Thank you so much for checking this one out! I got real bored on the road and thought I'd whip up a fly!

Love the pipe cleaner idea...never saw that before. Great fly as well.

@CooperLandingFishingGuide

6 ай бұрын

For sure! I can't remember where I saw it first, but it helps a lot keeping those pesky materials away from the front of the fly! Thank you for watching!

I've learned a lot from your videos. Thanks for the great content.

@CooperLandingFishingGuide

Жыл бұрын

That means so much! I really appreciate the kind words!

I use a lit of rabbit fur in my loops too. Even in my atlantic salmon flies. Love the look!

@CooperLandingFishingGuide

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I pretty much include rabbit fur loops in all my flies lol :) Thank you so much for watching!

Hey Dave! Watching other people tie is a great way to pick-up new techniques - like the way you hang one side of your dubbing loop so it doesn't twist up. Thats a nice dubbing twister you have, it's got some good weight to it - IMHO, most of the twisters on the market are too light and don't pull the thread taught enough to hold some solid/slippery materials (like squirrel tail) - made my own out of some coat-hanger and a 2 ounce egg-sinker. Being old-school (read: 3/0 thread) I was taught to minimize my thread wraps (2 behind to secure, 1 infront to lock followed by a half-hitch to keep everything tight). Still prefer 3/0 for putting down a thread base or building a tapered underbody (quickly - with less than two hundred wraps LOL!) and for stronger dubbing loops. Cheers! Hank

Really nice work. . and a great fly.

@CooperLandingFishingGuide

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Thank you for your feedback and for watching!

Wow Dave your work is bad ass and I love you rep Alaska our home is the best hope to fish with ya soon

@CooperLandingFishingGuide

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you a ton Allen!! Definitely the best place on earth!

What size eyes ?

Hey Dave! Watching other people tie is a great way to pick-up new techniques - like the way you hang one side of your dubbing loop so it doesn't twist up. Thats a nice dubbing twister you have, it's got some good weight to it - IMHO, most of the twisters on the market are too light and don't pull the thread taught enough to hold some solid/slippery materials (like squirrel tail) - made my own out of some coat-hanger and a 2 ounce egg-sinker. Being old-school (read: 3/0 thread) I was taught to minimize my thread wraps (2 behind to secure, 1 infront to lock followed by a half-hitch to keep everything tight). Still prefer 3/0 for putting down a thread base or building a tapered underbody (quickly - with less than two hundred wraps LOL!) and for stronger dubbing loops. Cheers! Hank

@CooperLandingFishingGuide

5 жыл бұрын

For sure! I watch tying videos all the time and they definitely help :) The dubbing spinner I have is the OPST dubbing spinner and it is very helpful for the types of flies I like to tie. You're right on thread wraps. I generally tie quick flies for my guided trips and I really stress "durability" so I can use one fly over and over without them falling apart. I definitely need to refine a bit more with some more precise wraps and less thread turns. Thank you again for checking out the videos!