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  1. #3 on the spey.

    My third to hand and got it with my new rod. If steelhead are the fish of a thousand casts then they are the fish of a million casts with spey rod.

    Started by wfocharlie, 02-05-2012 04:57 PM
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  2. Do you think it will get bit?

    Dolly Llama - Purple and White with a dash of Spade. (chart hook and little beads)

    Started by Spade, 01-27-2012 06:39 PM
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  3. Shanks

    Just thought I would pass this on. I found that I could make a cheap functional shank by twisting up heavy stainless wire. If you have some of this...

    Started by wfocharlie, 01-25-2012 04:33 PM
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    01-27-2012 06:41 PM Go to last post
  4. first one on the vise

    Went over to Dillons place for fly tying 101 yesterday and came up with this. I'll call it a Mariboo-ya. I'm going to fish this thing next time...

    Started by wfocharlie, 12-31-2011 08:46 AM
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    01-23-2012 07:19 AM Go to last post
  5. New stick

    Got a beulah classic 11'6'' 6/7 mini spey for smaller water and summer fish. Looking forward to giving it a test drive. Going to try to limit...

    Started by wfocharlie, 01-11-2012 07:24 PM
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    01-22-2012 09:11 PM Go to last post
  6. Down time tying

    High water keeps me home, but not away. Tied this up tonight. I'll swing it someday I think.

    Started by lastcast, 01-20-2012 07:31 PM
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    01-22-2012 11:33 AM Go to last post
  7. First one on my own fly

    Got this cookie cutter hatchery buck today. It was like a 16 pounder to me because I got it on my own tied fly. Pink butt, blue and black intruder. ...

    Started by wfocharlie, 01-16-2012 04:47 PM
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  8. Releasing a fish solo

    This is a good video of a guy doing this (almost) by himself. I think he could have de hooked it by himself if pliers were handy. Its amazing how...

    Started by wfocharlie, 01-17-2012 03:28 PM
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    01-20-2012 07:29 AM Go to last post
  9. Any fly tiers here for a swap?

    Title speak for it's self!! There is always jig swaps, spinners swaps and even quickfish swap here. So isn't about time for a fly swap??

    Started by Waco:, 01-13-2012 09:31 PM
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    01-17-2012 01:16 AM Go to last post
  10. custom heads.

    How do you guys make a loop when you cut a head to a custom length. I have never done this until now. I thinned the core covering with a razor...

    Started by wfocharlie, 01-13-2012 05:40 PM
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  11. First one on the spey rod

    Got this 10# hatchery buck today on a blue red and orange tube fly that I added red dumbell eys to. Its really good to have the first one in hand. ...

    Started by wfocharlie, 12-26-2011 05:54 PM
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    12-28-2011 08:27 AM Go to last post
  12. Steelhead Flies

    It's winter again... And Im behind the 8-ball, once again. Tying up some high water stuff... I hate that the "style" is called an Intruder, as...

    Started by Arctic, 12-21-2011 11:19 PM
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    12-22-2011 05:50 PM Go to last post
  13. Spey basics: Lines and tips and bugs, oh my!

    When I first became interested in spey fishing, it was very confusing to me. All the lines and tips and casts had my head swimming. I thought I...

    Started by wfocharlie, 12-20-2011 10:21 AM
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  14. Steelhead Flies

    Cut a 1 inch tube. Mount on needle and slide in a 1/2 inch tube of smaller diameter and add zap a gap to seal them together. Dub on a butt of polar...

    Started by Dillon, 12-07-2011 10:54 PM
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  15. Steelhead Flies

    Stinger Hook Fly Place a Partridge Waddington shank in the vice, attach the thread and wrap a base. Thread a loop of fire wire through the eye...

    Started by Dillon, 12-14-2011 09:50 PM
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  16. Steelhead Flies

    This is a quick, easy tie. It can be done with a number of different materials, but you are looking for a couple specifics for this particular bug......

    Started by Arctic, 12-13-2011 08:04 PM
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  17. Steelhead Flies

    The ever versatile, ever evolving...Steelhead Nymph... Here's one of my newest incarnations...Maybe we call her...Bubble Gum Betty. Here we...

    Started by Arctic, 12-13-2011 07:45 PM
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  18. Questions?

    I recently was given an old school fly reel, it's a pflueger medalist 1492 1/2. My question is when you fight a fish with a fly reel do you rely on...

    Started by ryank, 10-09-2011 12:12 AM
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  19. sandy, clackamas & kalama?

    i haven't fished the sandy or clackamas and today i fished the kalama my first time after moving down the state. i'm trying to find photos of the...

    Started by nautikos, 08-18-2011 12:57 AM
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  20. Feathers 'N Fur!

    Here is whats been crackin on the vise lately. The leeches are that new "Dos-Tones" Zonker type strips. And the long, floofy pink things are...

    Started by Arctic, 08-11-2011 10:20 PM
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    08-17-2011 12:49 PM Go to last post

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