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hankaye
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by hankaye » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:41 am
Stendalen, Howdy;
Martin, Beautiful flys,
Excellent pix.
hank
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CreationBear
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by CreationBear » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:45 am
Lovely flies (and photography!) I'm very curious about that last fly, especially how you wrapped the hackle--are you wrapping from the eye back toward the hookpoint, then working your thread back through the hackle? And it seems as if you've left a little dubbing in a split thread as you've done so?
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by Soft-hackle » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:49 am
Sounds wonderful!
Mark
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by redietz » Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:20 pm
Do let us know how the day turned out.
What's the body made of on the first fly pictured?
Bob
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by Ron Eagle Elk » Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:50 pm
All three flies are beautiful, but the first one just rocks my boat. Recipe please. I really like the hook on the last two as well. What is it? Again, beautiful dressings on all three.
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by William Anderson » Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:22 pm
Martin, these are off the charts. I love this style and love the pics. Just top rate. Thanks for these.
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by tie2fish » Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:30 am
Outstanding work, both flies and photos.
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letumgo
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by letumgo » Fri Oct 19, 2012 7:56 am
Martin - is the top fly tyed on one of the straight-eye hooks I sent? That reminds me, I intended to order some more of these to play with. They make a lovely wee fly. I love your creations. Beautifully buggy (sincere compliment).
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by Ruard » Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:19 am
letumgo wrote:Martin - is the top fly tyed on one of the straight-eye hooks I sent? That reminds me, I intended to order some more of these to play with. They make a lovely wee fly. I love your creations. Beautifully buggy (sincere compliment).
Hi Ray, What hooks did you have in mind??
Very nice flies and photo's. Did you manipulate the colors with a computer?
greeting