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I was just curious if you prefer using braid or Senyo’s trailer wire on your flies? I have watched many of your videos and see you go back and forth. I appreciate all the information you have provided to the public. I have learned a lot from your videos.
Great question! For flies that I don't want the hook to necessarily get caught up in the fly materials, I really like to use wire, but for flies where I want to incorporate the trailer hook in the fly or am not worried about the hook getting caught up in the materials, braid can be great (and cheaper lol). Thank you for watching and for your question!
Have you tried to use a length of led ( or led-free ) wire along the bottom to weigh them "more evenly"?? One could also have more towards the head for jiggy action etc. Just a thing that popped inti my hyperactive head while watching your vids. Greetings from Iceland M8!!
For sure! I can't remember where I saw it first, but it helps a lot keeping those pesky materials away from the front of the fly! Thank you for watching!
Hey smarty, why don't you use a clamp to catch the hairs with first and then cut away the leather before placing it in the dubbing loop? Far easier and smarter...🤔
Just wondering if you are still running your guide service in Cooper Landing ? I have not seen you post any tying videos, etc lately & I was just showing my wife & her sister this video. It's been a dream to fly fish in Alaska, but have never really sat down & calculated the approximate cost to have that type of adventure. Thanks & I loved to see some more videos. Thank you !! David Fisher-of-men Fly Tying Ada, MI
Oh yeah totally, I was just demonstrating how you could tie in caribou with a dubbing loop Mainly to control the length or to use maribou that is down towards the thicker stem that usually doesn't get used)
I just bought these the other day because I just happened to see them and once you take them out of the package you instantly can tell how strong they are lol.
There are a few methods... I generally split the "pulls" (how many strips of line I'm bringing in) in two sections to make it a bit easier to manage. Maybe I'll make a video on line management :)
its called a zonker strip.Every fly tyer knows that spinning any hair with under fur in a dubbing loop almost never works. So when you put it into the further away from the leather the better.
A less awkward way to do this is to grab the marabou close the stem with a big bulldog clamp and trim it so the butts are the desired length. Insert in the loop, pull it tight, release the clamp and spin it up.
so much splattering and smacking the water. And so little drift. you drop your rod tip and you line lands before the fly. getting the line out in a straight line but at the cost of a terrible presentation, massive water disturbance and a short drift. it was unbearable to watch. my uncle would have made you walk home.
You look like Matt best. Haha. If you need new content I need a fishing buddy! born and raised Alaskan. :)I tie flies(not as good as you, but I’m getting there!)
Your channel is excellent and this fly has some really good ideas, but May I ask for a lighter color t shirt without the logo? Would make viewing much easier. Thank you!
@@CooperLandingFishingGuide your channel is excellent , it was just a suggestion for the future. I have never watched one of your vids when I didn’t think you are an inventive and excellent tyer.
Hey There! I definitely do like to add dubbing as a prop from time to time. This one has quite a bit of movement and I like the slimmer profile, but with a dubbing composite loop, It might stand up and have a bigger profile which is also awesome :)
Great question! There's definitely some finesse to it for sure. It always takes me a few tries with smaller tippet that's for sure. I usually end up wasting a bit more line than I want, but you can sometimes pull the tag end through a bit to make it smaller. Hope that helps!
Generally, due to the "short strike" nature of some fish on the swing. Mostly trying to make the fly longer, while also being able to have a shorter shank hook so the fish don't have leverage that they would normally have with a longer shanked hook. It also gives the fly much more movement.
@@CooperLandingFishingGuide i asked because i have started tying double hook 1 and rear 6 rear articulated streamers couldnt see why a shank would be a better choice than a hook and still not sure. Spey flies remind me of the old school NY eaatern double hook streamers in contrast to the west double hook using fine cable between hooks.
@@GregariousAntithesis Ah gotcha! You could absolutely do that for sure. Up here in Alaska, multiple hooks are illegal in most waterways, so if the front "shank" were actually a hook, you could just cut off the hook (that's how these types of flies were originally tied) - with a donor hook as the front part of the fly :)
@@CooperLandingFishingGuide now that is some crazy shit. Illegal to have multiple hooks. I get not using treble hooks for obvious reasons but not multiple single hooks that doesnt even make sense why that would be an issue. Pure irony when you consider commercial fishing and bycatch.
