Suave Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) I came upon SOL in 2015 while searching the Internet to learn about fly fishing and fly tying for stripers. And discovered great fly tiers for the salt, a new world for me, including of course BobPop, the grand master. A mong those, Rachel Marie (Andrew W.) who was heavily into tying some of BobPop's Fleyes (Semper Fleyes, Bucktail Deceivers, Hollow Fleyes, Hollow Semper etc,) creating gems and posting a lot of them. I never met the gentleman but would have loved to do so and see him tie. He was very active on SOL until 2017 and since then... silence. I just hope he is well and still tying and that one day soon we'll see him back on SOL. For those of you who were not around in those years and want to have a look at some of his gems, take the time to go through the "epic" (that's what Jonny King, another great tier, called it) and lenghty (26 pages) thread "Fall is here" started by Rachel Marie on September 21, 2013 on the Fly Tying Forum. It's really worth it. And it contains a few sbs by RM on how he ties his Hollow Semper, Fleye Foil Sand Eels and Flatwings. So, with a tip of the hat to him, here are my first attempts at Hollow Semper as per his sbs. The first one on a Mustad C70S #2/0, about 7" long and the second on a Mustad S71SNP #2/0, 5.5" long. Edited May 8, 2021 by Suave Omission indcoop, Mike Mendez, Domf and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfrat59 Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 He offered us some amazing flies and detailed instructions. Your right , haven't heard from him in quite awhile...hope Andrew is doing well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frazerp Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 404 for those links Morone Saxatilis... God put them in the Surf to take them, not in the freaking boat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KironaFly Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 18 hours ago, Suave said: I came upon SOL in 2015 while searching the Internet to learn about fly fishing and fly tying for stripers. And discovered great fly tiers for the salt, a new world for me, including of course BobPop, the grand master. A mong those, Rachel Marie (Andrew W.) who was heavily into tying some of BobPop's Fleyes (Semper Fleyes, Bucktail Deceivers, Hollow Fleyes, Hollow Semper etc,) creating gems and posting a lot of them. I never met the gentleman but would have loved to do so and see him tie. He was very active on SOL until 2017 and since then... silence. I just hope he is well and still tying and that one day soon we'll see him back on SOL. For those of you who were not around in those years and want to have a look at some of his gems, take the time to go through the "epic" (that's what Jonny King, another great tier, called it) and lenghty (26 pages) thread "Fall is here" started by Rachel Marie on September 21, 2013 on the Fly Tying Forum. It's really worth it. And it contains a few sbs by RM on how he ties his Hollow Semper, Fleye Foil Sand Eels and Flatwings. So, with a tip of the hat to him, here are my first attempts at Hollow Semper as per his sbs. The first one on a Mustad C70S #2/0, about 7" long and the second on a Mustad S71SNP #2/0, 5.5" long. Did you try to PM him through SOL? He might still have a hot link even if he’s not active. His surf candies were perfect. RockfishOn!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVisibleLeader Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 Used to speak with Andrew quite a bit 57 weeks ago he left Instagram as well haven’t heard from him since. great guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suave Posted May 8, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 1 hour ago, KironaFly said: Did you try to PM him through SOL? He might still have a hot link even if he’s not active. His surf candies were perfect. No. As I said, I don't know him except through his posts and, if he stopped following SOL when he stopped posting in 2017, he doesn't know me or of me as I only started posting in 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokeOff Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 Unfortunately, it seems I was one of the last people to send him money for an order before things fell apart. Hopefully, he sorts things out. A life is much more important than an order of flies. Luckily, another SOLer sent me some great flies to offset part of that loss, and boosted my spirits. snag777 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suave Posted May 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 17 hours ago, BrokeOff said: Hopefully, he sorts things out. Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suave Posted May 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 And here are a few tied and posted by Rachel Marie.A level of proficiency to aspire to! snag777 and snapper1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicky Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 spoke to him over PM before he dipped. Was having marital and family issues. Hopefully he is feeling good and back to work, moving on. He's a great guy Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suave Posted May 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) Another tied and posted by RM. It is the one he did for the Hollow Semper step-by-step (with pictures) I referred to above. Beautiful. Edited May 10, 2021 by Suave Omission HillTop and snag777 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbey Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 Yep, some guys are just on a whole 'nother level than the rest of us. Hoping you are doing well Rachel Marie. Suave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suave Posted May 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) With the step-by-step for this Fleye Foil Sand Eel, RM posted this photo.As I don't have Fleye Foils, I decided to make a few of the second one with jungle cock eyes instead of fleye foils. On a Mustad C70S # 1 with two additions: wrapping pearl Bill's body braid around the hook shank and adding a topping of peacock herl. About 4" long. Edited May 11, 2021 by Suave Wrong photo snag777 and Bait Tailer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suave Posted May 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2021 On May 24, 2013, RM posted a Semper/BTD fly, the Wolverine on a thread bearing the same name in the Fly Tying Forum. Lovely fly. This is my take on it. On a Gamakatsu SP11 3L3H #2/0 hook, about 6" long. snapper1 and snag777 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pungo Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 His stuff was the best I had seen...gifted with the deer hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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