Bighorn Flies

Now this is awesome !!!!

http://youtu.be/MuaL9gdYb9g

Very nice !!! I like the thread attached to the walls. Unfortunately I have no more wall space.

I agree. A testing tank would be awesome !!!

Yes, I tie about 5000 to 7000 doz. flies a year, for various shops and box stores. I'm also a fly designer for Montana Fly Company.

I knew someone was going to say something about that I have a cold right now.

I'm curious to see what everyone's tying space looks like. Maybe I can get get a few other ideas on organization. This is My tying room.

http://youtu.be/KOJ4PUlRXr8

http://youtu.be/cErgWTDRkQg

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I call this one Area 51.

My new streamer creation called the Lady Gaga. The Rabbit Strips are not glued together and really move in the water.

Here's a new Streamer I've been tying called the Smooth Criminal. My camera isn't that great but I hope you enjoy. Thanks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apn8nD1AlhQ

These are some Streamers I've been tying for 2011 Streamers Let me know what you think

Here is a link to an essay done on the Bighorn River here in Montana by Outdoor Life Magazine. Bighorn River Montana

I also do the same sort of thing. I tie in all of my wire from the eye back and any other material that has a tendency to pull out. I also secure all my wire with two secure points when I tie it off so it doesn't pull out when a fish hits it. I use wire to wrap over the hackle on any of my bigger streamers. I do a lot of stuff to put out a quality fly. Just because I sell them for .75 doesn't mean I want to make a quick buck. I do it because I Love it. I've been tying commercially for 23 years and I got tired of seeing people pay 2.00 to 10.00 a fly when I tie them for 8.00 a doz. to the shops. It's like somebody started a trend that the more expensive a fly is the better it works. So I decided to give regular customers a chance to buy a quality fly at a realistic price. Just so you know I am the only tier in my business. I don't order from out of the States. I also tie custom patterns other online businesses will not because their manufacturing companies only know what they know. It might take me an extra 15 seconds to add something to a fly and it might cut down a little on my production time. But I'm fast and the end product is worth the wait I think.

Is it alright to post about a Fly sale on here?

I'm new to the forum and from Montana so my opinion on the subject don't mean much, but here it goes. Most guides in Montana generally expect a tip ranging from 50 to 75 dollars or more for fishing trips.Some guides deserve it some don't. If your getting yelled at by your guide all the time to mend your line or that your doing everything wrong or if he tells you you're an idiot everytime you backcast into a tree right after he tells you to watch your backcast don't tip him (I've seen this and much worse). He's more concerned with how good he thinks he is and less concerned with whether or not you're having a good time. If you get a guide that will backrow 10 times over a hole so you can keep catching fish or will stand there and help you learn something or explain why you should do this or that a certain way and will give you a good to great memory to take home with you, you should tip him. Contrary to popular belief a fishing guide doesn't make a lot of money at least not here in Montana. Guides here do about 90 to 120 trips a year at about $225 a trip minus the shuttle which is $25 a trip sometimes 3 times a day if the water is running really fast. They also pay for a motel or rent of some kind which is about $50 a night plus the guides here tie or pay half price for the flies that their client will be using. I personally went through 300 dozen flies last year. If a guide didn't tie his own that's $3,600. Then you got gas and food plus the cost of insurance, the guide license and the Boat. Then you have to pay good ol' Uncle Sam taxes and then pay him again for a yearly parking pass. These are just a few expenses that we have to pay here in Montana. Personally I take people fishing just to see the smile on their face when they catch a fish. I don't care about tips, seeing clients enjoying themselves is tip enough. Thanks for letting me ramble Eric