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I've had good results using "Congo Hair"(an EP fibers substitute) and "water silk", both available from flytiersdungeon for a lot less than EP material. Wayneb

Hi All; I have the following bag from BW Sports: http://www.fishwest.net/Merchant2/merchant...re_Code=flyshop A lot cheaper, is huge and seem to work quite well so far. A friend saw mine, and also saw the price and bought one too. Now, all I need is a portable bench that will fit in the outside pocket. Wayneb

Hi All; The retrieve on a stealth bomber is very much like a Dahlberg diver. If you give it a quick twitch, it acts very much like a popper but, with a brisk strip it dives and creates quite a bubble trail. I typically fish a gurgle pop but when the gurgle pop doesn't work the Stealth bomber does! Both are real easy ties but the bomber takes about twice as long to tie with most effort being in cutting the foam in advance of tying. Wayne

Hi Breambuster; The easyest method I've found is to use a small coffee grinder. The material works best in a coffee grinder when the length of the materail is 1/2 inch or less and you don't put a lot of material in at one time. What type of material were you planning on using to mix/blend with your existing dubbing? Craft stores are loaded with all types and colors of yarns for experimenting, some even have wool roving that basically looks like long fibered dubbing already. I've mixed both acrylic and wool yarns to make dubbing blends and made an antron and squirrel dubbing for red fox squirrel nymphs. all have turned out quite well. Are you trying to make your existing dubbing slightly darker or lighter? If so, you could probably add a little bit of white or black yarn and get what you want. Wayneb

Hi Narcodog; Which one?? Wayneb

Hi Mike; Great Feathers has a good site: http://www.flyfishingmaryland.com/index.php And the shop is great too! Wayneb

So, is it similar to a ball mount for a camera? If so, I can really see how advantageous it could be. Wayneb

Hi all; I'm confused, what advantage does the ball mount give, cool looking vise either way. Wayneb

I'll be there Saturday. Last year the Hatches booth had all the issues for sale plus sixth finger scissors of which I purchased. Wayneb

Hi Avelino; What you want is made by crown condoms, I think it's also called natural color. Wayneb

Hi JohnP; Nice tie, what size hook is that? Wayneb

Hi Sniksoh; A good, inexpensive bass bug taper floating line would be an Orvis clearwater line. They are 1/2 weight heavier than normal and a front loaded taper, great for turning over heavy, wind resistant flies. I kinda feel as others do that a 10wt is overkill 8wt or 9wt max should be more than adequate but, to each his own. I typically cast an 8wt glass rod and can cast the big wind resistant stuff with ease. A 9wt glass rod such as a Garcia 2406 glass rod, could probably cast baitcasting lures if you wanted it to. TFO pro and/or Lefty Kreh series rods are really good too. I have a tfo pro 9ft 8wt and it's a great caster and a real bargain. I'm biased towards fiberglass rods and you could pick up an 8wt/9wt glass rod off ebay for a fraction of what you would pay for a new rod. Advantages: glass rods are more durable, slower action makes it easier to cast open loops that assist in casting some of the big,heavy, wind resistant bugs. Disadvantage: glass rods are heavy. good luck with your choices; Wayneb

Hi John; Thanks! Oh, by the way do you use the same source for latex as others?? Wayneb

Hi Avelino; I concur with the others, I love all the patterns you have posted but this one really stands out from the rest Thanks for posting; Wayneb

JRG: the vice is a Peak vise Wayneb