It's not clear to me whether all of your questions have been answered.
The tanned Fox Squirrel hide in the link is indeed what you'll need for the nymph tail. The Dave Whitlock dubbing for the...
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It's not clear to me whether all of your questions have been answered.
The tanned Fox Squirrel hide in the link is indeed what you'll need for the nymph tail. The Dave Whitlock dubbing for the...
I think you must be right, I never looked at the kit, although it did come up in a google search. :)
Thanks.
Normally, you can find instructions on how to tie just about any fly somewhere on the internet.
I haven't been able to locate instructions for the Clouser Floating Minnow any where. The thing I'm...
Here's a youtube video that demonstrates rotary tying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b4dQOiwjDQ&feature=related
I just searched for rotary tying and picked on of the top choices. There are...
An experienced fly tier once told me that he ties all the same flies in any given session and throws away the first six.
I don't quite do that. But it takes a few flies to get the proportions...
Let's hope it's not VHS. However, I grew up in NE Oklahoma and did a lot of crappie fishing in the 1950's. I remember catching farm pond crappie with red mouths back then. I think VHS arrived in...
That web site has a lot of interesting materials. Even though I'm definitely not a realistic tier.
I was able to find some Thin Skin locally, and was actually able to produce some stonefly...
I do see that on the J. Stockard web site. It didn't show up on a google search. Thin Skin might be the identical material, I just don't know.
I'm asking partly because scud back doesn't really achieve the desired effect in my mind.
That's interesting information. I think Oliver Edwards is on record saying that flexibody is the most...
One of the recent Fly Tyer magazines has an Oliver Edwards article on tying small stoneflies that uses Flexibody. I don't think there is a U.S. source for that material, as a google search failed to...
I discovered his web site this past year, and bought materials specifically to tie some of those flies. He does not list tying instructions for flies that are pending publication (in Fly Tyer, I...
I discovered his web site this past year, and bought materials specifically to tie some of those flies. He does not list tying instructions for flies that are pending publication (in Fly Tyer, I...
Never mind. :)
That is what I was calling the "Dave Whitlock Tool". It's what I thought it was called. The Dave Whitlock formula might call for 5x tippet.
Thanks. :)
When tying deer hair bass bugs, I've been tying in the legs with some figure 8 wraps, and then continuing to spin deer hair.
One alternative is to use a Dave Whitlock type tool to pull the legs...
I go fishing when I can, but I try to take advantage of the seasons, and I really like variety. It's all fun.
The problem is that the best seasons for nearly everything are May and June.
Regarding fallfish, I think the NJ state record is something like 1lb 10oz. I've caught them to 12 or 14 inches in the upper Delaware on wooly buggers.
They are interesting in that they build...
That looks somewhat like a fallfish, but I think it's something else. Fallfish are native to the East Coast, and I've caught them from New Jersey north into Maine.
I'm a little surprised that...
The Teton reels (including the Tioga) have a patented drag system based on neoprene discs. I have two of those reels (and 8 and a 6), but I can't truly say that the drags have been tested. Other...
Equipment-wise, I think those are great recommendations.
Just as important as the rod and reel is a good stripping basket. You can make one. Do an internet search for instructions on how to...
Among the salt water flyrodders I know, a spinning rod is known as the "devil stick"! But every last one has a "devil stick" in their trunk for those days when it's just too windy -- including me. :)
I just noticed this post, and I'm also one who is glad to see them back!
I think getting skunked is just something that goes with salt water fishing. There's a lot of water out there, and it's hard to find fish -- unless you're got a boat with electronics, and on a radio...
If you're distance casting with a sinking line, you might try using a short, stiff leader. I find that helps in turning over flies. In fact, I've been using about 5' of straight flourocarbon as a...
I don't have the salt water fly fishing experience of others, but I have a clouser on almost all the time. I have a lot of confidence in it. Around NJ, the conventional wisdom is char/white in...