Green Beauty on EBay (CS)

Just spotted on eBay is a nice Carrie Stevens Green Beauty size #4. The bidding has just reached about 80 dollars, but I would think that the fly should end up going for about 250-300 US. This fly has the original card and cellophane. Auction ends Dec 20, 200920:38:50 EST.

Click here for the auction.

Carrie Stevens Green Beauty

Green Beauty Head Detail

Please note that I am not associated with this eBay seller.

Eumer Cone Tube Fly #1 by Tight Lines Fly Fishing

Here is a great tutorial for tube tyers. Charlie from Tight Lines ties up a somewhat generic tube, but the important thing to note is how the components of the fly fit together. Charlie does a pin point job explaining some of the mystery behind all of the separate components and how the liner tube, junction tube, body and cone fit into the overall construction of a tube fly. Take notes.

White Miller Soft Hackle

Just a little change of pace. This fly is tied up for the Firehole river in early summer. It is a caddis emerger pattern, and the colour should make it easy to see floating in the film in almost any condition. The ice dub will give this pattern some good action once it’s combed out and fished, as well as creating some gaseous looking pockets. There is a great tip on creating a dubbing brush tool in here as well. One other piece of advise I can give you is that if you do happen to get some cement in your hook eye, run a stem of trim hackle or marabou through the eye to clean it out.

White Miller Soft Hackle

Hook: short shank dry #14
Thread: 8/0 light cahill Uni
Abdomen: pearl Ice Dub dubbed rough
Thorax: light shade Arizona Synthetic Peacock dubbed rough
Hackle: cream hen

Drawing Flies 365 Book now available.

For those of you who followed Jeff Kennedy’s Drawing Flies 365 project in 2008, this will be a must have for your library. There is a 15 page preview available, click here to check it out.

Jeff Kennedy - Drawing Flies 365 Book

This 154 page book takes you on a visual journey as I draw/paint 365 fishing flies every day for a year. I decided to self publish this book through Blurb, who is a print on demand publisher. The book quality is superb. I am offering the book in two versions, soft cover or hard cover with a dust jacket.

Click here to preview to book and order your own copy. I’ve recently ordered a few book from Blurb’s print on demand (POD) service and can attest to the great professional quality of the book. Congratulations on the book Jeff.

East Coast Butterfly

The Majestic Butterfly

The Butterfly is a popular fly for Atlantic Salmon. I should really bring up East Coast flies more often. They have some unique character that you can only find out east. Interesting enough, it was a Florida man by the name of Maurice Ingalls who developed the fly and brought it to fish the mighty Miramichi in New Brunswick. The fly is now popular across the Maritimes and can be found being flung on rivers all over. The spilt wing design creates a pulsing action and is said to drive the fish nuts.

Follow the link to view the step-by-step tutorial for tying the Butterfly – http://www.novascotiafishing.com/om/article.asp?id=186.

Check out some of the variations found at W.W. Doak in New Brunswick. Butterfly Variations