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    with wooden spools it worked well, but when...

    with wooden spools it worked well, but when plastic spools came out, you had tighten spool that tight you striped the thread in the plastic bobbin. had to use card board washer toget tension on...
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    that a case bobbin sold a ton of them in my shop...

    that a case bobbin sold a ton of them in my shop back in the day. flyman 3
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    useing stem skins

    have been using them for aq long time, about the late 50 a older fly tyer show me how. nice way to get off color bodys, grouse tails I spit down the middle you get two color a light and a nice...
  4. Thread: Spade Tailing

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    most fighting cocks are large birds and brown,...

    most fighting cocks are large birds and brown, but very nice to work with. there was a man on the way to oak orchard that had some birds. look for 55 gal barrels in the yard. the man i got them...
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    well i have way too many, but the ones i like are...

    well i have way too many, but the ones i like are scientific anglers mastery and #2, than martin the mg 10 and the work hog mg 72 must be 12 ozs. all kind of , all kinds of small reels most all old...
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    what happen to the PA fish in board. no picture...

    what happen to the PA fish in board. no picture unless we are that good looking we broke it down. also someone telling story, about me eating down at the restaurant chaseing that nice female up the...
  7. Thread: Dry Supply

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    bring back memories, when we got chicken going...

    bring back memories, when we got chicken going from farms to farms. got good one and bad one but we had feathers, then we got into going to see the chicken fights, got nice birds but ran to the big...
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    byron we use spun fur...

    byron we use spun fur for the body not a egg stack, i use the olive adams more than any of them. i have use a pink body and did great at at certain time of the year. ...
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    to all how about adams...

    to all how about adams yellow,adams olive,adams green. great flys in easten penna. been fishing them about forty or so years. to me the hackle and tail makes the adams. ...
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    i have one that needs jaws, i can tie big hooks...

    i have one that needs jaws, i can tie big hooks but not small one. i think i got it in early 90 like it so much i put them in the shop, i think price was about 200.00 dollars i sold maybe ten of...
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    i wet wade in the summer here in eastern PA, have...

    i wet wade in the summer here in eastern PA, have been all my life only been bite by water snakes two times. i have seen ratter but mostly leave them a lone. the susquehanna i think about going to...
  12. Thread: etiquette?

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    I was on the oak orchard fishing steelie want a...

    I was on the oak orchard fishing steelie want a run of browns came in, luck has it i did't have to chase any and held my spot. hit nice brown and away i go, got back guy was in center of run but...
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    welcome from pottsville pa, fish some of same...

    welcome from pottsville pa, fish some of same creeks , live in bethlehem and worked in steel mills late 50 to 1970. watch that heritage he puts you on too many fish. flyman 3
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    yes.........but as i look at first picture they...

    yes.........but as i look at first picture they do look like they are tent like. also they have the fine hair on the ends of the wings. looked at the head saw how long it was went with that. my son...
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    little black stonefly, wing flat on the back...

    little black stonefly, wing flat on the back stone, wings like a tent caddis.alderfly i think has fuzzy around the back of wings. here in PA we have a black and brown stone that hatch in feb. and...
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    hope you had a good day, but they start to come...

    hope you had a good day, but they start to come around too fast. we had fun at the fly fishing show in valley forge, but i can't say anything. big daddy won't let me. flyman 3
  17. It that time for the outdoor show. we will be at...

    It that time for the outdoor show. we will be at the fly fishing show at the valley forge convention center. this weekend just look for the little fat guy with the FFOL hat. flyman 3
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    how about all the water they are getting from the...

    how about all the water they are getting from the rivers and creeks. more than they the creeks can handle. penna. was not ready for this. look out at the river do you see any bass feeding, no that...
  19. we always used C&D for the last 30 or so years....

    we always used C&D for the last 30 or so years. this is only a show that they know what is wrong with the river. the river has been going down hill for the past 10 years, and all they could come up...
  20. Thread: Leisenring

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    as i tye most of my wets and wingless wet with...

    as i tye most of my wets and wingless wet with fighting cock necks, i have no way to know if a soft feather would be better. i do use hen hackle for my soft hackle, but i like the way they look. ...
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    hi casey P ...

    hi casey P don't know if you there when we were useing spun fur, it is angora fur that is a yarn, sometime they have it in craft stores, but white only,...
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    3399 a and 3399 from 8 to 18. the 3399a has been...

    3399 a and 3399 from 8 to 18. the 3399a has been the wet fly hook around here for 50 years that i been tying. i have mustad boxs marked 45 cents from jimo fly shop st. clair PA. flyman 3
  23. Thread: Mustad 277's

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    about 25 years ago when i owned a fly shop, a man...

    about 25 years ago when i owned a fly shop, a man wanted 150.00 for a thousand, too much i said wish i took them. flyman 3
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    books

    hi, is your name john that had the shop in lanfords. if so glad to hear your still around. will try too get too you after deer camp. still have lots of stuff from my shop mostly books, that i will...
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    salmon river

    what you hear about the run of fish up there are all true. go up with beer in hand watch the fights, guys falling in and guys hooking fish in tail, fins and all parts of the body. you can have a good...
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