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- Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:28 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: re: tying Stewart's black spider
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6703
Re: re: tying Stewart's black spider
I tie them like Dave Hughes in his book "Wet Flies". Pretty simple. I think I am pretty heavy handed, but his method works well for me. I can only tie down to a #16 'cuz of my eyesight and big thumbs.
- Tue Aug 27, 2019 12:53 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Silica Gel for moisture control.....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5182
Re: Silica Gel for moisture control.....
Interesting thought. I'll follow this. My only experience with them is I keep 2 or 3 packs in my camera bag. Never tried them in my tying stuff, but never had any problems (except for the cat) either. Will keep an eye on this thread.
- Tue Aug 20, 2019 12:46 pm
- Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
- Topic: Antron
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4656
Re: Antron
There is a dubbing available with Clear? Antron already mixed in called SLF Hare's Ear Plus. Most suppliers carry it.
Good Stuff.
Good Stuff.
- Sun Aug 18, 2019 5:14 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Caddis
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2606
Re: Caddis
Dubbin - Very well done.
- Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:00 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
- Topic: Beaded Spider
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2026
Re: Beaded Spider
Nice looking fly. What is the coating on the body?
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 9:45 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: most productive soft hackle trout fly
- Replies: 41
- Views: 27544
Re: most productive soft hackle trout fly
I think the Partridge & Orange and Stewart's Black Spider, although I don't keep records of such things. Both are older patterns that work very well.
- Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:31 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Stripping barbules from a partridge feather
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3660
Re: Stripping barbules from a partridge feather
I probably do it like everyone else here. I hold the feather (with the curve down) in my right hand (I'm right-handed) between my thumb and forefinger, near the tip, and use my other thumb and forefinger to strip the feathers from the top of the feather, going right to left ,Toward the base of the f...
- Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:05 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Useing wool for dubbing
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2920
Re: Useing wool for dubbing
I normally just chop it up, then use a cheap coffee grinder to mix it. Blend in the coffee blender just like natural dubbing, and it can be used just as you would any other dubbing.
- Fri Jun 21, 2019 7:32 pm
- Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
- Topic: Stillwater soft hackle
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8270
Re: Stillwater soft hackle
Love the body on this. going to tie some up to try out on the local still water tomorrow. Thanks!
- Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:12 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: re: William Anderson's website
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2852
Re: re: William Anderson's website
Thanks, Ray, for the insight. A real loss, and a reminder of the kind of folks one finds lurking around many places these days. Wm's site held a lot of information for us all.