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- Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:53 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: What rod do you use?
- Replies: 107
- Views: 72128
Re: What rod do you use?
Dana, That story about the Japanese factory being destroyed has a familiar ring about it. Any chance the custom rod you have is based on a blank marketed by Dale Clemens Custom Tackle under the name "apogee"? If so, I can add a bit to the story.
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:40 am
- Forum: Wet Fly Literature and History
- Topic: The Art of Trout Fishing in Rapid Streams
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13164
Re: The Art of Trout Fishing in Rapid Streams
+1, I am really enjoying this book as well for all the reasons already mentioned. I also have to smile at the contrast between Paul Gaskell's crisp, economical, modern writing style and the more expansive prose from Cutliffe. It must have been a much simpler time. Also noted that Cutliffe's observat...
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:26 pm
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: Furled Leaders Revisited (playing around with a new toy)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9399
Re: Furled Leaders Revisited (playing around with a new toy)
Hi Ray - My twister arrived from Japan and I played around a bit this afternoon. I made a 7 foot butt section for a tenkara line out of 1X Fluorocarbon. I turned the crank 150 times for the individual strands, followed by 100 turns to twist them all together. It is pretty tightly twisted, so that ma...
- Tue Dec 31, 2019 9:41 am
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: Furled Leaders Revisited (playing around with a new toy)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9399
Re: Furled Leaders Revisited (playing around with a new toy)
Hi Ray - The line you made looks right to me in terms of technique, so I think you nailed the method. For a Tenkara line, I would suggest you also try fluorocarbon. It's more dense than mono and handles the wind better, I think also stiffer which is desirable on a tenkara line. My formula was lighte...
- Mon Dec 30, 2019 1:26 pm
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: Furled Leaders Revisited (playing around with a new toy)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9399
Re: Furled Leaders Revisited (playing around with a new toy)
Great find, Ray. I just put one on order. How did you determine how many turns of the crank to make?
I assume you turn the crank in one direction to twist the individual strands, and in the opposite to twist the strands together?
I assume you turn the crank in one direction to twist the individual strands, and in the opposite to twist the strands together?
- Fri Dec 13, 2019 9:10 am
- Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
- Topic: Hairy Carey Tutorial/Pictorial SBS (imitative pattern) - damsel/leech/shrimp/etc.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11388
Re: Hairy Carey Tutorial/Pictorial SBS (imitative pattern) - damsel/leech/shrimp/etc.
Also check out Micro-mark for specialty hand tools. (and power tools as well)
https://www.micromark.com
https://www.micromark.com
- Fri Dec 06, 2019 12:54 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Spun body nymph
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7747
Re: Spun body nymph
Hi Ray - Google " Punting on the Thames" and you will get a a bunch of photos of traditional British punts.
A punt is a low sided craft best suited for calm waters and places where modern high powered craft are not allowed.
A punt is a low sided craft best suited for calm waters and places where modern high powered craft are not allowed.
- Wed Oct 09, 2019 7:39 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Sharpes of Aberdeen Cane Rod Blanks
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12071
Re: Sharpes of Aberdeen Cane Rod Blanks
Very nice work Bob. A few years ago, I ran across a couple Sharpes blanks and helped one of the soldiers from the Project Healing Waters group put them together. I was considerably impressed with the cane work, especially the flat to flat thickness tolerances, which would have been impressive from a...
- Thu Jun 13, 2019 8:23 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Sharpes of Aberdeen Cane Rod Blanks
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12071
Re: Sharpes of Aberdeen Cane Rod Blanks
I picked up a couple of the blanks a few years ago and let a couple guys from Project Healing Waters finish them off in my shop. I was impressed by the cane work, particularly on the thickness tolerances they achieved. Flat to flat measurements in any given spot were generally within a couple thousa...
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:03 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: button hole twist
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5871
Re: button hole twist
Hi Ron - If it is the rusty orange it appears to be, I think I have a spool of the stuff, also some bright orange. Send me a PM with your address, and I will send you a couple samples. If one of them does match, I will send you the spool. I likely haven't used the stuff in 20 years. I have had good ...