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I only use a floating line

I only use a floating line when wading, sometimes I add a mini sink tip to get down to eight feet. If I'm fishing water during the day that is over 8 feet deep then I use a long section of T-14 on a floating head. The only time I use a fast sinking line is from a boat to deep water.
I mostly fish at night when stripers when stripers focus on the upper water column. Many of the patterns I use are between 6 to 8 inches and some much larger but when they feed on shrimp, isopods, juvenile crabs, worms, juvenile baitfish, then small stuff is needed right in the surface. And it is these smaller crustaceans that one will most often find in their stomachs. It is the most challenging fly fishing with plenty of room for creativity in tying as well as presentation.

Hi Thomas

Hi Thomas

Too true. I love the way CDC flies land on water. The fluttering fibers give a great sensation of life to the flies.

How do you use the cdc oil - when you tie the flies or even during fishing? In the past I have tried it while fishing but if you use too much it tends to "paste" the fibres together so I stopped prefering the natural bouyancy of cdc feathers. Then if it starts sinking all I do is change the fly - I usually have a good supply of the same pattern. Understandably changing to cdc from traditional flies can cause some concern but once you're hooked there's no turning back.

Ciao for now

Moreno

Hi,

Hi,

the oil does not make the fly ride any higher, the design of the pattern does. The oil helps cleaning the fly from fish slime though.

However, I like the use CDC for two things. One is the described lively characteristics with patterns that are sunk in the film a bit. One of the beste certainly is Hans Weilenmanns CDC & Elk. However, I also like the aerodynamic of CDC wings. These flies do land soooooo gently. More than once had fish on these when they were just hitting the water. I wouldn't limit that material to only one use, It has many.

I agree with Pike. I never

I agree with Pike. I never use any flotant on cdc flies. CDC flies work best when they are in the surface film. In my opinion high riding cdc flies completely defeat the object of CDC. If I need high riding flies, I prefer to use traditional cock hackles.

To dry the flies a few short false casts plus an amadou patch works wonders. I also us a good four ply kleenex tissue. Drying salts are also very useful

I would like to some

I would like to somehow get in touch with Wayne Luallen re: some flies he tied for me years ago

Re: Striper Humpy

[quote:3851c880fa="Greased Liner"]I know that this site rarely if at all addresses striper fishing but it is a site about open mindedness and I have learned a great deal from this site. I also know there are striper fly fishers visiting here. There is also a connection, I am interested in catching striped bass on trout dry flies.[/quote:3851c880fa]

Well, we're not the prime source on stripers, that's true, but we do have [url=http://globalflyfisher.com/keywords/?keyword=striped_bass]a bit on the subject[/url]. And with the help of posts like this we will get even more. Very interesting! I have never heard of dry flies for striped bass. The few times I have fished for them have been with heavy sinking lines and large flies. But if they are at all like our cod - often targeted with sinkers too - they will on occasion rise to the surface and take stuff there.

Great to hear about something different!

Martin

Any body have a LAW

Any body have a LAW vice for sale? E-Mail me @ FlytyerKevin@msn.com

Hi Thomas,

[quote:28f3f81f16="Lino Catucci"]Hi Thomas,

Thanks for your reply.
How do you use the MP cdc oil? Do you just rub the oil into the cdc fly or do you just use drop of oil on the feathers?

Very nice fly. I can see the benefit of the use of hackle. Do you just trim the bottom hackle fibers?

Lino[/quote:28f3f81f16]

Hi Lino,

that depends on the pattern. I try use very little oil. It also seems to depend on the water. Some waters just have lesser a surface tension than others. Funny sometimes.

Yes, on the fly above I trimmed the bottom hackle in a V-shape to give the impression of legs.

CDC flies

Lino,

I do not use any floatant for CDC flies. Good CDC should float well without any floatant. Once the fish is caught, I always wash my fly in water and remove all remaining slime. After that I make some false cast to dry the fly. If the result is still not good, I use my Amadou pad (cheapest variant is a piece of toilet paper :lol: ). Then the fly is ready for fishing again

Hi Thomas,

Hi Thomas,

Thanks for your reply.
How do you use the MP cdc oil? Do you just rub the oil into the cdc fly or do you just use drop of oil on the feathers?

Very nice fly. I can see the benefit of the use of hackle. Do you just trim the bottom hackle fibers?

Lino

CDC Oil

Hi,

I use [url=http://www.petitjean.ch/eng/CDCFeathers/CDCOil.asp]Marc Petitjeans CDC Oil[/url]. When I have the sensational rare occasion that a fish takes "MY" fly I just wash it out and dry it with a few short casts.

