It was my privilege to fish with Don for 3 years in the early 2000. He was a wonderful guide and a terrific guy. You would never have known that he was a "guide to the stars" other than his...
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It was my privilege to fish with Don for 3 years in the early 2000. He was a wonderful guide and a terrific guy. You would never have known that he was a "guide to the stars" other than his...
The best source I have found is Steve Cooper atcookshillflytying.comin England. Great product and service. If I'm not mistaken, this is where Jim Slattery noted above gets his stuff. Probably cheaper...
I, too, received the CD last year and am not on the list. I can email you an address or whatever you need. These CD's are great, and a real service to all of us tying bums. Thanks. :lol:
Don Bastian, the guru of married wing wet flies teaches his students to use flat nosed tweezers, e.g. those made by Tweezerman, to "tweek" those hairy tips off. By breaking them off, rather than...
Pretty hefty, in my opinion. It is another feature I really like. Clearly heavier than most of the wire-type bobbins, but lighter than the Nor bobbin or Ekich. As noted above, I think it is a great...
Good to know this. Service has always been great from Bearlodge. Hope it all gets straightened out. They deserve our patronage.
It is pricey, but it works extremely well. It is my favorite bobbin. Very smooth and easy to hold. Don't lose the threader! Regular threaders don't work with this bobbin.
I agree. My dealings with them have been excellent and their website is terrific. Although they obviously don't stock every item they list, they ship what they have, tell you when to expect the rest,...
I agree that the bobbin is incredibly smooth and well-made. I have 2 problems with it. At least on the trout sized bobbin with the ceramic insert, no standard bobbin threader will fit into the...
Being a book addict, like you, I own all of them. My persoanl favorite is Talleurs, not becuase he teaches the gospel, but because he is very clear, doesn't demand the use of high-cost ingredients,...
I just discovered the Jassid was a FOTW on this site, complete with a picture of Vince! As always, FAOL is on the ball!
The jassid was developed by Vince Marinaro, a Pennsylvanian. He was a brillaint, but irrascable fellow, and I had the privilege to fish with him a few times as a teenager and college student. He...
It's nice to know others share this obsess....I mean, hobby. Now, with eBay, it's even worse. Someone always has something of interest posted there, I waste hours looking. Oh well, at least it isn't...
It's "silver-doctor@comcast.net" unless it has changed in the last few weeks.
You can contact Blue Ribbon Flies (www.blueribbonflies.com) the originator of this pattern. They may be willing to give it to you. If not, they'll sell you their pattern sheets from the year that...
I believe this idea was written up many years ago as "Puyans' Law", named after Andre Puyans, they great tier from Calf. He was quoted as saying, "If you find a material you like, buy a lifetime...
Hope it works out. I've had the 33 WR for about a year, and been quite happy. It's nice to have a camera you can take out fishing or canoeing and not be worried about. It's become my main digital...
There is an excellent flyshop in town, called Duranglers. Web site is [url=http://www.duranglers.com.:0b357]www.duranglers.com.[/url:0b357] They are an excellent source of guides and local info. The...
Andy, you're pretty vague about what you've learned about fishing these classic wets, other than to suggest the use of an intermediate line in faster water. How about a few paragraphs (or pages, if...
As another friend and disciple of Don Bastian, I knew that many of the wet flies on "Old Flies and Stuff" were tied by him without attribution. I don't think it's a federal offense or anything, but I...