@@tomt5176 thanks Tom. I have a deck project I’m about to start on. Not looking forward to it in this heat

You got that right. I try to turn any home repair project into a ‘renovation diet’. Just immerse yourself into the work everyday so completely that you don’t feel hungry, you forget to eat and the result is a weight loss program that actually works. The drawback is that you must keep doing projects so the weight stays off! Or call it a ‘honey - do’ diet. C u soon.

@@brianfeeney9493 hahaha. I don’t drink either but everyone keeps talking about this pattern so I figured I had to try it too.

I’m with You Brother 🎉 Thank You for yet another super pattern. I need to get to the vise and twist a few of these up. I’ll try some of your hooks when I place my next order! Prayers for Every Good Thing 🌟🙏🏻💫

@@dickoglevee3539 I’m sure that one will work. That’s just a fishy color (if you can get your hands on it).

Thanks 👍

@@jamesvatter5729 I’ve been on a heavy silver kick this year. Also not sure why but another color that really worked for me this year was white. I’ve been fishing a small 18-20 sexy Walt’s with a 2.0-2.5mm white painted bead at that was one of my top producers in late May through June.

I think the highest I pay for solarez none dry was like 20 dollars but I’m in the us. Another resin to look at is the uv craft resin. Stuff is good. I have their black for perdigon wing cases and it’s awesome btw great video shawn

@@coreystoner4129 thanks Corey but he’s not far off. It’s $20 for a half an ounce.

@@pierevojzola9737 thanks for the comment. I try to keep it simple. As for the bone dry we get it here in the states for around $20 for 0.5 ounces. That goes a long way on small flies like this. I’m a commercial tier and time is money to me. You could go cheaper with something like nail polish for example but that would take me more time waiting for it to dry, tying in stages, having to switch flies in and out of the vise…. The quicker I can tie a fly, the more I can tie, more I can tie the more I can make. I can get a ton of flies out of that half oz bottle so the price per fly would be pennies. It’s well worth the cost for me being a commercial tier. Thanks for your comment and watching my channel.

@@HolsingersFlyShopHi, glad you were paying attention in your math classes! Cheers

@@HolsingersFlyShopHi, I know that from the commercial fly tying view you are spot on! I just go to the $2 shop ( equivalent to the US 50c shop) and purchase bottles of nail polish etc for US 50c each, not as good, but I make my flies to catch my fish and when I can loose a dozen flies a day I feel happy that they cost me so little. Cheers

@@69adrummer you are not kidding it’s hot out. It’s tied on a regular hook not a jig style hook so it will fish “normal” as you put it.

Thanks Bob!!! I love smallie fishing because I mainly swing streamers and dead drift nymphs, which is very similar to swinging wet flies which is the original way I was taught to fly fish 30 some years ago.

Thanks Brian!!

Also great to drop a small nymph under

It's always Walts Worm time!!! And you are correct green weenies slay this time of year. I was out with clients last week early in the morning trying to figure the trout out and tied on a greenie weenie. Within a few casts we had a trout on.

yes they do and its kind of like cheating now because they are on their beds and very protective right now.

Actually when I was young I had an uncle that lived in Portage and had a boat he docked at the Manistee. So I fished the lake there on the boat when I was younger. A few years ago I did make a trip up through Michigan and fly fished the Pere Marquette where I caught my PB king then I went up into the U.P. and caught my first pink salmon. I need to get back out that way again soon. Thanks for watching

Thanks Tom, glad you like it. This one has been working well for me before the water warmed up.

The thread body flies like these are simple and deadly. They cover a large part of my fly box

Thanks Brian!!!

Most definitely. More or less it’s a hot spot collar. Keep em thin

CDL is definitely the bomb when it comes to tailing material. Just keep the tails thin. These things are meant to sink quickly

Thanks Burton

Great thanks for the comment and glad the videos work for you. I’ve been toying around with a book but I agree with you on videos. You pick up things you miss with step by step pictures

Thanks a lot. This has been a very busy year for me in the streams and also a very good one. Time now to switch to some smallmouth and get some tying done.

Sure is! It’s usually the simple ones that catch the most 🐠 🐟 🎣

I would add this one for sure to your box. It’s worked great for me this year.

Dave’s awesome and that’s a great stretch of water at his camp.

@@HolsingersFlyShop that he is and that stretch is fun to fish in my opinion when it’s really low summer floats. Makes you do longer casts and helps work on the precision at longer ranges

You are correct. It also gives you a cleaner straighter line coming out of the egg opposed to the knot. The way you said is the way the ve been doing it for years. This was one of my first videos almost ten years ago now. I was learning as I went with my video production and often missed simple steps like that in the video because of being nervous in front of the camera. That is for adding the tip.

Thanks Mike!!!

Thanks a lot. It was a fun pattern to come up with and catch fish on. My wife shot a golden wildebeest on our last trip and it’s gonna make a great sulphur color.

@@HolsingersFlyShop My bro-in-law loves hunting and Africa, he’s been there many times on safari. I’ll be tuned in and watching for your Gnu sulfur design. C u soon.

More or less it depends on how buggy I want the collar. If I want the collar buggy and leggy looking like on this fly I make the dubbing loop. If I want a streamline pattern and just want a different colored collar then I just dub the collar on.

Glad you enjoyed Brian. Thanks for watching

Take her along with you and let her shoot something. I worked for me. Soon I will be getting the tail back from my wife’s Golden Wildebeest and it’s going to make a great sulphur color. My wife loves going with me over there and she’s hooked on hunting now from our last trip. I’m working on planning a trip this fall to fly fish for trout over there and work out the logistics for a cast and blast trip.