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 Post subject: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:32 pm • # 1 
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Start with your favorite fly. I use a white #16 bead head micro bugger as an example here.

Hook: TMC 5262 or 5263 - barbed.
Thread: Ultra Thread, white, 6/0
Body: x-sm gold ultrawire, over white hackle, over white micro-chenille
Tail: White Marabou and Pearl Flashabou
Tools: Needle-nose pliers with wire cutters; Small sharp scissors (swiss army knife will do); Custom vice. Shot of whiskey, with ice.

You may untie your fly with different materials and colors to match the hatch.
Other hooks can be used, but the longer the hook shank, the better.
Wide gap hooks can also provide some benefits.
Use of barbless hooks renders the following pattern highly ineffective.
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Cut the head off the hook. Removing any glue, adhesives, epoxy or tungsten heads.
This aids in the removal of subsequent layers. Unwind the the x-sm gold ultrawire.
Gingerly remove the hackle, as it tends to stick and catch on the underlying chenille.
A pair of small scissors aids in the process.
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Trim the tail. Off. Continue to unwind the the thread to remove the underlying marabou.
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Once you get to any weighted wire, use the wire cutters to cut along the top and
bottom of the hook, along the long axis of the hook shank, to dissect and dislodge the wire.
This is especially helpful if the under layers are well-glued.
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Once the hook is denuded, treat with ice for 3-5 minutes, and apply whiskey, neosporin,
or other ointment of choice to the base of the hook shank. (Do not use head cement, or Zap-a-gap.)
Then using the needle-nose pliers, grip the hook shank, and push the hook tip through using a rotating motion.
It's amazing how tough the skin can be. It seems to enter much easier than it exits.
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Continue to push through, past the barb.
Once the barb exits, clip the entire hook tip using the wire cutters.
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Removal of the hook is now facilitated.
Re-apply ointment and whiskey as needed. Let dry.
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 Post subject: Re: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:43 pm • # 2 
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OUCH!!!


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 Post subject: Re: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:20 am • # 3 
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W T H?! That's not right.


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 Post subject: Re: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:46 am • # 4 
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Duuude!..........


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 Post subject: Re: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:08 am • # 5 
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Oooo Mama, that smarts!
One of the best reasons to tie barbless, eh?


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 Post subject: Re: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:49 am • # 6 
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As I have said many times in my post, " I only use barbless hooks when I tie". I will stay with that position. By the way did that guy fight much or just lay on his side and submit to your rod's pressure?


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 Post subject: Re: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:02 am • # 7 
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I was all thumbs with the reel, so he was able to make a few short runs. :P

Honestly, it was much less painful than I thought it would be.
Really wasn't that bad - looks worse than it was.

I got my fly caught in a cypress branch overhanging the water, barely close enough to retrieve.
Reached out to grab, felt a tiny stab, but couldn't release the bowed branch, less it set the hook deep.
Leaf cover prevented me from being able to tell how to extricate myself. By the time i was able
to cut the leaf cluster free, I was hooked.

First time in 35+ years of fishing.


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 Post subject: Re: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:16 pm • # 8 
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Wow..............I hope I never have to do that...(I always crip the barb when helping kids fish). Don in SC


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 Post subject: Re: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:26 pm • # 9 
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Makes sense now that I hear the story. Ouch. Good thing you had whiskey handy.
By the way, welcome!


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 Post subject: Re: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:53 pm • # 10 
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Every time a fish jumps and tosses the hook I remind myself exactly why I crimp the barb. Thank you for adding a visual element to my next reminder.

Dave


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 Post subject: Re: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:40 pm • # 11 
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Two thumbs up...definitely the most involved SBS fly tutorial.
Thanks for your sense of humor and great pics.


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 Post subject: Re: Fly Untying tutorial
PostPosted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:36 pm • # 12 
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rye whiskey, rye whiskey
Rye whiskey I cry
If I don't get some whiskey
I surely will die
I would have to have a bottle to do that!!! But excellent tutorial-p-


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