SilverDoctor

Had a fun time today at the show tying and chatting with people, will be there again tomorrow at the Fly Fish Calgary Booth. Met some great people, there are some great booths this year and quality product, many deals to be had so don’t miss Sunday if you haven’t been yet. World class fly tiers and products. Here’s some quick snaps of a small part of the show. Davie McPhail an extraordinary tier who's videos online are a treat. Was great joy to meet and chat with him. Norm Norlander, designer of the Nor-Vice the Norvise wonderful guy and free with his knowledge.

Be there at the Fly Fish Calgary tying with a few other members, Drop by and say hi. I got to say that I go more for the people than anything, always a fun time.

Good job Nate well done

I very often use my Meiser 4 wt 12.5 ft Spey rod for streamers; I can cast and swing all day without getting tired. These old shoulders aren’t that keen on double hauling that much.

Somthing to remeber is we all will have different needs when casting a rod. A lot of personal preferance comes into play as far as weight and rod speed are concerned. Like Flytyer said the show is a great place to see what suites you.

Sounds great, I'll be ther visa in hand.

I do the same thing, build my own custom sink tips and add em as I need them.

Sigh... summer and small streams is too far away.

Said my 2 cents.

They are a nice reel, I have one that is the 4/5/6 weight and love it. Had a big one but sold it, anotehr one I really like better is the Loop Classic. The other option is to look for a classic Hardy reel, a wide perfect for instance.

Yep be tying at teh FF calgary booth also, com by and say HI

Tied with wool in the past, its great for dubbed bodies and sheds water well. Never tried it for a wing material like you would use snowshoe hare foot for but I imagine you could just pull it out a few times to align the fibers and tie a clump in for a wing. I do love snowshoe for wing material and makes nice emergers also.

He's a great tier, will be nice to meet him.

As a young boy in Ontario we made many a meal of crayfish.

A very happy new year to all.

I'll most likly tie some for a Bass trip to BC again this summer. Post em when I do em, don't have any left over from last year.

I think another important reminder is keep the Trout in the water whenever possible. In sub zero weather the eyes freeze and are damaged easily.

The wife ordederd me a Lowrance Elite-7 chartploter for the boat (I actually think it was a gift to herself) wool sox and a half dozen nice outdoor shirts form the "boys" Time with family

All of the above although when I do get out for winter fishing I do tend to scale down my presentation.

All of the South stores are a bit of a haul for me, I don't get down there as much as I would like to, I also miss not having a store in the NW but such is life. The very best to the guys at Southbow, they always treated me like gold.

Beauty picture of the caddis and nice tie.

A very Merry christmas to all forum members. Keep well and safe over the holiday season.

------------------------ It's a good time to pick up that book. You can still find it for a modest price condiderting its age (under $50). I notice that the odd pristine first edition copy are starting to go for over $200. Couple of years ago I found two signed editions for a very modest cost.

Like they say yer life changes, all for the better. have 3 sons. Wouldn't change a thing.

A film about fly-fishing and work. This is a long one so settle back with some popcorn. .http://vimeo.com/groups/137115/videos/51027887. Sorry you'll have to cut and past it with no periods at each end