Yeah I agree, I notice that there are markers for where people have caught fish.
Not something I want to share with the world really

Irish stimmies for a decent wave this morning before work. https://scontent-nrt1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/278776496_786744653642_5774081741448741021_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&_nc_ohc=EeX3t-8VVAEAX9WP2Ew&_nc_ht=scontent-nrt1-1.xx&oh=00_A...

An essential thread for a fly tying forum, so let's see what's tripping off your vice! I'll kick things off with a clan goat from a few I'm tying for myself https://scontent-nrt1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/278480136_786541031702_5091912822504878608_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=0debeb&...

Thanks Lars, the other one I use no.4 in the dubbing and head

another vote for Martin's minnow. Also balanced leeches can be fantastic fished slightly over depth on an indicator so you can vertically hop them off the lake bed.

My favourite damsel is fairly simple and I've got complete confidence in it.
I tie this version and a more honey olive with red.

Like Lars, I tie at the front and catch it with the rib-just wind the rib as though there was no hackle and you'll not trap too many fibers. I only fold hackles at the head/shoulder of the fly and do that by putting my thumb and first 2 fingers togetherand pass them back allowing the hook eye to go ...

It might be a weird question, but why remove it? :D I would have thought these flies would possess excellent floatation properties. I believe that there are, or were, some compounds that were supposedly able to impregnate flies permanently. For me I would think it a bonus! Cheers, Paul That's what ...

Size matters to me, which is why I don't fish for yamame here in Japan when I've 30lb carp swimming around nearby (which are harder anyway) but as I said in the FP, I don't photograph many of the fish I catch. Wildness and condition matter very much though.