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Post by alberto on Dec 8, 2006 11:36:36 GMT 8
Hi Guys, As the dates draws near for my dates with the Thai Barras, I'm adding more bullets/flies to my arsenal. This pattern show below is known as Amin's Deep-water Streamer. If any of u are interested to tie this fly, full step by step instructions can be found on the Dec issue of Rod & Line. This fly is tied with Marabou for the tail and the wing. Calf tail and flash is added onto the sides together with red flash/hackle on the bottom for gills. To make this fly sink, the hook shank is ribbed with lead. I was given this fly by Pak Amin last year when we were up and Temmengor. I only used this fly when I was back in Singapore and it works great on the PBs. Although the fly looks like a powder puff when dry, once its in the water, its has a very nice bait-fish profile. Coupled with the pulsing action of marabou, this is one deadly fly. Another fly that is added to my arsenal is this Trapon style fly. This pattern originated from Huns san. It very easy to tie. The step are similar to the deciever shown in earlier post. For the tail, saddle is used instead of Bucktail and the head is tied futher back Tarpon style. regards Alberto
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Post by alberto on Dec 18, 2006 13:01:32 GMT 8
;DHi guys, Looking for more flies to add to my arsenal to take up to Bangkok, I remember a link posted by Q for Bunny Leaches: by Will Mullis : hatchesmagazine.com/page/may2006/176So I got down to the vice and tied some up. Here is what they looked like... ... these are the colored version with a cone head. They are not difficult to tie and are recommended for pacu, snakeheads and even Barras may take a fancy to them. These versions are black tied with painted beadchain eyes. Will Mulis recommends tying a stiff mono at the back to support the bunny strip and prevent it from fouling during the cast. I can wait to see if the bunnies work ;D regards Alberto
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Post by alberto on Dec 22, 2006 9:10:31 GMT 8
Hi Guys, This is probably the last batch of flies that I tying for the trip to Bangkok. These batch of flies are called bunker flies. They are like baitfish and tied with H20's range of artifical fibers. These flies are huge. They are about 5-6" in length. I have never tied anything that big before These flies are not difficult to tie. You just have to maintain and control the shape of the pattern it tapered at the tail end. To maintain the shape of the head, Superglue is used to harden the head so that it will keep the rounded shape. What I also like with the material is that you can use different colours to blend so that you can have different coloured layers like bait fishes. The eyes are then glued on with Goop. regards Alberto
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Post by alberto on Mar 27, 2007 14:33:39 GMT 8
Hi Guys, I been such a long time since I sat down at the vice to tie flies as nothing seem to interest me much. Two weeks ago, I got hold of the latest copy of the Flt Tyer Spring 07 issue and a particular pattern leap out at me This pattern is called Hipps's HellCraw tied by Anthony Hipps. He lives in North Carolina and is credited at being an expert in creating terrific bass and panfish flies. Anthony describes this fly as a "Confidence Fly" - one that catches fish under a variety of weather and water conditions and it usually works when other pattern fails to produce fish. This fly is not difficult to tie and should work in our local waters. No exotic materials here - it consist of 2x Long Shank hooks (I use Mustard Signature #6, 2XL with lead on the body, Marabou for the tail and chenille for the body and round rubber legs.) I have added cone heads to give it extra weight. I have tried in at WH on Pbs and caught about half a dozen of them with this fly. This fly works well in shallow or deep water and its very effective in both fast and slow retrieves. The plus point is that there is almost unlimited color combination to tie this fly ;D Happy tying ;D regards Alberto
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Post by marcjoshua on Mar 28, 2007 4:51:33 GMT 8
Once again Albert, beautiful flies! Hope to see a good CR with them doin some serious damage! ;D
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Post by alberto on Mar 28, 2007 11:32:33 GMT 8
Once again Albert, beautiful flies! Hope to see a good CR with them doin some serious damage! ;D Hi Marc, Already tried them at WH ;D ;D regards Alberto
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Post by alberto on May 30, 2007 13:42:32 GMT 8
Hi Guys, A trip has been planned for this weekend to try a fresh water pond in Malaysia and this has perk me up enough to tie a few flies for the trip I found a pattern on the flyanglers online that look interesting. Its called the orange shellback. I made some modifications to it. Its a simple fly to tie. I have added a gold bead head and lead to the shank to make it sink and work it like a nymph. Basic steps is first add the bead then lead to the shank. Next tie in at the end of the hook three strands of peacock hearl and a grizzly hackle. Next dub your thread with orange dubbing and make a thick rope and wind it to the bead and tie off. Then with a hackle plier, plamer the hackle to the eye and gold bead and tie off again. Next is to pull the peacock hearl toward the bead and then tie off and whip finish. Coat the tie off area and coat the peacock hearl shellback with Hensen Hard as Nails to finish. Here is a view of what the belly looks like. The fly on the left is the original