New Releases from Jan Siman Ltd. (Fly tying book and DVD)

Recieved an email from Jan Siman asking that I promote this book/DVD in the written/spoken English format. I have not personally viewed the book, but I know there are many interested fishers and tyers hungry for anything Czech oriented.  

Hends book Fly Fishing and Fly Tying II

Code: book_hends
Price: 24.90 EUR
The new book, written by very successful Czech flyfishermen – J. Karafiát and M. Macháček.
You can find there, on 176 coloured pages, more than 200 well-tried models of flies, fly-tying procedures and a lot of pieces of information about competition flyfishing techniques of the Czech flyfishermen.

English version available.

http://shop.siman.cz/

http://www.flytyingspecialties.com/index.php?cPath=3

Fly Tying Thread (Twisted & Fat)

‘Now in order to flatten the thread you need to remove the twist. You do that by spinning the bobin the opposite way of the spin, which in this case means spinning it counterclockwise.’

 http://globalflyfisher.com/tiebetter/thread_control/

‘After the hook, tying thread is the most important item on a fly tier’s bench.’

http://www.flyfisherman.com/ftb/ssthread/

Twisted & Fat

To be honest, I was never given information re the twisting of thread when I learned to tie years ago. Probably would have been a good thing because I learned with 3/0 thread. I made my way to 6/0 and years later to 8/0, all in an effort to reduce bulk. I don’t recall ever reading about line twist and spinning the bobbin to reduce it. I have, indeed, watched tyers at expos spin the bobbin and understood why, I just never did it. Old dog willing to learn a New Trick. Today, with few exceptions I use 8/0 or 14/0. I am still going to experiment with the affects of twist/no twist.

Carp Feeding Video (UK Site) & John Montana Carp Site

 

http://carpersweb.com/2008/08/carp-feeding-habits/        http://carpersweb.com/about/

John Montana Carp

http://www.oregoncarp.com/       http://carponthefly.blogspot.com/