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I have read that one

I have read that one should never clip hackle if it is too long. Trimmed barbels will not float as well -- will break the surface tension of the water. Only use the correct length hackle. Is this true??

Far too enthusiastic

This review is far too enthusiastic. Although the book is well presented the it nowhere near deserves Global Class rating that your reviewer suggests nor is it "a modern landmark in the history of the soft hackles". It gives an overall impression of serious research but this is misleading. The historical section lacks scholastic rigour and contains far too many errors and assumptions.

Knut,

Those two i

Knut,

Those two in the picture is the closest you will come to Skull Head Sunrays on this site. We're a magazine. We sell nothing. We buy nothing.

But Jon who supplied the image sells them. Check his site for more info.

Martin

Do you have Skull ha

Do you have Skull haeds Sunray Shadows? price??

Comment to The Shiner by Bill Chandler

Nice Job there Bill........... Looks like it would be a great Fall pattern for some big ole' brownies.

Albert,

Click on

Albert,

Click on the image to go to the article and follow the link to Squizzer's web site and ask them. I can't think of anybody better to ask!

Martin

Would like to buy th

Would like to buy the squizzers but where from

Very relaxing very g

Very relaxing very good,thank you.

Does anyone out ther

Does anyone out there know where one can purchase the pre-fabricated caddis pupa bodies used by Shane Stalcup in his video of tying a caddis pupa? I would like to try them, but don't know where to find them.
Thanks.

absolutely beautiful

absolutely beautiful work. where can I find materal to dress flies with the original materials

Comment to James M. Warner January 8, 1928 - Febru

I got to know Jim personally in the early 60's. He started me fly tying streamers in 1956 on an old Thompson vise and a pair of shears I had along with a hackle pliers made out of a coat hanger. All thumbs I was. Living in Maine and fishing was a way of life for a lot of us younger boys. Even a few weeks before his passing Jim and I would chat about when he first started tying. What a great gentleman, fly tier, husband, father and a great friend to all he meant along this great man's wonderful journey of life. Rest in peace my friend...you have touched so many lives with your gift and greatness.

"The Grizz"

Graham,
 
 No... we

Graham,

No... we can't send anything. We're not a shop.

You need shrink tube, a lighter and a pair of scissors. Look on eBay or Amazon or this UK dealer or your local electronics dealer for the tube - which should be just slightly thicker than your fly line - and in your supermarket for the lighter and the scissors.

That's the best we can do.

Martin

is there anyway you

is there anyway you could send me the tools and shrink rap to make my own loops please

hello , my name is E

hello , my name is Eric Harkless and i have a new reel invention and i don't know where to start. i do know i need to get a patent and from what i hear from people is that patents cost a lot of money. I don't have any but i know that my reel will make billions. do you have any advice you can spare or are you interested in making it for me for 5% of the patent? I have to try every avenue that comes to me because i believe in this product more than i believe in myself. sad to say but true. Any help of direction you can give me will be appreciated on many levels.

I admire your passio

I admire your passion and integrity exemplified by the thoroughness and fairness in this useful/well written article. Thank you

Thanks well done.

Thanks well done.

Jari,

I'm sorry a

Jari,

I'm sorry about placing Fiskars in Sweden. I know it's Finnish and knew it when I wrote the article. It must have been a Freudian slip... It's been corrected.

Martin

Very Nice Article!

Very Nice Article!
Not to be overlooked are medical/scientific supply firms that carry an extensive range of scissors from very expensive titanium edged scissors made by firms such as Biomedical Research Instruments to very reasonably priced knock-off surgical scissors from India, Pakistan and China

I have been researching

I have been researching fishing methods for Denmark for a few weeks now and this has completely blown me away! I am a keen fisherman but have never seen or heard of this technique. I am unable to afford a fly fishing set up at the moment and I go to East Jutland on holiday in a weeks time and very happy now that I will be able to try this. Thank you for sharing and I HOPE I can catch my first sea trout this way.

Are these for sale?

Are these for sale?

I bought a pair of t

I bought a pair of the Solingen curved double serated scissors at whitetail a couple of years ago, and I can tell you;
those are very good, I do a lot of deerhair tying and these are truly great, a must have for shaping Dahlberg diver heads for example.

This is a great Yout

This is a great Youtube you have done I just started tieing flyies and just love doing diferent color variations. I have been useing the colored beads for eys and they work great. I do really like your site its great.

Fiskars is FINISH co

Fiskars is FINISH company , founded in 1649.

Looks great

Looks great. I've used feathers for baitfish before but they were destroyed after one fish so it wasn't worth the time in tying. Now I stick to Gamechangers. Tooth-proof!