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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Divide a piece of antron in to two equal parts for # 14 and three equal parts for #16-#18. 2) Tie tying thread in at 1/3 of the hook length from the eye of the hook. 3) Place antron on top of the hook and wrap back well into the bend of the hook. 4) Cut antron to the length of the thorax for trailing shuck. 5) Dub an even slightly tapered thorax. 6) Tie in Cul De Canard legs. 7) Tie on Rabbits foot wing. Make the wing so that the tips are even with or slightly shorter than length of the thorax. 8) Dub a dark hares ear abdomen and whip finish a head. Note : A) Use hair from the underside of the rabbits foot for the wing. B) Tan antron formed into a loop can be substituted for the rabbits foot wing. C) Dark hares ear comes from the center of a natural hares mask. |
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When I was 13 my parents gave me a fly fishing outfit for my birthday. That year I spent a lot of time trying to fly fishing on our local trout stream. I caught nothing the whole summer. My dad, not being a fisherman, couldn't understand how I could keep going back day after day. One day a friend of his a work suggested we visit Carl Coleman who had a fly fishing store in the basement of his house. We went to Carl's and bought a fly tying kit, and Carl told us of a man who lived in my neighborhood named Lynn Holt who might help me tie some flies. That winter, Lynn graciously let me come over to his house on Wednesday nights to tie flies. The very first trip that next spring I caught my first Trout. Lynn did not ask for anything for all the lessons he gave me, he did it for the love of the sport. He was passing on a gift that will last me a lifetime.
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