Comments on: Daddy Longlegs (Crane Fly)

By: dave thomas

dave thomas — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:49:48 +0000

Hi david,i have just started river fishing this year the last time i river fished i wase 10 years old,and i have never flyfished ever i have been practesing my casting for a month and not doing to bad,i have downloaded all your beginers and intermediet videose,and i spend most of my time waching them,thanks ,i was wondering if you were thinking of posting some more, best regards Dave

By: Frankie Hutchison

Frankie Hutchison — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:25:51 +0000

Hi Dave and the team,
Watched your video on tying the daddy long legs its brill, amazed how you notted the legs.My question is, what sort of feathers or cape are used for the wings.
Regards,
Frankie

By: DaveC

DaveC — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:14:17 +0000

Hi Terry Griffiths
Thanks for your comments re the crochet hook and daddy legs. My poor old fingers are not as nimble as they used to be but will try again,
Regards
DaveC.and the Team

By: DaveC

DaveC — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:11:50 +0000

Hi Irish angler
I am a simple soul and you are trying to blind me with science on vids and copies? You even had poor old Jon scratching his head in bewilderment!
I do need some time to tie flies and fish I certainly dont want to get involved in a forum I would not make a good referee.(tongue in cheek).
Carry on keeping me on my toes!
Regards
DaveC.and the Team

By: DaveC

DaveC — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:06:15 +0000

Hi Brian
Here it is mid winter, the snow just gone(we hope) and you are trying to excite us all with visions of you fly fishing in your bathing trunks! Thanks for your comments, glad we could be of some help. Keep watching once I have managed to settle the affairs of my departed buddy we will get back on site.
Happy Fishing
Dave C. and the Team

By: Brian Williams

Brian Williams — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:24:44 +0000

Dear David
I keep an eye on your website just to see the developments and I have been known to be running your videos whilst tending to the vice on the adjacent table as I run through the step by step instructions.
Having tied some of your Daddy Long Legs patterns I found them to be extremely useful on holiday in the South of France last summer where I managed to take several chub off the surface of the water whilst fishing waist deep in my swimming trunks and straw hat on the Ardeche (not a pretty sight – me that is !). A great website – I’ll keep visiting!

By: irish angler

irish angler — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:38:44 +0000

hey dave got 1 Q for johnotan and another for both of yee i was wondering jhon if maybe in any more fly tying vids you could also put the ulr in it because i love the vids so much i put them on my ipod and i was wondewring if dave is a member of yahoo if he is not he should in yahoo ansers there is alot of Qs of fishing and fly tying in the fishing section dave would be a big help to thousands of people please join

By: Terry Griffiths

Terry Griffiths — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:40:16 +0000

Dave Being new to fly tying i found that using a crochet hook (fine) was very helpful in doing the legs, they pulled the ends through with no trouble.

Terry

By: Agustin Garcia Ruiz

Agustin Garcia Ruiz — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:43:33 +0000

Hello Golly:
maybe I have the advantage of be borned in the middle of last two fly fisheman generations.
Ofcourse that natural materials are good for fly tying, but there is a new hole world ready to be explored related to modern and synthetic materials.
I would like to try the horse hair, my wifes Yorkshire too, ofcourse.
Put an eye on old tiers, but the other one to the future…… is coming.
Greetings from Yucatan , Mexico.

By: JOHN GOLLAND

JOHN GOLLAND — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:13:48 +0000

I like to use horse hair (chestnut)for Daddies as they have proven to be more durable than P.T.,especially when tying quite small patterns.
At the last Newark Fly Fishing Show,I commented on this to a well-known author of fly tying books and asked if he had experienced similar success.He replied to the effect that he only used materials which he considered attractive to the fish
and had no time for trying alternative substitutes.
If his comments were meant to chasten me,then he nearly succeeded. However,when he suggested that I buy one of his books I suggested where he could put it.
The more I see of these old die-hards,the more I want to listen to some of the younger generation of fishermen

Golly