tying?

[DoubleM]

I have but not for long. Just got a vice for Christmas and have been enjoying it. Recently I was trying some shrimp patterns, hoping to test soon. Tried the craft shrimp and a variation on the p-f favorite cooknshrimp. And a articfox crab Fun times. Hey, who's mustard is that?!

What are you tying?

[Wuluf]

Sweet! Last fly I tied was a schminnow.

[DoubleM]

Schminnow looks like a good snook fly. I tied some all white ones too.

[BearsFan]

[DaveR]

Been lazy lately. Back to the vise!

[DoubleM]

Pretty fly BF, I see the tail is bunny, what's the body made of?

[Rik]

There's good looking flies and there are flies that catch fish. They are not always the same.

[BearsFan]

Body is deer.

This pic is from Monday.


Same pattern in olive, from sometime in may.


Just another pretty fly...

[John]

Damn, where you catching the Stripers? nice fish, nice fly!

[BearsFan]

We have a small native population up here, really only a viable option in the cold months when they feed in the salt estuaries. In the spring they follow spawning bait fish up the rivers and feed heavily. In the warm months they remain dormant in the cold of the deep pools. A study I read said that they lose between 30% and 70% of their body weight over the summer. They return to the estuaries to feed in early winter. Remarkable fish.

[DaveR]

"just another pretty fly"
Ooooh, that smarts.

[John]

So where are you at BF, I'd love to try and take a Striper off my Wish list and put it on my Fish List!

[JoeS]

So where are you at BF, I'd love to try and take a Striper off my Wish list and put it on my Fish List!

I am guessing the Apalachicola River south of Lake Talquin in Tallahassee....we used to get them there before the 1997 drawdown....I heard they have come back......MTL that fish was taken south of the Dam......

[BearsFan]

Not there but within 50 miles or so.

[John]

Ok, I thought you lived on the Est coast for some reason, didn't realise you were up in Tallahassee, I am up that way every once in a while for work.

nice work mate!

[DoubleM]

Holy Cow, have you ever heard of the fly tyers dungeon? No it's not a tight loop inspired S&M video, it's a guy in Montana's business. http://www.flytyersdungeon.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It's hard to support local shops when this guy exists. Check out this package I got for $28 w/ shipping..

The bottom row is all fiber. The top lefts are flash and top right is a marabou replacement that kinda looks like marabou w/ flash. Me happy.

Hopefully making it to the fort on Sunday to prefish and test some new top secret fiber jigs