Thats great Im glad to hear its passing the test. These are being shipped out for a fly swap. I used one coat of Herder's head cement would you recommend a second coat after they dry?

tail : 4 Badger Hackles with silver flash Body : White and chartrus deer tail Back : Peacock Herl Throat/gills : Red krystal flash I changed it a bit by making the tail longer 2 times hook shank and extending the peacock herl to the end of the tail Looks great under water, I cant wait to give...

Thanks Mike. I went with the feather hanging one shank length off the end of the hook. what do you do? Looking at it maybe the deer hair is a little long making it look like the feather isnt hanging off as far?

What do you all think of this Tie? Im very new to Fly Tying and wanted some advice. Thanks

Thats funny using a pen.... good advise. Look at and read the original posting

Yes thats the way I was doing it. I think I got the idea from that video in fact. I was going to post the video but didnt know if it was okay to post someone's video other then my own without permission. The egg comes out great using this technique. There is no waste and its fast. Im working on...

I started tying a few months ago and just tied up egg patterns the traditional way and then I came across a tube tool to make it easier. Instead of buying one I cut a Bic pen in half and used that. They are alot faster and come out nicer with a blood spot on each side. It also makes it nice and...

Im looking to make a few scale models of a drift boat for a few of my friends as gifts this x mas. I was wondering if anyone in the boston area has a drift boat I could take some measurements off in stead of buying plans. Thanks

What time Wednesday? Where exactly are you going? Do you ever fish northern MA?

Sure thing. Im a big time rookie just to let you know. So I could use some pointers

Great link thanks. The bug is a sowbug and not very important to the fly fisherman. Well that trout had a full belly of these. This part of the river was very weedy and still behind a damn

Yup I like to eat the first and last of the season like my grandfather. Small fish are less toxic then the old big ones. Fly fishing is way more fun then spinning. I sold all my spin junk a few weeks ago so I have no excuses.

I caught 5 in 2 hours but most were in the last 40min. I got them on a Yellow bugger with a red tail but I think I would do better with black or olive. Its in the picture but its a little hard to see. The bug in the picture is what they are feeding on right now. I want to find out what that bug...

The bug is in the picture below the one with the fish on the rock.

Mashapee is under major rivers and is open year round. Too bad I didnt see your post before Opening day it would have been more useful to you. In the future I guess you can check the Ma. website right before you go to make sure nothing changed. On anything open year round that changes for some...

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I had a fun morning on Nashoba Brook. Wooly Buggers were the trick on this still section behind an old damn I was fishing. What bug is this below and is there any good resources for aquatic bugs? Im a first year fly fisher and catching fish is a plus. This fish is not suffering on the rock...Its...

Im not sure about the type on the sinking line. Its a hand me down with a 6wt rod. It looks to be a level dark green full sinking line. Ill try it with my 9' 7-8wt rod and see if thats any better. I guess 25' is a little deep. Just really triing to get sinking line technique figured out.

So I can use a normal cast with 30' of line under the water without using a few roll casts to get it up?

I'm new to Fly fishing and have been working on my casting over the past few weeks now that there is some water to work in. I have WF 6 F that I can roll cast pick up and then cast well with. Out to about 50'. Im having a hard time doing that with sinking line. Im only out to about 30' and...