dennyk
Senior Member

Originally Posted by Ard

I never bothered to link this up on the forum so here we go.... This may be helpful for some I hope.

Coming in June of 2019 will be the Single hand rod version including the one hand Spey cast & overhead casts using the same leader system

Originally Posted by silver creek

Originally Posted by myt1

My favorite go-to dry fly is a parachute Adams and I've finally decided to take a whack at tying them.

The white parachute post looks like it can be intimidating to tie, at least judging by the few YouTube videos I've watched.

Calf body hair and coarse polypropylene yarn are the two materials mentioned in the videos I've seen.

Is one of these materials better than the other?

Is there some other material I should consider for the post?

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Originally Posted by silver creek

Originally Posted by myt1

My favorite go-to dry fly is a parachute Adams and I've finally decided to take a whack at tying them.

The white parachute post looks like it can be intimidating to tie, at least judging by the few YouTube videos I've watched.

Calf body hair and coarse polypropylene yarn are the two materials mentioned in the videos I've seen.

Is one of these materials better than the other?

Is there some other material I should consider for the post?

Read More

Originally Posted by moucheur2003

Originally Posted by scotty macfly

I really have a hard time tying biots.

Maybe this will help.

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YouTube

Originally Posted by mcnerney

Here is an interesting take on how to tie a blood knot when its cold out and your hands/fingers down't work very well.

Video: How to Tie the Speed Blood Knot - Orvis News

For those of you that have'n seen Chris Fave's toothpick method to tie a blood knot:

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