OH, you could have use a clothes pin as your thread weight as that's how i learned as a kid. Just had a brain activity (opposite of a fart) thought and wondered if hungarian partridge was being used at all for hackle back in the 50's-60's. I tied back then on the east coast and all I remember then ...

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:27 am Bobbin holder looks like an early Nor-Bobbin from Nor-Vise. Looks exactly like my newer ones, without the clutch assembly, The newer ones also have a longer, ceramic tube.

Nice finds.

Interesting. It does look like it might fit the spools.

Going through old stuff. Going through some old vises I have. In one of the boxes was this wax and bobbin holder. The wax was hard as a rock. I've had it probably 20+ years and never used it. Figured it was bad. Looks like it was for waxing large quantities of thread by the instructions on the tin. ...

Spent part of the day tying old school. Started out making dubbing ropes Leisenring style on my knee. It is a pretty quick process once you get it down. There is like 3-4 pages devoted to it in ATWF with very descriptive details. I pulled out a remnant vise from my collection of Thompson vises, a Sp...

You can see my version in the Shop. Just skip down towards the bottom.

https://www.oldhatflytying.com/fly-shop.html

Thanks Carl, now you have me combing some AL's Rug Yarn to make some more! ;) :lol: I never bought Lee's book on tying with poly but watched him tie several times. What size 16's &18's? I will make some for Ron as well, I hope to be over there next week. Bill you are just in time for things to ...

Thanks Carl, now you have me combing some AL's Rug Yarn to make some more! ;) :lol: I never bought Lee's book on tying with poly but watched him tie several times. What size 16's &18's? I will make some for Ron as well, I hope to be over there next week. Yeah, #16's and #18's. I twist the yarn ...

For larger wets (#10 and up) with a wing and fished on the swing the fly will orient itself in a more parallel to the waters surface. Hence why many steelhead and salmon flies are on an up eye hook. Bulk of the fly and water velocity play a role. I'm not sure about smaller sizes or wingless wets. Fi...

Those are superb Bill.

One of my favorites and an absolute killer on the Crooked. I tie mine, no rib and with Clark's Stonefly yarn in a variegated rust color.

Roadkill wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:44 pm Beautiful fly!!

Was this tied with NE Oregon Yak or local Florida Yak?

It came form a Florida shop. So local Florida Yak.