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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Start thread just behind hook eye. 2) Tie on copper wire at hook eye. 3) Tie in 1 strand of Krystal flash at hook eye. Wrap entire hook all the way to the bend and back to hook eye with crystal flash. This will tie down the copper wire to the hook. Taper body slightly with Krystal flash. 4) Rib body with copper wire. 5) Tie on 1 piece of peacock herl. Wrap a small thorax with herl and tie off. Note : This pattern works very well on sunny days. |
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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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