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Sign me up........al

Sign me up........always in for a great cap....

Thanks a lot for the

Thanks a lot for the GREAT Presentations. Will be tremendous fun tying these this winter.

Years ago, I've been

Years ago, I've been using almost the same system as your Slinky. I used it for flyfishing for barbel. I fished the system for several days (...weeks). I think that this system is useless in rivers with rocks and stones. "My Slinky" constantly snagged the bottom of the river, no drift was completed. It is also very difficult to cast on a long line.

Mike,

You're one

Mike,

You're one of our great supporters. Thanks!

I don't know about shirts... I'll look into the CafePress thing. Others have pointed in the same direction. I prefer stitching and they only do print, but it might be an option anyway. And they have a ton of other product types.

Martin

I still prefer a sma

I still prefer a small shooting head made of some fast sinking fly line. A heavy slinkie at the end of a long fly line cannot be easy to cast.

Perfect! I love asp

Perfect! I love asp fishing!

This is one of the m

This is one of the most effective flies , l have ever used for late fall midge fishing. lt took fish when no other patterns whould. your right about the wing looking so real underwater, the big trout in the BOW RIVER in calgary sure thought it was the real mccoy. thanks for the great pattern.

I thought that was a

I thought that was a very clever idea.
Worth a try.

Great tutorial! Than

Great tutorial! Thanks for the pointers!

Regards,

David

Hello there....

[quote:adf7ac0cb9="Dada"]Hello there....
the another think, as a little child(Iam still child:)) Iwas very interesting in entomoligy and I study crayfish a little too.... The think which I mena now is that crayfish has a stadium, evry moths they are changing the skin and processll take about two days and a couple of my friends told me this time is the most interesting for a fish because they are week, soft and his colour is nearly white......So may be it ll be better to tie very bright.......What you mean about that???? :wink:[/quote:adf7ac0cb9]

Yes, we call them "soft craw" in the US. They're actually quite pretty to look at, with tints of blue, green, but mostly gray. You can tiie a Skip's Dad with gray haretron dubbing to give it that soft craw look.

Cheers
--Mike

Will you be doing th

Will you be doing the patterns in the back of the book as well? If so I would like to contribute.

FYI, Brass has tripp

FYI, Brass has trippled in price this year and swivels are almost 50% more now. I like to use a number 10 black.

Are you getting shir

Are you getting shirts as well? I would buy a sweat shirt if you got those made. Cafe Press will do a line of shirts, caps and mugs on a small run. Look the guy's stuff on troutnut.com. Mike

Great Flies, great p

Great Flies, great pictures, great pages! Thank you so much for presenting such a nice www and please dont stop! Maybe there are coming up some wonderful seatrout themes? Best wishes from Germany, Mirko

Just a small suggest

Just a small suggestion - once you have sealed one end of the cord, push the point of the pliers in the other end and just heat the end of the cord to meld the frayed ends. Dropping the sinkers in is now much easier, then finnish as above.

Dada:

Dada:
I've met BobPop several times. He's very knowledgeable and willing to share that knowledge. I was tying his flies, fleyes as he calls them, long before the book came out. I bought the book as soon as it came out. I find the pictures of the bait fish useful, when tying patterns, and it's a great reference when I need to refresh my mind on how to tie a particular pattern.
I've caught pike on the two middle flies in the picture. The top one is new, tied on an 8/0 Partridge pike hook, and I didn't get a chance to fish it when I was in Canada this summer, and so is the bottom one, that's tied on a 4/0 Partridge. I'm counting the day's till next year's Canadian trip. We do have pike here in Pennsylvania, but not within a reasonable drive for me. We also have muskie, tiger muskie(a cross between a muskie and a pike), and chain pickerel much closer to home, and they're in the same family as pike. So I'll be going after them when I have time.

Slinky? WHat's a sl

Slinky? WHat's a slinky? Never heard of such a thing. How is this used to fly fish for stealhead? Naive minds want to know.

I've never heard of

I've never heard of slinkies before, it must be a very effective way of getting your fly deep. just curious how do you attach them to the line, or leader?

Lovely pic

Lovely pic, thanks for sharing it. There is nothing better than a brownie.
Les

Wow Bob! You take am

Wow Bob! You take amazing pictures, I really enjoyed them. Thanks alot.

I still have an orig

I still have an original cap, I must be the only one that bought one. Sign me for the version 2.

I missed the summit. Let me

I missed the summit. Let me at least have the cap.
I am absolutely interested, and I will wear it with pride.
Sign me up.

/the Count

Hi Martin

Just wh

Hi Martin

Just what I needed! My Chotas after a years honourable service including lots of guiding are nearly worn out! Thanks for the advice. As far as glue goes, I've been advised to use neoprene based glues as they are particularly waterproof. Any comments or suggestions on what kind of glue to use? If you cannot indicate commercial names, please pop me a mail!! The only problem is finding a week when I won't be going fishing!!! ;-)

Cheers

Moreno

Hello there....

Hello there....
the another think, as a little child(Iam still child:)) Iwas very interesting in entomoligy and I study crayfish a little too.... The think which I mena now is that crayfish has a stadium, evry moths they are changing the skin and processll take about two days and a couple of my friends told me this time is the most interesting for a fish because they are week, soft and his colour is nearly white......So may be it ll be better to tie very bright.......What you mean about that???? :wink: