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FRESHWATER ANGLING => Fly fishing => Fly tying => Topic started by: Ziggy on April 30, 2015, 12:40:04 PM
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these are my trout flies - somehow I am not sure that I have enough. Still empty spaces in these fly boxes - and I have a few empty boxes to fill as well....maybe I am sick!
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You can open a fly shop (clap)
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no - you always need more
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Impressive collection Ziggy . w;k
Which flies do you rate as your best/ most used 5 Trout Flies ?
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Have any of the flies caught anything :trout: :yellow: other than yourself. w;k :hehe:. :toppie:
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:shk You have a serious problem and I recommend using this, it really works. :crzy
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:hehe: On a serious note, that is an impressive collection Ziggy. (clap)
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A question from a complete ignorant on all things "fly"... how often does the average fly fisherman looses a fly during the fight? Is it as common as it happens offshore?
Looks like a very nice collection Ziggy. But I guess you're right... I'd say you need a few more!
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nope, still way short. no boobys, no cats whiskers, no joe's hoppers.
you can just as well not even bother fishing.
seriously. nice selection :envy
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Impressive collection Ziggy . w;k
Which flies do you rate as your best/ most used 5 Trout Flies ?
Olive bead head wooly bugger (in variations of olives)
Speedcop (sometimes with orange hot spot)
Hamills killer
All sorts of dry flies - especially klinkhammers in various colours
All sorts of nymphs - mainly olive, black - soem with orange hotspots. I like using the smuggler nymph (I did an SBS of that a while ago)
Although I like these flies, I experiment with a large range when I aam on the water. Of course flies for still waters are different from river flies. In the rivers I use small nymphs and dries
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A question from a complete ignorant on all things "fly"... how often does the average fly fisherman looses a fly during the fight? Is it as common as it happens offshore?
Looks like a very nice collection Ziggy. But I guess you're right... I'd say you need a few more!
I lose a number of flies when fishing - especially on the rivers where casting is often constrained by bank vegetation. Also getting caught in underwater obstructions like branches and rocks. I fish with very light tippets (max 6 pound) in the rivers, which breaks easily.
Onstill waters I seldom loose flies - unless caught up in some underwater obstructions
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nope, still way short. no boobys, no cats whiskers, no joe's hoppers.
you can just as well not even bother fishing.
seriously. nice selection :envy
....then I better get busy on my vice. I have never used boobys, cats whiskers or hoopers. Although I recently tied some Ed's Hoppers, but not yet used them
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A question from a complete ignorant on all things "fly"... how often does the average fly fisherman looses a fly during the fight? Is it as common as it happens offshore?
Looks like a very nice collection Ziggy. But I guess you're right... I'd say you need a few more!
Seldom lose flies in the fight - unless the tippet is too light or the knot failed...has happened on occasion
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:shk You have a serious problem and I recommend using this, it really works. :crzy
My wife prefers Doom actually!
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Have any of the flies caught anything :trout: :yellow: other than yourself. w;k :hehe: . :toppie:
many of these flies have caught fish, my self, my ears, my wifes ears amongst other things
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many of these flies have caught fish, my self, my ears, my wifes ears amongst other things
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Been there Ziggy, Done that, :hehe: :toppie:
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Do you keep rotten fish in those boxes to attract all those flies bud?
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You had me at Box and boobys :shk :shk :shk
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You had me at Box and boobys :shk :shk :shk
:hyst: :hyst: That is enough to get me interested in fly fishing.
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now I know why you fly fisherman have those jackets with so many pockets
If you want some more salt water flies go have a look at what my mate is tying on face book
Rupert Harvey's Ukflies
https://www.facebook.com/Ukflies?fref=ts (https://www.facebook.com/Ukflies?fref=ts)
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now I know why you fly fisherman have those jackets with so many pockets
If you want some more salt water flies go have a look at what my mate is tying on face book
Rupert Harvey's Ukflies
https://www.facebook.com/Ukflies?fref=ts (https://www.facebook.com/Ukflies?fref=ts)
I have a couple of boxes of salt water flies as well! And I am going to have to tie some for my bone fishing trip to Venezuela in december (just after 6 days in Patagonia using some of my flies on those monster trout)
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that sounds like a trip of a life time
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that sounds like a trip of a life time
looking forward to it - only problem is that the volcano that erupted in Chile a week ago is 120km away from where I am booked to fish in Patagonia. Hopefully things will be OK by then.
In Venezuela I am going to Los Roques - an archipelago of islands a short flight offshore from the mainland - bonefish heaven!!!
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I don't think you do!
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You never have enough flies if you collection doesnt include paraRABs...
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You never have enough flies if you collection doesnt include paraRABs...
If you look carefully you will find them!
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Why so many unfilled spaces in those boxes?
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You never have enough flies if you collection doesnt include paraRABs...
If you look carefully you will find them!
Oops my mistake
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Why so many unfilled spaces in those boxes?
I agree - and also why have other boxes that are totally empty?