2nd annual Southeast flie tying contes

feeds@yuku.com (narcodog) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:32:58 GMT

Here is a chance to win some great prizes and help our TU Chapter raise some money for our projects.
http://www.ngatu692.com

Snow fly

feeds@yuku.com (Fly Goddess) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:18:17 GMT

Hook: Tiemco 518 #30 or #32 / Thread: Black 14/0 / Tail: White Fibbet / Wing: Parapost, or Snow Show Bunny tied Wulff style (color your choice)

Hardest Part, getting hook in Vise:

Add fibbets for tail. Start long and pull shorter.

How about showing your favorite Jack Gartside pattern

feeds@yuku.com (TimJ) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:52:57 GMT

Here's the Bead Head Gartside Sparrow I use quite a bit in warm water. For some reason I can't tie a proper looking woolly bugger but this pattern will do everything and more for me.

Tim

Whats everybody using for a vise?

feeds@yuku.com (dannyboy) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:39:13 GMT

Im a little old fashion and cheap. This vise has been in my family for years. My desk is a $10 folding table, I get the job done.

FLY OF THE WEEK - CtKenC's Bearded Peacock

feeds@yuku.com (Cameron) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:20:05 GMT

A few months ago Ken sent me four of his Bearded Peacock patterns for this post. On first look I just knew that this pattern would work on the rivers in the Southeast as well waters elsewhere. There is just something about peacock herl that will get a fish's attention. This pattern is unusual in the fact that it is part weighted nymph and part soft hackle wet fly.

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Sierra Trading Post Question

feeds@yuku.com (Fly Rod D) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:45:33 GMT

I've never ordered anything from Sierra Trading Post before, but today I noticed they had Dr. Slick scissors for super deals. The scissors I have now have lived a long life and it is safe to say they are so dull they couldn't cut a fart.

I went ahead and ordered a curved pair, a pair of iris scissors and a pair of hair scissors. The scissors don't have the gold loops, but they are Dr. Slick...they have to be good right? Not sure if Dr Slick has a junk line of...

Sad News

feeds@yuku.com (JeffSod) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:55:06 GMT

I just heard that Jack Gartside passed away last night from cancer. Jack was one of a kind. A very passionate fly fisherman and tyer. I was fortunate to have a chance to speak with him at the Bears Den show this past February. He had just completed chemo then and was on the mend. I don't think there is a fly fisherman who hasn't heard of or used his Gartside Gurgler. I had myself just exchanged emails with him a little over a month ago to share a float tubing report where I...

Getting ready for Florida bass

feeds@yuku.com (Cornmuse) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:04:08 GMT

One day for peacocks in the canals, one day for largemouth in the 'glades. Just two weeks hence. It's all I'm thinking about. I tied these to toss into the salad - on 2/0 Ad Sweir Pike Hooks with mono weedguard. The flies measure 6" long and have a slider design head that I spun tight, but not too tight. They should pick up a bit of water and ride low, or even just below the surface throwing a big wake.

2010 Tying Contest Ideas and Sponsor!

feeds@yuku.com (Cameron) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:31:03 GMT

OK...the people I meet on facebook constantly amaze me. Took a Friend Request last week from Mark Hamnett of Partridge of Redditch. He and I spoke and besides lining Partridge up as a Fishy Kid gear sponsor, I also talked to him about sponsoring a fly tying contest on FFR.

SO...what do we want to do next? Wet...

Polish flies....not only

feeds@yuku.com (Sith) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:59:00 GMT

Here is a link to one of the Polish website with fly patterns. There are some interesting patterns, especially nymphs.
on an Egg Sucking Leech. Not only was it an extra-nice fish, but when I netted it
the fish regurgitated a live, wriggling, 4" long black leech.

Needless to say this made an impression.
Burned in a new neural pathway, you might say.

Leeches swim through the water with an amazingly flexible, undulating, end-to-end
sin wave like motion. And long-shanked Woolly...

Rabbit streamer/Rabbit jig

feeds@yuku.com (pearow) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:07:06 GMT

Just messin around on Thanksgiving Morning. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!-p-

Shad Fly

feeds@yuku.com (russell husted) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:14:29 GMT

Hey gang, just wanted to share with you that the fly that we tied a couple of weeks ago. I tweeked that pattern a bit, before going out this am. I used a longer, stainless steel hook, which allowed me to use a larger piece of the mylar tubing. This created a fatter belly, and then I used big eyes to finish it off.

Today, I took the yak out to Possum Kingdom, and dragged it up, seemed like it, all the way to the dam. It was very cloudy, so I knew I had a shot at catching some...

Storing Hackes and Hair

feeds@yuku.com (Fly Rod D) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:52:52 GMT

I was wondering how you all store your feathers and hair. Recently I brought all of my stuff into my local fly shop to get things inventoried and organized. The owner of the shop told me to get all of my hair and feathers in containers with mothballs. I had stuff in bins, but some stuff was not in baggies.

I was told to keep everything packaged separately and stored in plastic containers. Adding a few mothballs to the container kept everything kosher.

I went ahead and...

Feathers for Briminator

feeds@yuku.com (pearow) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:57:38 GMT

Beauglass taught me how to tie the briminator and I will be forever grateful. Here's a pic of the feather used to tie the fly from a ring neck and from a golden. The bottom of the feather is used for the tail (half) and the other half is used for the dubbing on body and around eyes. The top of the feather is used to palmer the collar behind the eyes. Dane is tight so he sez one feather, one fly!!!!!-p-

FLY OF THE WEEK - Pete Stiles Red Midge

feeds@yuku.com (Cameron) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:54 GMT

Congrats to Pete Stiles for winning the pair of Sixth Finger Scissors. I thought his midge pattern would be great to post since fall is easing into winter and flies like this will be a mainstay on a few rivers I know.

RECIPE:

Hook - Small Hook (I think this is a TMC Scud Hook. Size 20.)
Body -...

Skidmark Streamer

feeds@yuku.com (Fly Rod D) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:32:57 GMT

This is a streamer pattern I use for river smallies up here in Minnesota when they are hammering schools of bait fish.

It uses a material I have come to love. The white body material is a Waspi material called Palmer Chenille. It is a sparkly synthetic hackle/chenille material. I palmer that material closely to form the white body of the streamer and the black portion...

West Coast Steelheaders Flys

feeds@yuku.com (rvreclus) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:00:11 GMT

Here is a glimpse of some of the Steelhead Flys I tie and will be using this season.

This box is a collection of Marabou flys tied on 2/0 and 3/0 hooks

The next two boxes are pretty much standard flys for the streams I fish, most are tied on hooks sized 2-4-6 Mustad or Eagle Claw hooks

Tying contest

feeds@yuku.com (narcodog) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:42:53 GMT

I would just like to mention that TU Chapte692 is hosting the Second annual fly tying contest. This is our fund raiser for the year and I hope that some if not all of you would participate. Information can be found here. www.ngatu692.com.
TIA

A sad day for fly tyers...

feeds@yuku.com (Cornmuse) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:16:43 GMT

I just heard that Russell Blessing, the fellow who invented the Wooly Bugger back in 1969, passed away. May he rest in peace with the knowledge that a piece of his creativity will remain forever at the core of a sport he loved.

Joe C.

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