Jack, I couldn’t catch up with you this summer while you were fishing creeks. I’ve been busy for float trips on the Yellowstone through July and on the Bighorn around the first weekend of August. Bighorn is superb!! With carpet of PMD hatches entire river!! Plus black caddis. I got back to DePuy’s yesterday and now I was fishing for tiny summer midges. Hope to see you, will you come back in the fall? If not, expos in spring!!

Hi thanks for leaving many comments with kind words. I only know Jack from internet and articles (I happen to own one of his books and a streamer tied by him). Matter of fact I recall it was just about his passing. I’ve been attracted by his creativity, unique designs, and humor for his flies and background stories. Also the independence. I even did a tying workshop with his Pheasant Hopper as it contains so many elements and techniques and it’s the antithesis of modern foam hopper!!

@@SatoshiYamamotoLeftyAngler I hope you will continue your tribute series for Jack & his flies. I think he would have found your tying videos capture the technique & spirit of his flies. It’s wonderful that you are helping to keep his memory & flies current. Jack was open & friendly with everyone serious about fly fishing & tying. He was pretty down to earth & while not expecting praise or adoration, he would probably chuckle & embrace the possibility of selling more flies or his books. I wasn’t close to him but did start out taking his classes & then saw & talked with him at our monthly club meetings & gave him an occasional ride home from conferences. He was a wonderful storyteller & could keep people entertained for hours. His passing is a real loss on many levels.

Brindle chenille is used a lot for stonefly nymphs, which are plenty in streams around here. This orange x black would represent salmon fly nymphs or drowned adults. And I believe the original Sparrow would have represented them primarily as well as the reason for success.

Guys, thank you for your hospitality and sharing information!!

Online searches and purchases are ways to go. EBay is a good place to look. Feathers MC sells single strands or already twisted ones.

I guess the video might have been muted due to copyright claim, which I'm not catching up to correct. Back then I was just running Pandora station in the back just for fun and of course, no monetary gain or anything. I eventually switched to instrumentals or movie ST, which seem OK. Now I don't use any sounds/music.........Thank you for tuning in but sorry for inconvenience. I hope to reshoot some patterns that I already did and add more video editing, only if I had lots of time.......

Jack Reilly Yes the spinner video is on the way. The most recent one, split tail tutorial, is the beginning of it. Sorry to miss regulars like you at Idaho Falls too. See you on spring creeks later on.

Turkey Biot creates realistic abdomen, much better than dubbing plus ribbing materials in my opinion and experience. TB can be fragile but if you add tiny bit of cement before wrapping, it'll last much longer. I'm thinking to do & post TB wrapping video soon.

I think the wulff catskill is easier to see, but the parachute floats better (more naturally) and more effective, tying a well balanced catskill style dry can be tough.

Thank you for watching!

@@woodsperson8078 Yes, Catskill dry-fly is, to me, Atlantic salmon fly equivalent among trout flies!

Jack Reilly Good to heat from you, Jack! That pattern is in my to-do list for this winter. As you guess, I’m busy on guiding and tying. Hope to update the recording and editing system by then. Meanwhile maybe see you on the Bighorn and/or the spring creeks!!

Timothy Perry Thank you for taking a look and a kind comment!

I'm hoping to cast some of these soon for Mother's Day Caddis hatches around here. Thank you for stopping by!

Thank you for the feedback! I will write down Atlantic salmon fly step-by-step on my list and try to make it happen!!

Feathers MC (you can easily find the website) sells twisted silk gut that is ready to use. Since I published this video, I saw Spanish silk leaders (shown in this video) available online for the next year or two but nowadays they seem to be very scarce to none. This process was one of side projects when dealing with Atlantic salmon flies and, done right, it was very satisfying. I like the blue stains that looks like old & authentic. Now I but whatever available. My flies can be seen from my fly catalog = leftytyer (dot) blogspot (dot) com and click page tabs on top (rest are trout flies). Thank you for your comment and good luck finding guts, then have fun tying!

I also noticed that it's not twisted right 🙂

@@nicholaiandersen7435 The best thing to use (aside from a real gut twister) is a cheapo (at least they used to be, they jacked the price up recently) string maker off Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Orimupasu-made-string-japan-import/dp/B002KLS2KW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419956039&sr=8-1&keywords=orimupasu I've given up using real gut as old stuff is too brittle - I use clear nylon, light sanded and stained in black coffee - set the twist with a heat gun or the like. The finished result is actually closer to fresh gut than old real gut is. Cheers, Dave Carne

Thank you for watching & commenting through the season! Wish you will have a good fishing season! When streamer is called for the situation, definitely try this pattern!