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  • Reply to: Parachute mayfly   1 year 10 months ago

    Looks like something Ulf hagstrom or Chris Sandford would tie.

  • Reply to: Fly fishing leader construction   1 year 10 months ago

    Kristjan,

    When I make furled leaders using mono I use very thin mono and usually end it in a loop. To this loop I attach a piece of mono and I then attach the tippet to that.

    It's true that the tip of the furled leader is fairly thick when using mono - when ending with four strands it's of course four times the thickness of the line you furl. So the trick is to keep it thin, but even with a 0.10 mm line you will still end up with a 0.40 mm tips as you also mention, and will need a further "step" down.

    I typically fish a 0.20 or 0.25 mm tippet in my fishing, so a piece of 0.30mm of about 30-50 cm will suffice to give a proper taper. I also use this piece as a "wear piece" that I can cut down when changing tippet, and exchange completely when it becomes too short.

    For thinner tippets - like for stream fishing - I use furled leaders made from tying thread, in which case the tip is much thinner, and this problem rarely occurs.

    I hope this helps

    Martin

  • Reply to: Fly fishing leader construction   1 year 10 months ago

    Hello, First let me say I love your website! It is a constant source of information for me.

    So, my question is about tapered furled leaders, more so with tip diameter. If I look at the table of butt section diameters, at the end of this article, I can get the butt sections in the appropriate diameter, for example ca. .55mm for 5 wt.
    But using the same material, my tip diameter is about .40mm which seems a bit much to tie on 0.14mm tippet.

    No matter what diameter mono I use the leader tip always seems too large for tippet. The only solution I found until now is to do a two part furled leader, where I first furl 4 strands and then marry the 4 strands furled mono to the actual furled leader via loop to loop. The taper comes out to 22-18-14-10-6-4, when using the formula from this site.

    Is the large jump in diameter ok, am I just being overpedantic? Should I tie tapers before tippet or is there any other trick to get a good taper from the tip of the furled leader to tippet?

  • Reply to: Silky Scud   1 year 10 months ago

    GDay Martin. Surprised to se my video here, very cool. Last place I would have expected to be given the participants and audience. Anyway, glad you found it interesting enough to warrant posting. Take care.

  • Reply to: The Water’s Violin   1 year 11 months ago

    Thank you Kate. I am not sure what part of Bartok’s violin piece inspired me. Thank you for your comments. They are helpful and encouraging. If you get a chance read Simon’s Daughter. It is the 2021 Robert Traver Fly- Fishing Writing Award Story in the Spring 2022, The American Fly Fisher, which is the Journal of the American Museum of Fly Fishing. If you can’t find a copy of the journal I can send it as an attachment to you if you send me your e-mail. Mine is jedtfeffer@aol.com. Thanks again Kate. By the way Karl Eric Leitzel created the photos, not me. Cheers, Jed

  • Reply to: Trevor Morgan   1 year 11 months ago

    I still want the lines. I’m having trouble posting. I hope this works.

  • Reply to: Trevor Morgan   1 year 11 months ago

    Yes I am interested if you have them. Especially the 7 wt. single hand line. I’d probably be interested in others though too.

  • Reply to: The Water’s Violin   1 year 10 months ago

    Great job on comparing fly casting to the bowing of a violin. You are referring to a slow movement of one of the Hungarian, or Romanian folk dances??
    Yes, casting horizontally might meet the bowing motion. Your poem is wonderful, it describes a day on a stream very well. Casting a fly can be poetry in motion; it is a peaceful thought provoking activity.
    It is nice to have the thought interrupted by a hungry fish. Then we go back to the unfinished poem. Your photographic and poetic abilities are a special gift, please continue to pursue them. You chose wisely to select Karl Eric Leitzel’s watercolor painting to accompany your poem.
    Thank you very much for sharing with us.

  • Reply to: Garret Booth   1 year 11 months ago
    hi

    Hi Uncle Garret

  • Reply to: Baitfish Perdigon   1 year 12 months ago

    Nick Thomas, who has been contributing a lot to this web site recently, has several similar flies. Check out his youtube channel and we site.

  • Reply to: Trevor Morgan   2 years 2 days ago

    I do beleievec I have a couple NOS of these in 5,6 & 7 # if still looking!

  • Reply to: New to Forum and sharing a Cricket   2 years 2 weeks ago

    How did it Fish? One of the best fishing trips I ever had took place down in the Louisiana bayou near New Iberia with my uncle. We went to a bait shop and he filled up two cricket baskets with live black and brown crickets. Needless to say, we each caught more fish than I have ever caught in a 24 hr period. I recently tied a cricket pattern, deer hair cricket, and am eager to try it out. Tight Lines!

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