FYI, I'm pretty sure that the thinner that is sold for daves Flexament is perchloroethylene (perc) which is used in the USA as dry cleaning fluid. PERC, tolulene, xylene, are all very volatile...
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FYI, I'm pretty sure that the thinner that is sold for daves Flexament is perchloroethylene (perc) which is used in the USA as dry cleaning fluid. PERC, tolulene, xylene, are all very volatile...
Skip,
That feather you have is particularely interesting because not only does it have a black center (list) but it also has very prominent black tips! I believe that is extremely rare these...
It's hard to know exactly what all the different brands of head cement goops really are as noone is required to list their ingredients. I think that traditionally nitrocellulose lacquer was used to...
Here is a novel idea. Ronn Lucas has suggested soaking fatty duck skins in lacquer thinner. You can find his post by searching the board for 'lacquer thinner'. I tried this once with a duck skin and...
A few years ago I picked up some of the origional European flexibody at Fly N Field in Glen Ellyn, IL. You could try giving them a call. Someone is currently selling a product in the US called...
Does anyone know if the silkworm gut industry still exists in Spain? I recently bought some Partridge brand twisted gut and it is very nice stuff, pure white, and definitely doesn't need to be soaked...
Salmo,
The perfect head cement is one of the holy grails of fly tying (the other being the perfect hackle pliers). I have worked with many fly tying cements without being particularly impressed....
I've never thought about further seperating the strands of Pearsalls Marabou. Hmm, that would be just the ticket for those size 32 Royal Coachmans I've been wanting to tie. BTW the JEC and Jacksons...
There is alot of good info about setups for photographing flies but I only heard mention of a Nikon D50 which is a digital SLR. I hade a really old digital point and shoot that took great macro...
Rookie,
In the US, there are two types of Pearsalls that are currently available and there are other types that are no longer marketed that you might find on e-bay or at an antique shop or flea...
Fontinalis,
Those flies are truely superb. I am interested in trying my hand at tying some vintage style wets. Someday I might be able to tie some as good as those you have posted (I donbt it...
Fly tying is a mixed up mess without any useful standards and thread is a classic example!
0 rating - x/0 thread is whatever a particular manufacturer chooses to call x/0. (correct me if I'm...
Chris,
The new Wapsi ultra GSP comes in 50 denier. It's interesting stuff. I can't break it. It's not easy to cut and the slickest (slippery) tying thread I've ever seen. I've just started tying...
I think I have some tussah silk. If it is, it has been bleached because it is white. Last night, I dyed some with Veniards yellow dye, then I just pulled it out of the dye bath, dropped it in a can...
Here is a recipe that was published in the "Art of Angling Journal"
Melt 1/4 cup butter. Blend in 1/4 cup flour. Add 1 can evaporated milk, 1 cup junglecock broth and 1/2 cup water. Cook until...
I think I've tried RIT with about the same results. Looking around the web I found a couple of sites where people were recommending cooking the dyed silk at high temperatures (like 275 F) to set the...
I really like to use silk as a dry fly dubbing so a while back I snapped up a lifetime supply of raw silk. I dye alot of furs and feathes for fly tying and I have alot of success with the standard...
Looks like it could be a free living caddis like a Rhyacophila species. It's strange how a small helgrammite can be so similar to a free living caddis. Maybe someone out there with some more...
It is not too hard to find loose angora goat. Mike Hogue has it at http://www.eflytyer.com. If you search around fiber crafts, you can find it for spinning and knitting. I bought a roving (bunch...
Woodchuck does vary greatly in quality depending on where the patch you have comes from on the pelt and also whether the woodchuck had a full winter coat or a sparse summer coat when he met his end. ...
Rich,
It just so happens that I have a Renzetti traveler right handed pedistel vise that I was going to post on the for sale board $125 post paid to the Conteniental US. I have owned it for...
The simplest dry fly in the world:
Take a dry fly saddle hackle and tie it in at the bend of the hook. Wrap it forward in close turns until you are near the eye, then tie it off. You can improve...
The Black and Jungle is on page 102 of Schmookler and Sills "Rare and Unusual Fly Tying Materials V I" It is attributed to Charles DeFeo but the pattern isn't given. I don't believe it is a classic...
When I first read Jim Leisenring's book I had never heard of a dubbing loop and I thought that his dubbing loop technique was very intriguing but sure looked like alot of trouble. Now I have learned...
I try to get out to the Black Hills at least once a year as I am about a day's drive from there. The last time I was there was spring of 06 and we did not notice Didymo as much as the glaring lack...