Those are very nice indeed...........Four MORE reasons why I could never own a fly shop or anything remotely connected to the fly fishing genre........

Very uplifting – Perfect timing!

Ray -How much do you charge????

This is the actual clamp that was given to me... Dana, Is that artery clamp serrated right to the tip? I carry a similar device on a zinger on my fishing vest to grab flies from the fly box onstream when changing flies. It holds the fly securely while I fuss with the leader, old fly, etc. getting r...

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Thu Mar 19, 2020 1:05 pm

Hook. Daiichi 1480 size 16.
Silk. Pearsalls Gossamer sherry spinner #6b.
Head. Magpie Herl.P_20200319_123851.jpg
Hackle. Brownish Starling wing joint feather.
Body. Sherry spinner

Nice Tom - One of my favorites. I use that fly quite a bit on the Beaverkill.

Dana

SenecaLaker wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 19, 2020 12:41 pm

Daicchi #1110 in size 24 . Beaver body and Top of the neck Greenwells hackle. I think I broke a half dozen hackles before I got one to photograph

Extra nice fly you tied there, Mr. SenecaLaker !!

This is the actual clamp that was given to me...

Kimono Silk Thread #370 Teriyaki is VERY CLOSE........ the fish will never know....

Back when I was learning how to tie(I am still learning!!!)in the late 1970’s early 1980’s, I was a regular visitor at the Dette Shop.....On multiple occasions I asked Walter and Winnie where I could buy one of those clips to wrap my hackle with. The answer was always the same: “they weren’t sure”. ...

This is a bulldog artery clamp, similar to the one I use.
Obviously these are made to have even pressure across the range of motion, stopping blood flow, without crushing the artery. Both jaws have x-fine interlocking serrations, which grip even the tiniest, most fragile feather perfectly.

Dana