Ted Kraimer's tilt-wing variation: I guess Ted Kraimer is a fan of Eric Cutter.
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Ted Kraimer's tilt-wing variation: I guess Ted Kraimer is a fan of Eric Cutter.
Every year the Winter Hatches Fly Fishing Club holds a educational hands-on tying Symposium. One year each of the intructors received a slant box as an honorarium. I should use mine more - it is...
This is exactly why the freezer works. First you freeze them to kill any that have insufficient anti-freeze. Then you thaw them and either they revive or they hatch. Then, before they can build up...
I have a few books with pictures of bugs, but I alway check Troutnut.com when these questions appear online.
http://www.troutnut.com/hatch/589/Mayfly-Maccaffertium-ithaca-Light-Cahill
So, after all that experience, what is your conclusion, and what materials are the ones you use most often?
Ritz is also the fisher credited with determining the 60/40 basic formula for leaders: 60% stiff mono for the butt and 40% softer mono for the tip (and tippet).
I downloaded the book and then...
Al Campbell would be proud of you.
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/intermediate/part42.php
Generally speaking, more costly rods are lighter and faster. Lighter it good. However a novice caster has yet to develop the timing, appropriate application of power, and sensitivity to drive a...
I own several rods - and have also moved several rods along to others. I belong to a casting club and can try any of the other member's rods. I think there are two distinctions between less...
I don't see any 'buggy' colours in the Fuzzy category, although the black one might work. However maybe this product would work for wingcases and shell backs.
As mentioned by others, I use Plano storage boxes #3600. One useful advantage is you can move the dividers to change the size of compartments. In the past I also ordered extra dividers so more...
I have had one similar to that for a few years, I will have to look up where I saw the design. It is a little simpler - a cup hook in the end of a short (6") length of dowel. I guess if you were...
All good ideas.
Last year I was assisting Peter Charles in a streamer class at our tying Symposium (next one is in March). The hooks were about size 6 as I recall. His method was to make a...
I have made few, not many. The parts for pierced ears or earring clips are available at craft stores like Michaels. Straight-eye hooks will hang best of course. You will have the opportunity to...
Marinaro used a ball of dubbing where the wing is attached. The hackle could be wound around the ball. I believe he suggested wrapping the hackle with the short fibers behind the wing on the top of...
Or you could use a cardboard box of the appropriate height or block of foam with a groove in it. And if you put the box/block in front of your rotary vise and put a hook or paper clip in the vise,...
I don't think there is a template. I have one fly on FOTW and suggested to webmaster I might send a couple more (haven't got around to it yet!). No template was suggested at that time. When I did...
I have several collected over the years. The one I wish had been available when I started was Art Sheck's "Tying Better Flies". It is quite thorough on basic techniques and little tricks to make...
My understanding is that tapered leaders are made by taking (just say) mono of .019" heating it and stretching it to the smaller dia. So I would expect that it would be weaker than mono which was...
Caddis patterns don't always need hackle at all, an since it represents legs it can be dark brown in most cases. Live caddis have wings from tan to almost black. It is their abdomen that really...
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I have this book and found it very informative. I had to read it twice though, because what I perceive is still not what a fish perceives.
The author uses...
Actually nail clippers work very well for shaping wings.
Julian,
I strongly suggest you start here and follow Al Campbell's lessons. I am on a few other boards, and also belong to two clubs in Toronto. In all cases I suggest his series as the best way...
So maybe you could share and send enough to Ray for a couple dozen nymphs.
Hi Julian,
Sometimse when I respond to newbies efforts with an honest response, people think I am negative - I think they suppose I should just say 'nice effort'. However I seek to help and coach,...