Have you found any new products (or discovered old ones) that change the way you do things at the bench or on the stream?
New products
Have you found any new products (or discovered old ones) that change the way you do things at the bench or on the stream?
I got a "rubber leg tool" just before we left for the summer, but I can't find it now - should be perfect for threading legs through bodies.
I recently got one of Marc Petijean's CDC stackers. Works quite well!
Dyna-King Dubbing Spin Master. Resisted buying a dedicated device to help with dubbing loops for years, but finally broke down and picked one up. Still undecided if I really like using one, but it sure does make spinning up a dubbing loop faster.
I changed my lighting to a LED bulb and really like it...the stand I got is old fashioned but very handy to adjust.
The hell with dubbing now... This stuff is pretty slick. Pre-spun dubbing strand, impregnated with CDC preen oil... Quick and easy caddis and mayfly bodies. This muskrat gray is a perfect match for the local caddis. I think this is the first new thing I have bothered to use in the last ten or fifteen years, since I fossilized.
Hackle pliers!
I replaced the chair I sit at to tie; didn't think it was such a big deal, but I was wrong. That, and I found a local (really hate to pay shipping for spools of thread) shop that carries MFC 8/0 thread in colors besides dark brown.
Regards,
Scott
I can't wade anymore, so I fish from a Step 2 garden bench.
http://www.acehardware.com/product/i...pla=pla_961435
Certainly not new (SORRY) BUT , my handiest tool ever. The "Ty-Rite" Little ball point barrel shaped gizmo with a tiny spring loaded hook much like the plastic red and white "strike indicator/bobber". Holds your fly/ hook while ..................whatever.
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