rich mc

that was explained so well. thanks 

we learned that from bill over ten years ago.  the fly was called the murdered muppet .the part of adding tear mender is new. and back then nobody used shanks.  the stretching of the craft hair only works with hareline brand .

thanks for the notice.ive missed one and dontplan on missing another.   yes  for the fly casting.

the whole key to these flies is how it is trimmed   i have even used some goop to make a solid tail fin on the big fly  .   it helps to keel the fly and gives it a bigger kick when stripped .

mike one thing when making the longer flies , if you add some foam to the shank or some material, it will give the body more girthwhich will help in getting a truer minnow shape.  i do like your idea of the shank over a wire and bead connector.

11 showed up to learn a few things about furling, and using satin.  awesome  patty melt and bock beer finished the event for me.  think we will try a summer session tying  topwater stuff  there.    

for those attending   items to bring is a ruler,  if your a jig tyer bring your fav plastic to copy.  i do have a few mushroom heads in case ned shows up!

 few of the flies and jigs we will tie tomorrow .    we will start small2.5 inches and 1/32 jigheads and get larger.

there was a video on making slip floats super balanced   they used a styrofoam one that had the wire going thru it and a round strip of lead at the base.   long story,   bend out the wire, remove weight , cut the float in half and cut hole to put the weight dead center, glue the halves back togethrer and re string the wire.  i learned slip bobbering from the best at shabbona, the only way to fish the cribs  here and the deep trees

  trying to get a count of how many plan on attending  . thanks rich

 i wanted to go but wife had other plans .  so what tips did andrew mention about  fishing deep clear lakes?

they are effective  i use more red colored inthe spring, few weeks after ice out on ponds. olive claws brown  body with chart skirt antenae and side legs as weeds start.  when itsmuddy black n blue rules, same as when it gets dark in the evening   rich

will be doing some new patterns and jigs using eyelash yarn and satin material. eyelash yarn  is better than the chenille as it has more action and lighter is weight to cast when wet.  

if she had a 20% reduction in  workforce it may have been due to retirement and a hiring freeze.

saturday march 9th at   Runaways family grill   120 butterfield rd north aurora    [just east of rt 25]  starting at 12and going to 3pm.i will  demo   on tying with eyelash yarn and satin material.     they have a back room area that can hold about 20tyers.  materials will be supplied as well as a few spare vicesfor the beginners. bring your favorite hook or jighead to match any plastic bait!      anyone can attend.    good food, cold beer and the river is blocks away.

contact rich if you have any questions  

just yesterday i had 1200 yards arrive from turkey      a new yarn that just came out.. gee i am off today ,what should i do? no  brainer

some may remember the targus craft hair.   the portland fly shop has a large supply on sale.  over 3.5 inches long on an 8x8 patch  for `1.99

thats a true fire tiger color. most tyers will layer dark on top and light on the bottom  , you broke that box.  with the furling that i have been doing i have  used a shorter eyelash[red] combined with a white longer eyelash  and it gives me a red backbone type pattern .now you gave me the idea of mixing other colors for the body. could be a jeff gordon fly or rainbow warrior.  rich

  jonn graham is speaking both days  as is paul center who was involved with isa years ago. jonn has his booth with his swimbaits, ill have mine with jigs and flies,  raptor spinnerbaits should be there  and white iron resort. craig riendeau will have his off the deep edge booth as he will be guiding on mille lacs this spring .also shabbona lakeside, jim kopjo crappie service, as well as austin adducci is normally there.   plenty to see

been tying jigs for the tinley show.  craw jigs , and a new crappie thumper jig  1/32 head with long mop tail and  short eyelash hackled around the collar.    today ive been playing with furled baitfish flies with satin wings[bottom ,side and top] tied thunder creek style to build a bigger head , that gets covered in crystal tee shirt paint with eyes    rich

looks like one guy slept thru it all.    time now for some northern region  fly tying .    rich

looks like fun except for the guy on the gurney. how could someone sleep with stan telling  jokes  .   time for us northern tyers to get together. 

good video. i will spend more time tying articulated flies this year.

great stuff to post on a snowy saturday   i would have bet you did a red and white fly.

guess people think its easy to get a double doink. ive never seen one before.

i read where a musky guide adds a 9 inch magnum rabbit strip   to a 1 oz chatterbait