| Last Comment by Coastrider - Posted Date: Thu January 19, 2012 6:19am |
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It actualy is a wet fly and the wing flutters when stripped but I tied this particular one with deer hair as opposed to arctic fox tail so it will skate on the surface. Will try them both ways. The tail is very flexible though
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| Photo Details: "UV chenille prawn 1st try" by Coastrider - Posted Date: Tue January 17, 2012 - Rating: n/a |
| Last Comment by btree - Posted Date: Tue January 17, 2012 3:36pm |
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{ppcode}Cool looking fly, but I'm confused - is it a skater with that big wing off the nose, or is it a wet fly since it looks like it's tied on a heavy iron hook?
If it's a wet fly, I'd trim off that wing.
If it's a skater, I'd tied more but on light wire hooks.
Love the eyes - very buggy.
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| Photo Details: "UV chenille prawn 1st try" by Coastrider - Posted Date: Tue January 17, 2012 - Rating: n/a |
| Last Comment by btree - Posted Date: Wed January 11, 2012 11:54am |
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{ppcode}What the heck! Two flies in one eh? You should write an article/step by step explanation of the pattern and the logic behind it. Looks deadly though!
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| Photo Details: "Double stacked polar fry" by flyfisher3000 - Posted Date: Wed January 11, 2012 - Rating: n/a |
| Last Comment by Coastrider - Posted Date: Tue January 3, 2012 11:20pm |
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Assuming its your wife, shes got a nice tight loops there
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| Photo Details: "Sunny New Year's Eve Day" by btree - Posted Date: Tue January 3, 2012 - Rating: n/a |
| Last Comment by Coastrider - Posted Date: Fri December 23, 2011 8:19am |
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where do you get the heron feathers if you dont mind me asking, cant find them localy
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| Photo Details: "Winter Orange Spey" by ded heron - Posted Date: Sat November 19, 2011 - Rating: n/a |
| Last Comment by btree - Posted Date: Tue December 20, 2011 2:23pm |
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{ppcode}Yes C, that is my old Snowbee XS-P 9'6" #8. Still love that rod, it cannons out line overhead with that new XS-XD line in a #8, though I still prefer the classic blue & white snowbee XS floater in a #9. Overhead, it rips to the point where I've had to splice on more running line to reach into tripple digits. With single handed spey casts, that #9 handles tips amazingly well and still has as much delicacy as a #9 line can have - it still fools the trout on the "M" with dries and a long leader 
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| Photo Details: "Early Christmas Present" by btree - Posted Date: Tue December 20, 2011 - Rating: n/a |
| Last Comment by ded heron - Posted Date: Tue November 22, 2011 2:10pm |
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{ppcode}Cutthroats eh? Just reminded me of a very cool happening on a smaller stream up north this fall. My friend was fishing a pool while I was spotting for him, guiding him as it were to the location of the steelies in the pool. He cast his fly to the far bank to swing the fly in the tail out across a couple of resting fish. Out of nowhere, a fish grabs his goods. All I saw from the bluff I was standing on was silver flashing in the deep. It looked a little small. Sure enough it was a decent cuttie, 'bout 20". I chuckled. Just when he was about to get it to hand a HUGE steelhead rose from the deepest part of the pool and looked as though it was going to take a chomp out of this poor cuttie. It followed the hooked fish for about 5 seconds and then return to the deep. Spectacular sight! Neither of us hooked the big one.
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| Photo Details: "Winter Orange Spey" by ded heron - Posted Date: Sat November 19, 2011 - Rating: n/a |
| Last Comment by ded heron - Posted Date: Mon November 21, 2011 2:03pm |
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{ppcode}Thanks!
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| Photo Details: "Winter Orange Spey" by ded heron - Posted Date: Sat November 19, 2011 - Rating: n/a |
| Last Comment by btree - Posted Date: Sun November 20, 2011 12:01pm |
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{ppcode}Lovely tie as usual. Should be a very effective cuttie pattern as well later in the spring when the alevin begin to show.
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| Photo Details: "Winter Orange Spey" by ded heron - Posted Date: Sat November 19, 2011 - Rating: n/a |
| Last Comment by btree - Posted Date: Fri November 11, 2011 8:43am |
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{ppcode}It's the cork that came with the kit I ordered - it's not completely conventional looking compared with a factory made rod, but you'll find that it's the fore grip that often comes in switch rod builder kits. I'm not particularly fond of the design, but it does give guidance for placing the top hand which is good since the rod is not for me, but my fiancee. She is new to spey casting, and she liked the look of the grip so I put it on. It gives two comfortable grip points - one for single handed casting, and one for two handed casting. It's an incredibly light rod that casts an 8-9wt line easily single handed or about 360-390 grains two handed.
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| Photo Details: "11ft #6 Quickline Switch" by btree - Posted Date: Sun November 6, 2011 - Rating: n/a |
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