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Brian

@bshv.bsky.social
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Tying flies / fly fishing / Vermont

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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
If this is who I think it is, his entire "Web creation" business is AI vibe coded
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Infotainer
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
No matter what happens or what you decide to do, we love and support you.
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Excellent work
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Up next, the Klinkhamer. I'll do a dozen standard like this, a few hi-viz post, a few all black with hi-viz post, and I'm also going to try black posts this year for visibility in high glare. #flytying #flyfishing
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
EHC 85 out of 100 #flytying #flyfishing
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Getting back to the vise. Starting with 100 EHC for Tie-A-Thon #flytying #flyfishing
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Weight weight don't tell me
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
How?
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Get the Redington CT. Go to a local fly shop if possible, they'll recommend a good inexpensive reel & decent line. This is a rod you won't immediately want to upgrade out of as you learn (vs. the others you listed)
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
#flyfishing people - do you tie your own leaders? please talk me out of it....
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Love the pheasant tail variation
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Drop the brand info, please!
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Success from the Guides' Choice Hares Ear tonight. Amazed how well a sz 14 klink works as an indicator and can easily float a weighted & beaded sz 16 nymph. #flytying #flyfishing
A brook trout in a fishing net
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This was the first year I tied klinkhammers for my dry box. Glad to find that they work! #flytying #flyfishing
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
First trout of the year, on a brook I hadn't fished before today. 15 days earlier than my first trout last year. Took a sz 14 prince nymph tied this winter. #flyfishing #flytying
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Very cool to see one of my local fly shops, Tied by Night, featured by Flylords in this video. Roland is a local legend. Even seems like he tidied up the shop for this video! youtu.be/slF3xPuwZ2w?... #flyfishing #flytying
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We drove 30hrs to FLY FISH HERE! | FLY SHOP TOUR Szn 3 - Ep. 1
YouTube video by Flylords
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Ahhh I see. I really like the cam style. Makes it easier to adjust during tying, like flipping a parachute fly sideways, etc.
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Where are you seeing the new traveler with a screw jaw? I read the only difference was a wider base and the material clip coming included.
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
So what were the tips 🧐🧐
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Dr slick mitten clamps!!
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
How do you like the Recon?
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Filling a new box with this year's ties #flytying #flyfishing
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Ok, what's everyone's fav online #flyfishing retailer that's offering that SA 2-for-1 deal?
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I've always wondered, why use dry fly hackle for this style of hopper? It's supposed to imitate legs, which soft hackle would do IN & on the water and without changing the floating angle of the fly.
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Reading @davidrcoggins.bsky.social "The Optimist" and it's the first time I've heard someone other than my own father wax poetic about Snyder's of Hanover brown box pretzels
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Also notable is how the feathers are more narrow and longer
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Mid-tie thought: isn't a stimulator just a really big elk hair caddis? #flytying
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The Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
aoc and bernie look like every local action news anchor team.
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Realized today that the only "true" dry flies I tied this winter are Elk Hair Caddis, Para-Adams, and Stimulators 👀 Everything else is a foam hopper or an emerger. Should I tie up any other "true" dries? #flytying #flyfishing
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Stepping out of my comfort zone to spin some deer hair for bass flies. This is as close as I have come so far to a presentable Taps Bug #flytying #flyfishing
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Honestly the box on the right in this pic is that box for me 😆 it made it into my pack at the end of the season last year 🫣 Maybe everything from the other boxes will end up in there this year.
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Oof. Last year's mess. Technically I have enough newly tied flies that I don't need any of these 🤔 #flytying #flyfishing
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I've basically been doing this but on each side rather than top/bottom, but a bit of the dubbing shows on the top/bottom even after teasing out. Btw do you tie yours with weight on the shank or just bead?
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
These sparkle pupae 'bubbles' are really annoying me. Difficult to get right. But the quest to figure it out makes it easy to tie a dozen #flytying #flyfishing
A poorly crafted LaFontaine sparkle pupae fly
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
you may enjoy this: www.dirtypages.org/about I saw their exhibit in 2019, very moving!
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Yes, plenty of references available, but it's my first time tying with biots!
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Size 14 Prince Nymph with CDC #flytying #flyfishing
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
That being said, I agree with your point. Especially when it comes to all the various perdigon variations these days.
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
To be fair, I only called it a griffith's gnat because it was hackle palmered over peacock herl! 😅 Simple palmered hackle does not a giffith's gnat make (in my opinion)
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
In winter, I'm guessing nothing is alive and flying up here. The small stimis are primarily to be small enough to fit in a brook trout's mouth
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I don't think I've ever seen a bead head on a dry fly. Interesting!
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
😭😭😭😭😭
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Do I REALLY need size 16 stimulators? #flytying #flyfishing
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I wish I were tying on a size 6.... I'm starting with 12s and working smaller from there 😅
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Cracked the code. #flytying
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
What hook are you on? And am I seeing an antron under wing?
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Stimulator take 3. Getting closer. #flytying #flyfishing
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Brian @bshv.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
First stimulator where I've got the proportions right and fit everything on the hook. Now I just need to size the rear hackle correctly and I'm almost there #flytying #flyfishing
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