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Flies
Posted: Sat May 23, 2015 3:56 pm
by Kelly
Hi all, I have some great news, Gavin Hurley, host of On The Fly has asked me to make him some flies. If you have any ideas please let me know.
Cheers
Re: Flies
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 6:31 am
by Hirdy
I'd suggest giving him flies that you have caught fish on.
Clousers, Deceivers and Half & Halfs would be most appropriate.
Give him some crabs to round out his box and he'll have all he needs for a SW trip.
Those four flies account for most SW species.
Re: Flies
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 2:07 pm
by Andre Rossouw
- Stick with the basic fly patters. Charlies, Clousers, Deceivers, Squimps and Gurglers. Fly patterns you have already tied yourself and have caught fish on.
- Find out where he wants to use them and what fish species he wants to catch. This will determine the fly size and colour combinations.
- Use only good quality hooks. Loosing a fish because the line breaks or knots failure can be blamed on the fisherman. But loosing a fish because the hooks bends or breaks will always be blamed on the fly tier.
- Use only good quality material.
- Tie a few test flies and see how they "swim". Making sure the motion/movement is correct and the fly sits the right way up.