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I am looking for a recipe for what we call the giant hexagenia mayfly. Scientific name hexagenia limbata.

The lake on which I fish for walleyes, far northern Minnesota, has a big hatch in late...

Here in the north the ice is just starting to go out and I am getting ready for some ice-out panfish fishing, ie perch, sunnies, and crappies.

What are your go to flies and the recipes for the...

I thought it is illegal to use the feathers. SO I WILL NOT EVEN touch THEM. They are a pretty bird and brighten our backyard all through a snowny winter.

Northwoods

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As the snow melts here in the northland I discovered the remains, basicaly only the feathers of a male cardinal. Is it legal to use the feathers in...

I am looking for simplified recipes for the above flies due to the increasing arthritis in my hands. As I age, don't we all, its getting harder to do all that is required from the standard...

I am planning to design and build, from light oak, a nice fly tying desk, bench, for my home office.

I want it to blend in with the other furniture trim etc that is why light oak is the choice.
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I am trying to get my grandson interested in fly tying. I have gotten him the basic equipment and now am wondering what flies I should teach him to tie?

I would like to teach him five flies that...

I have about 10 different tying scissors that I have purchased over the years. I really cann't say I have found a scissors that really is the "one that does the job?

What have you found that that...

I have been tying for many years and am now developing hand arthritis problems. This leads me to the question would Norm's Nor-vise be a good option to continue my tying?

I am using several vises...

I have used lots of lamps over the years but for the last six I have used a McKenzie high intensity lamp. It clamps on the vise shaft and has a flexible shaft and still hasn't burned out after six...

I have used many brands over the years including Herter's old 3 and have found that Uni 6 and 8 in about six colors have met about 90% of my needs.

Northwoods

I am tying up some #12 royal Humpies in yellow and have a question about the recipe.

It calls for a white calftail wing. Does anybody tie this with other material for the wing? I often have...

I have tied with about 10 vises over the last 35 plus years starting with the old thompson vise and now for the last several years have been tying with a Barracuda that I modified'

I tye using a...

My wife, who is an avid quilter, just bought a new very small ( 0.5 inch diameter by 1.5 inch length) light on a very thin flexible metal shaft. I immediately though it looked very much like the...

I have a pair of very fine point Dr. Slick scissors that I dropped and bent the tip (point). Can they be salvaged? If so how do I straighten the tip without breaking it off?


Tahnks,
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I woulf likr to post pictures of my tying area, i designred and built this station but for the life of me cann't figure how to add the picts to the message. Help.

Northwoods

( where the ice...

I am wondering what techniques you use to apply dubbing to the thread and then to the fly body? Are there some methods that work better for you? Anxious to learn what works well for you.
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I just finished reading Al and Betty's rotary tying book and as a result am interested in purchasing a Dan Vise. When is the best placed to buy one? It sounds like Al has modified his vise...

I noticed in the vast majority of the pictures of tying benches that large, physically large, in any event are being used by the tiers. I Use the miniture high intensity McKenzie flex shaft lamp...

I have been examing the px's of benches and wonder what type of lighting tiers are using? Seems to be lots of different approaches. For me I have a small McKenzie high intensity lamp mounted on a...

As I sit at my vise tying I am wondering what type of vise and its attachments other tyers use.
I am using a standard Dyna King Barracuda but have added several attachments . I have , all on the...

I am having trouble with one phase of tying humpies. When you bring the hair from the bend back over the back or hump some of the deer hair wants to " slip" down the sides even though I am very...

I have a number ~10 bobbins loaded with thread or floss lying around my deask. I Was wondering if any of you have ideas, or pictures of ways you have organized the bobbins other than my method which...

I have been using since the early 70's of and on what I believe is a Thompson A vise. The vise is primarily black including the jaws with only the upper part of the stem is brass.

Does nyone...

Thanks guys for the suggestions. I used a blue floss threader and it worked great.

another problem arose, It breaks the thread every time the unwinding thread bobbin is getting thread from the...