Nice flies. I cant tell the color of the beads from the lighting. They look like they are all the same color. Is that gold, brass, or copper?

Flying ties is so cool . I really wish I had the patience and skill for it . Super cool

SpongeBob will never see this one coming

Ugh

Yep, nice tie. This fly fishes everywhere. We tie it in all sizes, various bead colors and tag colors. It’s been one of our favorites flies for probably the last 4-5 years.

Fly tying to Whiskey Myers. Nice!

Looks fishy, I’ll have to try it. I tie a fly by the same name but I think your version looks better.

Nice job! In my experience the Thread Frenchie fishes better than the Original (Lance Egan) Frenchie. It fishes well in black, olive and brown. I’m not sure if Lance created the Thread Frenchie, I don’t remember, it might have been one of the other Flyfishfood guys, Curtis or Cheech but it’s a solid pattern that we have all tinkered with. The comp guys tend to have several rows is many variations. It’s a quick tie and that’s what I like!

Whats the hackle (not cdc ? )

So similar to my system. Excel spreadsheet with 4 categories: streamers, dries & foam, nymphs, and chironomids. Use local annual hatch charts as well as ones for any trips further afield to identify good flies. Take box inventory of what I have so I can figure what got lost/destroyed how many need to be tied. I ONLY tie flies in 1 or maybe 2 sizes for any given pattern. I don't waste time tying anything smaller than 16 because I could care less. If I really micro stuff I could just buy it so I don't have inventory (esp. $$$ hackle) for only a few of something. Then I try to find patterns that use similar materials so I can reduce need for expensive materials only used for a single fly. Anything I can do to avoid expensive dry fly hackle is considered a win. Once I have the list down to what I'm trying to imitate, then I also hyperlink to KZbin videos of the best video I can find for any given pattern. I also have more sheets in the Excel for bead size and hook charts, online store coupon codes, and substitutions lists. The subs list is like if a pattern calls for and Antron parachute post but really you could use Fulling Mill Ultra Dry Yarn and it would float even better. Once I have a tying list, tie things in easiest to hardest order and just skip any patterns you are missing ingredients for. Get 1 list of missing materials ordered and then tie the rest. Soak all dry flies in High and Dry floatant. I also set up boxes so all life stages of specific bugs are grouped together. Lots of dudes do all nymphs in a box but I group by all life cycle stages of BWO, PMD, stonefly, stillwater things, etc. Hope this validates your method... life without spreadsheets simply isn't worth living.

Nice

Why put a rib if your not going to counter wrap the herl?

Nah fuck penn state

Green and gold catches more 🍀

That's badass let's go state it would awesome if it catches. What did you use for tail and rib

This is an amazing looking fly! It is fly tying season for me. I will definitely tie up a few dozen of these. Thanks for sharing!

Nice job! The Iron Lotus is one of my “confidence” flies but I started fishing it without a hotspot about two years ago and I think it fishes even better - for me anyway. Great fly with or without a hotspot.

Icex is a new one for me. Seaguar is great stuff.

What rod set up are you using for this?

Another use for those toe warmers is in your gloves along the back of your hand; makes a HUGE difference keeping your hands warm and mobile👍

Great video I am definitely going to download that chart . As for me I just bought a house outside of Milford Pa. and I have not yet tried to fish out here . To busy working on the house. So I have been watching video and trying to gather information and I will try to put together a chart that fits the waters I will be fishing as soon as I find them ! Thank you again and Tight Lines 1

Another very good video Jeff! Your doing a great job keep ‘em comin! Tight lines!

This is really helpful … greetings from uk

Good stuff. Keep the videos coming.

Thanks for watching!

Do you know where I can purchase empty tippit spools for the Seagur flourocarbon?

Thank you all for commenting on this video. I wanted to share the follow up article troutstrike.com/save-money-on-fluorocarbon/

fyi, the links for the last four materials in the description all link to the same product.

The iron WHAT? I AM FIRE

There have always been economies of scale. I think you are having a go at the flyshops without good reason. If you buy in bulk and respool its going to be cheaper, but it doesn't look as if you have a shop, I maybe wrong, but if you dont; you dont have the expenses of rates heating and insurance to provide for. The other issues for shops they buy in whats available and some anglers may only want 30mtr spools. Shops also have to carry many products in stock to satisfy the need of anglers. If they go out of business it will be a real shame for fishing as much information is shared within their walls.

Euro nymphing isn't fly fishing

Hey Jeff! Nice work 👍🏻. Those rainbows get all colored up because they’re getting ready for their spawning season which starts in February, which they don’t do in that stream but their bodies still go through changes like a wild rainbow does, especially the males with the longer mouths. A lot of the big females get a bright beautiful silver color, even the stockie holdovers. Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

Great video and footage, thumbs up and greetings from NZ, Tony.

Good morning! Thanks for watching!

Good morning Jeff

Fluorocarbon leader has two extra process to make it a little stiffer and abrasion resistance it’s not the same as filler spools.

