't being at all derogatory to swept back spiders or the people that fish this method - it most definitely does account for fish.
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A copper quilled cormorant thats worth a cast or 3 :wink
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this was on my vice last night and ended up here this afternoon
(http://i48.tinypic.com/2rcn8mb.jpg)
Black wooly bugger with an orange tungsten conehead
Cheers
Matt
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Welcome back Baz, nice Cormorant. :z16
Matt,
Twas my intention to swing out bye this afternoon (thought I had your mobile No. on my phone) and see this new build of yours but by the time I got to Kintore I wondered if you'd still be there so left it.
Who's been advocating black WB's with orange tungsten coneheads?? :z8
I take it the 3wt wasn't bent today
Iain
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Welcome back Baz, nice Cormorant. :z16
Matt,
Twas my intention to swing out bye this afternoon (thought I had your mobile No. on my phone) and see this new build of yours but by the time I got to Kintore I wondered if you'd still be there so left it.
Who's been advocating black WB's with orange tungsten coneheads?? :z8
I take it the 3wt wasn't bent today
Iain
I left at about half past two so that my mate was home in Aberdeen in time to get his kids from school.
Nope the 3wt is still in its case waiting for a chance to get to Haddo to A) choose a line and B) catch its first fish.
Lochter was pretty slow today. Although I wish i tried the wooly bugger earlier.
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I started fly tying about a year ago and had a bit of success on my own flies in the summer, especially on my "green weed fly" as it was christened by one of my friends. Been tying a few up over the winter and decided to post them as my contribution. Funny how an extreme close up of your creation shows up the imperfections that for some reason my eyes miss whem i'm tying them. Hope you like them.
(http://i48.tinypic.com/b4wxzr.jpg)
(http://i47.tinypic.com/ohols7.jpg)
(http://i49.tinypic.com/ev5g00.jpg)
(http://i47.tinypic.com/fvh2et.jpg)
(http://i45.tinypic.com/2rokzfb.jpg)
(http://i46.tinypic.com/v2y9ag.jpg)
(http://i50.tinypic.com/8x09de.jpg)
(http://i45.tinypic.com/2m7smth.jpg)
(http://i46.tinypic.com/2mecsd3.jpg)
(http://i47.tinypic.com/bfnh8i.jpg)
(http://i49.tinypic.com/9k2iky.jpg)
(http://i45.tinypic.com/1ens4h.jpg)
(http://i47.tinypic.com/1547vkj.jpg)
(http://i46.tinypic.com/sg77du.jpg)
(http://i45.tinypic.com/30w8n79.jpg)
(http://i46.tinypic.com/b8n5t2.jpg)
(http://i48.tinypic.com/21ak16q.jpg)
(http://i50.tinypic.com/qoy8sm.jpg)
(http://i50.tinypic.com/2rg258i.jpg)
This one accounted for 5 at Lochter on saturday morning :grin
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some recent snatchers ;)
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Hi MC72,
Welcome to the forum and well done for posting a large selection of your flies. The quality of your photo's is very good and I understand only too well how imperfections which are invisible to the naked eye are magnified by this.
I've no doubt that your flies will catch fish - never seen anything like your 'weed fly' before ??? but if it works for you then all the good.
A year isn't a long time in fly-tying so well done for trying different types of fly and techniques.
Iain
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Yes, great stuff "MC72"
Welcome to the forum :z16
Best wishes
Mike
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Won't be long now! :z16
(http://i49.tinypic.com/f51v0g.jpg)
Iain
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Oooooooo ........ they look nice Iain, very fishy! :z16
Cheers
Mike
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Welcome to the site MC72, nice efforts :wink
Nice flies also Iain, is that the aero wing your using in those flies, if so where did you get it from ??
Cheers
Baz
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Hi MC72
Today i have been mostly getting crabs :shock.......... :shock...............
To form on the tip of my vice. So far they look like this, but it is far from sorted :z6
(http://i48.tinypic.com/22dc45.jpg)
(http://i49.tinypic.com/vihcfk.jpg)
(http://i46.tinypic.com/28lvord.jpg)
This is cool though, it took quite a while to get to this.... and there is a lot more movement to introduce yet :wink
It need to shake its claws at the fish, in a come and eat me if your quick enough kind of way
:z4 :z4
Sandy
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A couple of lightweights for the buzzer hatchs in the near fututre, i just realised how better photography is when done outdoors, more flies to come soon :wink
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030322.jpg)
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030326.jpg)
Tightlines,
Baz
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Baz,
On the works compyewder so can't see your flies at the mo.
