If you want that fly to look even better once you tie the front then from the back push the milar forward a bit looks cool cause you give it a gut just like real minnows looks perfect
Hi & Thanks for the comment. Tools are - Vise for holding the hook. Bobbin Holder for the thread. To tease out the material I use a Ice Cream stick with velcro hooks attached. The Epoxy is Solarez these days. All available at any Fly Shop such as BWC Flies or Beastbrushes.
Hi - Yes you coul cut in half, howvere you then need to make a new hole through the head and be careful of the amount of materials you use as it may sink if too heavy.
Over here in NZ I've tried weed flies for years and never got a bite. We now catch parore/luderick catch them using prawn/shrimp clouser patterns patterns crawled slowly on the bottom. Maybe you Ozzies should give it a try! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KRjEejZkrus.html
In Australia we target bream and whiting in the salt and bass in the fresh. You can change the size up or down depending on what you are targeting. Big flies for Barramundi and smaller for fish like trout.
@@hookedonfliesaustralia8570 Hi, many thanks for your answer. I live in Australia, and I will give your pattern a try. BTW, what fly rod wt would you recommend for bream on the fly?
Hi & Thanks - the dubbing is EP Shrimp dub which I believe is no longer produced. I make my own now using EP Fibre and cutting into lengths of about an inch or so and then just blending it with a bit of angel hair or ice dubbing.
Hi Dave, They use 2 x 16340 rechargeable battery or a single 18650. really useful as I have two sets so I can swap when the charge gets low and keep tying.
You tie a nice blackfish fly mate. The cabbage one is a good imitation for some of the broad strand weed we get but isnt imitating cabbage weed. Green cellophane for that job. I used to make them like this , just two broad leaf pieces tied infrom a pinch point under the eye. I then passed the point through both "leaves" which replicated how I used real cabbage when bait fishing. The " leaves" of cellophane were roughly the size of a ten cent piece. Thought you might be interested.
@@hookedonfliesaustralia8570 It depends on the quality of the cellophane. I haven't done this for 20 years and I remember the quality varied considerably. Some used to be a bit brittle and would tear off fom the tie in point. So I had to take quite a few on an outing. My mate bought one really good batch that I remember and it was noticeably more durable. Realistically, the type like you've made were a lot more practical, imitating the cabbage was just a challenge sort of thing when I was tying lots of Saltwater flies. So I got it to work but I would just use conventional ones these days. Haven't done it in a while, must get back into it. Cheers mate.
