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 Fly Tier: Andrew Cooper |
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Tying Instruction : 1.) Tie in thread at hook eye. 2.) Tie on yellow floss at hook eye. 3.) Wrap thread back to hook bend and then back to hook eye, close wraps. 4.) Wrap floss forward to hook eye. 5.) Tie in small ball of hares ear dubbing behind hook eye. 6.) Tie in a partridge feather by the tip. Wrap sparse partridge hackle, 1-2 turns. 7.) Whip finish head. Note : Wet fly hooks are sometimes called spider hooks (the English name). Wet fly hooks are 3X short which means the hook shank is about the same length as the hook gap. This means a size #14 fly would have the same body length as a size #18 fly tied on a nymph hook (approx.). |
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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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