Re: [VFB] videos and compatibility -- spey flies

[mark romero]

That's cool Rene........for the most part i love to learn new flies for 
trout fishing all the time. It's fun to see if they "work." But actually i 
believe any fly (almost), will work if presented right. Any good 
fisherperson can catch fish with a half dozen flies or less, anywhere, 
anytime. Good, meaning.....with the right presentation. And of course a lot 
of confidence. You gotta believe..........LOL. At this point in time......i 
belive that fly tying has evolved to be more about pleasing fisher people, 
more than pleasing trout or any sport fish for that matter. And there's 
nothing wrong with that. You can take five flies from 80 years ago and be 
successful if you know what your doing. So why do we need thousands of 
patterns? Because we've got millions of fisherpersons fishing hundreds of 
different rivers, all believing that there's a certain fly that'll "do the 
trick" during certain times of year, under certain circumstance, at certain 
times of day, with certain light, and certain temps, during certain 
hatches.............add infant item, LOL. Makes it a lot of fun, but doesn't 
prove a thing nessessarily. Fly tying is endlessly fascinating, because it 
forces us to use our imginations, case closed. The whole imitation thing is 
great because tyers keep comming up with better and better imitations, but 
like i said, the old standards still "work wonders" ........in the right 
hands. I only go on this long (winded, lol) because i agree with your 
statement about, "For Only Your Eyes." That's GOT to be a tune, someone once 
wrote, lol. And because i find the most pleasure at the vise simply creating 
flies that i never knew would be until they are finished.......One By One. 
And THAT is a great tune. mark......


From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rene Zillmann)
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Subject: Re: [VFB] videos and compatibility -- spey flies
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 23:14:57 +0200
Mark,
That's one of the theories, that samon take the flies, because they 
remember them to their favorite food - shrimps.
Anyway, I also sometimes tie flies, which I don't intend to fish - only for 
my eyes...
Best
Rene
mark romero wrote:

Rene, i always tye in by the tip for my soft hackles. I like the longest 
fibers (barbs) to be the last to go on............so that they flare out 
the longest and "Best." I've got a "thing" about Spey flies, and the whole 
concept of hackle being something that looks pretty/and or wild, and 
"flows." I'm always interested in looking at old Irish, Welsh and English 
flies too....and flies from other parts of Europe also. Now traditionally 
Spey flies have the hackle tyed in by the butt, because the hackle is 
supposed to be longer in the rear.......but i dunno. I kind of like it 
longer up front. Don't suppose the fish care one way or the other. But 
since the Spey fly is really a shrimp imitation.........i guess it does 
make sense for the hackle, (legs/pinchers) to be longer in the 
rear.......the direction the shrimp travels. Get it? My flies are not 
exactly shrimp imitatins though, lol. They are the next stage in the Spey 
evolution, lol. Space Speys, or something like that, LMAO. Actually i'm 
just hoping they will work on ANY type Salmon (Pacific or Atlantic) and or 
Steelhead. I haven't had the chance to try them out yet, because there's a 
regulation that says you can't fish with a fly tyed on a hook as big as 
i've been using, up on the tribs. of Lake Ontario, upstate. So, i'm going 
to have to size them down and give 'em a try. mark............


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