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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Tie on Wing using instructions in Shimazaki package, Thorax style. 2) Wind the thread back to the start of the hook bend. 3) Tie in small ball of dubbing. 4) Tie on Microfibett tail so that it splays out over the ball of dubbing. 5) Wrap beaver dubbing body to the base of the wing. 6) Tie in hackle at base of wing. 7) Wrap dubbing forward half way between hook eye and base of wing. 8) Wrap Hackle forward t o the end of the dubbed area. 9) Tie off hackle and dub the rest of the way to the head. 10) Whip finish head. Note : Shimazaki Airthru Fly wing is a new Product from UMPQUA feather merchants. It can be ordered through The Fly Shop in Redding California. |
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When I was 13 my parents gave me a fly fishing outfit for my birthday. That year I spent a lot of time trying to fly fishing on our local trout stream. I caught nothing the whole summer. My dad, not being a fisherman, couldn't understand how I could keep going back day after day. One day a friend of his a work suggested we visit Carl Coleman who had a fly fishing store in the basement of his house. We went to Carl's and bought a fly tying kit, and Carl told us of a man who lived in my neighborhood named Lynn Holt who might help me tie some flies. That winter, Lynn graciously let me come over to his house on Wednesday nights to tie flies. The very first trip that next spring I caught my first Trout. Lynn did not ask for anything for all the lessons he gave me, he did it for the love of the sport. He was passing on a gift that will last me a lifetime.
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