Capt Mel, great knot! I have been using the nailless nail knot for years and almost forget how to tie one using the tube. I have been looking for a tube that I can use to practice this knot but no one seems to have one. Do you sell tubes for this knot? I use to use an albright on my tarpon lines but it made the knot a little big.
Just a comment on the extremely helpful info shared by all of you. Fly fisher people..and tiers...tend to be great folks. Thanks to all
Ray,
No such word...?
It might not be correct above, but the word certainly exists. "Ray showed himself to be an excellent fly-caster" is absolutely correct as far as I know - but then again, I'm not a native English speaker, so I might of course be wrong.
And reading a little about the word, showed is often referred to as "technically correct" but in practice, shown rules the day.
Well, life is full of irregularities...
Martin
Past tense of the word "show" is "shown". No such word as showed.
I've always been a big fan of bucktails. Loretta you did a fine job here. I've never seen this pattern before.
I agree with Kelly,very nice ...
Thank you Kelly and Jim. These flies I submitted this year took alot of practice as I had not tied the streamer patterns in 10x long before. I think I went through about enough bucktail to tie 10 times as many flies for each fly I tied.
I have tied flies for many years and I have tied this style many ways. Your method is the most effective and practical way to construct a comparadun. Strong and duriable, they work and they last.
I have a bunch of original Bill Edson flies. My father-in-law was a close friend of his and when Bill died his wife gave him a lot of the flies that were in Bill Edson's shop. I have 3 leather cases, 2 from his shop full of flies. Also have 2 cigarette tins, one full of Bill Edson size 0 and one full of Dot Edson size 0. I can get some pictures together of the different flies. Have a lot of tying equipment and need to start tying some. Don't want to use any of the originals.
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[b:354f804e54]here's what happened this evening...
a typical welded phoundation...
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some sparse buck tail and crystal phlash for body...
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tented pheatherz welded in place and 3D eyez encapsulated with Bug-Bond Original...
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I watched a tyer at the Somerset Show struggle with a popular brand "R" that needed a major overhaul... it was [i:354f804e54]painful[/i:354f804e54]...
The cam-jaws were toast, the finish would make a zombie proud, and there was a general worn out feeling but the guy was distracted and oblivious...
'so were his phlyz... 'good on him... 'Keep Calm and Carry On...
I prefer tying in my JZone...!!![/b:354f804e54]
Davie reminds me of my father who tied for over 50 years. Davie is a Master at his craft as was my father.
Thank you Davie I truly enjoy watching your videos.
Howard Eighmey
Grand Island, Florida
this beautiful picture made me realize my peaceful place is the jungle
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Seven Pheather Welded n' Wrapped Phluffie Headed Phlat Wang[/b:dd1befb82b]
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[b:dd1befb82b]Phive Pheather Welded n' Wrapped Phirst Light Phlat Wang...[/b:dd1befb82b]
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[b:dd1befb82b]Blended Buck Tail Herring Insinuendo...[/b:dd1befb82b]
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Hello Paul,
Sorry for the waiting, I was reading your question today! I don't have blue prints from my reels , only drawings without measurements and they are already in the article. It is nice to hear that you and your students like the designs.
You can use the article drawings to make reels for your own use, but I hope that you will not sell them to make profit.
Best regards,
Tom Biesot.
Gilson,
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Martin
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Gilson - Brazil
delicate looking fly, fish will love it
Mark,
The curing time seems to depend of the power of the light. The more powerful the lamp, the faster the curing. I have different battery driven lights and the one with the highest wattage does the best job. You can also get lamps to plug into a power socket for even more brightness and you can actually give the flies a final hardening in direct sun.
Regarding wavelength the manufacturers of course recommend their own lamps, but my experience is that they actually cure each others resins quite fine.
Martin
Sweet! Thanks for the video. I just got a 2013 permit for Memorial Day weekend and this gives me way more info than reading the FWP site.
Beautiful graphic rendition which turns a nice photo into a lovely piece of wall art.
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