[img:c4b7bd2b61]http://www.petitjean.ch/images/cdcFeathers/cdcOil.jpg[/img:c4b7bd2b61]

However, I have started to mix CDC and hackle which eases this process but also adds a bit more realisms to some [url=http://www.thomaszuellich.de/Fliegendose/cdc-bwo_e.html]patterns[/url] (just what I think of course - god knows what the fish think of it :lol: ).

[img:c4b7bd2b61]http://www.thomaszuellich.de/Fliegendose/images/cdc-bwo.jpg[/img:c4b7bd…]

Bruce,

The feathe

Bruce,

The feathers are from the same skin: the marabou (Chick-a-bou) from the tail and the feather for the wing from the saddle. So you need only buy one pelt to get both types of feathers - which also delivers the marabou dubbing.

Martin

Hi,

I am a comple

Hi,

I am a complete novice at bonefishing, but have researched the subject.
Going to Aruba soon where I saw a bone caught in the flats a few years ago and now excited to give it a go myself.

Will be wading on my own and taking onboard your comments.

Rod

Re: Cap

[quote:1b5c8281c0="DistantStreams"]My hat has 6 years of ...[/quote:1b5c8281c0]

So it's brand new .... just worn in so to say :D - Get 10 years more live out of it with the special flylip(TM) :D :D :D

Cap

Hey Kasper,

My hat has 6 years of sweat, salt, various fly cremes, mud, fishy smells and other stuff embeded into it.

A trade for a crisp, clean GFF cap?

No. :?

Drag it around behind your car for a month or two in winter an I'll consider it! :shock:

Maybe I should make a picture of my hat in "Scratch and Sniff". :P

Later...

Rip

Bob,

Bob,

The pattern uses felt pads and is usually referred to as The Felt Crab, but is known under other names too.

Here's a pattern description:
[url]http://www.branhamssaltwaterflytying.com/flytying/patterns/flynamedetai…]

As the Rockin' Crab:
[url]http://www.captruss.com/press/rockincrab.html[/url]

I tied a few of those felt pad crabs myself, but never got anywhere near enough to a permit to test them.

Hope this helps.

Martin

Fishing on Fyn

I returned from Fyn yeasterday. The weather was great for us but no so good for fish. Sky without any clouds, temperature about 25 degrees celsius. We went fishing especially in the morning and in the evening. Quite good number of small garfish were everywhere.
Our group of 8 fishermen caught approx 40 fish with 5 over 50cm and one over 55cm.

This is exactly the

This is exactly the information I was looking for! I have these beautiful roosters and although they are destined for the dinner table, I hate to waste their feathers. I thought that perhaps there might be a market for them for fly tying.
Have you ever heard of the English way of killing? That seems to be the best way for me. I want to dispatch my birds as quickly and bloodlessly as possible. I get so much enjoyment out of them alive that a quick and relativly painless death is the way to go!

Bunny Strips

I find Bunny Strips of all kinds lethal for Largemouth Bass as well. I use super glue on the hook shank and it helps keep the fly alive. They really do last along time. They are perfect for that s l o w retrieve that Bigmouth's love to eat.

Oh Ripley, not anoth

Oh Ripley, not another one!

I have a smaller net that would make that fish look bigger!

Les

Rip,

Rip,

you wish I would trade in my GlobalFlyFisher-cap, but I will not.

Kasper Mühlbach

Brian,

Brian,

the pattern is shown here: http://www.globalflyfisher.com/reports/vltava/

Kasper Mühlbach

Hi Guys!

Hi Guys!

Now I've found what was keeping me out of the forum, you'll be plagued with me at every verse-end!

Steve, you are a lucky so-and-so, being able to fish Fyn so much. Tight Lines tomorrow, catch one for me. I will have to wait for Thursday to go bass-fishing, by then we have rain forecast... so it might be fly-tying instead, but I'll get to the coast if its anything like good enough. I want to see what I can do with a #5 rod and shooting head, plus a few small flies - I've been tying them up tonight.

Kai, sorry for misspelling your name previously. Tell me, did you get offered the job you were going for? Do you want it? Tell the news, as Nan is dying to know!

Ripley, you're a gem, son!

Wow! I have been telling anyone who would listen in Church this morning all about you fellas and the fun we had with you in Denmark. It'll seem a long time to wait till next year for another trip.

Regards to all,
Les

Hi Les,

Hi Les,

I hope all is well with you and Nan. If you are ever in Denmark just give me a call. Fishing here is still good at my new secret section of fyn. Well i better pack my fishing gear in the car and get some sleep. I'm returning to my secret location tomorrow.

All the best
Steve