Good tie Martin here in the states (U.S.) the zonker style fly has been a staple for awhile, I like an olive or crawdad (off orange) version both have gold body, gold wire rib, & a gold cone, used with a loop knot they have a lot of action when striped back on a sink tip or full sinking line.
Peter,
A really great video! Well filmed, lots of ambiance and action. A nice appetizer. I can't way for season to start.
And man! That rod was bound to break... I could so see it coming. That's no way to fight a fish!
Martin
Bruce,
A quick search for micro-fibettes shows several sources, like
Here at Angler's Den...
...or here at TCO Fly Shop...
...or here at Lakeland Fly-Tying...
...and many other places.
Martin
HELLO: Is there a substitute for "grey or clear micro-fibettes". AND, where can 'micro-fibettes' be purchased? Thanks
i love this
What did you coat the fly with? I've been emailing with another tyer and the same thing's happening to me, even without a coating. It seems the stuff 'breaks down' after awhile and comes undone. I know the package sez something like "may not be compatible with certain adhesives." I tried Liquid Fusion on one and have to check it. I would recommend NOT using Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails, it breaks the stuff down. It's too bad if this stuff doesn't hold up, it makes the flies look awesome. There must be an adhesive that coats it and doesn't break it down.
For sure, Mark. Creating a dubbing brush as Leisenring and Hidy did, surely makes for a very strong body. Leisenring did not fool around when it came to fly construction. He was very exact and fussy regarding such things.
Many years ago I met Hyde and while we were talking about flies and fishing he gave me one of Leisering spinning blocks. I still have it and in fact used it this afternoon to spin seal fur for a fly body. One thing I can say for sure,after spinning the body in the Leisering block, the body of spun fur is not comming appart.
Mark
Sarunas,
I will be at the Danish Fly Festival! I'm writing a blog entry about it as your comment drops in. I expect to be there Saturday only. I may set up a GFF rendezvous sometime Saturday.
Martin
Hey Martin,
Are you going to come to Danish Fly festival 2011?
Hello, I have fished for perch with your Fluff flies last season, with great results. But this year I go to the seashore for the holidays and would like to have a go at some sea fish. You wrote about a dubbing mix for your fluff flies. Can you give me a recepie on how to blend it,
With kind regards Jeen Schippers The Netherlands
Nice pics and story Martin. We still have 20-25 inches of ice on the lakes around here, and since my heart attack I hate the cold, can't handle it any more. :) Hope your spring comes soon my friend.
I ordered ZipCast about 4 weeks ago with my credit card. The card hasn't been charged yet and I haven't recieved the purchase. Is ZipCast still in business?
Thanks
Hi I'm getting into furled leaders. Please confirm for me the peg spacing above is as follows. 2 & 4 on one side of the board, 3 & 5 on t'other? Similarly, with the leader calc series, how do I figure out which pegs go where ? I get most of the measurements. but there seems to be a difference between the strands and the 5.5/2.5/1.5 this allows for three pegs yet there are five strand lengths Much appreciated.
thats my favorite beer still drinking sol
I'm just restarting my rod-building after a 50 yr 'remission' . I enjoyed the comments above.
Does this company still exist. I ordered the product about 3 weeks ago...the purchase has not yet been recorded with my credit card company and have not had a response to the purchase yet.
Thanks for your help.
Original photo was taken Jan 2007. It is now Feb 2011 and you should see this lake now. It has just filled to overflowing in days and 50 tons of weed has already been removed for angler access. The small native Gambusia baitfish are in for a shock as they now have nowhere to hide from the large brown and rainbow trout.
To all of the fly fishing purists up above, quite be a bunch of old smelly *beeps*. Hooking a fish that you can't even see by feel alone is a lot harder that fishing with a dry fly. I'll hook you in the ear with a barbed skagit minnow for being old and lame.
Everybody,
We have a mystery script that for some reason deletes some of the images in this article. I have been trying to hunt it down, but can't seem to find it. Strange! Let me know if they keep disappearing, and I'll intensify the pursuit.
Martin
Hi,
There are pictures on this that don't come up. I was hoping to print this for reference to go with my copy of "Trolling Flies for Salmon and Trout". Thanks for your help!
Jeff
I've been experimenting with a new hobbie. Jetty fishing for various rock fish on the Washington coast (Westport Wa). It's lots of fun and I've noticed a lot less hang ups loss gear and more fish. My problem is casting needs to be done with heavy sink tips to get the fly down quickly. A stripping basket because of rocks, barnacles etc. is a must. My problem is managing the tangles. I've found that using 5' to 8' of T16 or T18 works nice for getting fly to the fish and managing the limited space the heavy tips shoot so fast and hard the coils often get tangled. There is no room for a false cast Basically 5' of tip 3' of leader and heavy Clouser type fly carries 40 to 60' line out of a basket. Any Ideas on managing tangles.
nebc,
Hooks such as the B175 from Kamasan don't come in different lengths. The Kamasan hook doesn't even have an 1X, 2X or whatever-X in its description. So putting a length in there makes no sense!
And in general we will tell you if a hook needs to be a special length by putting in a description like "short shank saltwater hook" or "long shank, straight eye streamer hook".
I can also recommend looking at the flies and the tying steps (where applicable) to see the hook length and shape. Generally our hook recommendations are guidelines and meant as a hint to what hook can be used.
Martin
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