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I started my day feisty… I may as well roll with it. Before I go back to peaches and cream I’d like to pick your brains. So I tied up a half dozen egg patterns that I took with me Steelheading. I didn’t plan to fish them. I didn’t want to fish them. Guess what? I fished them quite a bit as droppers. A majority of the locals fished beads. With great success I might add. Centerpin rods were also widely used. A part of my gut tells me fishing beads is dirty… Like snagging. Another part of me sees the logic in the methods used to fish beads and the fact it’s replicating an aquatic food source. I’d like to know your thoughts on bead fishing? Legal? Ethical? Keep it clean and intelligent please folks. I’m warming up to the idea of bead fishing… Like a jittery prom date. #flyfishing #catchandrelease #tailfinn #605onthefly #beadfishing #fishwithaconscience #legitorquit #tobeadornottobead

I started my day feisty… I may as well roll with it. Before I go back to peaches and cream I’d like to pick your brains. So I tied up a half dozen egg patterns that I took with me Steelheading. I didn’t plan to fish them. I didn’t want to fish them. Guess what? I fished them quite a bit as droppers. A majority of the locals fished beads. With great success I might add. Centerpin rods were also widely used. A part of my gut tells me fishing beads is dirty… Like snagging. Another part of me sees the logic in the methods used to fish beads and the fact it’s replicating an aquatic food source. I’d like to know your thoughts on bead fishing? Legal? Ethical? Keep it clean and intelligent please folks. I’m warming up to the idea of bead fishing… Like a jittery prom date. #flyfishing #catchandrelease #tailfinn #605onthefly #beadfishing #fishwithaconscience #legitorquit #tobeadornottobead

Finally a sling pack which will carry a reel net. $99.95 and rocks. Fishpond Summit Sling. We will have it available in august @fishpondusa

Reel with a view | #lamsonfleet #idahobuilt #flyfishing

Copper John Invented by John Barr in the mid 90’s. It’s easy to tie and very effective when you need a heavy simple nymph pattern. By changing the color of the Copper Wire you can easily make variations to cover different situations better. Mr. Barr ties his fly to a TMC 5262 2x long nymph hook but I like to use a shorter one since I mostly use this pattern on small flies when I need them to sink well and I like the look of the shorter ones. TMC 3769SP-BL #16 has proved to be a good choice and it’s also barbless so I don’t lose time de-barbing it. The pattern is pretty straightforward to tie but I can give you couple suggestions. Be sure to make a smooth tapered underbody for the fly to achieve the correct shape and get the copper wire to sit nicely. You can flatten the first one or two turns of wire to get even thinner body from the back. Use only the minimum amount of threadwraps to secure the materials in place so that you don’t get a huge gap between the head and the thorax. For instructions how to tie this fly I recommend you get John Barr’s book “Barr Flies: How to Tie and Fish the Copper John, the Barr Emerger, and Dozens of Other Patterns, Variations, and Rigs” Copper John Hook: TMC 3769SP-BL (or 5262 as in the original) Head: Gold Tungsten Bead Weight: Lead (or leadfree) wire to the front part of the fly Tail: Biots Body: Copper Wire Wingcase: One Pearl Flashabou strip and piece of Thin Skin Abdomen: Peacock Herl Legs: Mottled Brown Hen Coat the wingcase with epoxy after you’ve finished the fly. I usually let the epoxy to go over the body a bit to make it even more sturdier fly.

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