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G'day Glenn...

[b:a500143bb3]G'day Glenn...
'Around the bend?!... you're being TOO kind!
Thanx!
This past weekend I went to a barn burner one day FF show...
The "Bear's Den" [Taunton, MA] puts on one phine phandango!
'got to watch David Nelson http://www.squimpishflies.com/mainpage.htm up close and personal and brought home a sack full of inspiration... click on David's "gallery"...
I've got a good friend in your neighborhood [Ottawa]... these phlyz will soon be landing in his mailbox...
You want some ideas... give Faruk a shout...
[search : ultimate bobbin or automatic bobbin]... http://www.automaticbobbin.com/advantage.htm
anyway...
these critterz happened yesterday after my Nelson exposure...
bugz for Faruk's pal who's lookin' to annoy some Tarpon...
weshallsee!?
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Penguin your mind must be

Penguin your mind must be around the bend :) Those flies of yours are phantastic keep them coming cause I can use the ideas

Very instructive

Always a pleasure wa

Always a pleasure watching your videos. Neil.

David,

I'm not su

David,

I'm not sure I understand your question, but I'll give it a shot anyway. The line comes out of the reel in such a way that it can easily pass through the guides on the rod. When the reel is mounted on the rod and you hold the rod correctly with the reel downwards, the line should come out of the reel on the underside in a forward direction. As you can see on this image.

Reel and rod

Hope I understand your question and that this helps

Martin

Im being a bit of an

Im being a bit of an idiot, but which part of the reel does the line come out of in regards to right angled underneath the reel. behind or in front?

There is one on Ebay

There is one on Ebay right now... can be yours for the not so low price of $75. Maybe a bit expensive...

I just found this si

I just found this site. Great information that I was able to share with someone on another forum looking to build his own tying bench. After reading the article, I've decided to build one to replace the disaster I created before finding the GFF Site.

Cut my teeth on the

Cut my teeth on the north umpqua over 30 years ago still miss fish'n for stellies if you've ever had 1 on, your hooked love the art of the old stellie flies & the newer ones to love the video brings back some found memories of my younger day's learning to tye & fish for these great fish,tight lines & keep the fur & feathers fly'n.

Thanks Dada...

[b:a49dd76d07]Encouraged by kind wordz and positive feedback [thanks Dada!], and fortified by the full moon, and a Canadian malt enhanced adult beverage...
I had another phuzzie notion episode...
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pheatherz, phur, and phlash are minimized and proportioned... colours, subtle...
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some tweeeeking... 'prophile enhancement... 'sparse buck tail topper...
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The only rule is there are NO rules...
sand lance insinuendo...
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mini-eel punt?...
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worm hatch to-go... 'justincase...
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Here in New England waterz, virtue can hurtue but variety can foster notoriety...
Colour, texture, balance, technique, and a phuzzie notion looking for a place to happen...
blah, blah, blah...
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I have become a fan

I have become a fan of the classic wet patterns, and have begun to tie some. Until reading your comments with each pattern describing how this or that catches fish, I was tying for display only. Having tied more than one of each pattern, I'm going to try them out on North Carolina mountain trout. Thanks for the great photos and encouraging remarks.

Our local Senior Cen

Our local Senior Center (55 Plus) has a fly tying club. We tie flies, swap recipes & materials, tell fishing stories, and offer emotional support for "losses". Recently, a member had a stroke, he wants to continue to tie and fish. But he only has full function in (of course) his left hand. Are there any suggestions for tying flies one-handed? Fly Fishing one-handed? Thanks.

Hi Pengui,

Hi Pengui,
watching your work for while and let me tell y, y really are one of the most talented flytier Ive ever seen... Those patterns are really outstandig, combinations of techniques incredible!!! Some of your patterns made my last summer on MV, stripers loved them... Thanks again.. :)

You are being ripped

You are being ripped off. A simple battery cautery costs $7. to $9 each. However, because they are medical devices they must be sold as single use disposable. Therefore, the prices you are seeing are for a box of 10! So get some of your good ole boys together a pony up. By the way, they are also excellent for removing ticks from dogs

Would you sell any o

Would you sell any of your SLS shrimp? I am NOT a tier at all but would love to try them on Bone fish when I go to Honduras this summer.

I do not think CO2 i

I do not think CO2 is merciful at all; why don't you use CO, carbon monoxide? Easier than obtaining argon, helium, etc!
Haven't you heard of people dying in their sleep from leaving their charcoal in the house or from being in a car with an exhaust leak? Well, that's carbon MONoxide, not DIoxide and if it wasn't merciful, they'd wake up. Haven't you heard of some people even going into their garage to use that way to commit suicide?
I am very surprised you haven't paid more attention to your chickens' behavior as you force them to stay in the can. Even if it's true there's only a "death purr", and no squirming or other behavior you neither see nor hear, this is more than must be with carbon monoxide.

bill davis i have so

bill davis i have some of berts streamers.contact me if you are still interested.

Bergman's book "Trou

Bergman's book "Trout" was the third book on fly fishing I bought in the period after WWII. A classmate of mine at the New York State Ranger School (1950) was the next door neighbor of Bergman. Never met Bergman but my clasmate had my book signed by him. My classmatge said that Bergman was a most friendly person to anglers and answered all letters. At one trime he was so busy answering letters that he had no time to fish and suffered what might becalled a nervlous breakdown. The plates in that book are still of great value to tyers.

hi...

a great job

hi...

a great job! but i think much more better if u try this : FISH, PHOTO & RELEASE
its a it's a different between catching & fishing ha...
remember... some people said "THATS WHY IT'S CALLED FISHIN - NOT CATCHIN!"

regards
mario_brosst

am experimenting wit

am experimenting with various flies =
estuary fishing for sea trout in s. irl. this is very helpful ta u very much

J-Jawz...

Great shrimp! How do

Great shrimp! How do you secure the plastic shell to the tube?

Hi.
Nice waters,nic

Hi.
Nice waters,nice fish,another place I would like to fish.

G'day Dave,
I'm ne

G'day Dave,
I'm new to rod building and was just verifying that you stack and glue your cork rings straight onto you'r blank? i have read a few other people's forums and they say to shape and then stack the rings on a piece of dowel where they are glued, removed and then fittted. what do you reccomend i do?
cheers, Luke