Used it because I had heard/read that it was the "best." HATED IT! Too slippery in my hands (as previously noted) and difficult to cut
Maybe I missed something but new er is not always better
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Used it because I had heard/read that it was the "best." HATED IT! Too slippery in my hands (as previously noted) and difficult to cut
Maybe I missed something but new er is not always better
I have used boxes available in the hdwe dept from W-Mart (inexpensive) and also from the beading dept at local craft stores to store the flies that you tie in bulk. Many options and dividers...
Redfish in the low country of SC near Charleston. Hook up with Charleston Anglers for info on flies and guides
please send me a PM re: flies you would like to have
do you know anybody who works in an operating room? the foam on the inside of the needle coounters works well and could be slit with ease. Also if you cut the foam in half and round the corners it...
???? INTO THE WILD ?? McSomething as the author??
Thank you all--guess i did not refine my google search enough. Re: Bread and Butter it is recommended as a bonefish fly from a place that a friend of mine will be going to in the Turks and Caicos......
Does anybody have a recipe or a link to the following saltwater patterns:
Christmas Island Special
Bread-and-Butter
I have googled and come up with nothing
Thanks for your help
i agree with wes--send me a PM and i will send you the hackle guards I bought years ago
Thanks everybody and Happy Holidays!
I remember a few years ago there were some posts regarding fun flies for the Holidays. Cannot find that thread for some reason. Any recipes out there for fun things to tie?
Use good quality BELLY hair and serrated scissors -- a bucktail collar helps define where you need to make your cuts
go for deer BELLY hair--and if you have a chance go and watch somebody who eally knows what they are doing with spinning at a fly show--I spent HOURS trying and getting frustrated with different...
Anybody have a good recipe for this fly?
You and your wife are in my thoughts and prayers
dmdmd
Host Ray--
Please post again how to enter the raffle--I cannot find the original posting.
Maybe this thread will encourage others to join
dmdmd
do not be shy about asking questions or using the SEARCH tract on this site--most replies are sound and not demeaning--and if somebody does come down on you somebody else will stick up for you.
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again, many thanks to all
Can anybody tell me or does anybody have a link to a chart that will tell me what size bead should go on what size hook? I have been using the eyeball technique but I want to order some new beads...
i use the magnetic insert from Tiemco hoks---buy one set of flies from them and you have a hook holder on your bench forever!
Do you know somebody who works in an operating room? Lots of orthopaedic instrumentation comes in tubes of just the right size--they are what I use to store my extras
also, try a craft store--in...
i have used ponytail holders from the local drugstore to do the same thing--cost wvery little
www.alibris.com is another site to prowl
Spoon flies in darker (brown-maroon) weedguard necessary
Also in that area you will find seatrout (if you have access to a boat)
see if you can find a firend who works in a hospital operating room
many of the products used will come in tubes (as described in above post with caps on each end--good length and width for...