“I decided to clip the fibers off the stem, then tye them in as a cone over the thorax. I used my thumb nail to push the fibers around the hook to even the distribution of the fibers. Once happy with the placement, the fibers are locked in place with several firm wraps and the excess (butt ends) tri...

Carl Correction: the hook I mentioned is a Mustad 7947, NOT the 7974, which is the kirbed tapered down eye model. Heavy wire make it sink a bit quicker; the larger ring eye accommodates the tippet size I most often use, which is 3X. Sorry about the "LYFT": during earlier days on the intern...

Nice pattern, Carl. I quite like your choice of hook- what make and model would that be? Dana Dick Walker’s wet ring eye hook from Gaelic Supreme. Nice classic look. Very nice- that is just about identical to the old Mustad 7974 that I have. They’re real oddballs, I’ve never seen them anywhere else...

I've been reinvestigating building bodies using Hends Body Quill material as the base for dubbing loops. I really like the material for this use. It is very strong, comes in a good variety of colors and is transparent enough that the tying thread color is still in play. This one is built from the o...

And let’s not forget the most important step which is cleaning and brining fish.........But sorry, I didn’t mean to hijack this thread...

Dana

Make your own smoker, and cut and season your own wood for use therein. Buying a smoker with wood chips and smoke flavoring is like buying a blister- pack fly in Walmart

zen leecher wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 11:02 pm Buy a smoker and smoke a bunch of whitefish. I used to fish for them every winter until a storm rerouted the channel I fished.

+1 !!

narcodog wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:21 pm I concidered buying the book but only at 7x7 that's a fairly small book for big price. IMO

Took the words right out of my mouth:)

I really like the coloring of English Grouse and Woodcock. A couple years back, I decided to use some of these hackles with different dubbings. My apologies if I've posted these before. Memory not as good as it used to be! Bob - I am quite fond of your style: you have perfected the scraggly/buggy l...

hankaye wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:56 pm Theroe, Howdy;

Kinda like Henry Ford's comment about the color of Model A's;
"Make them any color they ask for ... as long as it's Black."

hank