John If you need a sample I'd be glad to swap flies with you. I don't get to see a lot of salmon flies or spey flies here in Rhode Island. I'm trying to learn more about tieing these. I noticed a few of you talking about menhaden. The flat wing menhaden pattern works very well. I tie it around nine inches long. If tied correctly they won't get wrapped around the hook. Deb ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Martinez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 9:38 PM Subject: [VFB] Flatwing Style Flies
> Hi All- > > Was just reading the Dec issue of Fly Fisherman. They > have an article on flatwing flies which led me to dig > around in the tying room and retrieve a back issue of > Fly Tying from last summer which also had an article > on the same thing. > > I have a couple of questions just out of curiosity, > first of all, has anyone tied some of these up and > tried them out in the salt and second has anyone tied > them up and tried them out in freshwater? Reason I ask > is I'm kind of intrigued by the notion of trying to > adapt this style and trying it out on steelhead. Just > wondered if anyone else on the list has adapted this > pattern for other than saltwater species. > > Thanks for any replies. > > -John > Oregon > > ===== > The River- > You passers-by, who share my journey, > You move and change,I move and am the same; > You move and are gone, I move and remain. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com >