5 rio guide spools later....and i could have bought a decent rod. The seaguar does work pretty good and will save you alot of $. Good review

Great vidio Yes I’ve been doing this a while now much more cost effective, I keep my large spools wrapped I tinfoil and in a dark place when I’m not spooling my small spools away from sun light ,

I'm addicted to the Cortland Ultra Premium! It has far better performance than anything else I've found, but is not affordable at all.

If you are looking for a middle ground, try Cortland Fluorocarbon. I don't mean Ultra Premium, just the regular fluorocarbon. around $13 dollars with better strength to diameter ratio than Seaguar and cheaper than RIO.

If you are using a whole spool of tippet on a single trip, you must be catching as many trees and rocks as I do! One tip I have found useful is to pull all snags by hand. I don't use the rod to pull snags anymore, I put my hands on the line and have much better control. This keeps rock snags from becoming tree snags and keeps the line from wrapping around the rod tip as soon as I get it off the rock. It takes a little more patience, but it saves me retying about half the time. Nothing is worse than getting unstuck and immediately creating a birds nest on your rod tip.

Legit advice - Seaguar is HUGE in the saltwater fishing line market, it's the original company that brought fluorocarbon to the fishing world over 50 years ago. No company has more history making fluoro than Seaguar. I've used their lighter weight fluoro as flyfishing leader material for decades just like in the video. I also use it for heavier leaders too - 2X is 8lb, 1X is 12lb, and 0X is 15lb. Yo-Zuri is another really good brand of fluorocarbon line.

Have you ever tried Bozeman fluorocarbon , $9.99

Take money away from the local shop then complain the shops are closing

The strength rating from different brands can be all over the board. The diameter is what I have been looking at. I found Sunline FC Sniper. I focused on this line because they offered fluoro in 1 lb. increments from 2 thru 8 lb test. They have bigger lines but they start jumping up more than one pound increments after 8 lb's. The diameter is what's important. Since they have lines in 1 lb increments I have more choices of diameter. The 2 lb Sunline FC Sniper is the same diameter as Trout Hunter 6X and the 8 lb is similar to Trout Hunter 2X. That gives you an idea of the comparison. Here is the line rating and diameter listed: 2 lb - .128 mm / 0.0050" 3 lb - .148 mm / 0.0058" 4 lb - .165 mm / 0.0065" 5 lb - .190 mm / 0.0075" 6 lb - .205 mm / 0.0081" 7 lb - .219 mm / 0.0086" 8 lb - .235 mm / 0.0093" I have been very happy with how the FC Sniper fishes. If you want to go smaller than 6X you will have to find something else.

Rio claims 8lb+ break strength on 3x fluoro, and 7lb+ for their 4x. That's quite a bit more than same diameter Seaguar, P-Line etc. I dunno if Rio is really that strong since I ain't spending $20 a spool on tippet that I burn through like crazy. I've done fine with various Seaguar and P-Line products. However, if the Rio (and others) strengths are anywhere close to being accurate it begs the question of why aren't the fluoro lines geared towards conventional tackle that strong.

Man... As a comp angler I have a boat load of things to say but 99% of the people will not care. All I will say is, I wish we could see the testing method and protocol followed for the results shown. All I will say is, you're 100% spot on, for any rec angling scenarios the Seaguar 100yrd or 200yrd spool are absolutely worth it. I use the STS 8LBS for my entire season of river salmon fishing including Steelhead. I even use it in still water scenarios. For the river game, it's a completely different topic. I fish 7x or 8x. If the fish and current are too strong I might bump to 6X. The biggest thing I would say is that diameter. It's the ONE actual component that will change a lot of the friction and "resistance" induced by wind and water or both. I'd actually recommend you try to fish with just one fly and play with 7 or 8x. Then maybe you won't think it's time to go home anymore.

What brand are you referencing on the left side of your chart? I would be curious to know because that is the worst breaking strength I have ever seen for a fluorocarbon tippet. Every fluorocarbon tippet that I have seen in fly shops have breaking strengths that are significantly stronger than the ones you listed under "Popular Fly Shop Brand". If there was a 4x fluorocarbon tippet with a 4.8lb straight breaking strength it would certainly not be popular in any fly shop. Cortland Ultra Premium Fluoro in 4x has a breaking strength of 8.4 pounds and I can't think of another brand that has a 4x diameter tippet with a breaking strength less than 7 pounds. If you like to fish Seagur fluoro there is nothing wrong with that, but fly fishing tippets are more expensive because they are stronger at the same diameter. I do not think that your chart is a fair comparison.

Not poo-pooing on your channel but, I did find something incredible recently. My wife and I were at a local farm supply store and in their fishing section they had Rio tippet spools for $5 each! I bought all they had. If that supply runs out, I;m definitely going to switch to this. Thanks!

Great validation. I've been using the Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon 2lb as my 5x.