Staying busy indoors

[kirby999]

It looks like it's going to be a loooooooong , wet , cold winter . These are some I tied up the last couple of weeks . I'll tie 4 or 5 , take a break , tie a few , etc. kirby :0

[DanoInTx]

What caliber are those?

[Big_Bill]

Ya David,

Which ones are the most accurate, and what caliber are they, how many grains???

Are you going to use them in the GTA Matches this winter

Bill

[TCups]

The bead-headed nymphs are always a good pattern, and so are the wolly worms.  Panfish, bass, and trout, eh?  How about some dry flies?  Caddis hairs?

[kirby999]

TCups - 12/12/2009  9:40 PM  The bead-headed nymphs are always a good pattern, and so are the wolly worms.  Panfish, bass, and trout, eh?  How about some dry flies?  Caddis hairs?

Too cool (cold) for surface fishing for warmwater species , that's the reason for the subsurface flies for now. There are a few beetle flies in the box . An interesting tidbit, I recently read, that sort of ties ( no pun intended ) flyfishing and airguns is; when casting , if you hear a pop on your backcast , it's the fly actually breaking the sound barrier , just like a pellet does when going faster than the speed of sound . Not a good thing with either IMO . Breaking the sound barrier with a pellet can disrupt the pellet's flight , opening up your group , and with casting ; you could break off your fly . I suggest slowing both of them down . How's that Dano !! . kirby

[Schmidty25]

Wow! nice job on the flies.  I'd like to learn how to tie them and also wonder where to get the material from.  I'd like to make some nice Saltwater ones!   you have any advice Kirby?  thanx

[kirby999]

Schmidty25 - 12/15/2009  8:55 PM  Wow! nice job on the flies.  I'd like to learn how to tie them and also wonder where to get the material from.  I'd like to make some nice Saltwater ones!   you have any advice Kirby?  thanx

Thanks Josh . Here's a nice place that has some good patterns to go by . [ http://www.warmwaterflytyer.com/welcome.asp ] I buy my materials from Cabelas and Bass Proshops . Google some of the fly names like "Clouser " along with "how to tie" and you can find a lot of videos on you-Tube , that will show how to tie them. I've been tying for about 25 years off and on and my flies are getting better , I think so anyways . LOL I get a lot of satisfaction in catching fish on something I tied . BTW the fish can't tell how experienced you are , even if your flies don't look like store bought ones , they'll still catch fish. kirby

[bodiej]

nice work kirby - did a bunch of tying when i was in school

[Big_Bill]

Beautiful work David !

I ounce tied flies myself, and yours are GREAT !!!

I always hated it when I put too much cast on the fly, and the leader tipripped off, loosing my precious hand tied fly :0

A little to much enthusiasm at times, trying to place that fly just where you believe the fish are

But certainly beautiful flies David ! And these COLD, COLD days are just what what the doctor ordered for fly tying, along with a nice warm toddy:emoticon:

Bill

[kirby999]

Thanks Bill . We got a heavy, cold, rain again today . It should be out of here tonight in time for our monthly field target match at Airgunning Atlanta . Going to have to bundle up , supposed to be cold and windy tomorrow . kirby

[North Pack]

Clear as a bell, - a toasty 8* with a wind-chill of only 12 below, why hang around indoors???