Apr 10 2009
Have a look at this PDF – this is a partial inventory of a friends supply after the shop his family ran closed it’s doors in 2001. The prices are all retail from 2001 and earlier, and Shan is open to any reasonable offers on the supplies, plus shipping.
So whether it’s hooks, dubbing, feathers, chenille… whatever you can think of, have a look.
May 11 2008
One of the members on the Calgary Flyfishing Forum posted up this excellent step-by-step, complete with some excellent photos, for this amazing looking Golden Stone.
Apr 15 2008
I hadn’t been by the Peak web site in a while – and during my recent tying binge, a couple accessory wishes came to mind, prompting me to go have a look.
Wow – have things changed since my last visit! To be honest, my last visit was probably around the same time that I bought my Peak vice – which will be 2 years old this August!
Anyway, one of the accessories that I’m thinking about is a tying basket – something to catch all the clippings. However, I’m not sure about something that mounts to the post like the Peak basket. I think that something that tucks under the desk might be more desireable.
The profile plate would be nice, but the last photos I did (of the woven dragon) I thought turned out really nice. The background is just a sheet of black craft foam, propped up against a big book.
These items really caught my eye though:
The lamp might be overkill – as I already have an OTT lamp, and I do have a roll of hook and look material – the hooks make great dubbing brushes…. but the tool would be nice ;^) Now the magnifying glass – that I could really use – as I definitely don’t have the 20/20+ of my younger days.
Apr 12 2008
Was doing some experimentation this evening, and put together a few flies that show some promise I think.
Using a weaving technique that I saw Don Freschi (one of the hosts on Sport Fishing on the Fly) use for a chironomid pattern, I built up a really nice looking body, using contrasting colors of chenille and yarn. The effect was great – building up the body really nice. Using foam underneath the weave also helped build up the body, and along with the foam eyes, I hope that it floats!
The basic pattern was something like this:
Hook: #6 streamer
Tail: Olive marabou
Underbody: 1/8″ strip of foam
Body: Medium dark olive chenille and light olive chenille (tried other combinations, including peacock ice yarn, which looked very good)
Legs:
Olive sillilegs and olive partridge rump – wrapped a couple times like a sparse carey.
Eyes: black foam
Here are a couple other variations that I did. The one without the foam eyes also uses a lead underbody instead of foam.
Apr 10 2008
This past January, I met Skip at a weekend seminar that our club helped organize, and he tied and talked about this very effective pattern
There are a couple articles over at Flyfisherman.com by Skip Morris, about his Skip Nymph, some variations including some anatomical variants, as well as how and when to fish them.
Gotta tie a bunch myself now!
