Neal Osborn
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Most members of my family are competition bass fisherman and most have big expensive bass boats and fish finders and motors. However, they completely freak out when they see the prices of fly fishing gear, especially the reels. Most people think that a reel over $100 is top shelf but in fly fishing that is just a base price for an entry reel. Furthermore, in bass fishing, a top shelf rod like G. Loomis is uncommonly seen and again most of my relatives would probably beat someone up or laugh them off the water if they were fishing stuff like that. It really amazes me how much money is spent in fly fishing, especially saltwater! I have found that gear guys who switch over or dabble in fly fishing are often shocked at the initial investment.
These are great questions! I’m sure this will lead to a great discussion with many opinions and hopefully someone can post some good “general” articles on the topic. Most people fish nymphs with a floating line and a mono leader with the nymph on the end of the leader. It gets pretty complicated with all the different types of nymph fishing and the rig setups. Here is were it gets complicated – it is not uncommon to fish nymphs with sinking lines on lakes because you need to get to the deeper water. Also, I sometimes use small size 14 wooly buggers (a streamer) as nymphs, hahaha.
George, no offense but I’m confused about the point of this post? In the fly tying section you wrote that you have been using a Renzetti vise for over two years and recommended it as a great product. I assume you would have tied some nymphs by now. Please clarify.
Neal
Mike – Please post a picture of the holographic mirror sheets!! If you can get that at a craft store it would be a huge find, that stuff can get costly.
Try these patterns first. They are classic soft bodied poppers and easier to tie without the need for epoxy. Remember to use wide gap hooks or your hook-up rate goes down.
The Gurgler by Jack Gartside
http://www.jackgartside.com/step_gurgler.htm
http://www.flyfishsaltwaters.com/flygurgler.htm
The Stealth Bomber
Grappling – it’s free!!
Cane Pole fishing is always very cheap!!
Fly fishing is just flat out expensive!
Zach – what I’m thinking is to employ the Drummel Tool to make popper heads like we did last fall but to make a rocket shape, long and thin.
Dave,
Amazon is having a great deal on the 18-200 VR right now http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BY52NU?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=dealt4725-20&linkCode=asn.
I stumbled upon the original Calcasien Pig Boat recipe today while browsing online. Here is a clip from the book, “Fly Fisher’s Pattern Book” by Gene Kugach http://books.google.com/books?id=LOFDXjrLkvAC&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=crease+fly+template&source=web&ots=HaTYMvKa4Z&sig=7GQjkrLHx6hjsDC0oogOdTeazVg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result#PPP1,M1
Page 131 has the recipe and a bit of history on the fly.
Here is a clip from the book.
I saw them on ebay.
You can order them from here as well (but I won’t, too expensive) http://www.huotinstruments.com/dermaPunch.asp
I failed to mention this above but I am going to check in to this and post an update once I have the ordering figured out.
Also, I suppose you could make a similar tool with car antennae or bullet shells but it is hard to get down to the 3mm size.
This is pretty niche stuff and I would not in any way recommend a beginner tier go spend money on these things. I would classify this as “something you absolutely DON’T need”. However, it is fun to have ;D
Examples of punch biopsy tools. You can get them on ebay if interested.
By the way, these are great for punching tubes from closed cell foam for hopper patterns. The larger size 6-8mm would be perfect for making Boobie eyes for the Boobie fly!
but nothing will help shorten the learnin curve like getting out and shooting with people.
For alot of hobbiest from rank beginner to advanced amateur (where I rank myself) shooting is often a social activity to. I owe alot of what I learned/a, learning to some great amateurs.
One guy Jody Melanson whos website Ive linked here in the past taught me probably 80% of what I know, simply by being able to meet him in the field and shooting wit him. I met became aquainted with him, through forums like this.
I totally agree with John here.
Bret, LOL. I’ve never been a great fly caster but fly tying is what I enjoy doing the most. My Dad owned a small lure company when I was little and my brother still makes bass lures. Over time you just seem to accumulate all this stuff. I never thought about the Plano box for fly tying storage until today but it really solves a big problem for me since my tying desk is in my home office and we gotta keep it clean – right?
I’ve been on a Plano box kick lately. Here is how I organized all my loose materials today – took it all out of the packaging and put stuff in boxes by category (i.e. a box for chenille, a box for rubber, a box for rabbit fur, etc.). Total cost was only $10 (for the boxes alone that is, ha). They all stack up nice and neat for storage.
