Everyone is selling "HAND TIED' flies, is there a machine tied fly?
If there is I sure would like to see one.
Hand tied flies
Everyone is selling "HAND TIED' flies, is there a machine tied fly?
If there is I sure would like to see one.
Krause, I've always thought "hand-tied" flies was kind of redundant.Originally Posted by krauseb
Steve
Wouldn't that be false advertising? I submit that "hand tied" indicates no use of vise...
Kind of like restaurants that list "home made" foods on their menus. Occasionally I'll ask a server who's home it was made in- just get blank stares, and mumbling, in response. Oh- and I will never drink a "hand crafted" drink. Keep your paws out of my food!
[quote=bluwatr;311652]Wouldn't that be false advertising? I submit that "hand tied" indicates no use of vise...[/qu
Wouldn't that be hand-held? If "hand tied" indicates no use of vise it should should also indicate the use of no tools (bobbin, bodkin scissors etc). Or does using a vice constitute 'vice tied' fly?
I say we close this can of worms and weld the sucker shut!
All fly tiers probably agree that flies cant not be machine tied. I think that 'hand crafted' fits what most of us tie versus 'mass produced' flies that are coming out of Asia.
what would have happened if the patent for the "electric rotary tying device system" ever came to be??
what would it have bbec called?
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5716020.html
Where did you see flies advertised as "Hand Tied" ? Been around a long time and I for one only read the words now and then on a forum like FAOL. Flies tied without a vise are also not known as hand tied. We do use scissors. BILL
Most flies are hand tied. A lot of advertisers use this term but whether they are tied in Arizona, Africa, India or the UK they are still tied by hand. Just a marketing term I believe!
Reading parts of that link reminds me of the two weeks I spent on a federal jury for a patent infringement case...talk about bored to tears.
I seen soft plastic nymphs formed right on the hook.
No tying involved
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