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THANKS A GREAT FLY,

THANKS A GREAT FLY, I just picked up some of These feathers on my riverbank and used them to bind a handfull of variations . They look great they jigg great and I will try them as perch flies

thight lines

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Tyler, I work for a

Tyler, I work for a Norway company in Colombia and the Altillanura. i'm a fly fishing buff. If you need to know where to fish, please let me know. Carlos is my friend since 15 years ago and with another firiends we make fishing trips to that zone.

Comment to #84-2013 - MacTavish Red by Scott Murdo

Very nicely done, your fly is simply elegant.

If anyone without ac

If anyone without access to a dog needs dog hair - just go to a dog hairdresser. They will give you more then just a big bag full of it.

I have seen these an

I have seen these and they are pretty amazing. Very realistic. It certianly shows the changes in the past few years.

Comment to #83-2013 - Gierach's Little Brown Trout

Bob,
Another beauty !!!!
Perfect looking eye ...Very nice work.

Comment to #83-2013 - Gierach's Little Brown Trout

Bob, this is exquisite. Incredible. I adore this fly. :-)

These are great ideas

These are great ideas. Even as a commercial tyer I have never thought oft here kinds of ideas. I am a big streamer tyre as well and whenever I can get a chance I tie a few of the streamer and Spey style salmon fly patterns found on this website and on other resources. Please get back to me on any good flies to tie. Also, if you know of a good, cheaper place to get actual jungle cocks please inform me. They don't sell them for the cheap in fly shops in Colorado. I would love to start tying more different fly with artificial jungle cocks because I have easy access to them. Do you know of any patterns to start with. I would love to contact you with more useful hints and inventions I have used as a commercial tyer. I find that running a string on the ceiling to clip your materials to, with strings attached to the materials to pull them down. I am in need of a better fly dryer like your Cabelas one. Do you know of any other good commercial size ones.

Comment to #145 - Black Beauty

This fly works well , too! Be sure to fish this pattern.

Larry Walker, person

Larry Walker, personally taught me how to use his very own dubbing tool....over 25 years ago....Saturday mornings at his fly shop in northwest Denver. So whateer happened to Larry...last i heard, he was in Steamboat Springs. Is he still out that way...cause I would love to go see him.

Comment to #82-2013 - Doctor Oatman Hairwing tied

Bob, that is a great looking fly there! Well done!!!

Actuallly Wardman is

Actuallly Wardman is not necessarily wrong. Many dimmers are rheostat designs (you can find them by web-surfing). There was a time when they all were, but rheostats don't reduce power consumption (they only route a portion of the current away from the appliance load), so many dimmers are instead now done with solid state components that "pinch off" the current). Yes, true, you may have to be careful which one you buy...and you have to pay close attention to the current rating of the rheostat, even if you choose a rheostat fan motor control. Clearly Wardman has tried it successfully (or he wouldn't have recommended it), so he picked the right one. (And if you pick the wrong one, I think you don't really risk burning up your drill motor...but the rheostat can overheat and fail (and could get hot enough to start a fire, for example if you "control" your single-speed drill down to a really slow speed to use as a rod dryer, and then walk away and let it run unsupervised).

You ALWAYS have to check current ratings on anything you use, for that matter.

Hello,
I actually h

Hello,
I actually have a question for you...do you know from your books, which fly was "invented" by F M Walbran after an exasperating autumn days fishing for grayling on the R. Wharfe in 1888? ~ Would you believe this is a question in the Epsom Angling Society's Christmas Quiz! As coarse fisherman in Surrey, England I doubt most of them have ever caught a grayling let alone on an 1888 pattern fly.. Thank you very much. Kind regards.

You know I am shameless

Hi Martin,

You know I am shameless - I will take advantage of your offer.
I hope I can make it sometime in early 2014 - don' t know yet - it also depends on the domestic autority' s approval ;-)
If you come to the Eifel region let me know - I have finally found two opportunities where I can take guest fishermen!!!

Happy Friday

Franz

Comment to #81-2013 - Silver Doctor Variant tied b

Now that is a beautiful fly, well done!!

Could you use elk ha

Could you use elk hair?

Can you tell me what

Can you tell me what brand of tube vise is used in the SMHAEN tube fly videos and who sells it.

Thanks GZ

Bas is alive

Thomas,

Bas is alive, but getting old and in a home for retired people. I will contact you through mail with more information.

Martin

Does anybody know

Does anybody know if Bas is still alive and where I could get in touch with him?

I added an illustration

Jake,

I added an illustration that might help understanding the different angles. I hope this explains things a bit.

Martin

Comment to #80-2013 - Coronation Bucktail tied by

Nothing quite as translucent as polar bear,love it...

priers! I have seen

priers! I have seen plenty of articles with a few typos. Pikes, trouts and salmons are a few of my pet hates. I can just about get away with English, let alone any other language. Just as long as it has good pictures!

Great web site, I ju

Great web site, I just started tying fly's about a month ago and this site is very informative. Thanks!

Yes, all Coch-y-Bond

Yes, all Coch-y-Bonddu can be shipped to the US. I have many of their excellent books. Also check-out Medlar Press for excellent quality writing about fishing.