Halford learned a great deal from Marryat but Marryat didn't want any credit: http://www.flyfishinghistory.com/marryat.htm Bill

Here is a picture of Halford's technique: http://archive.org/stream/floatingflies ... 2/mode/1up Bill

I was just reading this the other day and found it interesting: http://flypatternsfortrout.com/2012/12/ ... streamers/. I also enjoyed the article about the Partridge L3AS spider hook on the same website. Bill

One way getting the wax into shape to produce pea size balls is to first get it warmed up and soft. Then roll it between the hands like a ball of clay until the piece of wax is in the shape of a long, thin cylinder. At this point it's easy to snip the wax into pea size pieces. If you put them into a...

Here's something new: http://www.garyborger.com/2012/01/31/ty ... le-pliers/

Bill

Bill - I continue to be amazed by your tying wax. I find it makes touch dubbing a breeze. I used your wax to help form the thorax section of this fly.

Ray,
I'm glad you like it. Bill

No need to buy a hide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiviut Bill

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Partridge has a much improved photo on their site now: http://www.partridge-of-redditch.co.uk/ ... spider/74/ They look good. Bill

Because I deal with mass quantities of dubbing I use hand cards for carding. Some people use a dog hair slicker brush which works similarly. An "old timer" fly tyer once showed me a technique where he held the dubbing between thumb and forefinger and used a old toothbrush to align the fibe...