Posts by Kenji‭

I just bought my first whole rooster saddle for hackle and found out that there are some soft webby feathers under the usable hackle: I reckon that they are some sort of soft hackle, but some of...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Kenji‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

I'm planning on tying some stimulators and I have a ton of deer hair in the colours that I want my flies to be. The recipes that I have read so far ask for yearling elk hair. I wonder if I can re...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Kenji‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

I'm thinking about buying a new reel for my weight 8 rod (which I use for steelhead), but want also to use it for my weight 5 rod (which I use for trout). The reel is supposed to be used with lines...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Kenji‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭

I have been practicing fly casting in my backyard using the same line that I use to fish. The question is: will my line get damaged from this? I reckon that these things are made to drag through wa...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Kenji‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭

I have a pair of wading sandals (made by Keen and designed for water sports) to which I added a few metal studs and have been using for wet wading while fly fishing in shallow streams. Now I wonder...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Kenji‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