version. It does not have a gold bead head and lead on the body and it looks like it might work as a dry fly as well. This is another fly that I found interesting and easy to tie. All is need to to rib the shank of the hook with copper wire and then palmer the entire body with peacock hearl. Finish off with a neat black head. You can have like the top fly, a thicker body by using more peacock hearl or less to create a thinner profile. The last fly is another nymph pattern called the Brassie. Again its easy to tie. First insert a gold bead head and the wind copper down the shank. Now dub your thread with burnt orange dubbing to create the thorax and then tie off. Use your dubbing brush to tease the dubbing on the thorax to create a buggier look on the fly and you are done. Will let you'll know how the flies perform this weekend ;D regards Alberto
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Post by alberto on Sept 28, 2007 11:13:26 GMT 8
Hi guys, Its that time of the year where I'm heading to the land of Tong Yum Kung and Phat Thai to tango with the Barras again. This time, I'm tying up a new batch of Deceivers to tempt the Kims. There are three versions... ... the first version is fairly traditional - with grizzly saltwater hackle for the tail (three pairs on each side), flash and bucktail collar. Build up a neat head and whip finish it, then paste on eyes and finish the head with Loon Hard Head (Good alternative to epoxy as I hate the fumes from mixing expoy). Using Mustard Saltwater light Fly hook #2, these flies are about 4" long. Another version is tied with solid colors as shown above. I was told the Barras up there loves big black flies and hence the big black one shown at the bottom of the pic. The final version is tied with synthetic fibers. They are a mixed of H20 Flash and Slinky Range and Gliss n Go Range. As I was writing this post, I went back to look at the first fly that I tied and posted in this thread- which is also a Deceiver. What a huge difference. The first one was so bulky and messy. I guess for those who are starting fly tying, keep on tying till you get good at it. regards Alberto
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Post by alberto on Oct 9, 2007 15:17:16 GMT 8
Hi guys, The deceivers that I tied for my recent trip to Tong Yum land worked very well. Especially the weighted one as its was very windy, the lead on the body casted much better and it sank down faster than the unweighted ones. Here is one of the deceiver with the pink grizzly tail. This deceiver is tied with the red grizzly hackle. This deciever is the version with the H20 artifical fibers. Charlies and clousers also did well. This barra took a bleeding vampire fly that I tied some time ago regards Alberto
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Post by Qwek on Oct 10, 2007 12:17:51 GMT 8
Hi Alberto,
Look like you are all geared up for Semakau. hehe
Cheers qwek
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Post by alberto on Oct 10, 2007 13:32:41 GMT 8
Hi Q, Just had a chat with Huns, its going to be a #3 and micro charlies for the small ones and #5 with 3/0 clousers and deceivers for the bigger monsters. Time to see rods bent and reels scream ;D ;D ;D Samakau here we come Mooooooo Alberto
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Post by azlan123 on Oct 11, 2007 22:46:17 GMT 8
Hi Guys, Good Luck, and may rods bend and lines fly!!!!!
cheers eric
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Post by alberto on Jan 10, 2008 17:12:25 GMT 8
Hi Guys, 18th Jan 2008... D Day for 16 fly fishos travelling up to Satiawan to do battle with the monsters. Its going to be my first major outing with the wand in 2008. While preparing for the trip, I found out that my fly boxes are rather bare of bullets so I haul my butt back to the tying desk to churn out ammo for the trip. First off, a good selection of candied coloured Crazy Charlies in #2 and #4 Daiichi long shank hooks. Another batch of gaudy coloured Gotchas with the shank heavily palamered with crystal cheneille. A batch of Charlies tied with Silli legs. These are tied like normal Charlies but with silli legs added to give it extra movement when stripping in the fly. The good and reliable Clousers tied the traditional way with bucktail and calf tail hair. The large one on the left is tied with large 3/0 Mustard Signature Saltwater light fly hooks. This batch of Clousers are tied with artifical fibers instead of the normal bucktail and calf tail hair. The wide variety of colours for these artifical fibers makes it easy to come up with better and exciting combination and also easy to shape a better baitfish profile with the materials. In the course of 4 evenings, I cranked out over 50 flies. My wife thinks I have gone over the deep end Hey what happens if you run out of files when the action is hot Will let you'll know how these ammo perform after the trip. regards Alberto
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Post by trouty on Jan 13, 2008 23:02:01 GMT 8
very nice!!!
cheers trouty
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Post by alberto on Jan 14, 2008 8:02:33 GMT 8
Hi trouty, Thanks for the compliment ;D I realise that the charlie and the clouser are files that are really easy to tie and very useful for predatory fishes. Furthermore, there are many combination of colours and materials that can use. The only other fly that I can think of that falls into this situation is Lefty's deceiver. Looking forward to seeing you back in Singapore for CNY. Let meetup over a cup of Joe with the rest of the gang. regards Alberto
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