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- Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:22 am
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: How To Make Peacock Herl Stronger?
- Replies: 5
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I have never had any problems with peacock herl unraveling on flies...unless they have caught many fish :D It is important to keep the windings tight and make sure that they are locked in with several winding of thread. Another trick you could employ, is when you catch the end of the herl with the t...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:33 am
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: How To Make Peacock Herl Stronger?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2017
- Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:59 am
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: A Good Start to 2009
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6087
- Wed May 21, 2008 9:34 am
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: OFS Open House
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1834
- Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:20 pm
- Forum: Fish-Hawk Fly Swap
- Topic: Fly Swap #3 - Favourite Bass Surface Fly
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13757
- Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:43 pm
- Forum: Fish-Hawk Fly Swap
- Topic: Fly Swap #1 - Favorite Trout Streamer
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14209
Todd and fellow swappers.... The flies finnaly reached Carleton Place today. Flies look great and will surely fool a few trout next summer. Todd thank you very much for organizing and doing all the leg work. Merry Christmas everyone and wishing eveyone a fish filled New Year! Stephan (Woolly Bugger)
- Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:35 pm
- Forum: Fish-Hawk Fly Swap
- Topic: Fly Swap #2 - Favourite Stillwater Dropper & Chironomid
- Replies: 16
- Views: 23993
- Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:45 pm
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: Float Tube Tarpon
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1285
- Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:53 pm
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: What flies are you tying this winter?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4006
Hi Salar, That's a good question. There are so many patterns I would like to tie up this winter that I find it hard to decide where to start. Here's a few I would like tackle.... Streamers: Various Woolly Bugger patterns (probably the most useful and versatile fly pattern out there) Baby Brook Trout...
- Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:17 am
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: Dragon Fly Nymph Patterns
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1714
- Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:53 pm
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: Anyone building a new Rod this winter?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1628
Salar, thanks for the links. Getting into rod building is not very expensive. I have made all of my wooden rod stands and thread tensioner (from a slightly modified cheap fly tying bobbin). I bought a very small 6rpm motor from Cabelas several years ago which I build into a wooden stand. If you can ...
- Fri Nov 30, 2007 10:41 am
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: Anyone building a new Rod this winter?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1628
Anyone building a new Rod this winter?
As winter is starting to take hold and we are forced to put the fly rod away (except for ice fishing or if you travel south:D ) other piscatorial pursuits are taken up. There is fly tying to fill up all our boxes and try to tie some new patterns but are any of you going to build a new fly rod this w...
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:41 pm
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: Advice needed
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4962
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:19 pm
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: Advice needed
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4962
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:41 pm
- Forum: Float & Fly Fishing
- Topic: Algonkin Fly Fishers Fly Tying Night (Nov 29)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2675