Ok people lets do this again. What six flies would you have to have to fish?
BobH -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mark romero Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 1:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [VFB] videos and compatibility -- spey flies 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) >Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >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............ >> > _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/
