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Post by Bobby on Feb 13, 2014 10:24:30 GMT -6
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Post by Dale Martens on Feb 15, 2014 17:33:49 GMT -6
They look fishy to me… I'm sure they'll do some catching!
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Post by flyfisheranonymous on Feb 20, 2014 7:42:21 GMT -6
Pretty good for the first flies. If you need dubbing send me a p.m. and we'll talk.
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Post by Bobby on Feb 21, 2014 10:57:29 GMT -6
Thanks for the comments guys! I made them larger than I think I wanted to but figured I could always trim them back if they aren't fishing the way I want them to. Here's last night's work. It is almost like a drug for me right now. I need to tie to wind down and forget about everything for a while. Not a cheap addiction but a worthy one at least. Any comments, pointers or criticisms are welcome, I wanna learn.
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Post by brianrap on Feb 21, 2014 14:01:17 GMT -6
That's likely to catch some fish Bobby. If I were to make any suggestions, perhaps go a bit longer on the tail and use material that really moves in the water. Marabou is a great material to give movement and a swimming type motion. If the tail is too long, it can always be trimmed. Little tougher to try to stretch it I also often give my flies a little rub with some velcro to loosen up some fibres in the body/dubbing(especially nymphs). I think it gives them a nice "buggy" look. As far as patterns, I would recommend you try some clousers. Pretty easy to tie to get some tying practice and a really effective pattern.
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Post by brucerap on Feb 21, 2014 16:14:53 GMT -6
I like that nymph pattern. It'll have nice sparkle in the water. I would recommend following the 'less is more' approach. Try dressing some of those streamers a bit more sparsely - especially if you're going to tie some clousers. You want to make sure there's enough gape in the hook for a proper hookset rather than having it plugged up with material or having the hook point fouled. Something like this:
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