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Submitted by Barry Simpson on

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Where do you find the cylindrical pearl used to in your fly framing article? I have searched the bead section of a couple of hobby stores but can't seem to find them. What is the length used for most trout fly displays?

Submitted by Frederick Diedrich on

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This is what I am looking for, can you tell me the selling price

Mike,
I've tried using Krystal Flash for the body and it does make a nice fly but its also a little less durable so I'd include some wire ribbing as well.

Submitted by Ad Hoogenboezem on

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Hans, great article, great flies !!! Only one remark. There is still one disadvantage when tying with cdc. CDC flies are vulnerable and they remain not dry. Lucky there is amadou.
No gel or grease really works. Kind regards, Ad

Submitted by Christian Vida… on

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Jajaja. Great article and great view of the whole thing Martin!!!
Is very funny. One thing; I will never ever ever wear a "plastic" shirt as first layer in contact with my skin, it sucks! ...the antibacterial and bla bla bla...doesn't work, the production of stinkness is terrible, nothing better than a good long sleeves cotton shirt as first layer and then yes...wear 95 layers of whatever you want.....onion style :)

Submitted by Veronica Bruno on

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Oh Martin, thank god for you! I think I was having anxiety attacks everytime I tried to sleep in my bed! Lol even though I had already washed my sheets I will do these steps this weekend thank you again!

Submitted by David Swart 17… on

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Like the article,love a classic small #12 bucktail streamer in early spring on local waters,1 of my favorites is I call a yoo stream,#12 TMC 5263,or 300 gold tinsel body,gold wire rib,hot orange 6/0 thread,a wing of hot orange,& yellow bucktail,with yellow glue on eyes,& cover the head with clear cure goo,works on our local brookies great.

Veronica,

I wouldn't worry much about the bed! Wash the sheets and you will probably be fine. The feathers might be dirty, but there are usually no animals or anything similar in them. They smell and are dirty, but that's mostly it. If you don't see anything crawling, you're fine.

I would do the following:
- Soak the feathers in lukewarm water for as long as it takes to get the skin soft and the dirt to loosen.
- Stir and change the water a couple of times to get rid of the worst dirt.
- Simply pull the useful feathers off the skin patches and put them into some clean water.
- Add some mild soap - shampoo or dish-washing liquid - and wash the feathers as you would cloth or any other material.
- Drain and rinse and repeat until the water isn't dirty anymore.
- Remove the worst water by pressing the feathers in a towel.
- Air dry the feathers by spreading them out in a dry place.
or even better
- Dry the feathers in a pillowcase using a blow dryer or a drying tumbler.
- When they are totally dry, store them in Ziploc bags.

That should give you nice, clean, straightened and dry feathers, ready to use for whatever purpose you have.

Martin

Submitted by Evan Quimby on

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hello, My name is Evan Quimby. Bert was my great grandfather. I have MANY of his original flies as well as several pictures. several with the chief. if you ever wanted to discuss, feel free to contact me, id be happy to send you somne pictures.

Submitted by Veronica Bruno on

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I need advice! I bought a lot of rooster neck feathers online they came to me dirty with thick dried crumbling skin attached and smell awful not realising they were dirty I opened the package on my bed. I'm scared I my bed might have been exposed to something even still how do I clean these for use in crafts ect.

You could also try using Krystal Flash for the body strands. Midge flash for smaller bodies would work as well for finer bodies. Yet another idea is midge diamond braid. Some depends on what you want for the bodies...

Hi Tom,

1000 times thanks for sharing this wonderfull contraption with us!
Build one today!works like a charm.
Kind Regards

Bruce,

I'd think they are the same... they are both photographic reproductions of an old book, so they are probably identical with regards to content. I can't say anything about quality. I have the Coch-y-Bonddu one, and that is in excellent quality and doesn't look like a reproduction at all.

Martin

Thank you Kelly. My mentor Marc Madore showed me this pattern and I just love it. The version I tie uses vintage phentex yarn when it was made in Quebec Canada. The yarn could be separated into 3 sections. I take one section hold a piece at each end and pull it back and forth across the frame of my vice and the friction causes the fibres to separate making it nice and easy to wind tightly around the body of the fly with a nice smooth finish to it. The new phentex yarn does not do this and is horrible to use.

Submitted by Bruce on

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Hi Martin. Are those 2 books the same? One costs twice as much as the other.
Bruce

Thank you Gary. This is a favourite of mine to fish for Atlantic salmon in the early Spring. I designed a marabou feather wing version that was successful earlier this Spring. I landed a beautiful 20lb 40+ inch male Kelt on the Miramichi near Blackville.

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