t.z. | Friday, 29 July 2016
The summer fishing season is in full swing up here in the "arctics". My fly box is full and the trips planned and prepared ....... not - never enough preparation really, but what the heck.
I hope you had fun the last fall, winter and spring. I hope you had a chance to fill your flyboxes.
Drving abouts. It´s a long haul always here in the north. The map one normally sees is pretty distorted and the distances seem much shorter ... far from it. I am still in Norway, but about 2100km away from Oslo, where I live. Crazy. If I had driven 2100km south from Oslo I´d ended up in Africa.
So I don´t know what Paul is raving about. These distances are almost normal for Scandinavia. :-) My GPS looks somthing like this.
The fly box for that trip - http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-33-flies-for-norway
Another long haul is to learn to tie flies ... here is so many things one can do ... Here is what I have talked about so far. I grouped it so it´s easier for you to pick your next step.
... the SFTS - Sexyloops Fly Tying School
... the SFTS - Sexyloops Fly Tying School
Intro and first fly:
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-flytying-school-part-1-intro
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-2-thread
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-3-your-first-fly
and than ... - after having tied at least three dozen black gnats - than move on to the other chapters
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-4-ptn
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-5-red-tag
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-6-klinkhamer
keep praticing the flies above while you read these :
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-7-needs
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-8-books
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-9-entomology4kids
and than continue with the next section
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-10-bead-head-nymph
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-11-dubbing
splitting thread (not hair)
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-12-tzs-hares-hare-fly
and some more relaxing easy, but very efficient pattern
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-13-shipmans-buzzer
if you need a fly to impress the other fishermen go for these
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-14-real-caddis-larva
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-15-real-daddy
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-29-stonefly-nymph
the emerger section
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-16-hares-hair-emerger
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-17-emergers
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-18-foam-hare-klink
extended body flies
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-19-carpet-yarn-caddis
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-23-extended-body-dry-flies
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-24-extended-foam-body-dragon-fly
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-25-cdc-mohican-mayfly
streamers
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-20-streamers
tying technique - using your fingertips
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-22-fingertips
tying with deer hair
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-26-deer-hair-caddis
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-27-dyret
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-28-cdc-elk
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-31-panic-deer-hair-and-seal
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-32-ants
tying lifecycles
http://www.sexyloops.com/index.php/ps/sexyloops-fly-tying-school-part-30-tying-lifecycles
Another really good way of learning fly tying is to take macro pictures. A smartphone or small digital camera is sufficient. Than upload the pics to the sexyloops forum and have them discuss by others.
picture by Al Pyke
Thomas Züllich, or - “t.z.” as most call him - is a German flyfisher & flytier living in Norway. His flydressing is based on old traditions as well as very modern and innovative methods of creating flies. You can book Thomas for guided trips, flytying classes and presentations. He regularly gives speeches and demonstrations at fly fishing fairs. Thomas is member of the ProTeam at Partridge of Redditch as well as Regal Vises.
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