Hello Kenneth,
The vise is build from several parts of other vises and some parts I made myself.
It looks nice and it works good. In the future I have planned to make one myself.
The wooden flytying tools are also made by me.
Thank you for your comment on the picture.
Regards,
Tom Biesot.
Thats one nice fly tying vise, home made ore? and one fine picture.
Argentina is a very complicated country today, so any solution to the problems actually can cause other problems. In fly fishing there are other problems. The ego of fishermen and selfishness of some fellow countryman who does the situation in Patagonia is sometimes chaotic. What we have to do is enjoy while it is possible that region and his wonderful fishing in the best possible way.
Ernesto
Let the past be past and focus on the current problem we have down here : the closure of an important public accses to the river itself, and the certainty that a particular outfitter is taking advantage of an venally system ! but lets do it like done before and how a smart Argentine Guide recently did : just float the river ! You even get a official permission to do that ! And so you off to enjoy the entire spirit of OUR Rio Gallegos !
Heiko
Anonymous,
I leave all knots in there as they are. Yes, they can be seen and felt, but do no harm. there really is no way of removing them as far as I can see.
Martin
Do you do any thing with the original overhand knots once the leader is tied I note on my ones you can see and feel them
Heiko, I do not blame the Loop for this story of the closing of roads and rivers. Loop only does business in Argentina and all that is external is revered. The country has for years with a very low self-esteem, product of a very intense social crisis. In fly fishing this story to close rivers and land has been greatly discussed at the time that Mel Krieger also did their business in Patagonia. After the death of the guru someone had to take that position. There can draw your conclusions .....
Ernesto
There's nothing more delightful than traditional wets and soft-hackles, fishing them or tying.
Absolutely stunning!
Kobberbassen - Kobberbassen - kobberbassen. Tyed on a small hook. Thats the perfekt garfish fly. They dont strike that hard when you fish with a kobberbassen. If you want a harder strike, it's my expirience that fish immitations like Magnus/frede flies makes that garfish strike harder. BUT the fish ruins the fly pretty fast. So i tend to use kobberbassen, its fast to tie.
I still find it odd you use Redtag on the coast, I'll have to try at some point :-)
Thanks for some great articles!
Ernesto
I agree in all terms but to blame Loop & Co as the sole initiator of this problem isnt the entire story, as you wrote. Those gueys didnt fence the public acces to the river itself. Its a lot of politic involved, as you know. And the closure of the paso de cortesia which is a must by LAW, where done by the landowners and thats what keeps us away from one of the most interesting pools, since a couple of years. Its a shame I know and there's very little we can do. But Ernesto, there still is a lot of good fishing, you and I know, but we have to walk further, away from the plague...
Heiko Schneider, Concordia
The video is beautiful, so I have no doubt but that the policy of public waters and lands in Argentina is a shame we all know, and it has many landlords who sell their souls to the foreigners as well. And many selfish Argentines are guilty of this too . Cristher only take advantage of this, but his not wrong, is Argentina and its bloody and corrupt politics that allows that. I'm angler, and I dont miserable, but I can not go to fish in Buitrera. And now?
Ernesto,
I know that the conditions are miserable for the local anglers in many places in South America, and I know that maybe we ought not to bring advertizing videos like this, but the video is actually quite nice, and hopefully comments like yours wlll let people know that there's a snake in Paradise.
Martin
A beautiful advertisement Loop. Cristher owns Loop and now owns the Rio Gallegos and Las Buitreras. Rio Gallegos is only for foreigners. A realy shame, the only argentines that fishing this river are the servants who work in the Estancia Las Buitreras.
Hi guys,
very interesting page, i would be interested to spend a week during August to fly fishing Brown Trout and char can you provide me any informations about accomodation, guide and rates? No salmon tag
Another of those must tye flies,the colors are endless my favorite colors are all white,olive & white,white & chatreuse,all black the colors are endless what ever bait fish or attractor color tyer's choice.
somehow, this classic pattern vanished out of my fly-box... time to stock up for the next trip !
thanks Martin for the input, Heiko
real nice work you do i hope to more keep up the good work your doing its interesting and no cnc machines wow
thank you
Richard
There are more ways to make fewer wraps than just making fewer wraps! Subsequent wraps also add to the security of materials already tied in. Here's an example. Tying a dry with a flat gold tinsel rib I didn't want a lot of turns specifically holding the rib down after winding it. By using only one wrap and cutting it off a little long the wraps to tie in the hackle also finished tying off the rib.
Another way to reduce bulk is if you form a body from either tinsel or floss how many wraps are specifically used to hold the body on? On my flies, two. I use many wraps to hold the tinsel to the hook shank before winding. You can use a dozen if you like, but count them. Then wind your body along the hook shank and back. While holding the body material under tension, count all the wraps you put on before, off. Then take two over the end of the tinsel to tie down.
Something else that also helps with head size is that many of my salmon flies have a full collar hackle. In order to get this in the wing has to be moved back a little. The hackle is then wound over the wing root. This means I am forming the head on the hook shank behind the eye. This is an example of what I mean.
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Hope there is something there to help.
Cheers,
C.
H.C.S.,
While you absolutely entitled to your opinion, I think good portraits of fishermen has a place here as well as other types of non-fishing images: flowers, landscapes, dogs and whatnot.
And honestly: with the number of images currently submitted to this section of GFF, we welcome (almost) anything!
Martin
IMHO GFF shouldnt be a platform for such pics which shows no relation to fishing, even the pic is technically well done !
George,
There are no plans for adding further instructions right now. This is an old article from an outside contributor, and I doubt we can urge the aouthor to supply step-by-step instructions. The fly is fairly simple, and by studying the images and the materials list you can basically figure out how to tie it. Maybe something will emerge, so keep an eye out.
Martin
My experience is that if you can find Polar Bear (still available in Canada) it out fishes any other wing material on Black ghosts by a substantial margin. The other option is human hair from my daughter or some other ash blonde (it works)
It is nice to see an old pattern from my nymph box on the web. I can vouch for the effectiveness of this dressing from many parts of Europe, Iceland, Pharoe Isles, all over Scotland (the land of my birth till my mid forties), England, Wales and here in California. I would not feel right if they were not in my box. Fish them with confidence.
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