Paul & I chased several schools of these fish from a 12' punt for weeks to perfect the technique. We caught many fish up to 17lb on tippets down to 6lb. Paul took the cover photo with a borrowed a 2 1/4" square camera. This took an hour to set up. In the meantime the tide had gone out and I had to simulate wavelets with buckets of water.
Martin, Kasper & Henning you are very good photographers, when I look at your photos...good light..:-)
Carlos,
I have now created a REAL wallpaper from the Rosy sheen picture. And our first that comes in 1200*1600 pixels too. Find it in the wallpaper section.
Martin
That's nostalgia for you! A really nice picture, actually. I gather that you didn't take it yourself, Dave?
The texture and composition is fantastic! Each scale looks like an individual moth. great work
Our hosts at GFF have some kind of "fetish" with fish tails!!
Serously, they are the first people who discover the beauty of fish tails. One of those photographs, the above called Rosy sheen, have been my wallpaper since it appears for the first time at GFF.
Great photos!
Very informative, enjoyable reading, know lots more than before.
I have travelled the same road. Perhaps 20 pairs later, I have found the answer: Loop all leather wading boots. SWA
your way of making furled leaders is a bit complicated,don't you think? I was making furled leaders with my father since childhood (I am 62) Let me also point out that there is not a LOOP TO LOOP connection and the silk HAS TO BE TREATED in order to use it. If you are kind enough to email me your address, I'll be very happy to share what I know on the subject. Ciao4now -Gino Laghi
Mary,
We have many other and simpler shrimp patterns on the site. Look at all our pages with shrimps here.
Martin
I am Mary, live in georgia , is trying my best to learn how to cast my fly rod and what to use on my rod and my spinners. I find the things you have so overwhelming I think I can make one of these shrimp things. do you have some simple one for a beginner like me.
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES
When the fly is done, there will be a small piece of the tube protruding in the rear of the fly under the materials. Press a piece of slightly larger diameter soft tube over this as an extension. This extension serves as a guide for the hook. When the hook is attached it will be drawn into the soft tube and sit fairly tight there.
Martin
I don't understand step 34. Never have tied a tube fly before.
This picture is actually part of an article on the "pattern". Click on the picture to see the article.
Martin
I like to tie flies all sizes and all kinds. I like the Prop Popper A Floater. I would like to have the tying pattern on this fly. Thank You Carl
Alex,
Thanks for your kind comment!
This picture was shot with a Provia 100 and scanned in color, then converted to B/W.
Some of the other pics are digital, taken with a Nikon D70 SLR or a Canon PowerShot 80 point-and-shoot.
Martin
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