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First published May 1st 2002 - More than 7 years ago
Create professional fly pictures online
From Feathers to Bits
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Learn to take pictures like this presenting a fly with clarity and ambience.
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By Martin Joergensen (supported by Steve Schweitzer)
This is the most complete lecture on digitizing flies you will find on the net. Its aim is to teach you all the techniques needed for making good fly pictures online. Its lessons can be applied on non-digital flies as well as online pictures of things that are not flies. But its primary purpose is to teach you to get good fly pictures.
Five part harmony
The article consists of four major parts dealing with each their step of the process. These can be read as one or separate parts:
If these proves a little rough to go through in one bite, you might want to get support from the
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Having wrapped my share of thread over the years, I thought it was time to revisit a long held interest of mine - traditional salmon flies. My first attempt years ago was pretty disappointing, and I was hoping my skills had evolved enough for me to take that next step and produce a better result.
Section: everything about NE streamers - and more
There are two basic strategies for building a cork grip for a fly rod. The first involves gluing the rings directly onto the rod blank and then shaping the grip. Another way involves gluing the cork rings together off the blank, and then shaping the grip in a lathe setup before reaming and fitting to the rod blank. That process is described by Bob Petti in this article.
"My, what an ugly fly!"
Henning glances with disgust at the brightly colored foam fly shining from the hook rest on my 5 wt.
"I thought you had higher standards" he continues, knowing that I usually prefer muddlers made from natural materials for my night fishing for sea runs.
Leaders fall in several categories. These all serve the same purpose: transmitting the energy fra the fly line to the fly in a gentle, yet firm way. The different types each have their advantages and disadvantages, and selecting one is often a question of compromises.
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Submitted December 26th 2007
I' ll be looking forward to learning more from you as this should help me to better see and learn where I am going wrong on some patterns.