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Caption: _______ TYING A FLY Annie Rees
Caption: Today, we'll be tying a flat-wing fly, which are made for salt water.
This type of fly is not made to imitate any one specific fish, but rather to act as an attractor.
There are often at least 10 pieces to a fly- many different types and colors of feathers, thread, "flash" and eyes.
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Caption: John Happel ties all his own flies. For him, it's a creative outlet and a way to relax. He estimates he has thousands of dollars of fly-tying supplies in his apartment.
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Caption: First: Pick out the feathers you want to use
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Caption: Then, hook in the vice (which will hold the fly as it is wrapped), so that the fly can be held in place
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Caption: Put down a thread base, then start tying feathers and sparkly
"flash" to it
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Caption: Keep adding materials
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Caption: Next you can add the flash!
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Caption: Clip all messy ends, so the "head" of the fly is clean
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Caption: Finished fly
Caption: Before he's fully done, however, Happel tests every fly in the water, to see how it moves
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Caption: Happel ties dozens of different types of flies. They take him anywhere from 5 minutes to 2 hours.
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Caption: Hyper lapse of fly-tying
Caption: The [watery] end