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The trout fishery wh

The trout fishery where i go, people are always leaving line behind, they dont see the days when we cut waterhens a ducks free from discarded line, with many of them with terrible cuts trying to free themselves. So take your old line home and dont be a numpty its simple to do and easy

I Love this tube fly

I Love this tube fly pattern, never done these sort of flies before going to start soon, after getting some tips from the lads who have been tying tube flies for years. Never had the confidence before didnt know what i was doing, but the step by step is just awsome thanks Jan

Hi Ripley,

Good a

Hi Ripley,

Good article. Thanks a lot.!!!
More articles about fly fishing in Lithuania you will find in the Grayling Society jornal.

tomas- flyfisherman. Lithuania
www.lidex.lt

With snow on the gro

With snow on the ground outside, I can still go back, in my thoughts, and relive my last fishing trip, before the snow, thru your pictures. Keep up the good work.

I love the pictures

I love the pictures of you in this one.. you look happy and really content! The best of both worlds... I look forward to hearing more about future adventures!!

This trip sounds won

This trip sounds wonderful.. almost makes me want to go learn how to fly fish! Great pictures and I love the way you were able to tell a wonderful story. I felt like I was there with you!! Thank you for sharing this with me.

I think it was 2850 US

I think it was 2850 US dollars

Mark, This fly is

Mark,

This fly is a far cry from the GP, and certainly no ripoff. As you can see from any recipe on the GP, the techniques used are clearly different although there might be a superficial similarity between the flies - very superficial if you ask me. We have the pattern for Poul Joergensen's GP online here, and you can clearly see the difference. The GP is supposed to look like a shrimp, has a flat back and distinct "eye spots" in the form of the GP tippet. Yes, both flies use red GP body feathers in sections, but that's not really enough to make them identical. This fly has hackles, the GP has flat feathers.

The Omoe Brush is as original as most flies you can think of. You know as well as I do that there are only few truly "original" fly patterns - at least not if you look at flies from that latest half century. New materials, new colors, new ways of combining things, but very few really new patterns. Even though new flies come out our vices spawned by our imaginations, most of them have seen the light of day before in someone else's vice.

Should this fly owe anything to anyone, it's certainly more likely to be the Swedish Ullsok-style, which again owes to the Irish shrimps, which again owe their legacy to even older salmon flies.

No, Ken's fly is original enough, I promise you, and certainly no copy of a General Practitioner. Still I would be delighted to tip my hat to Drury (and so would Ken, I'm sure), but for different reasons than originating this fly! We both tied and fished the GP, and thanks for that, colonel!

Martin

Let's be careful wit

Let's be careful with the term "originator". This fly is another simplification of the the great General Practitioner and other old shrimp flies. The GP is a fly that Ken Abrames has been using and recommending to saltwater fly fishers as a killer clam worm fly for striped bass for a long time. At least tip your hat to Col. Edmund Drury and his GP.

hey,i live in syria

hey,i live in syria may you provide me every thing about grey mullet fishing,the best way to catch it,the best bait,the best time,..............everythings .best regards maher khatib

Thank you for sharin

Thank you for sharing all these great stories and patterns!! Highly appreciated.
I live in Sweden, at the mörrum river in Blekinge, and find that the biggest seatrout take similar flies without a doubt!! Great fun indeed. At first I had a large trout that attacked my 15 cm pike baitfish and after that event my heart never recovered and my troutflybox is full of fish patterns :)

Yet again, thank you very much for this entertaining and learnful writings of yours.
Regards
//Robin F

Hi,

Hi,

undertood it was Varzina region . What was a cost per person, talking only about Russian side?

cheers

Roolis

Hi Thomas, Rod McGi

Hi Thomas, Rod McGill writes a page in the UK "Fly-Fishing and Fly-Tying" magazine mainly dedicated to the evils of the fish farms on the Scottish coast. Try to get some back issues or contact him direct via the website www.fly-fishing-and-flytying.co.uk or the editor at the email of MarkB.ffft@btinternet.com He has mentioned the problems in Chile in the past.

this is a great page

this is a great page just what i was looking for to learn the process w/o spending a lot of money but with very valuable info. as just to how it is done. will write back with my success or even if i can't get it right. super well written article. this whole site is new to me, and it is the best all around site i have been on and i have been on a lot searching for more info. Just on my third bamboo rod but loving it.
stephen

Stephen,

If you a

Stephen,

If you are directing your question to the author of the book, Art Lee, this is not the place to do it. I doubt whether Art Lee is following this page... I would like to think so, but I doubt it.

Regarding tying the "blue butterfly wing and throat" I cannot help you either. I have the book, but can't find it. I fear someone borrowed it and forgot, and I don't recall any Blue Butterfly fly pattern in it. All searches for anything with butterfly and Lee yields nothing.

Martin

very good photo...cu

very good photo...cut off on height..good work !

I enjoy your book. I

I enjoy your book. I do not understand how to tie the blue butterfly wing and throat. Can you please send me detailed instructions or direct me to a website...Thank you. I look forward to hearing from you. Steve Swartz, Orlando, Florida

Orion Aon, try the B

Orion Aon, try the B405 hook it might suit you better, or play around with different types that you think are right for you their are know rules thanks Jan

Well-written article

What a well-written article. Clear, concise explanations and great pictures! I appreciate very much your focus on a specific subject - "Hen Hackles and Wet Flies" - instead of talking about hen hackle in general. I've been perplexed by this subject for a while now, as most literature focuses on dry fly hackle.

Thank you Mr. Petti!

I don't fish

I don't fish, but I was just in Punta Allen for the day on Dec. 17. We went just to see miles and miles of nothing but beautiful deserted beaches and jungle.There were fish camps every so often along the way all the way to Punta Allen (57km) I would have to assume that if they put a fish camp in some of the out of the way areas that we saw there has to be fish. Remember, I don't fish, but if you found this site then you should find web sites for fish camps. I came across this one trying to find out why we could not find lobster for sale in Punta Allen. It was originally a lobster fishing village. I guess there is more money in being a fishing guide. Punta Allen -IS -a bare bones town. I could not imagine spending two weeks there, I don't care what your hobby is. They could be holding an Orgy and I wouldn't stay that long . Ok, one week tops!! It's worth the trip down that long road just to get a feel of what Florida beaches would have looked like a hundred years ago

Barry,

There was

Barry,

There was nothing wrong here, but I have now simplified the layout, and you should be able to see everything now.

Martin

I made my solution b

I made my solution by mistake from 13% water solution dissolved in alcohol. I asked my friend chemist to prepare for me 5% solut. in 70% alcohol and it works as well .I hope is not dangerous mix it wit alc.?And additionally I dye whole fly not material itself-it contacts with metal hook!!! Am I crazy?

Please note that Ins

Please note that Instruction H is blocked by figure 5 and 6. If you could let me know when this is fixed, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Hi Jan. Where do yo

Hi Jan. Where do you buy your rubber band straps that hold the guides in place?