For years I have bought plain lead eyes in packs of 100 or 250 from Bob Marriot's, which unfortunately closed earlier this year. It is time for a refill of lead eyes, but all I can find are packs of 10 or 25. Does anyone have a good source for these?
A year ago today, I was in Zabljak, Montenegro. One of the most beautiful places I have ever been.
The week prior, I was in Bosnia and stumbled upon a fly fishing club and hired the president to take me out on the river. The first time I walked into the office they had a kids fly tying night...
I've got two tiny flextail pumps that don't require plugging into your car and take about 1.5 minutes to get my boat 90% full, then I top it off with a K pump. I get about 4-5 full inflations out of one charge.
For most dry fly situations I use a store-bought leader with tippet added, but when I am on more technical water I will tie longer leaders roughly following the George Harvey design. For indicator nymphing I taper maxima down to a tippet ring and then tie on a section of 3-5x. I put the...
350gr Rio Scandi Short Versitip body S4 (used) - $20
390gr Airflo Scout (new) - $30
8wt SA Magnitude Infinity full clear (new) - $75
9wt SA Mastery Anadro (used) - $25
Buyer pays shipping. $5 off for two lines and then each additional line.