Cellire can be thinned with toluene. Hard to find but a good old school hardware store should have it. I recently got four bottles from the vendor below. Total equaled about $6 bucks a bottle. Truth be told, I still mainly use nitrocellulose lacquer I bought from Rockler. I also use a concoction I m...

WiFly,

Personally I prefer the Dove Dark chocolate with the red wrapper! Just don't know what the heck I'd tie with it. LOL... I'm a dark chocolate kinda guy. Blue flies are cool though. Nice work.

Grant

Correct. If you call Charlie for availability and send him a check, he will send you the saddle.

Grant

Tie2fish,

That's a really nice job on that fly! Raffia is not an easy material to tie with. Proportions are good and a really good job on the hackle wind and head. Nice work indeed!

Grant

I to use plastic compartment boxes to store spools of thread, dubbing, beads, etc. I get mine at Michael's or Hobby Lobby. I also have two clear plastic spool tubes that I bought a long time ago that stay in my travel kit. I actually like them better than boxes but the darn things are expensive and ...

Mataura, There's also no denying that dyed materials, like seal etc, catch tons of fish...and have for decades. Interesting stuff for sure. :D Same subject different topic... Many years ago I worked at a dye/finish textile plant. We made plush material for car seats and nylon/Lycra swimwear material...

Bill, Jeff, dyeing never improves on nature. It merely provides what nature doesn't or at least not in abundance. I'd go one step further. Dying provides a color that we humans see as a red or green or brown, etc. The trout may perceive that dyed material in a totally different color than the natura...

I stand corrected! I guess my Kung Fu is not strong...nor is my force, or memory in this case. I humble myself to you and, quite frankly, am deeply em-bare-assed.

Yes, purchased said block from William. Will put it to go use when it's in my hands.

Now, about those flies I owe you.....

Mataura, Initiation? A dozen flies to each member? What constitutes a "fly"? How long does this take? Is it painful? Does it leave a scar? Will my wife wonder where I've been? Since I've been a member of this forum for a few years now (just never posted until now) do I still have to do thi...

Watched that video. My main exception is how bushy he made the fly. Way too bushy for my taste. I have a question though, I don't often use a dubbing twirler but I do use one when I spin the dubbing for flymphs. It's faster. I can also control how much I spin it and get the desired buggy result. Lay...