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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Place bead on hook. 2) Cram 3 or 4 turns of .015 lead wire under the bead. 3) Tie on thread behind bead. 4) Tie on ribbing material. 5) Wrap thread over ribbing material to hook bend and back to hook eye, forming a smooth body. 6) Rib body. 7) Whip finish head. 8) Coat with Sally Hansen "Hard as Nails" for high gloss. Note : Use as lower fly on dropper system. This simple fly is remarkably effective, and came (I heard) from the Gunn's Shop at Lee's Ferry. |
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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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