Yes, It's Aero wing - Medium Dun & Cinnamon in the picture. I've this in a few colours - some from the Orvis shoppe & some from Flytying Boutique - Look on his site as he has a picture with all the colours avail, maybe 12 or so which is good for doing sighted posts and mimicking more natural wing colours.
Iain
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Nice flies and al-fresco ambience (pronounced om-bee-yonce) Bart. :cool:
Sandy what are your claws made from? The pattern's going very well so far :z16
Iain
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Nice tying y'all.
I've been tied up (groan) with other things for the past couple of weeks and havn't got back to the vice yet. I'm jealous.
Irvine
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Nice flies boys but I'm still enjoying my big book of salmon flies so I made a family of Ally's Shrimps of various patterns
So from front to back they are a Copper Ally's Shrimp, Yellow Ally's Shrimp, Ally's Shrimp, Tummel Shrimp and a Black Ally's Shrimp.
(http://i46.tinypic.com/2d8rvj4.jpg)
Cheers
Matt :z18 :z15
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Nice as usual Matt,
You need to get out and try them though.
Iain
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Nice as usual Matt,
You need to get out and try them though.
Iain
Depends when I'm next allowed out. Unfortunately the old calendar is quite busy the noo...
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Been tying up Tungsten bead Endrick Spiders for the point.
Tied a few with regular fibre length & 1 1/2 close hackle turns and a few with longer hackles and 3 more open turns - both look ok I think.
(http://i44.tinypic.com/vqtdtv.jpg)
(http://i39.tinypic.com/k13y52.jpg)
Iain
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Was out trooting again today and the fiery brooon snatcher proved a favourite again, cant wait till the season starts now :z16
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030329.jpg)
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030330.jpg)
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030337.jpg)
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030339.jpg)
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Tied up a few Butt Monkey Variants for the Don tonight. Roll on 1st of April ordered a Kelly Galloup streamer express line off ebay to fish them hopefully wont get stung by customs. Never tryed lure fishing on the river before so looking forward to giving them a bash.
(http://i40.tinypic.com/71ptzs.jpg)
Michael
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Nice fleeeeeees Michael!
I reckon the big browns will have a field day with them :wink
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Cheers Baz, one like yours fae yesterday would do me dandy.
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Nice flies Michael,
best of luck with them.
Iain
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A couple of flies from today!
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030494.jpg)
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030507.jpg)
Tightlines
Baz
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Anyone been tying up any traditional patterns lately?
Busy trying to jazz up the boring black pennel tonight :z16
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Anyone been tying up any traditional patterns lately?
Busy trying to jazz up the boring black pennel tonight :z16
Nothing boring about a Black Pennell Baz ..... they catch fish! :z4
If you don't already do them, try a Pearly Pennell, these are very good on stillwaters! :wink
Cheers
Mike
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Been doing traffic light pennels , they actually look pretty nifty!
Basically a black pennel with a red holo rib with a mirage rib over the top of the red :wink
Having a standard pennel on your cast is like driving a reliant robin :z4
Poor photo but iam sure you get the jist of it!
(http://i41.tinypic.com/rgxhjl.jpg)
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Having a standard pennel on your cast is like driving a reliant robin
Baz, my 'standard' pennell has a mirage rib and it's better than yours! You'll be tying traffic light bloodworms next!
:z7
(http://i42.tinypic.com/mip0n4.jpg)
(http://i40.tinypic.com/28tddlx.jpg)
Iain
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(http://i40.tinypic.com/106k3zp.jpg)
(http://i39.tinypic.com/207otq0.jpg)
(http://i39.tinypic.com/2my9a9f.jpg)
Prototype smolt pattern!!
Ben
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Before you ask ...... No, you can't use that at Haddo Ben :z4
Cheers
Mike
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(http://i40.tinypic.com/106k3zp.jpg)
(http://i39.tinypic.com/207otq0.jpg)
(http://i39.tinypic.com/2my9a9f.jpg)
Prototype smolt pattern!!
Ben
and this from the man that doesn't enter the SBS because he can't use a camera.....
