What have you tied today?

[troutmaddave]

What's the dough boy?

[Lochan_load]

Fred is trying to get me over to the dark side.....See page 414 of this thread!

[Wildfisher]

Andy, remember,  the darkest hour is just before the dawn.............................   :lol:

[Wildfisher]

Krazy Carper   :

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[corsican dave]

yep!  :
did you get one of the books Fred, or are you just scouring the American trash-fish sites? you'd like my book-shelves.... :wink:

[Wildfisher]

American trash Youtube Dave. I just adapt the flies to use what I have. There is far too much emphasis put on "the right" feather or fur.

Americans are very adventurous in their fly designs. We Scots like to believe we are radical, but the truth is we are one of the most conservative countries on Earth. I doubt if there has been a new idea come out of Scottish fishing in 100 years. It's easier to stick with old myths, do the same old thing  and blame lack of success on flat calms.    In the UK all advances in modern fly fishing have come from England, especially from the coarse fishing and reservoir scene. 

Nothing wrong with  tradition of course, I still use  traditional flies and techniques (although I'm long past the stage of sitting in  a boat pulling flies) but being flexible is both enjoyable and successful. 

[corsican dave]

Americans are very adventurous in their fly designs.  being flexible is both enjoyable and successful.

:cheers; been saying that for years, as you know  :

[Wildfisher]

I still rate the good old Dunkeld  as hard to beat. Brown,  gold & orange are a killer mix, but flexibility is the key and if nothing else makes things a bit more interesting.   

[bibio1]

Com'Mon.....the weeg gave the world parachute flies only a few decades ago. Now that was innovative and successful. It's spawned a whole different approach to imitative fishing.

(Ok it was a weegie that ties the first one based on an Americans input.....but it was still a weegie)

[Wildfisher]

Nah! It was Leonardo Da Vinci who invented the parachute.    :lol: