Nice one, Chris. Flat needle would be another tool I would have no problem adding to my clutter.

Experimenting with CdC to get the fly to float in the surface film. Anyone have experience with that? Stendalen, Allen McGee showed us this technique in his book. I have fished cdc/soft hackles the last couple of seasons - they float very well, and like tie2fish says, a couple of false casts are en...

A few days ago I visited Pearsall's Embroidery website in order to replenish a few colors of Gossamer Silk. As you now know, they have been replaced by Langley. Carol and I exchanged a few emails in which I asked if Pearsalls Gossamer will still be available. This is a direct quote from Carol at Pea...

Very nice. Thank you, Mark, and thanks to Davie as well. I agree with Bill, it would be good to see Malcolm Greenhalgh's booklet, The Spider Guide, be made available to a wider audience.

In hoping to be more a participant on this board, as opposed to being the serious lurker I have been over the past years, I would like to offer a view of mine regarding the use of tying wax. I have recently purchased one of William's tying blocks and have been experimenting with various waxes for sp...

Go to Charlie Craven's site and look at the tutorial for Dave's Hopper. Charlie shows you how to use the nit-picker.
http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox ... rentID=147