Lots of people asking about the best time for fishing. You can get good fishing any time of the year but winter months are not as good as the rest of the year. But more important are tides. If you want to plan a trip specific for bonefishing, then check the tide calendar, and ask your guide to recommend the best tides. And of course weather/wind is a big factor but not much you can do about planning for that.
Great article and patterns.
They are tied well.
Luv the old timey stuff.
I am going to tie some up now.
This is a piece of art.
Can I ask you for a fuller explanation on how you used the router cutter.
Thanks Joel! Credit to Duane for the pattern, but I like how this one finished up too.
Mick: wonderful Blood Brother creation. Mick I still enjoy your small booklet on your streamer. Please say hello to at UFT. Your long time friend Charlie Mann
Stunning!!!
The colors are great ! Love it!
Florian,
Hope the worms will work for you.
And I know that itch. Mine starts in a month or so, especially if the weather gets mild and sunny. Right now I'm realistic. It's January, howling wind and sleet. No itch in that!
Martin
three of your mundane worms are drying at the vice, together with 6 polar Magnus, the itch in the right hand is getting worse....
TL
Florian 😄 😄
Beware of any veiled requests or "We can not get this marerial in the US. Some items have dissapeared from the shelves of fly tying materials in both Canada and the US, on Ethical Grounds. P.E.T.A backed. Do not agree via any web means to obtain items requested and offer to send these out by post or any other means. These veiled request are appearing more and more on You Tube and other sites. Don't get your fingers burnt.
Mike,
The flattened hooks aren't necessarily fly hooks, although we do see older flattened fly hooks now and then. These hooks are usually referred to as spade end hooks, and the idea is that you tie your line around the hook shank ands let the knot slide forwards to the flat part, which stops it from sliding off.
As you can imagine this is not really practical on flies, where the material will fill up the shank. On some really small hooks - like size 28-30-32 - where an eye is almost impossible or at least very hard to forge, you sometimes see spade ends, and here you will again tie the tippet on before you tie the fly, so that it will be permanently attached. But such hooks are rare - both the sizes and the spade forging.
Mustad has a page with some examples of different hook eyes - for all kinds of hooks - mostly bait hooks. The only type not mentioned is the blind eye hook, which has no eye, like the one used for the flies in this article.
You can see a blind eye and a spade end hook compared on this illustration. The top one will be fitted with a gut eye as described in the article the bottom one is tied onto the line with a knot as shown.
Martin
Darren, today's streamer was superb! You outdid yourself!
I've never seen this pattern before Darren. Very nice! I can't see the blue in it, but I bet it is a supreme imitation in the water.
Thanks Kelly. I love Duane's patterns, and especially this one. hopefully we'll see a few originals before the year is up. The blue is the light grey dun also called a blue dun.
Martin,
Thank you for writing me back on this. I not only find tying relaxing but it is also just plain fun to try to tie a fly that most closely emulates the actual insect etc. that I am trying to copy. I have learned so much from your web site and I am grateful that you and others share your skill and knowledge with us all. I have seen a type of hook that has a flattened nub at the eye end of the hook is this the kind of hook that should be used for this type of application? I have also seen another kind of hook that has a flange that bends back towards the gap of the hook but is left open. I think this may also be a hook style that can be used for this application too. It is hard to see on the photos what the eye end of the hook looks like so I thought I would ask you about these for clarification. Again, thank you for your awesome site.
Jan, Nice looking terrestial and well tied giving a good balance, of materials with good floating properties and colours. Have you tried it with "Wonder Wing" wings it looks great same colours as is or white/silver feather, can not wait until April to try it out. It should do well in Canada later on this year.
Many Thanks for sharing this one with us.
Tight Lines
thnx. for your review...just bought this book.
If anyone is interested in a copy of the Catch and Release artwork by David Footer, featuring the Maine Game Warden streamer, check here - http://davidfooter.com/?df_product=catch-release-2
You both did a wonderful job on the Supervisor. Thank you for the wonderful homage to Joseph S. Stickney's iconic streamer.
Don, these streamers are outstanding. I am going to have to try tying some of these.
Love the colors on this streamer. Beautifully tied.
great fly,looking forward to seeing more from you
nice job Don on a beautiful old classic fly
Thanks for this site. I am still new to fly fishing, but it has taken over my life. And now I'm tying my own flies! Lot's of fun and with a site like this... it's getting scary about the amount of flies I am tying!
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