03-01-2003, 12:50 PM
[cool]Hey, JR. I'm bringing my initial HOWDY back to the top to make a point. When I signed on as moderator, I envisioned a forum where we could all contribute...according to our levels of experience...without ever feeling the need to apologize for being "lesser" than anyone else. You have been a great asset to this board, and we all enjoy your posts.
That's why I wanted to make a point...for everyone. In a recent post, I offered to trade some ideas and fly patterns with you. You put on your humble hat and apologized in advance for what you assumed might be input that I would find not worthy. While I do believe in being properly humble and grateful for the blessings we receive, I am pained whenever someone makes me feel badly by assuming I would belittle their contributions.
I am a pretty fair tyer of flies in my advanced years, but I owe most of what I know to the caring and sharing of others. You look on my birth certificate and you will not see anything about being born a fisherman or a fly tyer. And, even though I can crank out some pretty exotic patterns, I have had my hat handed to me on more than one occasion by guys fishing some pretty crude creations. Hey, if it works, it's beautiful.
What I was going to suggest/offer is for you to email me some pics or patterns for the flies you like best, and I will see if I can duplicate or punch them up a bit. I use a lot of the new synthetic materials, including stuff from hobby and craft stores that I have never seen in commercially tied flies. I am not bashful about recruiting "field testers" in different parts of the country to give my innovative designs a fair workout. If you want to try some new stuff...all it will cost is a bit of input as to what you would like to have...if you could. I'll whip out a few test models and you can integrate them into a couple of excursions and give me the feedback. Together we can come up with some new killer patterns.
One of the colors/materials I have been experimenting with a lot during the last year or so is metallic rainbow...in flashabou, krystal flash and sparkle braid. I find that this stuff really reflects a whole range of the light spectrum, as do different bait fishes. When combineed with whites, silvers, golds and other basic colors...either as a "shell back" or spiral wrap, it really generates a lot of reaction bites. I have yet to find a species of fish that will not vote for it. I use it a lot in my jigs and "bait bugs" too.
Here's a pic with one fly pattern and one of my inline spinners using the rainbow material I get in the plastic canvas area of a hobby and craft shop. This stuff works really well on fresh water species, and I'm betting it would be a good color in the surf over there too. I know it will work on the offshore beasties...especially with one of my pattern with fluorescent white as a base.
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That's why I wanted to make a point...for everyone. In a recent post, I offered to trade some ideas and fly patterns with you. You put on your humble hat and apologized in advance for what you assumed might be input that I would find not worthy. While I do believe in being properly humble and grateful for the blessings we receive, I am pained whenever someone makes me feel badly by assuming I would belittle their contributions.
I am a pretty fair tyer of flies in my advanced years, but I owe most of what I know to the caring and sharing of others. You look on my birth certificate and you will not see anything about being born a fisherman or a fly tyer. And, even though I can crank out some pretty exotic patterns, I have had my hat handed to me on more than one occasion by guys fishing some pretty crude creations. Hey, if it works, it's beautiful.
What I was going to suggest/offer is for you to email me some pics or patterns for the flies you like best, and I will see if I can duplicate or punch them up a bit. I use a lot of the new synthetic materials, including stuff from hobby and craft stores that I have never seen in commercially tied flies. I am not bashful about recruiting "field testers" in different parts of the country to give my innovative designs a fair workout. If you want to try some new stuff...all it will cost is a bit of input as to what you would like to have...if you could. I'll whip out a few test models and you can integrate them into a couple of excursions and give me the feedback. Together we can come up with some new killer patterns.
One of the colors/materials I have been experimenting with a lot during the last year or so is metallic rainbow...in flashabou, krystal flash and sparkle braid. I find that this stuff really reflects a whole range of the light spectrum, as do different bait fishes. When combineed with whites, silvers, golds and other basic colors...either as a "shell back" or spiral wrap, it really generates a lot of reaction bites. I have yet to find a species of fish that will not vote for it. I use it a lot in my jigs and "bait bugs" too.
Here's a pic with one fly pattern and one of my inline spinners using the rainbow material I get in the plastic canvas area of a hobby and craft shop. This stuff works really well on fresh water species, and I'm betting it would be a good color in the surf over there too. I know it will work on the offshore beasties...especially with one of my pattern with fluorescent white as a base.
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