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I use silk thread, so it's not much of a worry about cutting myself. But for musky flies, you're probably using gelspun? Maybe a few solid wraps and then superglue...etc. If you click on the pic above it should show a clip of me tying.

Irafly, Longputt: I heard of a Harry Lemire story where he tied a fly (as a driver) while stuck in Seattle traffic :oops: Trimming muddlers in the driver's seat wouldn't be worse than women doing their makeup as they drive. Cheers!

You might try it for S&G's...maybe when the wind blows you off the lake or lunch break hour: Whip out the big hook and some stringy material. Cheers!

Back in 2015, an on-line magazine wanted me to write an article on tying flies in hand. Historically, Atlantic salmon patterns were tied in hand prior to the invention of the vise. In those days, ghillies would tie up a pattern on the river for their sport when the occasion arose. Since my...

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Dry fly fishing makes me giggle. But it gets too predictable for me with the same spots and the same patterns year after year. So last year for the stonefly hatch, I decided to fish only a Steelhead Bee. Surprisingly it fooled many large fish. But then again, fish do have brains the size of a...

Not the prettiest picture but shows strange places that fish hold in. Orange arrow points out the trout. Green arrow designates which way the current flows. Preface: the camera's perspective is not where the angler would be casting from. It's possible but he would spook the fish 9/10. The...

Patrick, the contemporay build is a prototype James Reid 12 foot, 3 piece, 7wt. It's hand-planed, hollowed, medium flamed panda grass with spliced joints. Green agate stripping guides with light green wraps. It is my first bamboo rod and it has caught a fair share of steelhead. Like most...

There's certainly quite a few stories about the rod and the reel. Those 2 have had their adventures raising dryfly steelhead while in my care. The reel likely has its own personal story prior to steelhead (I wish it could tell me which it preferred: steelhead or Atlantic Salmon?). The tying kit...

"The benefit in this instance...?" ... the answer to this question required some introspection on my part. The short answer: Maximizing the fun factor - It passed the time as we waited for our buddies to float down (they had the beer cooler) and I wanted to catch a steelhead on a freshly-tied...

I thought I should share this series (since it's rare to record these moments) : A good friend/photographer, Senor Esteb, was able to capture a sequence of tying a dry fly on the river and raising a steelhead on said fly.

That was a fun watch. Thanks for sharing.

James Reid hand-planed hollow-built spliced bamboo 7wt Summer Run balanced with a 4inch caged Dingley reel torqued by a dryfly canebender doe fish that shot though the 5-hole. Series captured by my pal, Esteb.

My pal went to Farquhar with Fish the Swing and filmed a wild eat. Backstory: they were told that BBC had recently filmed GTs eating birds.

Dead drift dry fly Waked. Little plucky chews Visual dry fly eats

BC dryfly steelhead

Inspiring work!