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Submitted by Ron Myers 1737246358 on

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Thank you Martin; Received your E-mail on the blood nose pattern. Quick responce,I well be tying some of the patterns.wollys is one of my favorits. thanks agan. Ron in Canada

Submitted by Garry Frakes on

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Nice you have a great deal of detail i like it. Keep up the good work! What was the matl. for the legs?

Ron,

The fly is a Blood Nosed Frede, and it's basically the same as The Grey Fred with the added benefit of a red front hackle or -- as here -- red dubbing over the eyes in stead of the grey marabou used for the regular pattern. Sometimes the marabou body dubbing is also mixed with or replaced with something brighter like synthetic Ice Dubbing.

Martin

Submitted by Ron Myers 1737246358 on

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Like the looks of this fly. Would like know more about it and how to dress it.

Submitted by capt. brian moran on

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this is a terriffic searching pattern with applacations on many species of fish ,,, the rubber legs you metion,, any help on locating the material would be appreciated,,,thank you for shareing this this little wonder,,

Submitted by joseph on

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what is the recipe for this fly exactly? it a really neat fly to tie and i am wondering what size of hook or type

It's nice being able to converse with the ViseMeister and soon find the result
on the front porch in the company of penguins...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P7261324.jpg
I like to tweak... and came up with a few what if's...
Jay set me up with a second shaft that sported a custom tilt-able "knuckle head"
that allows for a variable angle of attack...
the standard fuselage is attached to that...
add the jawz or tube fly conversion and away ya' go... NICE!
the classic "J" removed...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P8011350.jpg
the tube fly conversion... TUBULAR! EASY!...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P8011351.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P8011354.jpg
being able to tilt the head worksforme... I find the variable angle of attack to be more comfortable...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P8011358.jpg
Jay is an engineer and an artist... His work speaks for itself!
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P7281330.jpg
'another "option"... the pedestal/desk stand attached to a curious wooden base
of my own choosing...
there are some interesting and affordable cutting boards out there on the cheap...
the stand will accept any standard vertical shaft without complaint...
I LIKE IT... A BUNCH !
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P8241378.jpg

SWEEEEET !!!

To all readers of our article
I mentioned the DUNCAN LOOP to connect the knoted leader to the fly line, thats WRONG we are using the PERFECTION LOOP because of its reliability and simplisity! !
Sorry for the misshap...

Heiko & Carolina

David
Thanks, i dont know where you heading to get Dorado, each particulare place requires different patterns and sizes ...just drop me a line on our Latitud Sur Angler page, we surely can work out something !

Saludos Heiko & Carolina

Submitted by Daniel Martin on

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nice ! thanks for sharing and good luck with them. I will do some for Dorado s fishing !

Submitted by Steven on

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What a great story. Brought back many memories of my Grandfather and I fishing for native rainbows on the stream that meandered along the property when I was a child.

The Brown Spinner looks like it would be very effective here, and so I see some tying for my weekend. Though my Grandfather has been gone for many years now, I think he'll be trying them out with me.

Hey Calros, great pattern, just waiting for Dicember to go to Colombia and give it a try, thanks for sharing..
Chao David

Hey guys, great pic and wonderful trip, I am originaly from the Colombia Amazonas, but live in Toronto, I wonder if you guys can help out with some fly patterns for dorados and peacocks... Chao David

Submitted by Mike Barno on

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I've been fly fishing the flats at Hickam pretty unsuccesfully here for about six months. I see lots of fish, but just don't have what they want I guess. Im new to fly fishing in general so Im probably doing something wrong. If any other newbies want to get together on a weekend to go fish the flats on O'ahu, let me know. I'd love to have someone to fumble through this with.

Submitted by Mike Murray on

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Hi Martin. I thoroughly enjoyed reading your article, and managed to get a good few valuble tips, thanks! Especially about the flies!
Im heading over to Braurap with my uncle next mont for a long weekend of hopefully fantastic fishing, it is a bit late in the season i believe but the early mornings and evenings should be productive.

Thanks for great read!

Submitted by Ed on

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I agree that flyfishing gear in general is overpriced, but it's a combination of what the traffic will bear, and volume. How many spinning reels are manufactured for each fly reel, ya reckon? I'm a machinist, and I know about CNC processes. You can make a million way cheaper per than you can make a thousand.

Hi, today I bought Pearl barred Sili Legs distributed by Veniard. It looks very interesting and do the job well.

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