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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Tie on thread at hook eye. 2) Tie on bright green bucktail and wrap a smooth underbody back to hook bend. 3) Tie on silver tinsel at hook bend. 4) Dub a smooth body of pink dubbing back to hook eye. 5) Rib body with silver tinsel. 6) Tie on white bucktail so that the tips line up with tip of tail. 7) Tie on pink bucktail on top of the white, so that the tips line up with tip of tail. 8) Tie on green bucktail on top of the pink, so that the tips line up with tip of tail. 9) Tie on Squirrel tail on top of the green, so the tips line up with tip of tail. 10) Flip hook over and tie in pink bucktail throat. 11) Whip finish the head and coat with head cement. Note : I used Chartreuse bucktail in this classic pattern instead of bright green. It's just my personnel preference for steelhead fishing. |
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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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