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Post by alberto on Sept 20, 2006 8:44:19 GMT 8
Hi guys, On the Fly Angler Online website, there is a fly with a rather catchy name. Its called Trout Candy. Hi Alberto, That candy sure looks delicious to me. What other materials can I use besides the mallard flank for the wingcase? As this fly is fish wet did you add any weight to the hook? I will probably try tying some of these too with added weight so as to get the fly to sink down to the strike zone fast. Thanks dude Cheers trouty Hi trouty, I'm not sure about any other material but I sure other kind of duck might suffice. This fly is fished wet with an intermediate line. It did not line the shank with lead and on hindsight, I think I should have as the fly sank very slowly with the line and when stripped slow, it swam just below the water surface. The could also be due to the "bushy" hackle on the belly. Original instructions was to trip the back before pulling forward the mallard flank for the wingcase but what I did was to fold it down instead. You can go to this link for more details shop.flyfishing.about.com/fly_archive/details/1339.htmregards Alberto
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Post by Qwek on Sept 25, 2006 14:56:49 GMT 8
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Post by alberto on Sept 26, 2006 8:52:22 GMT 8
Dear Q, Thanks for the website .
I have be tying up some soft hackle and a palmered soldier.
Will post the results soon.
regards Alberto
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Post by alberto on Sept 28, 2006 14:47:54 GMT 8
Hi guys, Found an interesting pattern on the Fly tying Bible. Its a wet fly called the Soldier Palmer. It a very bright coloured fly - red in color and the palmered hackle on the body produces plenty of water disturbances on the surface if fished with a floating line. Its not difficult to tie as well. Here is what is looks like... Start of with sculpting wool at the end of the shank for the tail, then dub the red wool and wind over the body. Followed by the brown hackle palmered back towards the end of the hook and then use gold tinsel wound through the hackle and secured with your tying thread. I hope that the Pbs would be attracted by the red color of this fly ;D regards Alberto
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Post by alberto on Sept 28, 2006 14:56:03 GMT 8
Hi guys, I have my first shot at tying a dry fly with cdc (cul de carnard). Its a slight variation of Huns's Yellow Sally but mine no where as nice and neatly tied as his. As I did not have tan cdc, I tied the fly with light grey, dark brown and olive cdc. This version is tied with dark brown cdc... and this with the olive cdc. The first test I did after I tied them is throw them into a cup of water to see if they float and float the fly did ;D Now I'll have to wait and see if the trouts will eat them or not ;D ;D regards Alberto
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Post by AnglerAdventurer on Sept 28, 2006 18:30:22 GMT 8
Hey Signor Alberto,
I see you are getting ready for the Japanese trouts huh? Keep them coming! you might want to tie some soft hackle wet fly too.
Awaiting for your arrival........ next week...........
Huns.
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Post by alberto on Sept 29, 2006 11:07:18 GMT 8
Hi Huns, This is what I have in the fly boxes. In the dry fly box... There 3 cdc that I have tied, then there are adams, tuck trantulas, griffits gnats, prarchutes... ... caddis, more parachutes, large mayflies, stimulators, red tags,crickets and ants. In this box, I have all the large and small nymphs... ... and here the soft hackles flies, tankara flies, wet flies, bead flies and some midges at the top left corner. I hope this is enough to food to bring along to feed the trouts ;D regards Alberto
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Post by AnglerAdventurer on Sept 29, 2006 12:09:17 GMT 8
Hey Signor Alberto,
You have enough flies there to fly fish here for a week! You can try every single fly in the box if you want to know if it works on the trouts.
By the way, the backing is loaded!
Huns.
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Post by alberto on Sept 29, 2006 16:11:17 GMT 8
By the way, the backing is loaded! Huns. ;D ;D Ho say leow ;D ;D ;D Kam siah Alberto
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Post by marcjoshua on Sept 29, 2006 23:37:05 GMT 8
Hey Albert, great flies man! care to donate some? haha! kidding, but wouldn't refuse if u offered! good luck on ur trip to Japan!
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Post by alberto on Sept 30, 2006 11:09:25 GMT 8
Hi Marc, I donated one batch to Avid Angler many months ago and a huge batch to Cookie Munster recently.
Let me excavate my drawers to see if there is anymore fossils I can dig up for you.
I will ensure that they are at least fishable ;D ;D ;D
regards Alberto
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Post by marcjoshua on Sept 30, 2006 12:15:00 GMT 8
Thank you very much sir! but if fossils can't be found/ excavated, tying lessons will suffice! haha! ;D
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Post by alberto on Oct 1, 2006 8:46:08 GMT 8
Thank you very much sir! but if fossils can't be found/ excavated, tying lessons will suffice! haha! ;D Hi Marc, I think you are barking up the wrong tree I'm no expert at fly tying. I'm greener than a bunch of bananas still hanging on a tree. There are much more experience people you can seek advice from than me like Henry, Q and Michael Boey. In the mean time, let me go back to digging for fossils... regards Alberto
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Post by marcjoshua on Oct 1, 2006 17:45:54 GMT 8
Haha thanks anyway Albert, do give me a call when you're goin fishing at SP! been long while since i got any mayans there...
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Post by avidangler on Oct 3, 2006 19:57:35 GMT 8
Hey Alberto, thanks for the previous batch of 'fossils'. Psss.. if you have 'leftovers' to spare after your Japan trip, btw when are you going? I'm headed to Melbourne in Nov, going to try some trout. Got to ask some of you guys to teach me how to tie dryflies so I can tie some before the trip..
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