Partridge has a much improved photo on their site now: http://www.partridge-of-redditch.co.uk/ ... spider/74/ They look good. Bill

Because I deal with mass quantities of dubbing I use hand cards for carding. Some people use a dog hair slicker brush which works similarly. An "old timer" fly tyer once showed me a technique where he held the dubbing between thumb and forefinger and used a old toothbrush to align the fibe...

willowhead wrote:Boy that hook sure isn't much to look at...........maybe? "new" means made to look old..........?????

I was thinking the same thing Mark. Bill

This is a link to a picture of the new spider hook according to the author of the post:
http://www.flyforums.co.uk/fly-tying-fo ... range.html

Bill

What suggestions do you have for working with tying wax? I bought some and find it very hard, at least harder than I would have thought. I can work a small piece between my finger and thumb OK but it goes HARD in just a few seconds. I have tried to heat it with light from a lamp. Again, good for a ...

One of the furs mentioned in Leisenring's book is field mouse AKA meadow vole. I think that this would be an interesting fur to try but it isn't commercially available. Years ago I worked at the airport loading cargo planes at night. Near the edge of the runway I saw a skunk's tail sticking out from...

Nice looking hook, Bill. I wonder how they compare to a Daiichi 1640 in shank length/gape. REE Ron, It seems we fly tyers enjoy an embarrassment of riches these days. I welcome the fact that the fishing industry is giving us soft hackle addicts some attention. It wasn't very long ago that I was sco...

Here is a link to some new spider hooks coming next Spring from Partridge: http://www.partridge-of-redditch.co.uk/ ... spider/74/

Bill

Here is a link to a video of an interesting soft hackle fly: http://www.caddischronicles.com/2011/09 ... ayfly.html

Bill

Here is a picture of dung flies mating. Bill