Darren, thanks for pulling a rarity out for this project. Beautiful pattern! Lovely job on the flies. Definite winners for me. Golden Pheasant tippets are not very easy to tie for me, I imagine this may of been challenging for you. (or maybe not) Regardless, you have made flies to be proud of here. Love them!
Kelly
WOW, This pattern has so many subtle shadings and details I was instantly caught by it and just sit facinated looking over the materials. This, I must say NEVER happens to me, I have been tying and fishing flys since boyhood and I'm 62. Truely, fly tying is the anglers art. Well done.
A humble thank-you Peter, Kelly and Dan.
I'm pretty floored right now by all the comments and I'm really excited to hear the reactions to the fly.
I was lucky enough to find this book last year, and although it was a bit on the pricey side and I had to negotiate it's release into Canada, it was well worth it. (I think I paid about $65 for it) There are lots of streamers in the book, but only a few may be appropriate for the project, and I'll hopefully have some more included down the road.
Kelly, I couldn't agree more about the difficulty associated with tying in GP tippets. Tying them in as a tail and throat can also be tricky trying to keep the bright side out.
Peter, glad you like to colors. I had tied this up for the project last year and had used a smaller hook, but decided to re-tie this week as I wasn't too happy with the original. I really do like the results of these, and I think that having the 2 flies in the picture helps to sell it. :)
Dan, I don't know what to say except, thank you! I'm happy to be able to present the streamers.
BTW, these red sandstones are from my birthplace in Prince Edward Island. They seemed to go nice with the ginger.
cheers
Great streamer. Those colors blend so well.
Hey Darren those are beautiful streamers,I knew you had it in you. The way these are done it is obvious that you really liked what you saw.
I had to come back for another peek, and to see the wonderful comments. Darren, it is just stunning. I adore this pattern, and you more than did it justice!
fantastic fly Darren a wee bit on the small side but a pound of lead should cast that out ok
Sandy,
I don't know whether they would be the best, but they would be fairly inexpensive, certainly better than no tube and you could make them exactly the length and diameter you wanted.
Depending on the thickness material you choose for your tubes they could become a very good protection for your rods. Check out the options in your local plumbing supplies store. Plastic pipes for sink drains seem to be available in the proper diameters. They usually come in many lengths and can be fitted with plugs and end caps.
Martin
I myself used my rod building drying motor,and cut a 2-3 inch piece of plastic dowel (doesn't have to be plastic, could be wood), a round cut piece foam attached with a washer & screw to dowel. alligator clips found at electronics stores solder pins to each clip. Now you have a fly drier/flyrod building dryer.
Outstanding tie. I especially like the colors used, and materials too. Wonderfully tyed. A winner!
Hi, have a question about the rod tubes. I have some expensive rods and was wanting to make some rod tubes for them. They are 1 piece rods, 5'4 up to 7'10 and they are spinning rods. I'll probably have to have 2 1/2 in. pipe. I was wondering if these rod tubes would be the best for my rods and any ideas or suggestions. Thanks alot.
Troy,
I honestly didn't notice anything about the soundtrack for this fly-tying video before you mentioned it, and still don't see the problem - or hear it. Sure I heard the F-word, and it might be worse than that if I listen really carefully... but I don't.
I usually run these videos on low volume, and don't decipher the lyrics. The fly-tying is nice, and that's fine enough for us - classy or not.
But thanks for your concern!
Martin
Totally inappropriate sound track on "La Poitou". I'm amazed you allowed it. No place for it on a site as classy as yours.
Thanks Kelly. It's the biggest thing I've ever tied, and it was a fun challenge. If I had to do it again, I'd make a few changes, but I think this one was the funnest fly to tie.
Great color choices, and wonderfully tied David!
Hi Martin
Just got my copy today. Beautiful flies...great book. I am a fly pattern book junkie, and this is up there with my favourites. For the record I have been fishing the Polar Magnus the last couple of years here in New England in the local ponds after ice out. Crappies, perch, bluegill, and pickerel love it as much as your sea trout!
Best regards,
Robb
Unfortunately Randall Kaufmann is not the originator of this fly. It was first tied by a tier named Jim Slattery, who now lives in W. Yellowstone, Montana. It was loosely fashioned after the famous Sofa Pillow.
ridicilus prices not normal enymore i wander hou the economic in icland is.
you can just about to pay 25.00 euro and fish in danmark in skjern a a river full with salmon
and esay to get a licencs
so i am sorry icland but im not going ,to pay 500.00 euro a day
Daniel,
Theoretically the fish could go for the "body" or the "tail" of the fly and miss the hook, but flatwings and US saltwater flies built on the same principle - short hook, long body - have worked well for ages and actually work well for seatrout too. This fly still has to lay down a serious track record before I stick my neck out 100% for it, but I'm pretty sure that it will do fine. My biggest issue is actually that the tail/body has a tendency to wrap around the hook if you don't cast it gently. I troll it most of the time from my pontoon boat, so casting isn't the big problem.
Martin
I have been using several combinations as well and they all work very well for me in the right combinations of time water color and temperature. So all of your variations work as well under the right condiltions.
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