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I have always wondered why people set up their reels like this? Can I get one good reason for this? I've been learnt that the spool cast knob should be loosened until the spool have a tiny side to side play, being as free as possible. And THEN you use the centrifugal or Magnetic brake to adjust the cast control between different baits. I find this gives me superior casting distance and also seems more likely to be how they(reel designer) intended it to be used like. I can't get the logic behind mechanically braking the spool... Logically it should be as free as possible if you intend to cast something with the reel. Would very much hear your thinking about this? /JK

I can'y count how many hundreds of ducktail jigs I have tied, and this is going to send me back to the bench to tie the best ducktail jig ever! First, I love the pattern a lot, second, I can't figure out why I've never thought of this process. It makes so much sense. I just found your channel and you can bet I will be checking your other videos out, and look for more. You're awesome.

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Michael and Ulla.....over the years while watching your videos, I find myself in a pieceful mind set. Between the music and the videos, it is only described as breath taking. The only thing that comes close is standing on top of an Austrian alpine ridge line at 13000 feet and looking at the curvature of the earth and breathing the thin air and seeing what has to be heaven. You guys are one in a million....that's all I can say. Thanks for sharing your passions and knowledge. Cheers!

Great and unique underwater videos. NICE!

Great video. There seems to be a lot of confusion on the internet, on how Franks Sawyers tied his nymphs. Sadly, some of the materials are hard to come by. Here I think of the Chadwick yarn of course, but also goose feathers in the right shade.

No white? Thats my determining factor

Is there any noise from the fish fighting brake system?

Beautiful! That was a wonderful demonstration. I love maribou!

Nice pattern thank you .

I’ve herd that voice somewhere

What size curl tail is used for what sized fish?

I like it!!! Gonna tie one or 5 tonight!! <(((><

How do you set your thread after youre done? I seen you made some kind of loop.

I'm looking and learning so I can make eighth quarter and 1/16 ounce b7ck tail flies. Actually some from my mini wire haired schnauzer as well. You sir are an artist snd thank you do much for sharing. Tight lines bro.

Great footage, thanks for sharing👍🏻

Beautiful video!!!…….Thank you Michael 👍🎣

Incredible footage and commentary!

beautiful isn't it

Well that was worth waking up for. Brilliant cinematography with audio backing gives the whole subject an air of professionlism mixed with a generous amount of reality. Give yourselves 5 gold stars for subject research and delivery. Regards B.J. B.J.sCustom Baits Australia. Pps. Will be sending you guys a email later on have been in ill health.

Wow! Michael, Ulla, you two do so many things and do them very, very well. This video's level of professionalism rivals those big time producers that you mention and I also love to watch. I see that close to shore activity quite frequently while fishing Oneida Lake in May for walleye as schools of Emerald Shiners, what we locally call "buckeyes", follow the rocky shoreline. Their bodies glisten holographic as they turn in the current then disappear only to show their eyes and lateral line of their semi transparent white bellies. Awesome video guys, thank you!

I'm so glad you are back posting videos. The content and quality are amazing!

Hi Michael, nice footage and narrative. Not that we visualize the same as feeding fish, but I really keyed in on the big eyes and red throats of the baitfish. Excellent! Steve

Nothing better than having the real thing as an example! Thanks, Michael, for sharing this.

Jensen, nice one. Have a bunch of black squire on hand. Will try tomorrow. Thanks

Nice nymph Mick. Regards B.J.

Excellent pattern tutorial. It's hard to beat old school wet fly patterns !!!

Nice one Michael! I tie all my small nymphs pretty much the same way as that using natural furs off the hide. Pre-cut dubbing is convenient, but being able to cut a clump of fur off the hide and control the amount of guard hairs and underfur is best. As you showed - tails, dubbing and dubbing loop - essentially the whole fly from one material. Looking forward to the next fly in this series! Cheers!

