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Don , That is fantastic. I would have never thought of using straws ot store my streamer wings. I have been tying flies for 45 years give or take a week. You bet I will be teaching this to my tying classes from now on. Thank you....

Submitted by Ken Robson on

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Many thanks for yet another excellent article.I will tie these before my annual trip to East Jutland.Both your fly tieing and your website presentation are terrific.

That's one of the most beautiful flies I've ever seen. I realize it isn't "alive" with colors as it is mostly a subdued ginger color. But it all is put together so well and of course the tying is exquisite. Super nice job Darren.

Peter

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

Submitted by Dan Wight on

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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

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

Submitted by Clayton Afelin on

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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.

Submitted by Sandy on

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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

Submitted by Troy Schooley on

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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.

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