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The WB looks much better. I would suggest to defuse your light source to make softer lighting for the shot. Also, for product shots, learn about GOBO will be beneficial.

Unfortunately, I have yet to see one nearby, cheers.

That looks fine to me.

Welcome to the forum. Thanks for sharing the pix, they are very nice.

That looks pretty nice and I've never tied one yet. I believe Mr. Beatty will be able to chime in. He's the expert for tying water walker.

That sounds like an ERP system but cheaper, much cheaper. Does that come with inventory management section? Cool idea.

Fortunately, there are plenty of fly shops in Colorado. I prefer to put my hands on them before I buy. However, for hard to get items will have to go online.

I've just clean out some old materials that I haven't been using and reorganize my tying area. The categories I use now are as follows: 1) Dry fly hackle. 2) Feather (such as soft hackle, CDC, turkey quill, etc). 3) Fur (you'll need to divide this one out if you have lots of them.) 4) Dubbing. 5) Synthetic. Hope that helps.

This was taken a while back.

That's best advice. For size 20 or smaller, tread body is plenty, just keep the thread untwisted.

JStockard is a reputable retailer. You can just e-mail them about it and I'm sure they will sort that out for you.

Ivote for other as I use different threads. 8/0 and larger, I use UNI. 14/0 sheer thread and UNI Trico tread are what I use the most. I also, have some Danville threads but rarely use them.

For storage, I use small and shallower plastic boxes and stack them. However, over time, I found them space consuming. The ones that is long enough for some materials ended up about 4-5 inches tall. I've just bought a wooden tool chest and it looks good too.

I do remember reading a comment like that and I've heard about the same thing from my local fishermen. Although they are fun to tie, they are time consuming. Matt Matsushita, often uses only one wing for mayfly duns. For mayfly wings, I've been using medallion sheeting for a few years now and there's no need to go back to hair wing style, well, for now anyway. If you really want to tie split hair wings for small size, say 22 and 24, I used to tie small wing bundles in advance. Hope that helps.

Does this help? http://stevenojai.tripod.com/hookchart.htm I've also been using my own system for years. Here is my post in another thread. http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php?sho...48963&st=15

That could well be as people are finding more uses for them. I was inspired to do so by my wife's vitamin planning.

I buy the vitamin planner from farmacy store and use nail polish to wipe off the imprint. Then, I use the magnent strip and cut to size and glue to the bottom of the box. As simple as write down the size and type, dry, wet, curve, etc, to group them. Also, I only use the largest gap hook at the same size based on hook shank length (in mm). Hook manufacturers told us the size of a hook is determined by hook gap and that does not make sense to me since we try to match the bug by the size, which is the length. I use mostly Daiichi hooks and I measure any straight shank hooks and coordinate with hook size. If I have to buy a different brand hook, I would put the same shank length in the box, even if the size says other wise.

Yep, highly recommended. I have one myself. Patterns and recipes are nice, for myself, the best part is the life cycle and behavior and it has them all.

It's easy to find Whiting Silver saddles in the US. The rare one is the gold neck. Most of them got shipped to Japan.

It appears some members will be tying at Sommerset show. I'll be there too. May I suggest to put a small sign at your booth wtih "FT- Name"?

In spite of what they claim, snagging is snagging. I would avoid that at all cost, IMHO.

Mike, I've seen some jaw tip chips from Regal vise. The constant tension design is part of it. However, Regal is a reputable company, I would recommend to talk to them first. Hope it'll work out for you.

The bad news: the biggest problem of me is I cannot lie and I cannot keep my mouth shut if someone ask me, sigh. The good news: I seldom see another fisherman where I usually fish.

Check out Peak vise as well.

Glad you like it.