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CAUTION: Krazy Glue and some foam may release a rather nasty gas. I was making a three layer body for a hopper pattern and when I put the crazy glue on the orange foam I got from wally world and this little puff of white smoke comes off the foam accompanied by some bubbling of the glue. Tried very hard not to sample the gas so I don't really know how toxic it would be but with the chemicals involved it can't be good. The problem may have been excess glue.

I was in wally world the other day shopping for the wife's birthday present and I found the foam. Ok so it was more like I was supposed to be shopping for the wife when really I wanted to be shopping for fly stuff. I bought a few sheets and I have found a really simple hopper pattern and here are the results. gonna work on the legs and the head a bit. Does not having eyes really make any difference? The site I found this on indicated the eyes were important. Base on a recipe found here: Global Fly Fisher-Summer Hopper

For me it is different between work and home. At home it allows me to save my username and password and just select login, but at work I have to enter both each time I log in. I think it is a browser function. Different from the last forum which would keep me logged in for 6 hrs at a time can we do that with the new forum?

You can open any jpeg, which I assume is what your are using, using Paint and use the skew function to reduce the size of the picture. Its cheap and dirty... but it works.

It is lead wrapped and the hackle is fairly soft every time I grap the thing I stab myself. I got some new Hackle last night so I will try that. You can't tell from the picture but I used red wire trying to get a little flash of blood into the fly. Now if I just could manage to try streamer fishing occasionly.

I think that was what I was trying to say in my response to the first topic. For me 6 yrs roughly 25>30 days per 2-4 still water the rest on the bow. So basically some guys pretty much get as many days as I have had total in one year. But this would be really tough to calculate someone start a spreadsheet

Ok so I tried again using a glow bead instead of the head and using red wire to secure the hackle. Still need to find some hackle that the correct width so it doesn't cover the point of the hook.

Thanks the step by step is great and yes the tail is too long probably because I tied the marabou in towards the rear. I had a question about your tie, did you tie your hackle down or are you using the wire to hold it in place? Probably confirming my newb status with that question.

Thanks for the suggestions both of you. Dryfly I followed the directions on that link and it is working better now. gonna need strong thread I think because I broke the thread once pulling it tight to get the hair to stand up. Also the tip of the bic pen was too narrow so I used the other end. SilverDoctor good point on the hackle covering the hook point, I have been trimming mine as I only have the one kind and its too long. Gonna need more material very soon.

So I have read that some people start tying flys with these but this my first attempt. Anyone seeing any way to improve the head portion? Should I use more hair or something other than deer hair? Any criticism would be welcome.

Man that level 3 is tough.

Best of luck with your surgery, and speedy and full recovery. I work for the health region at Foothills in fact, not in patient care directly, the quality of care in Calgary is very good despite all of the negative press it gets from the media. I guess I was a little late but I hope everything went well.

Thats so cool gonna have to make some myself. We should start a whole forum section on ways to making cheap fly fishing paraphenalia.

I have been fly-fishing for about 6yrs but I think the issue is more the amount of time spent fishing rather than the number of years past. I see Max saying he has 7yrs and I don't really think you can compare the amount experience. I might get 20ish days per year where as some seem to get 300+. Days on the river would be more accurate but this will be interesting none the less.

WOW, was half expecting him to clip one of those gaurd rails. That video needs an overlayed speedometer.

I just go when I can and its seems to work out better in the evening most times. On the weekends I am much more likely to try an early morning trip because of the amount of recovery time needed.

How thick roughly? is Darice a brand name? Sweet looking flys btw. I might have to try tying some of those. I had bought a sheet of yellow but its seems like its about half as thick as I would like.

Wouldn't keep me dry, would have to be pretty gross water for me to think that was a better idea than wet wading. On the other probably could drop several pounds in a few hours out fishing.

Pink Floyd The Division Bell Tour BC Place early 90s Roadside Attraction Thunderbird stadium UBC Featuring the Hip, Ziggy Marley, Spirit of the west Etc. early 90's The Tusnami Relief Concert Saddle Dome (I am really bad with dates today) But man I am so jealous of the Silver Doctors list mostly because I never got a chance to see a lot of those bands before key members died. I have a tragic story of missing one of the last Grateful Dead concerts because I was in high school and my parents wouldn't let me go to Seattle to watch it.

The have a website. Togen's Fly Shop Their prices seem reasonable even with shipping I am thinking about ordering one of their combo packs. not sure if they sell in Calgary or not.

I have never had any problems with the service at Wholesale. Knowlegdeable friendly staff, at least willing to point you to the right person. I have noticed that the general trend that customer service in the city has decreased with the amount of well paying jobs out there. And yes it is very nice that it is next door to Ikea, and Micheals for that matter.