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2010 Favorite Fly Swap(s)
- Thread starter DoubleHaul
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Matt Grobert
6/0 Olive Danville
Very nice, can't wait to get them. Thanks DH for hosting the swap.
Matt ><)))))'>
Matt ><)))))'>
afishinado
Fishizzle, I use worms but I'm looking to upgrade!
Wow! With most fly swaps you get mediocre flies and run-of-the-mill patterns. This swap offers a wide variety of excellently tied flies. Great job to all!
leakywaders
I like anything with rubber legs!
Round 2-------------MAIL DATE----- JAN 29
1 brough********************Received
2 charlieincambridge ********** Received
3 Andy B********************Received
4 Rambler23
5 BlueHen******************Received<O</O
6 leakywaders
7 DH**********************done & in-house
8 Big_Spinner***************Received
9 Clearstream
10 Justyn
11 bluehen (added twice- my mistake)
12 beeber*******************Received<O
I will have them in the mail by Friday sorry for the delay
DoubleHaul
DoubleHaul
DoubleHaul
DoubleHaul
Ha, Believe it or not, the best lights were over the bathroom vanity & the back drop is a lid from a blue plastic tote box. Outdoor light is always the best but darkness was upon me at photo time. I did a group shot outdoors today- see the previous post. ~DH
Awesome pictures, how do you set those up? I can't wait to get in on the next swap. I'm starting to produce things that look like flies.
I was going to ask you to photo how you have your photo bench set up?
The photos you took of those flies are outstanding.
I was thinking natural light bulbs... etc...
They are very good photos.
DoubleHaul
DoubleHaul
I have a pretty good "house camera" ie. my wife won't let me take it fishing. It's a Sony DSC-H7. What I know about digital photography would fit in a coffee cup but I manage to take enough bad photos to get a few good ones.
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These are some of my best photos taken outside with the side of our "ghetto" pool as a background.
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These are some of my best photos taken outside with the side of our "ghetto" pool as a background.
theartoflee
Anadromous Angler
Wish I could snap shots that good Chris.. looking forward to receiving the swap flys. The fly I tied is basically an anchor fly a variant of the big turd. I call it the cowpens because that is what the text below the anchor tattoo on my great uncles arm reads USS Cowpens.
DoubleHaul
DoubleHaul
Rambler's flies are in the Adirondacks :thankyou:
theartoflee
Anadromous Angler
It can be used as an anchor fly Euro nymphing or fished under a bobber. I have found though that most of the time the fish come to the turd, at least this winter. I usually fish it solo under and indicator, its heavily weighted so I find that I dont need to mess around with split shot. I do real well with this pattern on the musky, but have heard this is the hot collor on the D for those that like to nymph.
I think they take it as a stonefly, I have seen Matt G. Post a similar fly the only difference is that I add the orange band around the throat as a trigger, kind of like a frenchie on steroids. I think they take it for one of these guys...
I think they take it as a stonefly, I have seen Matt G. Post a similar fly the only difference is that I add the orange band around the throat as a trigger, kind of like a frenchie on steroids. I think they take it for one of these guys...
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DoubleHaul
DoubleHaul
received leakywaders today :thankyou:
leakywaders
I like anything with rubber legs!
Great. Are you going to do a Round 3?
DoubleHaul
DoubleHaul
Clearstream received- thanks.
Round 3, Hmmmmmmmmmmm?
Round 3, Hmmmmmmmmmmm?
theartoflee
Anadromous Angler
Big Spinner,
Any reason for tying the big spinner on the Tru form hook without the bottom Post? In your opinion is their any benefit to leaving it off other than saving time? In your fly fisherman magazine article you suggested using a different model hook hence the question.
Any reason for tying the big spinner on the Tru form hook without the bottom Post? In your opinion is their any benefit to leaving it off other than saving time? In your fly fisherman magazine article you suggested using a different model hook hence the question.
