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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Place bead on hook. 2) Start thread just behind bead. Tie on copper wire and wrap thread back to hook bend, aligning wire along outside edge of hook. This keeps you from getting lumpy butt. 3) Tie on Pheasant tail for tail and wrap thread back to hook eye making smooth underbody. 4) Wrap copper wire body tight turns. 5) Tie 4-6 stand of Flashabou on top of the hook. 6) Tie on peacock herl and wrap thread to hook eye. 7) Wrap peacock herl thorax. 8) Tie on Partridge legs in bunch on top of hook. 9) Pull Flashabou wing case over thorax splitting the bunch of Partridge so that you have even legs on both sides of the hook and tie off. |
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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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