How's it going? I'm glad you joined the site. Where do you fish?

klrbaer,
I dont flyfish, yet. Someday I will take the time to learn.
I am definitely on the go and dont really take time just to go fishing for myself, but I do take people fishing several times per week so I get on the water enough!

Very nice collection of flies! You do excellent work! It is my mission to get better at tying....I'm very much a novice! Thanks for sharing and the inspiration!

nice bunch of flies you tied and posted ! good work !

Nice looking flies. Very good. Which flies do you prefer the most?

My favorite changes a little with the water and weather. But for about a week now the Bead chain eyes with olive maribou and red ice dubbing body, have been the goto in the majority.

Nice job on the flies and the recipes.
Tight wraps

the legs are skirts from buzz baits or hula poppers

I forgot to add that your flies look great . Bluegills beware. lol Illinoisgiller aka ole giller

when your on turn up your chat volume.

sorry if i wasnt too clear. this is what you do, go to the top of the page, click chat on the right (its on the menue bar) then when you get there put up the volume which is next to the smilie face, and the computer volume because the beep is very soft

i accept

309-287-1425 ...my number is 914-837-7825

No, I don't make my own spoons. I'm just started getting into using spoons recently. I've always been a jig man until lately.

are your kids felling better?

I wish i was done with school.

when your on turn up your chat volume. this is what you do, go to the top of the page, click chat on the right (its on the menue bar) then when you get there put up the volume which is next to the smilie face, and the computer volume because the beep is very soft. this is because if someone trys to talk to you the chat volume is on mute. if you want to talk to someon just copy and paste this message.

i dont have the tools or anything to make flies and even if i did i have no clue how to do it. & when did you join this site?

i joined the site a month ago too!

how did you learn to tie flies? and what grade are your kids in?

i dont notice any names

i finaly found the names. i didnt expect to go into soo many things. i went into view all, then clicked on a pic that said flies and there it was.

i gave you a message (on bluegill) and i gave you an email on yahoo. ill probably be on tomorrow from 5:00am to 7:00 am (eastern time). and tommorow afternoon. well im off

now.. il be on about 4:00 to 6:00 pm today. i cant gaurantee though.

looks like the rain you had got us last night

what times are you on?

thanks man ,nothing like catching them big'O Biguns on your own bugs.


gators stink

did you get my mail yet?

where are you?

what are the names of the lakes you fish at? i dont think i've asked you this before.

thanks man,nothing like catching Big '0 Biguns of a fly rod.


gators make good boots

Great profile picture. Ahhh, the joy of fishing.

Kirbaer, The link for the blue zulu didn't show up. Can you try again? Or ty one and post it.
Greg

Try this one for the Blue Zulu.

http://www.diptera.co.uk/patterns/z/zulu_blue.html

As a matter of fact this is the first time I'm trying the nail polish on the eyes. After I painted them, I coated them with rubber based cement. Gonna see how they hold up in the water.

I was looking at your rig to make foam poppers with a dremel. I've tried this but I can't get the foam to stay spinning when i try to form it. Any hints would be great. I use a lot of foam ear plugs. Where do you get your leg material for your poppers?
Thanks
Jim

Sand the needle with heavy grit sand paper, back and forth on the shaft. Not around the shaft. Use a course grit emery board to form the poppers and VERY LIGHT pressure.
Good luck.

Do you have a problem when on the lowest setting the dremel spins too fast. I think I could do better if it was slower. I used a small grout bit and have pretty good success, the speed is now my biggest problem. Thanks for the help!

Thanks for the info. I look forward to buying a dremel tool sometime soon. I'm sure it works well with balsa too.