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Comment to David Mac

Can't wait to see more of your streamers David, I own a few of them.

Look at a Penn 30SW

Look at a Penn 30SW international reel. It withstands far greater stresses and has a far better drag than any fly reel, has far more precision parts, can shift between two speeds, and costs $580 U.S.. Penn sells fewer 30 SW reels than Okuma sells Helios reels, so forget the economy of scale argument. Offshore anglers can probably match fly fishers snob for snob, which seems to discredit a link between ego enhancement and the exorbitant price of fly reels. Fly fishers' purchase of $100 U.S. nail clippers, $300 U.S. pliers, and $1000 U.S. fish poles indicates the bizarre willingness of fly fishers to be grossly overcharged is not restricted to reels.

Comment to April Snow - Mike Martinek

Wow! Sold for 100.99.

Comment to David Mac

David, it is so good to read your story, and finally see a picture of you too! I am dying with anticipation on the unveiling of your flies!!

Congratulations. Ver

Congratulations. Very nice fly. I myself have lots of heron spey hackles, so I ty in a whole hackle
for one fly. Looks very good !

wOw i must say your

wOw i must say your work is Outstaning! Keep it up.

Somehow my local fly

Somehow my local fly shop doesn`t sell this exact box. But i have already found them on a polish and very reliable webshop. Thanks four your help and a great site!

Excellent article an

Excellent article and website. I see that some of the commercial versions use closed cell foam instead of yarn. Is this material available pre-cut at craft stores or must it be prepared as suggested by Robert Olsen in a previous post? The foam seems to offer the advantage of being high floating without treatment but cutting the sheets into thin strips as small a 1/16" would be difficult. Thanks.

Martin,

Thank you

Martin,

Thank you for the info and link. It seems I might have to try a shooting head for my rockfish fishing.

Tom

Tom,

Both these r

Tom,

Both these reels are rigged with shooting heads. you can read more about that here.

Martin

Awesome article. I j

Awesome article. I just had a question about the picture in the section "Deciding which hand to use on the reel".
On the reel on the right, it looks like two different fly lines on the same reel. What kind of line is that?
Thanks for article.

Tom

Dennis,

Did some

Dennis,

Did some further research and dug out my bag. Look for Bugle Beads, and you will be on the right track.

Martin

Thanks Martin for th

Thanks Martin for the recommendation. I ordered myself a copy and am waiting for it to arrive.

Eventhough the weather hasn´t turned cold here in Scandinavia yet I have a feeling that some good reading (and fly tying) will be required the forthcoming months.

Dennis,

I bought

Dennis,

I bought some in Michael's in the US many years ago, but here in Denmark any DIY jewelery or hobby store has something useful. I found a bag here with thin, clear cylinders of mixed lengths. Very practical.

Look for plastic straw beads.

Martin

Sietze,

That cert

Sietze,

That certainly depends on where you are in the world... C&F design are widely aqvailable, and if "almost all your boxes are C&F" you must have a source already or...? A lot of shops carry them in alsmost all countries.

Anyhow, as always: Know Google? Leads directly to C&F homepage with a webshop.

Martin

I am having trouble

I am having trouble finding Clear plastic tubes or pearls, what type of store do you find these in? I have tried Lowe's (Hardware) and Hobby Lobby with no luck.

Ok thanks do you hav

Ok thanks do you have any idea where i can find these boxes? the seem impossible to find. The price of a box doesn`t bother me. Amost all my boxes ar c&f rather pay 25 quid then al my hours of work and delicate dressings spred along the river bank.

Sietze,

My guess

Sietze,

My guess is that the box is a C&F Design box - or a knockoff. Excellent boxes - most of the copies are not anywhere as good as the original, but also way less expensive.

Martin

Wich brand and type

Wich brand and type of fly boxis it? Do`nt know if i see it right but is this a flat foam box with long slits marked by a small dot cut out? I`m trying to find those boxes quite a while because i find a large streamer hook ruines the regular foam boxes where you stuk them in. And i can`t find a large slit foam box thats suitable either. I`m looking forward to your reply.

This streamer, when wet,

This streamer, when wet, resembles a rainbow smelt very closely. Most of the Adk lakes in the area have a decent population of these gems. Any predatory fish that feeds on smelt cannot tell the difference 8)

Very useful article!

Very useful article!

I suppose it must be a salmon

[b:df4d502201]I suppose it must be a salmon/steelhead fly as it is dressed on a #2 double?
A very nice fly.
Whoops !! I just had a look at the hook on Mustad, it is a long shank lure hook.
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I like the looks of this fly,

I like the looks of this fly, what do you target with it

The different colour

The different colours used make this a variant of the Avalon Crab Fly.