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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1) Put 6-8 wraps of lead on hook. 2) Take 1 strand of the 4 strand embroidery thread and tie it along the shank of the hook. Tie embroidery thread and flash on front side of hook and just embroidery thread on back side. 3) Taper body with tying thread and tie off. 4) Tie a single over hand knot with embroidery thread to start the taper of body. 5) Use Knit Picker to Crochet abdomen. Crochet flash and embroidery thread togetheron top of hook (do not twist flash and thread together). 6) Tie in new thread for thorax. 7) Tie on legs hackle style. 8) Dub Thorax. 9) Whip finish head. Note : Knit pickers can be found at Walmart in the sewing department under the name "Knit Fixer". Mouline Special can also be found at Walmart. |
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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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