David's love for fly tying, and fishing was infectious. His last years made it impossible to fish, but he still loved to tye. He was such an encouragement to fellow tyers. His work was outstanding. He will be greatly missed. I was proud to have Dave for a friend. What a great guy!! He will be sorely missed. Thanks to this project though, his flies will be around for a very long time. Thank you Darren for sharing them with us.
Kelly
I didn't know David, but sure appreciated his work. A very talented tyer has been lost.
Do you know the Veevus thread names; for example, what colors are A05 A08, A12?
What are the other 10 available colors, and what are they called?
Thank you,
KMS
It is sad to hear that visitors/flyfishers have been stood up to be taken fishing,I have never heard of this ever before and it does hurt to hear guides island local born or transplants.Thats showing our visitors tourist,fishers that there is guides out there that have NO aloha from there hearts and thru there veins.Bra if you can't make it try to call your client and set up another guide at your expense or what ever it takes to keep your client happy and willing to come back.If you don't know how to be a good guide then you should not advertise to be one.In hawaii you're concidered a pilau one and other fisherman will start to see this and have NO respect for any of you so called guides.I remember my grandma always said "harvest from the ocean only what you need"same goes for clients in my eye don't get a client all excited only to have you not show if you can't handle the over flow,over booking ,or if it's to nice to be taking a client out cause the water is malia and you want to go to your hot spot let 'em know. Show our visitors Hawaii still have that ALOHA that was there from long ago.Your're prob asking yourself why does this guy care well I don't live there BUT I was born and raised there lived there for 20 years before I left the islands.Why did I leave I loved working on airplanes as much as I love fishing and hunting Imoved to Oahu and worked for the airlines after awhile it was to crowded for me coming from the island of Molokai so I joined the airforce and travelled and fished alot of places some half way around the world.Now I live in Alaska and fish alot I do try to help people here when they ask about fishing guides in hawaii now I know sort of who's the good and bad which is sad.Try to change this whether your a guide born and raised there or a so called haole brown white black we all the same show aloha or maybe move where somewhere you don't have to give aloha.
Tom,
I added a search facility to the video section. You can still find videos through the normal search page, but this new one searches videos only.
Martin
Great site! Just some constructive feedback, there should be a search function exclusively for videos. There's way too much content to use the regular search effectively!.
great fly, I used to do both salt water and fresh water fly fishing but haven't for quite a few years now.
Very nice Selene,colours work very well....
I also agree that the colors blend in nicely.
Beautiful streamer.
Hi there,
I am a flyfisher from the Eifel Region and I love CDC flies as well. Consequently I bought the book by Leon Links 'Tying Flies with CDC' a couple of years ago. There is actually a chapter on the history of CDC flies and Maximilien Joset is mentioned indeed. I would definitely enjoy to learn mor about the history though.
Used it today to catch a pig cutbow on a spring creek in Idaho. I like to swing it so I use brassie size wire instead of the stretch magic. Works really well.
Rolf,
As far as I know this is the only book in English exclusively about CDC, so it might be the one. But I don't remember whether Maximilien Joset is mentioned in it. I don't have it right here, but can check when I get home to my books in a few days.
Martin
I did not know about this book but I think I should purchase it- if still available.
I tied the CDC probably before ever Fratnik, Petitjean and others did so, because I was fishing every year the famous Doubs river where I met the great flyfishers and flytiers. All what is left of these tiers is in my hands now- the originals.
When I was buying the old flies from Alain Joset, the grandson of Maximilien Joset (one of the inventors of CDC) he told me about a book, which was written in English, and where it is written about his father.
He did not know the name of the book and told me a copy may be at his mothers home.
May this be this book?
Check out "Flytying wirh Poly Yarn" by Lee Clark & Joe Warren;Frank Almoto Publictions, inc,; Portland, OR, 2000.
The technique #7 has two ways to twist poly yarn.
This very same pattern can simulate a Blue colored Damsel Fly.
Brian,
The yarn I used (poly yarn and Antron) staid nicely rolled after I let go of it. It unraveled a bit, but not more than I could still keep it under control. You are aware of the fact that the yarn is rolled in full length and then doubled? If not it will definitely unroll. Try rolling doubling and immediately tying it down (with the closed end forming the body and the open end ultimately forming the wings). That should catch the twisted yarn and keep it from separating.
Hope this helps
Martin
Martin,
I love the concept of the "Mundane" fly, but had trouble tying this one. The yarn just unrolls into two strnads as soon as I let it go after twisting it. Any suggestions?
Hi Glen, This looks like a great fly and one that would catch fish. I've had pretty good luck with smelt imitations. Have you caught fish with it?
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