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I found them

Thanks, Paul,

I did find them at Bass Pro and they are called No-Knot Fas-Snaps. To all of the purists out there, I have been tying tiny knots for almost fifty years and these little things are great. I am a purist, too, but believe me, these little buggers are not cheating or giving in to hype in any way. I have no intention of using them with a size twenty dry fly but for big streamers and my world famous crayfish flies I wil use them forever. They wont make a bit of difference in appearance or presentation but will reduce my profanities. Yesterday I was changing flies in a 38 degree wind with a light mist. Numb finger tips and foggy glasses are not conducive conditions to tying tiny knots.

Hi Bob,

Hi Bob,
They are called Micro snaps, and yeah, Cabelas did have, but discontinued. I don't believe that they got very many good reviews.
Paul

Hi Randon.

I defi

Hi Randon.

I definately have to agree with Martin on this one. Try and ask yourself: am I really looking at the image when I find myself counting the leaves (sheeps?) or am I just surfing by hoping to find something spectacular?
I really like the graphical style of the picture.
I think that great photography is: When you find a very common motif and portray it, in a way that makes it look constructed ( in other words you put your "signature" on the picture). And then when you look at the printed image, and in the beginning the picture looks too good to be true. But then you realize that the whole thing is actually just that common situation, it just looked too good to be true.

Murray,

The answe

Murray,

The answer is a yes and a no. The fly is pretty robust and will take a lot of trashing, but the thin tinsel will eventually be cut by the pike's teeth. I have more than once seen strips of tinsel float away from a hooked fish, but the fly was still usable afterwards.

But remember how easy this fly is to tie, so just tie a few extra.

Martin

Randon,

I think y

Randon,

I think you're a bit unfair there. I think it's a very nice picture that shows one of these little details that we tend to overlook. This one is even technically very well done with sharpness and a lot of texture and reflections. I like such pictures and have already given it an "Excellent".

Martin

Hi Randon.

The ph

Hi Randon.

The photo in its real raw image is in fact quite bad, this was the best i could get out of it.
But youre right about the crop, it could be better.
will try harder next time :-)

regards Allan

Hi Ripley.
Masking

Hi Ripley.
Masking pictures in photoshop, put ontop of each other and then erase on the top picture...

Regards Allan

Hello: I am going to

Hello: I am going to try this tinsel fly this spring. It is light easy to tie. Does it stand up to the pikes teeth? It's worth trying. Lots of pike here in Northern Ontario. Murray

You just never miss

You just never miss a macroshot with a Nikon, do you! Nice detail, but not very fishing related. 2 to you, dude!

Nice little creek. S

Nice little creek. Seriously, what is the motive? It's a photo with a lot of disturbance. 2 to go fo you, dude!

Oh, man this is bori

Oh, man this is boring. I can count 22 light leaves and 14 dark leaves. That is 34 leaves total. I'll leave you with 2.

This is a great sour

This is a great source of information. It is my 'go-to' for teaching about leaders.
Thank you

Angela,

Rod shoul

Angela,

Rod should be available on rodsutterby@beeb.net - that is the address I have used to reach him.

Martin

Hi

Trying to sen

Hi

Trying to send an email to Rod Sutterby can you confirm his email please

How is that effect d

How is that effect done? B&W and the logo in colour?
Stupid question?
Rip

I have caught so man

I have caught so many sea trout on this pattern over the years especially in spring.
It's a pattern I am confident in using.
No matter the quarry, by adjusting the size, I am sure it would work on all species.

Rip

Reminds me of the ti

Reminds me of the time a guy walked off to the end of the beach on Sandy Neck on Cape Cod. It was about five miles to the end of the beach and he went about half way down. People just couldn't understand it. Why walk when we are into Stripers right here. The guy came back a few hours later dragging a fifty-four pound Striper. A lot of tongues in cheeks that night. A lot of shaking heads.

Man, do I wanna' fis

Man, do I wanna' fish Slovenia! All your pics are great. This is 4-5... You get 5, dude!

This is a nice jump.

This is a nice jump. The photo is blured/ shaken. Overall it would probably look better if you zoomed in or cut off all the empty space at the left (try holding a hand over the left half of the pic and see for yourself).
Youg get 4, dude!

Is this tool for sal

Is this tool for sale ANYWHERE?!? I cannot even find it on the internet -- even the C&F website has dropped it. What's up?

hi

got this dvd t

hi

got this dvd to day, a nice movie. I will hope for more of this nice movies.
big thanks to ozzie and co.

Serge, my setup c

Serge,

my setup consists of a floating shooting line, a very slow intermediate shooting head and a normal nylon leader app. 5 yds.
I strip it in using longer strips, shorter, fast, slow - but (too) often I just strip it in using 1½ foot strips.

Just discovered this

Just discovered this site and all most fell of my chair when I came across this fly. I have been using a fly very similar to this that I developed from the Bunny Belly Anchovy for Bass fishing in the UK. The only difference is that for the underside of the fly I use Fox tail as I believe this does not foul as much as the Polar fibre. This fly has become my fly of choice for Bass and has been very successful taking many Bass together with Pollock and Mackerel. However despite the presence of Sea Trout (some very large) and Salmon I have yet to get a take from these fish (using any fly).

Nice fish. usually i have to

Nice fish. usually i have to resort to corn to get a beast like that. The carp in my river are about twice as spooky and about five times as strong as anything else that swims in there. Ive got a picture of a twenty pounder that i caught in a pond near the river on and eight wieght fly rod with corn as bait. Im five foot eight, the mouth is at my chin and the tail is just past my knees. I think it might have been a little larger than twenty pounds on second thoughts. the carp over here are great, only me and a handful of other people actually fish for them.