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Comment to #33 - Male Dace Streamer

Bob, I am a huge fan. This is a beautiful fly. The body work and wing placement are exquisite! Very nicely tied! Maybe one of these days I will be able to tye ALMOST as good as you. :-)

Comment to #33 - Male Dace Streamer

Bob you are an artist with these flies. Thanks for sharing your skill and talent and for all that you offered to help me along the way.

Comment to #33 - Male Dace Streamer

Thank you Kelly. You're too kind.

Comment to #33 - Male Dace Streamer

and thank you, Avril. I certainly appreciate the kind words.

Comment to #33 - Male Dace Streamer

Bob, superb joB! I actually like this one better than C.D.'s

Comment to #33 - Male Dace Streamer

Geez, Joel. You're gonna get me in hot water!

Comment to #33 - Male Dace Streamer

I see a serious tying showdown being scheduled in the near future. lol

Great Job on the streamer Bob

copper Joe eh? Googl

copper Joe eh? Google "Brassie" and tell me what you find. Chris is right, this is a Brassie...

Nice tying Bob, now

Nice tying Bob, now where's my tying gear?

would like to know i

would like to know if Davie McPhail has dvd out His fly tying methods are the best

Hi,

I am pleased

Hi,

I am pleased to announce that my new short video 'AGAINST THE TIDE' is now finished, and is available to view here.

'AGAINST THE TIDE' is a short video filmed with the support of Orvis, shot along the Hampshire coast, UK.

I hope you enjoy it, and I have a number of other projects I will be working on this year!

Many thanks,
Matt

Comment to #32 - Gray Ghost

Amazing set of Ghosts, been waiting for this one!! Didn't disappoint, what a showing of one of the most classic of feather-wing streamers. Nicely done.

Comment to #32 - Gray Ghost

This is one of my favorite flies to fish and look at it and tit is a pleasure to see these together. Thanks!

Comment to #32 - Gray Ghost

There is something so elegant and simple about this fly. Absolutely beautiful ties.

Comment to Gary Fraser

Gary, you mention Rick MacDonald. Would you have a photo or illustration of his shrimp streamer atlantic salmon fly? It sounds like it would be a great Fall run fly and I'd like to tie up a few for the Mirimachi river later this year.
Thanks,
Peter

Comment to #29 - Seattle TCC

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Pats 3

great video

great video

Thanks for checking

Thanks for checking our video out. This was our first attempt at making one.

Bob, you did a terri

Bob, you did a terrific job here. I am a big fan, and I love reading your articles. Loved the step by step here. I might get enough courage to tie one after this.

I bought the book

I bought the book last year in anticipation of moving to Colorado. That has happened yet so I sent my copy to our son Jon who lives in the Denver area and fishes all over CO. He loves this book and refers to it often! He has used it successfully and I am looking forward to being there with him this summer using it, too. BTW, the author also has a line of favorite RMNP flies that goes along with this - which made a nice stocking stuffer for Jon at Christmas.

I so closely associa

I so closely associate this pattern with Chris Del Plato that when I read the "next article" promo a few days back I thought, "Great, Chris is doing a step-by-step on Oatman bodies."

But (surprise) it's Bob Petti. And (no surprise) the fly is amazing!

Top notch tutorial... Bob. :)

The tail is a pair o

The tail is a pair of wing slips taken from opposite feathers - just like a wet fly wing. No folding.

very nice fly.

qu

very nice fly.

question: is the tail a single width or was it folded in half (eg: 1/4 inch wide and folded in half = 1/8 inch wide)

Comment to #29 - Seattle TCC

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Patriots 13