Great looking nymph Michael! Nice use of the braid for a wingcase. Did you hear Dickey Betts passed away 😢 Great southern rock guitarist, co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band. Todays music was sort of fitting. 🍻 Cheers ❤

What type of uv glue are you using? Or doesn't it matter?

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Nice!

Nicely done. Mega Thx

That tube fly flows and glows well done Mick and Ulla.

For all the people who never see their flies wet, from the fishes point of view, a big thank you for posting these type of videos Michael and Ulla! I kept hoping to see a big trout swoop in and grab the fly 😁 I have a fly test tank and an underwater camera that I use to inspect new patterns and material behavior, so these types of images are very familiar to me. I was more watching the color and flash of the fly to see how it showed against the background. Noticed thar all the flies were of similar materials/construction. You might want to do videos showing how different materials - soft (marabou/fox), stiff (squirrel/bucktail), various synthetics and the effects of sparce vs dense dressing has on how the fly swims. Think that would benefit your viewers. Above and beyond different sizes to match the seasonal growth of the forage species, I often tie the imitation in a variety of styles, materials, weights and dressings for different fishing situations. Minnows will often be feeding close to the surface early/late in the day and close to the bottom at other times. Different weights/dressing are required to match the depth and behavior. A "Muddler" full style (buoyant) dressing for surface feeders and a sparse (weighted) "Clouser" style for when the minnows are foraging for chironomids on the bottom - the predators are always close to their food source. Great theories eh? Sometimes, I even guess everything right and have a great day on the water - most of the time, it's just a fun day out 😉 Cheers!

That is some great and interesting footage! Thank you Michael!

Work of art video and tube flies! Thanks for all the links too. I gotta start tying tube flys. Thank you Michael and Ulla ❤😊

Those all look great! The smallmouth bass here would smash all of those as well.

Oh man! When he was dropping all those bags of beautiful dubbing... It was like watching diamonds falling from heaven. Started giving me dirty thoughts, like rolling around in a big pile of those bags, throwing it in the air like gold! Fly fishing erotic videos LoL

I love buggy, "bad hair day" flies Michael. I love this series! My fly tying started using hair off the hide. Dubbing loops rule, so many things can be put in them, lots of different ways to make the loops. Gary Borger had a post on his website quite awhile ago on several different ways to make loops. In fact I tied a cool pattern, I think from him, that used scrap marabou in a loop tied much the same way you tied this sculpin. Instead of bead chain I knotted peacock herl and tied each knot in for eyes. The final step is a rough trim, with a bulbous head and a narrowed down neck. The body, from the neck to tail, is trimmed to a rough carrot taper to the tail. I imagine the bulbous head creates a vortex and those rough patches wave and pulse in the current. I used black marabou, and when I cast it upstream from a very deep hole, the pattern disappeared into the blackness. I slowing retrieved it, finally I saw a rippling black image that looked alive. It could represent a dragon fly nymph, leech, or minnow. I'll have to try a hair version like your sculpin. Thank you both for these great videos!

Excellent fly! Definitely will tie some of these…….Thank you Mike!!! 👍🎣

I got my first ABUMATIC in 1967 , a ABUMATIC 41 and serval months later a GARCIA ABUMATIC 141 ; the only ever made left hand wind ABUMATIC reels in,,stand up on rod " position . This reels fix very good to the ABU & ARJON rods with Baitcaster reel grips and are still my favorit reel - rod combination for perch , pike , trout and salomon spinn fishing .

Another great streamer Micheal! I noticed you have Instagram, so I started following you just a minute ago. Thanks for the inspiration!

It's interesting how the beachside eyes should make the hook ride point up, but yet it still rides point down

Hey Michael, Love your fly tying presentations and how you explain the why's and whatnots. But, especially too how you "swim" each fly at the end of the tie. That is so informative as to which materials do what under water. Thanks again. Please continue to present estuary Chinook fly's. Steve

Fed flue du har lavet Hr Jensen ❤ Den skal prøves på kysten 👍