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- Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:15 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Harry Darbee Vise
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11719
- Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:00 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Harry Darbee Vise
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11719
Re: Harry Darbee Vise
Mike-post up some pictures of those old vices !
Dana
Dana
- Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:50 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Upstream Wet Fly
- Replies: 90
- Views: 172711
Re: Upstream Wet Fly
Ollie Edward’s has an excellent dvd on fishing the upstream wet fly - I haven’t seen it in quite a while, but I believe it’s one of his “essential skills” series.....One hi light I do remember is that he uses the hand twist retrieve.
Theroe
Theroe
- Tue Dec 04, 2018 7:55 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Stripped Peacock Quill Bodies
- Replies: 37
- Views: 31576
Re: Stripped Peacock Quill Bodies
Dana, your the first person that mentioned stripping the rachis. I have some that I stripped back in the '70's that I have had stored in a jar of glycerin. W.S. different subject, what do you use to thin Kelson's head cement and what is the liquid wax made of I know that odor but I just can't place...
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 1:37 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Timeless fly tying advice
- Replies: 26
- Views: 16332
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:53 am
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Stripped Peacock Quill Bodies
- Replies: 37
- Views: 31576
Re: Stripped Peacock Quill Bodies
John-those are excellent videos you posted...... really quite nice and informative. I have a 20 gallon fish tank with the filter in it that simulates current flow to some extent, and it works very very well. I read somewhere in a book that some of our sports older luminaries had done that before and...
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:16 am
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Pearsalls Color Chart
- Replies: 54
- Views: 872822
Re: Pearsalls Color Chart
Great, great photo- thank you John. I love the footnote on the left card : “larger spools may be wound to order”....... Who would’ve known ?????
- Mon Dec 03, 2018 6:15 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Head Cementing Bodies
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5559
Re: Head Cementing Bodies
Mike I collect sap, maybe the size of a big marble. Then put it in a baby food jar and melt over very low heat - pick out the bits of bark, etc. Add just enough alcohol to turn from a solid to tacky paste: the consistency of cold bacon grease is just about right. Footnote- my tying wax is 40% of thi...
- Thu Nov 29, 2018 6:16 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Head Cementing Bodies
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5559
Re: Head Cementing Bodies
Once I’ve wound down the shank, I untwist my silk down to the three strands, apply a bit of white pine sap(mixed with alcohol to thin), then apply dubbing and retwist.......it works for me.
Dana
Dana
- Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:49 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Just old silk
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9043
Re: Just old silk
William- those are just fantastic
Some of the old colors are incredible, to say the least - Thanks for posting!
Dana

Some of the old colors are incredible, to say the least - Thanks for posting!
Dana