bowbuster

Ok, i have a 8wt reddington switch 11'3. I have both 450 and 475 gr skagit heads. Ive been swingin tips and big flies on the margaree the last month or so and dont seem to be getting the setup quite right. I can throw em outy there a ways but i think i should be getting more out of my rod as far as distance. Im not using a cheater. Made some type 5-6ish tips from an old singlehand line i had. Used diff lengths. Tied directly to the head, 12-20 inch tippet to that. Sometimes it seemed like i would blow my anchor and everything would just land in a mess. Other times i would kill it and bomb away. When it was working out i was only in knee deep water and the deeper i got the harder it was to get the line out far. I tried both heads and found the 450 a little better but my rod is rated for the 475 rio skagit short. Do the tips make much of a difference as far as weight is concerned or mostly the length to sustain the anchor better (stick). What should i be using for a tip length. Should i be using small cheaters with shorter sink tips to get a certain length and should this tip always be the same length regardles of how long the sinking part of the tip is? for example..............always 15 foot tip.....5foot floater-10 foot sink.................10foot floater -5 foot sink ect for a total of 15 feet? Ive only been out with the rod for about 10 days altogether so im still learning. Each time i try something different. im guessing the length of my tip is the factor that i have to figure out but not sure. How far should i be getting out there with my flies. Ive read 60-75 feet. i might have gotten 60 but deff not 75. Anyways , hope theres a spey junkie out there that can simplify things for me. Oh and by the way , i dont throw weighted flies, they r illegal on my home river for atlantics.

Thanks for the input guys. No nore vise haters yet? hmmmm. a lot of them in other threads ive read on other sites. Ya don, the barracuda looks awesome with lots of room in the back for the bigger flies. Still not sure tho. Deff between the nor vise and the barracuda altho the mongoose looks cool. Any one have experience with the J-vise.

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So.....im in the search for a new vise. I now have a regal and a rensetti apprentice. I want a good rotary vise and have been searching the net for videos and reviews and still cant make a decision. I like the nor vise but also am looking at the barracuda and mongoose but still not sure. So lets hear some good advise all u experienced tyers. $3-350 max. Thanks peeps. I tie a lot of bigger flies also so would like something that will hold some bigger hooks for makos and blue dogs(shark) maybe like 4/0-6/0 but i know thats pushin it unless u buy the optional jaws for some. Thanks again. tight lines..........................................

ya man....those sticks look awesome...would love to try em' but im a little out of the way unless ur up fo a road trip!

hmmmm....bully on a bomber

da gold IS gold........luv em'

nice fish dude.....headin up to visit my mom in august....maybe ill look u up and we can go for a hike

double thumz..................like the salt water mask. bad ass

awesone man, where were u at, u in the east?

That thing is bad assssssss. All u need now is a bong holder. I suggest wearing a pfd

exactly, that tazer probably saved his and the cops life

thats f&%$*n halarious. Where did this happen .

usually 6 or more of every fly i tie or buy and all diff colors. depending on the fly and sizes maybe more than 6 but i know that carrying 5-8 flyboxes is just stupid. Im sure theres lots that have issues like myself. id like to break it down to just 2 boxes but since im not in calgary anymore i dont have to worry about that for the time being. Although here i just have a box for each species that i fish for , sometimes 2, but some of the boxes are like the big buggar boxes out there and arent gonna fit in a vest . guess i still have those issues. hmmmmmmmm

first time i was able to even catch a fish on the bow was during run-off.Water way up and muddy as hell. show em sumthin big. Hawgstoppah said it right, big and dark, tight to tha banks in slack water. Probably something thats gonna push a lot a water so it can be heard. Ive used bowriver buggers, dark clousers, huge woolies and #2 all black cone head muddlers. I m no pro but it worked for me 2 years ago. No runoff lastyear much.

about 500 gazillion billion and end up using 3. but ya never know, i mean, what if? just in case right?

hmmmm....looks leechy

is that the guy that i alway saw down fish creek with the spinning rod and giant bobbers

Wow, that is one messed up fish. Havent seen one like that but have seen them with chunks missing from their lips and a few with deformed gill plates. Also had one with only one eye

Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with tanning ( i think thats what u call it) rabbit hides for zonker strips. Also have access to bucktails and hides so those also. Will be dying them and again not too sure on that process either. Anyone with some helpful info would be appreciated. Have been google searching but mostly getting answers on how to remove the hair to get just the leather. Thanks

Nice bruin.

I think im gonna gear one up. Ill post some pics when i get er done

Ya ive seen them before but just the manual ones and have never tried one. They look pretty cool though for doing long hair dubbing ties like in the video. Think i might gear one up just for fun and to have for tying up big bushy streamers. I have an old dremmel tool with a sppeed control on it. That should work. What size of wire is needed for them?

Anyone ever try this. Looks pretty cool once it is all set up

I just use the round tube cylinder like plastic containers fron the dollar store, all the containers stack up and screw together. Theres two sizes one for small dry fly hooks and beads etc and onother bigger one for streamer hooks and such. each section can be divided in half easily enough and labelled easily. Deff no hook migration