No magnifying glass; just a pair of 3.00 diopter cheap reading glasses. By comparison, my actual "reading" glasses are 2.25 diopter.
EP
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- Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:50 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: magnification
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11615
- Tue Sep 15, 2009 7:05 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: my new addition to tools
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7045
Re: my new addition to tools
Nice! A much classier replacement for what I've been using . . . recycled dentist's tools!
But then . . . I've been getting the cast off dentist tools for free.
EP
But then . . . I've been getting the cast off dentist tools for free.
EP
- Mon Sep 14, 2009 8:43 am
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: vices.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15256
Re: vices.
I've used a Regal for over 30 years. I had a dalliance with a Renzetti Traveler for a few years during that period and rarely used the rotary feature and now rarely use the vise. IMO, there is nothing that beats the Regal for simplicity and for holding a hook securely until you want the hook release...
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:53 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: The 'red quill' in CO
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3051
Re: The 'red quill' in CO
I wouldn't go anywhere in the Rockies without some 14 and 16 softhackles with woodduck fiber tails, pheasant tail body with copper wire rib, and a softhackle of quail or grouse coverts (IOW plain and simple). Hope I gotcha in time.
EP
EP
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:16 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Water temps & when trout feed
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7275
Re: Water temps & when trout feed
A favorite topic . . . When I fished the Delaware drainage, the magic number for both hatching and feeding was 50 degrees. While I occasionally observed Baetis hatches on the Willowemoc at lower water temperatures, nothing would ever rise to the hatched duns. I once sat on a stretch of the W. Branch...
- Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:22 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Honey Dun Hackle Colour
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8201
Re: Honey Dun Hackle Colour
Thanks, Jim, for the reaffirmation of the Dette/Darbee/Miner/Hebert/Whiting lineage. I acquired one of Andy Miner's pale watery dun rooster necks in the mid-70s when I was living in Minnesota, and I didn't think I would ever be able to replicate the color. Since the Hebert/Miner necks became availab...
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:15 pm
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Ideal Flymph Rig
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10823
Re: Ideal Flymph Rig
I agree Mark. The plastic rods that I still fish occasionally are all what passes for "moderate" action today -- not easy to find. I classify rods as either "casting" rods or "fishing" rods. I like the "fishing" rods. They have to be able to protect a 6X tippe...
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:41 am
- Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
- Topic: Ideal Flymph Rig
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10823
Re: Ideal Flymph Rig
Excellent summary Mark . . . simply because I agree with you on just about all points. :-) Differences? I prefer a knotless tapered leader terminating in an overly (by most people's judgments) long tippet of close to 4 feet, making a 12 to 13 foot leader over all. Knotless because I am usually fishi...
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:26 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Isonychia SH?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8292
Re: Isonychia SH?
Don't be afraid to tie them nice and full. The lead flattens the body, so you can make the peacock pretty thick. Let me know how they work.I will give your recipe a workout in a few weeks.
Eric
- Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:01 pm
- Forum: Tying Wingless Wets
- Topic: Isonychia SH?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8292
Re: Isonychia SH?
If I may ask, why the peacock for such a dark brown insect? Any reason other than peacock herl just works? Nope -- other than the Leadwing Coachman being, in the eyes of many, the prototype Isonychia imitation. I simply started using it in this particular context because peacock herl nymphs worked ...