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(http://i42.tinypic.com/mip0n4.jpg)
Iain
whats the dressing for that one iain?
cheers
matt
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Baz, my 'standard' pennell has a mirage rib and it's better than yours! You'll be tying traffic light bloodworms next!
:z7
(http://i42.tinypic.com/mip0n4.jpg)
(http://i40.tinypic.com/28tddlx.jpg)
Iain
Hi Iain,
What hooks did you use for the Klinks in this picture? I like the angle the body sits at. Klinks are my nemesis!! I think you need three hands to tie em! :mad
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Nice flies Iain and Ben :z16
Whats yours made from ben? It looks like a hares mask thats been cut to shape ???
Eventually got my pennel looking right
(http://i41.tinypic.com/secax4.jpg)
Keep the flies coming chaps , good for the inspiration :z18
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Whats yours made from ben?
Dressing is...
Hook - #2 4x longshank
Eyes - cranked tunsten flat end dumbells with Orvis Jurassic eyes epoxied to ends
Thread - white GSP
Body - Silver / Pearl UV straggle
Upper body - Nat Grizzle zonker strip
Lower body - white zonker strip
Head - Sculpin wool, black on top, below.
The zonkers are trimmed to a fish taper once tied in, same with the sculpin wool on the head. Tying time is next to nothing but the hairdressing takes a while!
Cheers
Ben
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Eventually got my pennel looking right
Baz
I think you need to change the name of your flee to Bling Pennel :z4
Irvine
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Hi Baz,
Like the lite brite head. I think it was Jimmy Mcbride I first saw doing that quite a few years back.
Very effective addition to any traditional pattern by the way . Change the colour to suit the pattern.
Also great more fully dressed for instant muddlers!
Irvine, "Baz's Bling Fly" , has a certain ring to it ? :z4
Paul.
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Paul (fish),
The hooks are http://www.fishingthefly.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2593.msg21355#msg21355
Iain
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(http://i41.tinypic.com/4rrq6c.jpg)
Butt Monkies on the vice today in anticipation of the first decent March Brown hatch :z4
This one is a small one, #6.
Cheers
Ben
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Hi Ben,
Ok. Since no-one has asked the question .
Why are you tying smolt imitations ?
Do you know of a place where big troots eat smolts on their downstream migration, (usually Maytime ) ?? :z4 or am I reading too much into this ?
Just wondering ......... :wink
Paul.
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Hi Paul,
I may know of such a place :z4
Smolt fly looks great in the water and swins even better since I bent the shank slightly to the side but, that pattern, with all the rabbit, wool & tungsten is tough to cast. May have to try something else with synthetics. That fly is revision three, I could only cast the 1st on a 10wt, number 2 didn't look right in the water and this one is as close I have to being workable.
Yesterdays butt monkies scored well today :wink
Any ideas anyone?
Cheers
Ben
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Hi Paul,
Yesterdays butt monkies scored well today :wink
Tell us more....
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Tell us more....
Can't do that Noel, sensitive!! Will drop you a PM
Ben
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Hi Ben,
Gonna PM me too! I,m intrigued.
Paul. :z4
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Heres a Couple i tied last night
Floating mouse thing i saw on the net and wanted to have a bash at tying
(http://i44.tinypic.com/2mbn9.jpg)
And a few Harroups Transitional Duns for the Don.
(http://i40.tinypic.com/2na8ymg.jpg)
View from the side.
(http://i43.tinypic.com/vykv1t.jpg)
Michael
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I'm liking the "floating mouse thing" :grin
Ben
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A few tungsten headed 'nimfs'
(http://i39.tinypic.com/az6h02.jpg)
(http://i41.tinypic.com/2ryt0ux.jpg)
(http://i42.tinypic.com/rh1lk1.jpg)
(http://i42.tinypic.com/20ff4lf.jpg) (http://i41.tinypic.com/iqvvy1.jpg)
Yan
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New size 21 Tiemco 212Y's arrived today - just gave one a try.
Head is a bit scraggy as the fibres on a strand of peacock herl appear very long when tying a fly of this size, look leggy under the thorax but untidy at head. :z8
(http://i41.tinypic.com/1255jzq.jpg)
(http://i44.tinypic.com/wlyypg.jpg)
Yan
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Hi "Yan"
Scraggy is good, scraggy works, I'm liking the look of all the flies in both your posts!
