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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Start thread just behind hook eye. 2) Tie in 1 strand of red crystal flash. Wrap entire hook all the way to the bend and back to hook eye with crystal flash. 3) Tie on copper wire and then tie on black crystal flash. Wrap black crystal flash over the top of the wire to just before hook bend leaving some red crystal flash showing. Wrap black crystal flash back to hook eye. 4) Rib black crystal flash with copper wire. 5) Tie in Pheasant tail for wing case. 6) Tie on peacock herl for thorax. 7) Wrap thread forward and tie on poly yarn just like you would with spinner wing 8) Wrap thorax with Peacock herl. 9) Pull wing case over and tie off. 10) Cut the poly yarn to form short gills. Note : This pattern comes from England where it is used as a still water Buzzer. I discovered it a few years ago when I was visiting my parents. I have used it successfully on Spring Creek and Oatka during the winter months. |
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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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