Perfect elk hair. I still struggle keeping it all on top a little. Getting alot better but I still tend to twist a little on tk the far side. You make it look so easy Barry. Bravo
Simple but still stunning...its almost that time of year here in colorado...thanks for showing the basics...the little details really make a difference. .cutting off the head the way you did looks so real!
Well, what you said is fine, I am teaching myself Russian and I just started a couple of weeks ago teaching myself, French. You can tie the fly without hackle at all, for some hackle is a major expense. I fish these both ways. You will catch fish. Access to good instruction was not always the case, in many ways we are living in a golden age.
You are a true artist at work. I recently purchased your book and I loved it and must admit it was breathtaking with so many pictures and easy QR code to get to the video. You can really see the amount of work you put into it. Then I learned just yesterday that you did all the photos yourself.. I truly appreciate you teaching us your wonderful skills. Cheers from the US.
Thank you sir, so good partern, also for bass in my area. Unfortunately I often cut the elk hair with my thread, maybe my skin is to old and dry up or i put to much pressure on my thread. practice, practice :) is there a rule of thumb to place the hackle? I like the way you do it vertically, but do you always put the shiny side of the hackle looking up front or revers. Some tyers seem to give a lot of importance to this aspect. did that do differences? have a good day
Hi Len, Thanks. They are all different. But in the beginners book I focus on learning basic techniques, proportions etc, that when practiced and perfected become the advanced techniques. There are tyers at all levels that would also benefit from it.
Love the trick with the razor blade.
Thanks James!
Love the look of that hackle.
Thanks Sam.
This beginner series is just what I needed. Thank you Barry
Excellent job. Thank you
Thank you, much appreciated.
Awesome Elk Hair Caddis Barry & Season's Greetings from Eastern Ontario, Canada.
Thank you and the same too you.
Perfect elk hair. I still struggle keeping it all on top a little. Getting alot better but I still tend to twist a little on tk the far side. You make it look so easy Barry. Bravo
Thanks. You have to wrap twice loosely around the hair before you tighten!
Great series! I am waiting for more;) greetings from Poland!
Superb tie Barry. And thanks for the lesson.
Thank you Earl.
this the way I have tied my elk caddis for about 40 years. It's Randall Kaufmann style, easy to tie and pretty strong. well done
Thanks Guido!
Simple but still stunning...its almost that time of year here in colorado...thanks for showing the basics...the little details really make a difference. .cutting off the head the way you did looks so real!
Thanks S, Glad it was helpful!
A great fly pattern. I like the caddis green dubbing. Found it worked best around my area. Well tied.
It’s just incredible how well you can work with all fly tying materials !! 😉👌👍 (sorry if the structure of my sentence isn’t good 😬) I’m French *😅
Well, what you said is fine, I am teaching myself Russian and I just started a couple of weeks ago teaching myself, French. You can tie the fly without hackle at all, for some hackle is a major expense. I fish these both ways. You will catch fish. Access to good instruction was not always the case, in many ways we are living in a golden age.
You are a true artist at work. I recently purchased your book and I loved it and must admit it was breathtaking with so many pictures and easy QR code to get to the video. You can really see the amount of work you put into it. Then I learned just yesterday that you did all the photos yourself.. I truly appreciate you teaching us your wonderful skills. Cheers from the US.
Nice fly. I have some Semperfli Primrose pure silk which is quite thick-wonder if I could use that for the body 🤔🤔
Thanks Robert, they are tied in many colours, so why not!
superbe mouche
Team français allez!!!😂
Exelente thanks for share
Thank you. My pleasure...
Love it thanks
Thank you sir, so good partern, also for bass in my area. Unfortunately I often cut the elk hair with my thread, maybe my skin is to old and dry up or i put to much pressure on my thread. practice, practice :) is there a rule of thumb to place the hackle? I like the way you do it vertically, but do you always put the shiny side of the hackle looking up front or revers. Some tyers seem to give a lot of importance to this aspect. did that do differences? have a good day
Hi Barry what colour of elk hair can I use?
Traditionally it's bleached, as here but you can use natural. But I guess that there is nothing stopping you using any colour whatsoever!
Great fly.
Will most of the patterns in your forthcoming beginners book be different from those in your ‘techniques’ book?
Hi Len, Thanks. They are all different. But in the beginners book I focus on learning basic techniques, proportions etc, that when practiced and perfected become the advanced techniques. There are tyers at all levels that would also benefit from it.
Превосходно ! ! ! !
Thank you.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you.
Великолепно 🤝👍