I've popped a few off of my Mongoose, but only really tiny ones like < #18s. Otherwise, it does a great job holding hooks.
Originally Posted by Jayatwork
I've popped a few off of my Mongoose, but only really tiny ones like < #18s. Otherwise, it does a great job holding hooks.
A dozen is just a standard number, for everything from donuts, to pencils, to clothes pins, etc...
The only reason I tie by the dozen is that I am in a lot of Fly Swaps, and most swaps have 12 people in them.
When I tie for myself, I usually just tie up a few in each size and color.
Sonny, I guessing my tying 12 to get it right might have some merit?.... And I tyed a single Royal Wollf that turned out more like a Royal woof it was so ugly.
Jim
There are three ways to complete a project. The right way, the wrong way or the Boss' way. You'd best learn the Boss' way.
On that note, just how many do most of you tie at a spell?When I tie for myself, I usually just tie up a few in each size and color.
Call it ADD, but if I tie more than 5 or 6 in a row of the same fly it gets terribly tedious. Even something as simple as a color change keeps my mind in it, so usually I will tie minor variations of the same tie.
Example: I've been tying up a great lakes steelhead assortment for a friend who's currently in Iraq. That means alot of eggs, but for me to sit and tie several dozen eggs, I tied a few of each color, some with and some without a flashy tail.
Its nymphs that really get me. When I tie pheasant tails, I usually only tie 5-6, whatever I could imagine going through on the next trip I'm making. I build up a stockpile from the ones I dont manage to lose.
I dunno...sometimes the ugly ones work better than the pretty ones. I have botched a few up my time, but rather than waste them, I fished with them, hoping to lose them, and thus provide them with an honorable death. However, almost without fail, they all caught fish, and did it well.
It must be true that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Sonny, I guessing my tying 12 to get it right might have some merit?
Jim
"It must be true that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder."
Oh Man! And here I thought it was Beauty is in the eyes of the beer holder.
Sonny Edmonds
"If I don't teach them, how will those Grand Kids learn to fish?"
Lesson 1: What catches fish Vs: What catches fisherman's money.
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Originally Posted by fivedials View Post
Sonny, I guessing my tying 12 to get it right might have some merit?
Jim
Gigmaster thats what I was thnking, I liked what fivedials posted...lol Ya get the hang of tying them somewhere within the 12, so you think about disregarding the others that don't look right until you get out on the water and find out that the ones that don't look right will catch fish too, and then, they don't look so bad after all ...lol
"Because by the Grace of God I can, be on a beautiful mountain stream with a friend , have the water boil from a 12" Native Brookie taking a self tyed dry,and feel it on the end of my cane... It don't get no better than that..."
simple math solution...
It's all simple math: thusly-
25 hooks in a pack
12-number it takes to tie it correctly
12-number of correctly tied flies for the swap
1-extra fly for the swapmeister
Hence 25 per pack - VOILA!
Pack of 50 = 2 swaps
Pack of 100 = 4 swaps and so on...
Leave it to the Senior Member from VA to set us all staight. I love it, it explains it all to a T.It's all simple math: thusly-
25 hooks in a pack
12-number it takes to tie it correctly
12-number of correctly tied flies for the swap
1-extra fly for the swapmeister
Hence 25 per pack - VOILA!
Pack of 50 = 2 swaps
Pack of 100 = 4 swaps and so on...
There are three ways to complete a project. The right way, the wrong way or the Boss' way. You'd best learn the Boss' way.
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