First resident of the year.

[BillM]

First resident of 2014 by billmarz, on Flickr

[misfish]

Nice. Did you see what I seen,or did you hit a different area?

Edited April 29, 2014 by Misfish

[BillM]

Completely different area. That river is way to tight to toss big streamers

[bare foot wader]

beauty fish!!! only thing I haven't got my fix for in BC is brown trout, my favourite trout

 

awesome on the big streamer too...I see some silicone skirt mixed in with the bucktail?

 

and really appreciate flickr isn't blocked on my work network yet ha

[misfish]

Oh come on now Bill. Theres spots for them. You just got to hike a bit to find them.LOL

 

I,ll give them ago this spring,when the water drops abit.

[BillM]

Oh come on now Bill. Theres spots for them. You just got to hike a bit to find them.LOL

 

I,ll give them ago this spring,when the water drops abit.

 

I've hiked that river from Little down to Nursery road It's tight, a tough place for 4in streamers, let alone back casts!

[kickingfrog]

Brown butter.

[Christopheraaron]

Sweet fish! What pattern is that?

[misfish]

 

I've hiked that river from Little down to Nursery road It's tight, a tough place for 4in streamers, let alone back casts!

 

[Ralph Field]

Congratulations on a great looking catch !

[BillM]

Sweet fish! What pattern is that?

 

Galloup Sex Dungeon.

[Christopheraaron]

Thought it was, but don't remember that fly having craft fur in it.

[Christopheraaron]

Or is that just reaaalllyy nice marabou?

[BillM]

Materials are listed on his site.. Apparently the tail has some marabou on it.

[Christopheraaron]

So you bought that one from the man himself?

[BillM]

So you bought that one from the man himself?

 

You got it. Lots of guys are tying his patterns now though... Prices are still crazy if you ask me, lol.

Edited April 30, 2014 by BillM

[Christopheraaron]

Ok then it was just marabou, strange, looks full of craft fur in the pic. The prices are high but you have to consider what goes into these flies, it's around $0.10 for the eyes, a good $1 for the hooks, probably about $2 worth of materials too and those are wholesale prices. That would mean $2.90 per fly, if he can do one in 15 minutes that's $11 an hour, and he only makes that if they tie them themselves, if they buy from a local tyer they have to split that. Trust me $6 isn't too bad.

[BillM]

I'm guessing that fly was made over seas like the rest of his are I try and not to lose those!

[Christopheraaron]

Are you sure they were tied overseas? Many people assume that but quite a few shops tie their own or buy local, blue ribbon flies, reel flies, me, are a few that come to mind If they're tied overseas then they are a little expensive but they aren't way out there. BTW, if anyone wants these flies, I'll sell them to ya for $5.50, cheaper than Kelly's site and no shipping charge

Edited April 30, 2014 by Christopher k

[BillM]

Chris, if you can make them the same I'd be happy to put some $$$ in your bank account

 

If you can, then I've got a entire list of his patterns that I want.

Edited April 30, 2014 by BillM

[Christopheraaron]

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