Welcome Sonny, glad to have you on FAOL.
Eric
Welcome Sonny, glad to have you on FAOL.
Eric
"Complexity is easy; Simplicity is difficult."
Georgy Shragin
Designer of ppsh41 sub machine gun
Welcome Sonny. Kudos to you for getting your grandkids involved. I'm not old enough for grandkids yet (well technically I am, my oldest is 1, but my son and daughter are my best fishing pals.
With regards to your First Winged Creature and the question of proportionality - here's a tip I picked up from an article by the Beatty's.
Put a hook similar to the one you're tying on in a pair of hackle pliers and use the hook for comparison purposes. For example, if you want the tail to be hook shank long, tie it in as best you can. Compare the length to the length of the hook shank of the extra hook - then adjust the length of the tail if necessary.
You can do the same thing for the wings. Tie them down, but check the length against the extra hook before you stand the wings up. If necessary adjust, check, then if still necessary, readjust.
You won't be tying as fast as AK Best, but your flies will have the proportions you want and look uniform.
Welcome
Sonny,
What idiots would kick you off a site because you own a Nor-Vise? Heck, I own three of them myself. They are great for tying.
Welcome back to fly fishing, hope the grandkids like it but don't force it upon them. Let them come around when they want to. They can always spin cast with a bobber and a fly attached if they want to rather than use bait.
Larry---sagefisher---
Organizations and clubs I belong to:
Fly Fishers International Life Member
FFI 1000 Stewards member
FFI Presidents Club
FFI Fly Tying Group Life Member
Washington State Council FFI
V.P. Membership
Alpine Fly Fishers Club
President & Newsletter Editor--The Dead Drift
North Idaho Fly Casters club
Welcome, Sonny. Hang on and expect a great ride as you immerse yourself in this site. A lot of great folks.
Kelly.
Tight Lines,
Kelly.
"There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home."
Roderick Haig-Brown, "Fisherman's Spring"
Hi Sonny, Welcome aboard FAOL from So Cal. I've seen a few of your posts and thought hey this guy is new I ought to say something.
I too fish the sierras on the eastern side. I have grandkids, a few who do fly fish. Hope to see you around the board, and maybe on a creek. Jim
I'm either going to, coming from or thinking about fishing. Jim
Welcome Sonny!
Hi Sonny,
Both you and your Nor vise are more than welcome here. Let us hear from you regularly. You sound like you'll fit right in. Don't be shy! 8T
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