Archive for May, 2009
Fly Art Slideshow May 2009
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The May edition of Art Fly is now up. Click the picture above to visit the gallery slideshow.
This month’s theme is saltwater! I can’t wait for my upcoming trip to Florida for Kayak Fishing for Red Fish and then on south for Tarpon.
The Toad Fly
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The Toad fly was invented by Gary Merriman (owner of the The Fish Hawk in Atlanta, Georgia). It is a light weight, slow sinking fly designed for Tarpon fishing in the flats. The original version employed a rabbit strip for the tail. Later, the fly was changed by Captain Tim Hoover when he tied some toads with marabou for Andy Mill. The marabou version is now more popular than the original.
I recently spent some time with Gary and learned about the history of the fly and the proper tying techniques for success. In the coming weeks I will provide a full write-up of our conversation on Fly Art Studio and incorporate some shots of Gary tying the original Toad fly. For now, here is a tutorial on how to tie the original Toad.
Original – Rabbit tail with marabou body
White Balance Correction Techniques – And The HL Midge
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“Y’all have created a monster. I’m pretty impressed with this result, considering it’s a waterproof snapshot camera.” – Abe Mathews -
This is a guest host fly tying tutorial and also a lesson on how to correct white balance using computer software. The guest, Abe Mathews, shows us how to tie the HL Midge. This was originally posted on The Itinerant Angler (www.itinerantangler.com). It is a great looking midge pattern and Abe does a great job detailing the tying steps. He used a Pentax Optio W60 waterproof point-and-shoot camera for this series. We had been discussing white balance and the challenges of getting truly corrected color out of a point-and-shoot camera for on-the-bench tying instruction. As you know, those incandescent and fluorescent bulbs can really throw off the auto white balance. However, there are some good techniques to help combat this situation before shooting and some even more powerful tips and tricks to correct color in the computer once the shoot is over. With that in mind, let’s look at Abe’s great tutorial and my follow up comments on white balance correction.
***The original Tutorial***
***The HL Midge (Hobby Lobby Midge)***
