Gary Worrall
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Well,
Might as well get another post,Best budget buy IMHO,
Danika, or Danvise as it is sometimes called
Regards,
GaryWelcome aboard Joe,
To learn, you can go down two directions depending on your location,
Firstly,
You can join a club and learn through their members and fly tying sessions.
Secondly,
If you are not near any clubs, there are thousands of DVDs out there on how to tie flies, even YouTube has it covered,
Lastly,
This site has some of the best fly tiers from around the world, even from Australia we have our best saltwater tier, Chris BeechAs for a vice, if you are just tying for freshwater, almost any cheap vice will get you started,
Looking for a new starter vice,
IMHO, the Danvise has it covered,
Good vise, cheap, does everything from little trout hooks to large saltwater fliesIf you are in a remote area and do not have access to materials and tools, everything is available on the net, even flies available in the USA at very reasonable prices
Regards,
GaryHi Chad,
FWIW,
When my eyesight was 20/20, I used to shoot combat pistol, (IPSC),In low light, we used a yellow lens and it worked a treat!
For me though, having to buy prescription sunglasses of various colours is not an option but if you have 20/20 vision you will be OK
In reality, you will need at least 2 sets of glasses if you go down that track,
Lastly, there is another option,
I have a pair of photochromic glasses that also have a “clip on” Polaroid “over glass”
I have to say, with the clip on removed, even though they are still photochromic, I can see perfectly in low light
Regards,
GaryTks for the heads-up Mike, much appreciated,
Have not heard too much about the AW100 and have been still “sitting on the fence”I also, do not allow my D700, (only 12mp ;)) to venture near my boat,
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GaryI should edit the duck out,
Would be a very convincing rise 😉FWIW
Lake Tinaroo, Atherton tablelands, far north Queensland Australia
Barramundi is the target fish which are stocked there
Regards,
GaryHi Jeff,
The options are endless,
1. produce a background with photoshop
2. choose different coloured paper or material, (some guys actually make up a dedicated “mini room” for doing all their macros and just change the background to suit
3. One elaborate method I have seen is to fill the frame of the subject with say, green grass, use manual focus and blur the image, take an image, print it up and use that as a background
4. You will see a lot of fly-fishing mags with flies taken stream side and set up on rocks, rod cork, sitting on reelsAs you can see, endless!
Sure, some depends on software but you can “create” your Own backgrounds
A polarizing filter will help if you are getting glare of the water or a shiny object, just changing the angle will some times correct that
Regards,
GaryHi Peter,
Most images have long gone but I did take a photo on my second to last voyage when she was at anchor at a place called Kingscote off Kangaroo islandI have a picture of her hanging on one of my walls, that is the best I can do unfortunately
Regards,
GaryTks Peter,
Tks for the heads-up,
Not that I’,m going to build any more boats, too old! So is the bank account! Sold the last one, (34ft sloop), in 2002,
Now I have a plate alloy 16ft for a fishing platform, bought new!I always wanted to build a bay boat out of western red cedar but never got there,
I’m sure a cedar/epoxy lofted boat would be light and travel with 1/2 the HPRegards,
GaryNice Rig Peter,I have see a lot of boats built out of “western” re cedar here in Australia,
Other than the geographic coordinates, is there any difference in “eastern” red cedar?I was lucky enough to see a local builder a long time back build a 40ft sloop in western red cedar, very light and went like a rocket, very tender though
Regards,
GaryGreat images and great fish,
Very tempting for another trip there,
Where is the location?
FWIW,
I was looking at B&H today for, as would have it CIR_POL myself, compared to Australia, I though their prices were very good, especially the Hoya
(I guess you would already know you will need a circular polarizer not Linear for digital)
Regards,
GaryHi Maarten,
I don’t do a lot of B&W since I left film so not sure how these guys look in B&W?
Regards,
GaryVery cool Gary. Thats the first fly like that I have even seen. Did you come up with that tie or reproduce the technique?
Yes Chris,
I designed the fly, looks somewhat “agricultural” as I don’t have the tying skills of others here but design came about trying to imitate our local worms
Regards,
GaryHi Chris,
This is one of my segmented tube flies for our local whiting here,
With the lots of segments, it gives the fly a lot of natural movement,
I have various colours but this colour “matches the hatch” so to speak
As plastic floats, I have a tungsten bead a the front which keeps the “head” down and has a lot of movement throughout the body when twitched along the bottom
Regards,
GaryHi Chris,
Just arrived from a nights fishing, 9 snapper!
Haven’t forgotten you but should be able to get an image or 2 up in about 48 hours,
Sorry for the delay
Regards,
GaryHi Chris,
I’m a “world away” from your location but have been having local success using “piggy-backed” tube flies on our large local snook,I’m currently experimenting with a worm pattern which has eight small individual sections to give that “articulation” and movement
Regards,
GaryGreat Video Peter,
Good to have another “handle” on the gurgler, your tie is a great variation,
Tks for sharing
Regards,
GaryYou have a couple of great cameras there, I’m sure the D700 will fit into the old Nikon “legend” title one day
Might try out a few waterproof/shockproof cameras at my proshop soon,
Regards,
GaryHi Roy,
Had a D700 for about 3 years now, still saving up for some more glass,
Looking at the AW 100 though, could certainly get used fishing as I never take the D700 near any water, well, stream side is OK but I do a lot of saltwater fly-fishing and that environment is not good for cameras not designed for the job
Regards,
Gary