Cheers
Mike
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A few tungsten headed 'nimfs'
(http://i41.tinypic.com/2ryt0ux.jpg)
Yan,
Furry boots did you get the tungsten bead that looks like a christmas tree decoration?
I like the Klink too although I'm not sure how you actually managed to tie it on a hook that small!
Cheers
Matt
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Thanks Mike,
I'm keen to try them as they have a CDC 'collar' which I've not used on nymphs before. Also keen to try the Jig hooks on t' river.
Matt, the bead is a silver, 4mm, multi-faceted tungsten job which was bought 3 years ago from GAC (for JD's Grayling day out) and I just happened across last evening. You like?
Booked a day off agaes ago for the opening day tomorrow....................just cancelled it! much sadness :z6 :z15 :mad
Iain
looks like a christmas tree decoration
How very dare you!
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Fancy spending your day off on rescobie instead :wink
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Thanks for the invite Kelly but I've already organised for a few things to happen work wise instead of on Friday.
Your a Jonah anyway - I'd probably blank! :z4
Iain
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A couple of pulling buzzers
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030565.jpg)
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030572.jpg)
(http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq20/bigtroot/P1030594.jpg)
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those look very nice Baz. How do you fish those bad boys?
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Put them between a blob and a booby on a 4 flee cats and twitch them back on a midge tip normally works a treat :wink
Top dropper on a floater would also be a good call with a weighted flee on the point :z18
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Liking the overall colour scheme on the top one Baz, nice.
:z16
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Yes, the olive one looks "fishy" :z16
Cheers
Mike
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Another made up fast sinking plummet and hope.
(http://i41.tinypic.com/2eyb52r.jpg)
Iain
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Nice and differant sharon :z18
Very buggy looking, i have a few ptn's i will stick up later :z16
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finally heading out to Haddo tomorrow to wet a line with the 3wt. Very excited. But a quick scan of my fly box told me that if it was a day for using lures then I was going to have a problem. Something tells me that a 3wt line isn't going to turn over a extra long shank size six with a tungsten cone. So i made a few like these
a couple of wooly buggers with 2.8mm tungsten beads which should get them down nicely.
(http://i40.tinypic.com/eg111.jpg)
(http://i44.tinypic.com/5d5q4h.jpg)
I also tied a few snatcher sort of thingys.
(http://i40.tinypic.com/25ap4id.jpg)
And a nice wee spider. On a size 16, I've no idea how people tie on smaller than that!
(http://i40.tinypic.com/157lq2u.jpg)
fingers crossed I have some luck given the weather forecast!
cheers
Matt
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Put them between a blob and a booby on a 4 flee cats and twitch them
Is it just me or does this sound more like beastiality than fishing :shock
Sandy
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Didn't get fishing today so tied a few instead. These should see me ok for klink n dink on the Don. Thanks for the photo tips. They are getting better. :z18
Very simple pattern
Hook: B175 size 14
Tail: Pheasant tail
Body: Pheasant tail
Rib: UTC copper brown wire
Thorax: Hares ear
Weighted with 4 turns lead wire
(http://i39.tinypic.com/2aj2v4m.jpg)
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very nice little flys
stuart
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Is it just me or does this sound more like beastiality than fishing :shock
Sandy
Please explain youreself Sandy!
Blob being the attractor , booby being the fly to keep the flies in the zone for as long as possible and 2 nymphs in between!
When fishing a water where you have to drift and is bigger than 10 acres you have to optimize your chances of finding fish!
This is a standard cast for a midgtip setup , some might choose to fish it with three flies :z2
Sounds like a statement of snobery if i was to be honest :z8
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Baz,
I'd like to think it was the mis spelling of cast (cat) in your original post that prompted Sandys comment. I mean stringing anything to a 4 flee cat, attaching it to midge tip and a booby and flinging it into lake does seem a bit harsh, even if you do not like cats :z4
Nice flies.
Cheers
Ben
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My apoligies if this was the case :oops
Always have been one for jumping in head first, sorry if this was the case :z13
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:z4 :z4 :z4
it shows the state of mind! You took offense at my snobbery
and all I saw was blob, booby, cat and twitch . I thought you might be into fat bird fetshises.
Maybe I just read funny :z4
Mr B will tell you I ain't afraid of the "blob"
and enjoy the occasional rolypoly.........
Oh dear there I go again :shock
:z4 :z4
sandy