Great vid mate. I too made the transition from bucktail on my clousers to EP fibres. I've found they foul a little more, but the ease in tying, effect in the water - colours and translucence etc, more than make up for it. Your tying videos have helped me immensely over the years. Keep it up. Psyched for the streamer tactics series.
Great video Brian. I appreciate all the tips and advise you have been sharing lately. I haven't worked with ep fibers yet, but I am ordering some from hareline soon for an order of streamers I'm working on for a guy. I will definitely be using some of these tips during that process.
I use ep fiber for almost 90% of my flies. I live in San Diego and baitfish flies are epic here. I even use it for sand crab patterns for the croaker species in our surf zones. 3D baitfish are on of my favorites to tie and they size from 2 1/2 inches to it’s big sister at 12” for some offshore fishing
Your videos are some of the best for streamer guys point blank . Your tying videos are straight that tying. I also like the tip videos as well . There all very well done
Another tip packed video Brian 🤙🏻 any reason you don't cut the fibres to length and tie them in pre tapered on tbe clousers? When I'm tying similar stuff all those little offcuts go in a dubbing brush then
You 'could' pre-taper them in the Clousers, but they are easier to work with after they are on the hook. Great idea on the dubbing brush for trimmed fibers!!
Nice , EP fibers are pretty versatile for not only streamers but lots of other applications . I use them quite a bit in composite loops , sometimes I bar the tips with a marker and they look really cool . The one down side is managing the hank it has a tendency to go wild and everywhere. Thanks for sharing
Great tips! Love Clousers and your scissor shaping tip is awesome. I’m a streamer user for largemouth in central Tx. Looking forward to those (and all your) videos! 👍👍 Thanks Brian! Best wishes 🎣✌️
its from the movie dumb and dumber when he gets to fill in up the beer bottles and he says this ones almost full so he says well stop. and he says i can't stop once I start it stings!!!
Yes. Trigger Point Fibers are EP Fibers. They treat them with a waterproofing agent so they shed water easier. Great for dry fly wings and posts especially.
@@flyfishingtheozarks Thank you! I've never seen the specific "trigger point" label for EP fibers in any materials catalog. I know Enrico P. uses the EP fiber for tying the whole fly on his own dry flies, I saw them in a magazine. I believe the "TP" fibers are specific insect colors. Thanks again.
Great videos, congratulations. I have one doubt about EP, my flies with EP fiber dont sink, they are floating. Why does it happen? Could you help me? Thank you. Best Brazilian regards.
I've always loved EP Trigger fibers but have never found them pleasing to the eye for wings on larger Mayflies as I can't seem to cut them with a tapered effect. They seem too blunt/rude just trimmed straight or with a curved scissors. Any chance you share your method for using Trigger fibers for wings on dries size 8 to 12 with a tapered effect. Really appreciate that if you could.
