Hi, Martin.
These two options of the Newborn are experimental for now. I look forward to the season opening in BG to be tested.
Old two options are implemented without UV lacquer, the egg is made from polypropylene yarn. Old versions are effective in waters with moderate current. I hope the two new variants of the Newborn are also effective.
All the best.
Miro
Nice article,great little flies, @Matt: you can get the jig hooks through Allen Flyfishing, They make them down to a size 18,tight lines & bent rods.
A true switch should have possibillity to remove the 2-hand grip when using it singlehanded. If not it is a small twohander and not to good to use singlehanded. Spey has understood this, but I don't like the grip. Just got a 10,8 #5 Snowbee Switch and now I look for someone who can cut off the 2-hand grip and make a sollution to screw it on.
Seriously!? Not a problem? This Scierra Traxion was sold as a "saltwater resistant" reel.
No salt resistant reel should ever be able to end up like this. Even with the worst treatment. A bit of oxidation is hard to avoid, but rust beyond repair, requiring exchange to new and stainless parts? No way. They should have been stainless from the hand of the manufacturer.
And this was more than a spring. Actually the only thing I don't remember seeing was a rusty spring.
Pegs, washers, screws and more all were all very rusty and the aluminum housing itself was starting to oxidize. It would take more than a spring to get this back in shape. More like a forge and a hammer!
Martin
Not a problem, only iron-rusted spring need exchange to salt resist steel.After refresh will work as new.
To bad he squeezes that beautiful fish when he lands it.
These flies like the Black Knat I have used for many years and yes find them to still work effectively. Always give them a shot when nothing else seems to work. These are flies that I used to use fishing with my grandfather some sixty years ago. He was quite the fly fisherman.
Bob Marriotts Fly Shop and The Fly Shop in Redding CA have Tiemco micro jig hooks. Also Blue Quill Angler , and Allen Fly Fishing has hooks and slotted beads down to size 18.
I've tied and fished wet flies for many years. I can't believe that so many have completely gotten away from them because , as demonstrated here, they are beautiful , colorful flies to tie and they certainly are still very effective patterns. Nice article , Bob Petti and very beautiful work.
Maybe young guys would like the music but I found it annoying. So annoying that I put it on mute. The video is okay and has gotten me interested to see where this little stream is in relation to where I live so I might give it a try.
Isn't there a possibility of coming face to face with an Asian tiger?
Lovely fish with an amazing number of big red spots!
Miro,
A very interesting concept! Let's hear how it works once you get to fish with it.
Martin
Me again, I did a WWW search and found the following:
*Umpqua Tiemco, 403BLJ, 60 degree bend, wide gap, sizes 8 thru16;
*Allen Flyfishing, J100BL, barbless, thin wire, 60 degree bend, in sizes 8 thru 18;
*Saber Fly Hooks, 5220, 60 degree bend, barbless, and listed at US$6.99 per 100.in sizes 8 thru 18.
I have been fishing lead head micro jigs for about 25 years. These are made on size 12 gold wire hooks and come in 1/80 or 1/100 oz. In competition fishing lead isn't legal, hence the tungsten beads and offset eyes. Umpqua, Partridge and Daiichi offer the offset jig hooks in sizes 10-16. The Daiichi are $5.75/15 and come in sizes 10-16. I sell the Wapsi micro jigs and the Daiichi hooks on my site. www.eflytyer.com
Great article. I have found 10 & 12 jigs with lead heads at 1/80 and 1/100 ounces at a local outdoor store. (Bob's Sporting Goods in Longview Washington USA) But no where else. But 16's !!!???...that would be nice...14's too.
?Maybe I'll try bending the eyes on other hooks? What do you think?
Matt,
A quick search sent me to J-mac Lures, where they have Eagle Claw 570 Jig hooks with no bead down to size 12.
Jan's Netcraft has some down to size 8, also from Eagle Claw.
A little more research will probably reveal many more sources.
Martin
Where do you get those little jig hooks? I have never seen them in any fly tying catalog here in the USA.
Lovely flies! You possess a masters level of fly tying skill. I've been fly fishing for 55 years and ironically have caught less than ten trout on wet flies. They are very pretty and I think I'll tie some to put into my fly box.
Newborn Ver.2014 - variant 2.
Imitation of small fish hatched from egg, with head forward.
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Happy New 2015 year. All the best.
Miro
A nice solution I found to connect tippet to tip of furled leader is to trim off any uneven bits and tie on an Albright Knot, using a length of mono or fluoro tippet material which has 2 parts: the first ties in along the tip of the furled leader, the second around the butt of the tippet with the tippet tapered to the center of the tip of the leader. (This terminal line can be your final tippet or a length of other tippet material like a shock tippet for pike.)
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