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5wt DT Phoenix silk line in green:

https://www.bearsden.com/page1024.html

Dress it with a floatant called Otter Butter (or you can use the tin of Red Mucilin that comes with the line):
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Hi,

I would like to try tying some of A.K. Best's quill body flies. Where can I buy "Chinese Strung Rooster Neck Hackle" in 6-8 inch length by the pound(which I assume would be the cheapest way...

There's someone selling Partridge hooks over at clark's classic fly rod forum:

http://clarksclassicflyrodforum.yuku.com/topic/16741

I thought one of this week's FAOL articles deserved some more advertising:

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/readerscast/

Did the op have a problem with the sturdiness of his staff?



His handle fell apart, my holster fell apart. I would consider both to be in the category of "those kinds of problems". I had...

uni 8/0. If you want it to lay flatter or prevent it from cutting some delicate material, you can always untwist the thread by spinning your bobbin counterclockwise a few turns.

If you tie small...

Not true. I bought a Simms about 5 years ago, and within a few months, the stitching on the belt loop on the holster started coming undone. If the loop would have failed, the wading staff would...

Theoretically, you only need to know the email address that you listed when you registered. If you have several email addresses and you can't remember which one you used to register, you can enter...

If you need a fishing bike, do it right:

http://www.bikefanclub.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2071

Where are they? I can't find a post before 2005 anywhere.

Thanks for the response.


Yes, I read that post.


I saw that too, but I've seen a drawing of the Mess, and that isn't a Mess.

Any info would be helpful.

I fished a caddis hatch at dusk along the banks of a tough fishing river a few weeks ago. In the past, I've never done well fishing caddis hatches. An Elk Hair Caddis fly has never worked for me,...

Hey, thanks for all the responses.



That's my current method, but the fine tippet at one end starts unraveling by the end of the day, and eventually it tries to wriggle out of my pocket and...

I have a Conranch jv hen cape, but if I had to guess, I would call the color dark dun.

Thanks.

What feathers do you buy in a fly shop? How long do you have to cook the quills?

Thanks.

Well done kengore. I got a great sense of accomplishment after dying only 6 feathers, so I can imagine how you feel. I now insist that everyone call me "A.K.".

Thanks for all the help everyone....

I don't generally carry a plastic milk jug with me on the river. :(

I reserve the big fly box pocket below my clippers for tippet that I clip off my line. Small pieces are easy to deal with--I essentially clip the tippet inside the pocket and the piece falls to the...

I find they work on any surface but mud. I've taken some mighty falls trying to get out of streams with muddy banks. They work so well on other surfaces that the first time I encountered mud with...

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I returned the hackle today and went in search of dyes. RIT dye was $2.99 for one color and Kool-Aid was $.20 a pack, so I went with the Kool-Aid. I bought Lemonade(Yellow),...

Thanks for the info. I'm going to return the Whiting 100's and try dying some of my grizzly feathers.

I bought some whiting 100's in grizzly died olive to tie some #10 green drake patterns, but the hackle is too small. I have a Griffin hackle gauge and none of the feathers measures a size 10, and...

When I do a search, I never get any posts before 2005. Is there an archive of earlier posts?

Thanks.

Then they will miss some great story telling.