Hey - I could get used to this! 4 of 4 :D http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5228621909_b4b5455ede_z.jpg Grouse and Hare's Ear by GlassJet , on Flickr Very cool. Takes me a lot longer than my other method, but I guess that is just practice! Thanks folks, for nudging me along to give it a try! :D An...

For stray hackle fibers-I use to slip a small piece of swizzle straw /plastic straw coffee stirrer, over the thread and tying tube of my bobbin. Just before finishing the head, I'd slide the straw up the tube and string and over the fly and hackles to hold them back, out of the way. Then I'd whip f...

Hi there, Some of you may have seen this thread where I wondered if a nasal hair remover made from an old guitar string and plugged into the mains might be helpful for fly tying purposes too, specifically in tidying up completely fuc - I mean - messed up heads. ;) Many were rather scathing of my lat...

Hank, thanks for that. :) My fishing mate who knows more than i ever will about the practicalities of this game suggests a ration of 3 - 4 for tippet to hook size. So, a hook size of 12, say, would take a tippet of 4X. This is of course rough and ready, but acts as a guide. Thinking about this now, ...

Should you fish a more subtle pattern in tandem with them....Probably I am coming to that conclusion, having thought more about it. Two flippin' big Christmas baubles coming down stream in tandem, just a few feet apart, has got to look suspicious! Water is crystal clear at the moment. Will hopefull...

kanutripr wrote: If I didn't know better I'd think you were coming on to me!!!


Vicki

Dear Vicki,
Rather that than you thought I couldn't finish my head correctly...


Andrew.

:D I thought it was interesting that this topic has NEVER come up on this forum before. Once you use the tie in method Carl suggested...you will have to find another use for the cool tool. Tonight after you tie a few hackle first, take some pics for us...you've opened the door on this, might as wel...

kanutripr wrote:Too late to go back. You left yourself open!




Vicki

Yup...

Now changing the subject, how about the viagra....

Andrew, This tool is invaluable for burning away the hair in your nose and your ears. Go for it!! dd :D OK - you convinced me - I'll go down Mike's route of wiring myself up to the mains and giving it a go! Besides - you have prematurely aged me - you assume i am sprouting in inappropriate places a...

kanutripr wrote: Maybe you can find an even cooler gadget to buy if you don't get this one. Maybe that's what this thread is really about!

Happy seeking


Vicki

But Vicki - I think I just about got all the others!

Option might be a quail skin though...

andrew.