MONSTER BROWN
New member
DH ,
Thank you for hosting the swaps got my fly's the other day and they are all superb.:thumb:
Thank you for hosting the swaps got my fly's the other day and they are all superb.:thumb:
Big_Spinner
Trout Hunter
Hi Art of Lee!!!
No real reason to leave off the post. IT is not needed, as these flies float like corks with all the zlon. I sometimes even rub some floatant into the trailing shuck. This hook makes the fly look cooler to me, not sure if the fish care. I like a 4x long streamer hook for the basic big spinner, although nearly any hook works well.
The other minor reason is that on big flies, I like a fly that is going to collapse in a fishes mouth and go in easily. I am convinced I sometimes miss a fish that did not get the big fly in its mouth because the still tails or something stuck on the outside of his mouth!
I tie this same spinner in many sizes. You use only three materials plus thread. The smaller ones go pretty quick, but the big ones use so much dubbing, they take some time.
I think that split tails, in addition to being a pain to tie, are one of the causes of a fly spinning your leader in a knot. If they are not balanced, the fly can spin.
I can tie this fly much faster and they work great. I did not tie any of the really big spinners I use, as they tend to scare people away and they do not fish them. Seriously, try these babies out, they really work.
The other anvantage is that you can see them!!! Even on the dark. I nkow for certain that the fly is going down the feeding lane. This can be important, especially during a heavy march brown or drake spinnerfall. The fish do not eed to move 2 inches left or right.
The other thing that helps this fly, is the small drop of superglue at the base of the wing. IT will keep the wing from folding down over the fly.
Jim
No real reason to leave off the post. IT is not needed, as these flies float like corks with all the zlon. I sometimes even rub some floatant into the trailing shuck. This hook makes the fly look cooler to me, not sure if the fish care. I like a 4x long streamer hook for the basic big spinner, although nearly any hook works well.
The other minor reason is that on big flies, I like a fly that is going to collapse in a fishes mouth and go in easily. I am convinced I sometimes miss a fish that did not get the big fly in its mouth because the still tails or something stuck on the outside of his mouth!
I tie this same spinner in many sizes. You use only three materials plus thread. The smaller ones go pretty quick, but the big ones use so much dubbing, they take some time.
I think that split tails, in addition to being a pain to tie, are one of the causes of a fly spinning your leader in a knot. If they are not balanced, the fly can spin.
I can tie this fly much faster and they work great. I did not tie any of the really big spinners I use, as they tend to scare people away and they do not fish them. Seriously, try these babies out, they really work.
The other anvantage is that you can see them!!! Even on the dark. I nkow for certain that the fly is going down the feeding lane. This can be important, especially during a heavy march brown or drake spinnerfall. The fish do not eed to move 2 inches left or right.
The other thing that helps this fly, is the small drop of superglue at the base of the wing. IT will keep the wing from folding down over the fly.
Jim
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DoubleHaul
DoubleHaul
Justyn's flies are in hand. Photos & off to the post tomorrow
draku007
New member
Yes/No ???
DoubleHaul
DoubleHaul
brough
get out and go fishing
Second from the bottom is mine. It is an emerging olive.
Hook: TMC R200 16
Thread: Rusty Brown 8/0
Tail and nymph case: Natural Pheasant Tail
Rib: Fine Copper Wire
Post: Z-lon
Parachute Hackle: Natural Dun
Thorax: Light Olive Superfine Dubbing
This is a great fly to fish early in the hatch. Fish it with only the front Frogs Fannied up, and let the tail part stay below the film.
Have a great week all,
brough
Hook: TMC R200 16
Thread: Rusty Brown 8/0
Tail and nymph case: Natural Pheasant Tail
Rib: Fine Copper Wire
Post: Z-lon
Parachute Hackle: Natural Dun
Thorax: Light Olive Superfine Dubbing
This is a great fly to fish early in the hatch. Fish it with only the front Frogs Fannied up, and let the tail part stay below the film.
Have a great week all,
brough
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