I was trying to tie a fly created by Larry Coburn for the Gunpowder. It's a version of a sulphur that has duck quills tied down in a wet-fly manner. I don't...

I was trying to tie a fly created by Larry Coburn for the Gunpowder. It's a version of a sulphur that has duck quills tied down in a wet-fly manner. I don't...

I make this post every two years or so, hoping some not-so-braindead fly tying materials wholesaler will (finally) recongnize a good idea, package it up and...

I have several of Pearsall's "stout" floss in 2" long bobbins. They are single strand. Is it advantageous to dispense these using a bobbin holder, and if so...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7155457745 Hmmm, this could be interesting. -- Frank Reid Euthenize to respond

Try number 2 All, I finally finished a Looooong project of building a flytying desk for my computer room/den. I finished it today and and got it moved inside....

Nice work grasshopper

Howdy, I've been tying all sorts of things for my NC trip, and in the process of doing various Wulff ties, I noticed that I always seem to have one problem. ...

Anybody know the pattern for this John Barr pattern ? The article in this month's Fly Fisherman shows it and John discusses it briefly, but I would like to...

Caught my first trout this evening. On one of the first flies I tied as well (the ez nymph to be exact). Nothing to brag about size wise (just a wee fish) but...

Read with interest the posts to Frank's thread. A couple of thoughts for what they are worth. First, do NOT attempt to imitate spinners and duns with the same...

The Fly Tying classes with Mark Backmann up at Welches, Oregon? If so was it useful. It is a hike from my home to his fly shop, but be worth it if I learned...

Does anyone have a good pattern for fishing shad in the northwest? I'll be fishing the rivers around Portland Or. The two local shops I went to didn't have...

Okay, also called the coffin fly. Big assed bug, and therein lies the problem. Who uses what for the extended body? I've just ordered some white porcupine...

for many years I've found "half spent" ties fish better in a heavy spinner fall than the traditional "both wings down" style But, I've never come up with an...

I found this fly in the Umpqua 2001 catalog of flies. It is the possie fly and is made with Australian opposum fur. Looks identical to the mystery fur...

Thomas Littleton wrote in message 2iUbe.3402$u56.1185@trndny09 "Stan Gula" wrote in...

I need to dye some mallard flank feathers an olive color for a pattern called a Loeberg Streamer.I've never dyed feathers before. Any favorite dyes that you...

In Doug Swisher's book about backcountry fishing in Florida he mentions a tying material called Tasmanian Devil that he uses in white shrimp patterns. ...

Got some light brown Alpaca today. It's really fine and sort of slippery (almost dubbing-like). Any specific patterns that use Alpaca?