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Offline Ziggy

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Do I have enough trout flies?
« on: May 21, 2013, 04:04:40 PM »
...somehow, I never think I do!
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2013, 04:07:22 PM »
Nowhere near enough Ziggy  :hyst:
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2013, 04:09:26 PM »
Quote from: WalkersKiller on May 21, 2013, 04:07:22 PM
Nowhere near enough Ziggy  :hyst:


WK - some of the dries you sold me are lurking in there!


....and i still have lots of tiger fish flies and saltwater flies......and a ton of tying material to make more and more flies....why not?
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2013, 04:12:01 PM »
 :cens  nice collection  (clap)
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2013, 04:12:12 PM »
How many and have you named them all? :hehe:

Looks like a serious collection there!
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2013, 04:16:35 PM »
 :shk Nah you need some more..... :nuts:
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2013, 04:17:58 PM »
Quote from: John F on May 21, 2013, 04:12:12 PM
How many and have you named them all? :hehe:

Looks like a serious collection there!
I cant even remember the names of all of my family - never mind the flies
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2013, 04:20:04 PM »
Wow
1 more should do  :hehe:
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2013, 04:24:32 PM »
Pretty impressive !
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2013, 04:30:14 PM »
Quote from: Fish - n - Chicks on May 21, 2013, 04:20:04 PM
Wow
1 more should do  :hehe:


I just tied that next  one!
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2013, 04:32:28 PM »
 :shk I thought a couple of hooks and sinkers is enough!
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2013, 04:58:59 PM »
Quote from: Charles on May 21, 2013, 04:32:28 PM
:shk I thought a couple of hooks and sinkers is enough!
Maybe in those dry Darfur "rivers"
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2013, 05:17:36 PM »
My goodness Ziggy, that gives new meaning to the saying "One life - Fish it!"
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2013, 06:40:54 PM »
Ziggy, fly tying is an art and you are at the top of the tree, excellent tying
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2013, 07:37:38 PM »
 :shk ... yikes , thats a lot of flies ... take me about three lifetimes to go thru all of those , nice collection  Ziggy .. (clap)
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2013, 08:44:19 PM »
Ziggy, the tying bug has truly bitten. :shk
Two of your boxes = 5 of mine :blush:
Keep on tying , I now only tie when I realize I only have 6 flies left in my box. w;k
 
I swim in the river often, and flies not used rust and then let you down when you least need it to happen.  :unhap
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2013, 05:31:15 AM »



   nice collection 


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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #17 on: May 22, 2013, 08:06:19 AM »
Now for the truth...
you may have many flies, but it is seldom that you have the "right" fly!
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #18 on: May 22, 2013, 09:30:19 AM »
Quote from: dodger on May 21, 2013, 06:40:54 PM
Ziggy, fly tying is an art and you are at the top of the tree, excellent tying
Dodger - I am still new at tying - but have tied about maybe 100 flies so far - I have learnt a lot on youtube - especially from a guy called Davie McPhail - see some of his tuts here Tying a Catskill style Dry Fly with Davie McPhail


I have also been through Tom Sutcliffe's book "The elements of fly tying" as well as a number of other books
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Re: Do I have enough trout flies?
« Reply #19 on: May 22, 2013, 09:37:04 AM »
Quote from: Herman Jooste on May 21, 2013, 08:44:19 PM
Ziggy, the tying bug has truly bitten. :shk
Two of your boxes = 5 of mine :blush:
Keep on tying , I now only tie when I realize I only have 6 flies left in my box. w;k
 
I swim in the river often, and flies not used rust and then let you down when you least need it to happen.  :unhap
of all those flies - I have tied maybe about 100 or so. The rest is what I have been collecting over the years (some are over 20 years old0 - but no rust. I also wade the rivers, but manage to keep flies dry somehow
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