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Stripers Online Forums » Fly Tying
1w ago
Can any of you fine educated gentlemen tell me what kinda feather this is ?? ..read more
Stripers Online Forums » Fly Tying
3w ago
I’m getting started for my trip. It’s still a long way off. I plan to fill the CF Designs Boat Box for the trip. Right now I have a small pile of Gotchas started. I’ll tie in stages where I can.
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Stripers Online Forums » Fly Tying
3w ago
Just an Idea to have a thread (if one is already here forgive me)
SO down the rabbit hole of you tube videos came upon this tyer Jon, from Sweden, super talented and makes it look way to easy, but I like how he also goes into detail about the bug he's tying and so forth. He has a lot of videos out there if you like this one
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Stripers Online Forums » Fly Tying
1M ago
Hey all,
I've been painting double barrel popper heads with Copic markers for a while now, but I've always had trouble with the top coat. The best I've found so far is Loon soft head, but even that will still peel off after a few fish, taking the color with it. What do you folks use as a top coat over your painted soft foam popper heads? ..read more
Stripers Online Forums » Fly Tying
1M ago
So, I was looking through some old flies I had(no idea where I got some of them) and I found this thing and loved it!
I'm working on tying a few too try out, but I'm curious, what is this pattern called ..read more
Stripers Online Forums » Fly Tying
1M ago
I’m sitting on a big pile of bucktail and one color I keep getting asked for is olive. Anyone know of which dye/ color usually comes out best? ..read more
Stripers Online Forums » Fly Tying
1M ago
I use glue for eyes etc but RaidZap Flex is useful stuff. However, it's so expensive it simply is not viable for me, even if used sparingly. Does anyone have any cheaper alternatives for flexible UV resin?
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Stripers Online Forums » Fly Tying
1M ago
Our humane society has a little thrift store that usually has some nice things. I’ve found several fly fishing and tying related books over the years, likely due to the number of retirees from the northeast. I dropped off some donations today and took a look through the books.
I thought this was a good find, especially for $2. Looks like it was never opened. ..read more
Stripers Online Forums » Fly Tying
1M ago
So being a that I tied saltwater flies for 20 years and now moving into trout flies I was wonder what materials can be used for both aside from deer hair etc,,,
anyone ever use “ultra hair” the early surf candy synthetic for spinner wings? I find myself using EP style fibers as of now or calf tails etc…
just curious what materials you Tyers have found well as crossovers ..read more
Stripers Online Forums » Fly Tying
1M ago
So I am curious, besides the hairline pseudo hackle, what are some artificial hackle alternatives? I'm thinking of mainly using for wooly buggers and similar paterns as a more durable consistent option. ..read more