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Ron: Great commen

Ron:

Great comments! I have used zonker strip crawdaddys as well; successfully for smallmouth and bass for sure. However, I have found that the carp I go after are quite sensitive to a fly landing on the water; hence the light unobtrusive nature of this pattern. Zonker strips tend to help the fly land hard on the surface, despite a gentle cast. That may be just enough to scare shallow-feeding carp away. I've also noticed that tail material on crayfish tend to make the fly spin while casting, in essence furling the leader unintentionally. All this is well and good...Maybe I am just a bad caster :)

Regardless, I am glad other folks tie and use similar patterns to this...this pattern is just one idea to help you get started in thinking how to design your own for your needs. Tie on!

Now we all know what

Now we all know what Martin found under his Christmas tree......

The DVD is cool, one of the most "rocking" - to use my precedessors phrase - I've seen.

The good thing this that there are DVD's like this coming out....an entertaining change away from the instructional "how to" DVD's which monopolized the market in the past. The Trout Bum Diaries Vol 1 & 2, Fish Bum 1: Mongolia, Soulfish, Drift......

Happy New Year 2009....and thight lines

Matthias

San Diego

Super great movie.

Super great movie.
The last scene with the "what to do when stung by jellyfish" had me laughing.

/Allan

Kelvin,

Stripping

Kelvin,

Stripping pattern is a very individual matter, which depends on what you are fishing for, where and many other factors. When used for sea trout here in Denmark, most flies are stripped in foot-long medium speed jerks. Nothing I would consider special in any way. The natural worms move in long, undulating movements, which cannot be imitated easily by this fly, but honestly I don't think it matters much. Do as you usually do with most flies where you fish, and I think you will be fine.

Martin

ok i just how to tie

ok i just how to tie it
how do you fish it
stripped slow or fast?

I have tied a simila

I have tied a similar pattern that is even more realistic and just as easy. The only differences are that I use zonked squirrel for the claws, and I put a tail made from deer hair that points downward. The reason for the fan tail is that it will create the signature signature cloud of a crawdad in retreat.

Great bit if info th

Great bit if info this, thanks a lot

I've seen the DVD an

I've seen the DVD and trust me - it rocks! On the none-fishing side the scene where cows are violently chased out of the flowerbed is priceless.

And what's more 'Running down ...' displays Baja what it is like - hot, dry, remote and stunningly beautiful. It makes you wanna go there (again).

Keep on rocking!

Drew,

The easiest

Drew,

The easiest way to get measurements for the bench is on the provided PDF's - linked in the middle of the article. There you can get the approximate distances and diameters.

Hope this helps.

Martin

Jan,
Great idea, ca

Jan,
Great idea, can't wait to try both beches. I have converted some of the measurements, however, can you provide the spade bit size(s) for the larger holes and the spacing for some of them on the larger tying table? Perhaps the distance from the front of the bech inward and then the size, then spacing from the first to the second, then I can go with some latitude for spacing. Thanks for the great idea again. You have solved one of lifes great mysteries, how to do something well and not pay a fortune for it.

The most important thing

bob,to me the most important thing that was not mentioned,and probably the one that is always forgoten, is your creativity,unique to every individual,copying a fly or tecnique is easy almost borring after awhile,the beaty of your fly,is your experiance,and as time goes by,and you are willing to experiment with different materials,the marriage of color and flow will come with trial and error,remember there are no rules to creativity,none, to have rules limits your fly and your creativity,the secret, take it to the next generation of tyers,or be imprisoned by the past,the flys of the future are waiting?, Phillip Catania

Hi Liam Tying Hackle

Hi Liam Tying Hackle tips in is very easy, pick two tips out of a cock hackle cape to match size of the fly you want to tie.place one of them on tour knee curve of the hackle facing donwards then place the orther one on top match the tip points together, making sure the second tip curve facing out ie one convex one concave never both the same.Once you have them set together place then on the fly to what length you think is right hold them tight and tie in. Use the same method on Daddies as well have a play. Hope this helps Jan

Kelly,

I don't kn

Kelly,

I don't know what happened to Fly Tying Chronicles, but the cauterizer is available from many other outlets. Search the web for "fly tying cautery" and you will find tonnes.

Martin

The Fly Tying Chroni

The Fly Tying Chronicles link no longer works.

Awesome pattern Stev

Awesome pattern Steve! Thanks for publishing this. My personal patterns have always been more complicated than this, and took a lot longer to tie. This fly looks great, and I look forward to fishing it in '09.

belting pattern

belting pattern

hello. i am a young

hello. i am a young fly tyer, and i do not know how to tie hackle tip wings. mow do you tie them?

I just got a fly tiy

I just got a fly tiying kit and it shows how to tie a "the dark cahill dry fly", could you show me how to tie that because it show's it in black and white very hard to see?

muskrat is one of my

muskrat is one of my most important base mixing furs,mix it with purple haze lite brite in a dubbing loop tied as a wet fly. comb out with a stiff brush, add teal blue marker pen, fading front to back very litely. brush out, colors will explode with a rainbow of shades.the fly above needs to be finished with a thorough brush out, the barrel effect on the body should be almost equal to the tail in effect. under body base should be tied onto wet super glue, as should the head, my flies do not ,come apart.

Marcus,

try korsh

Marcus,

try korsholm.dk or go-fishing.dk

Kasper

This is such a good

This is such a good guide. i got my first fly rod for christmas and i have never had one before. I had no clue how to put these things together. haha. Now i just have to find out how to throw it without it popping so loud. :)

thanks alot for the help

Hi BR

Actually s

Hi BR

Actually some maniac already did carry out that idea! Look at the enclosed picture. The tatoo is a copy of an illustration in a book by the danish specimen hunter Jens Bursell

Tight Lines

Thomas

is there anyone that

is there anyone that knows where i can buy premade eyes? Please a netdite that ships to europe

Re: Kola

Bandit,

Some nice fish in there! Thanks for sharing.

Martin