when someone makes a tool for a size 22 BWO extended body i may be impressed. until then there won't be any foam on my tails. i am still using the pin method from Stalcups book,Mayflies
when someone makes a tool for a size 22 BWO extended body i may be impressed. until then there won't be any foam on my tails. i am still using the pin method from Stalcups book,Mayflies
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A heavy needle can be gotten for a song. If you need a bent thingy, you can make one from a heavier duty paperclip like Norman suggested. I'm looking at a lamp shade right now as I type this, and can see some brass wires that support the shade that might work in a pinch. LOL!! Clip a piece of wire off your neighbors fence! Man, I'll bet I could come up with lots of ideas, if I put my pointy head to the task. Heck, I'll bet your neighbors snow-blower has something on it you could adapt? The aerial off the postmans jeep? Hmmmm? Gonna go before I get in trouble.
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I'm all for homemade tools, so if see a 3" piece of wire for $6 that they say I need, I will certainly look for a way to make it myself first for under a dollar. If I can that's $5 I can spend on material I CAN'T make myself. For those of you that scoff at the 3pack Renzeti product for $18, I certainly none of you are tying on one of the 4 or 5 hundred vises you insist is 5 time better than a $100 vise. Just sayin'
That's an interesting tool.
But I think there is a better way to tie extended bodies.
Go to the women's sewing store. Wear sunglasses and look over your shoulder
a lot--and make sure no one notices you when you rummage through the panty hose (makes great wing cases).
Then go to the needle rack. Get a few packages of #10 and #13 ultra-thin beading needles.
Put a needle horizontally in the vise. Tie the extended body on the needle. Whip finish.
Slide it off the needle. Now you have a modular fly-body part that can be mounted
on a short-shank hook. Those bow-tie deals a far more clumsy and awkward,
because you end up swapping hands for each thread and/or material wrap.
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The link was in answer to a specific question. I don't have a problem with that.
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i'm usually on your side, but stirring the pot isnt gonna help your cause
Just wanted to see where the line is drawn. For what it's worth on the other thread, the link that was removed in my second post, I was just replying to a question of where his flies could be seen. Nuf said.
Back on 'topic', it seems that many missed what I see as the true 'inovation' in these tools...the ability to 'curve' the body with thread tension after you mount them to the hook.
I've already figured out a way to do it with a needle, but the concept itself is a solid one.
As for an extended body on a #22 mayfly? Easy, just get some varigated thread (I use some old Gudbrod 'Classis Twist' I still have left over), and use that to 'furl' an extended body.....but if you use a #22 hook, and add an extended body, it ain't a #22 anymore...so why not use a larger hook tied conventionally and hook the fish better?
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