Comment to #267 - Humes Bartail Smelt
The wing combination on this fly is perfect. CdL over griz and blue. It look awesome. Very nice fly Joel
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Comment to #267 - Humes Bartail Smelt
Gorgeous fly!
Comment to #267 - Humes Bartail Smelt
Very nice, thought out fly.Well done Joel...
Comment to #267 - Humes Bartail Smelt
Best smelt imitation yet....great tie Joel.
Exceptional flies Al
Exceptional flies Alan!!! This has your signature all over it. Just beautiful!!
Comment to #266 - Herb Johnson Silver Minnow
Nice job! I hear this is a great fly to have in your box!
Comment to #266 - Herb Johnson Silver Minnow
Very nice patttern,well done..
Nice flies!!
Nice flies!!
I love the fact
I love the fact that I let other people see my stuff
Comment to #236 - Zebulon
Beautiful fly Kelly and spectacular choice of colors!
Comment to Steve Labrecque
Beautiful. The colors are awesome. I just love Carrie Stevens patterns and just acquired a book on the Rangely Patterns. I look forward to tying some of these myself.
Comment to #132 Spotted Cardinal - David Mac
A very beautiful streamer,well done..Jim Bennett..
Comment to #49 - Charmed Witch
Kelly you have a natural gift for color selection. Great job, I love it!
Comment to #55 - Molloy Smelt
Love it Gary..Jim Bennett.
Comment to #57 - Brookie Fin
Very very nice indeed..Jim Bennett.
Comment to #187 - Dunk's Special Streamer (Var) (C
Thank you Kelly and Gary.
Comment to #244 - Fire Fly
Thank you Jim,
This fly was selected for this project for a couple of reasons.
I found the color stunning and very simplistic.
I also selected this because Louis Melanson and I both take pleasure in tying flies for others and our own personal use. Thank you for your comment it is greatly appreciated.
Comment to #244 - Fire Fly
Thank you Alan this pattern is very eye catching and very simplistic as well.
Comment to #244 - Fire Fly
Thank you Kelly. I am very pleased with the response to this fly and am glad I decided upon submitting it for this project.
Comment to #265 - Green Ghost Var.
Those colours just blend in perfectly,a stunning fly.Love it !!...
Great work, Alan. Gl
Great work, Alan. Glad to see your flies on display.
Mike
Alan, excellent tyin
Alan, excellent tying and beautiful flies. Congrats! Real works of art just like your others.
Cheers, Joel
Loops can fail
Jay,
The silicone tubing and the braided tube that makes up the loops can fail. I have had it happen to me too. The diameter of the silicone tubing that slips over the braid has to be exactly large enough to be able to hold the braid and the fly line very firmly.
Glue isn't usually necessary, but can of course secure the connection - but on the other hand also make them inseparable, which is kind of contradictionary to the whole concept.
Make sure you have a silicone tube that can't slip and make sure it and the braid reaches far enough over the fly line to ensure a tight connection.
Martin
Thanks for this article
Thanks for this article. I've been out fly fishing twice now using some 1970's gear that I got from my Dad. First time out it was his full setup (beige 70's line too!) and a friend sorted out the leader, tippet and fly.
In between times I went to a local fishing store to buy a new line some leaders and braided loops.
The guy inthe shop said he wasn't much of a fly fisherman and only had a limited range of gear for it.
Second time I went out I set up my own line, leader and tippet. Within the first 4 casts everything from the end of the line was lost! I assumed I'd messed up a knot until my friend found the whole set up on the bank. Intact.
The braided loop had come away, despite me tugging and testing it and it being secure. I tried another loop, same thing happened.
Is it possible that I got the wrong diameter loop? Are they the same size? Should I just superglue it on?
Cheers.
