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Here is a Spanish tyer's page on a site that is in English with some fine information on Coq de Leon and patterns using it. http://www.flytyingworld.com/PagesP/ps-pacosoria.htm Regards,

PM sent following up on last week's email Regards,

There is no color image of that fly in the color plates of the book. However, there is a black silhouette of it where the tail is clearly 1.5 times the hook shank length and very full or thick. The notes indicate it is a variation of a woolly worm so the tail would not be tied in two parts by folding over. My understanding of the hackle color is that dark bronze dun would be a dark dun feather with flecks of golden yellow sprinkled over the surface which are especially evident if the feather is viewed at an angle to the surface. Regards,

It looks very much an Alex Jackson Pseudo Spey style fly which is a steelhead sized variation of the North Country Spider style of the UK. Regards,

For those of you that have not seen Roy Christie tie you are in for a real treat. In addition, Roy is a fishing predator like an osprey, you definitely do not want to fish behind him. Great guy with lots of great stories around the campfire. Regards,

You can order a new vise directly by contacting Lawrence Waldron directly, contact information here: http://www.danica.com/flytier/law/law.htm regards

Troutbum, Here is a real radical idea, possibly you should try it before you offer uninformed opinions about it. Regards,

There is a much simplier method that my son developed for some fly plates our club did. After 10+ years every fly and post is still attached as originally installed. This method will work with metal, acrylic, and my preferred post material, white styrene cheaply purchased at model building hobby shops. Simply purchase a bottle of Sobo brand fabric glue from a craft store. Decide where you want the flies (you can just lay them out and then mount them one at a time without moving the rest. Cut your posts to the length you desire. dip the tip of a post into the sobo so you have a small drop on the end of the post. Place the glue containing end of the post on the matt where you want it to go and hold it for about 10 seconds. Place a drop of sobo on the other end of the post Place the fly in the position you desire with the body of the fly against the post and hold for about 10 seconds. Do the rest of the flies the same way. by gluing the post to the body of the fly you completely hide the post. Since these flies most likely are not to be taken off to fish the fact that there is glue on the back side of the fly does not matter. here is a quick poor quality shot of one such mounted fly plate done in 1995. Regards,

Anvil makes left hand scissors in several styles they sell. And there is a major difference to those who do not know. The orientation of the blades (bottom and top when cutting) is critical to the scissors cutting cleaning. You can find anvil left hand scissor at http://www.anvilusa.com/lefty_series.htm Regards,

James Leisenring never discusses the dubbing loop in regards to using it on the hook. He only shows using it to roll bodies on his pants leg. And he also says this pre-making of bodies is the only superior method so even if he knew of using a dubbing loop on the hook he never suggested using it in print that I can find. Polly Rosborough's quote does not describe the use of a dubbing loop. In fact that section discusses using glue to roll the dubbing in to make a self sustainging "noodle" that is tied on by one end and wrapped independently of the thread to make the body. His showing of using a dubbing loop comes in the section on felting which he discovered in 1944-45 but which had been known to hatters for centuries. And here he does not claim to have discovered the method but instead discusses its use as if it was well known. Polly was generally very good about mentioning what he felt were his inventions and by not doing so here argues against him being an originator of the method. Just my 2 cents and worth every penny Regards, :yahoo:

I originally thought the same but if you think about it, a dubbing loop would be a difficult procedure to make and use until you use a vise instead of one hand to hold the hook. Regards,

I have found a reference in Fly Tyer magazine, Vol. 6, Issue 3, page 48 where the author in discussing various dubbing methods details the dubbing loop method and says "...the dubbing loop method was invented in Europe after WWI". Nothing further. If you would like a copy of the original article I can send you a pdf file. Regards,

By "doubling" the hair hackle he means exactly the same thing as "doubling" or "folding" a feather so all the fibers face in a single direction such as done to prepare a collar hackle on a wet fly or traditional steelhead fly. Regards,

If you can find anyone willing to sell the first years of FLY TYER (1978 - 1990) for only $10 per copy snap them up. They are getting very very difficult to come by. Regards,

We are on a Snipe hunt haha, hehe, hoho Regards,

If they have the particular hooks you are interested in Jans Netcraft in Toledo OH will have very resonable prices for bulk packaging up to 1000 per pack. Regards,

I have a personal rule of not entering swaps of more than a dozen, a baker's dozen was pushing it but ok, 15 is past my comfort zone. I will drop out and let someone else have my spot. Maybe next time. Regards,

13 flies is fine by me. Does this mean we get one of our own back? Regards,

I'm in, if there is still room Regards,

All of the vises you are interested in are reviewed very thoroughly and fairly at the following URL by two fellows who know about such things. http://flyfisherman.com/ftb/hwvise/ Hope this helps. Regards,

QUOTE (day5 @ Jun 12 2005, 08:49 AM) But if my fly has a pronounced head made of thread I like danvilles because it lays flater. gudebrod is stronger in each size but dosent lay flat and tends to build up. I have used Danville Flymaster for decades and Gudebrod since it come out. I have not found that Danville lies flatter than Gudebrod. In fact I find them to work exactly alike except that the Danville nylon has a bit more stretch than the Gudebord polyester. However, sizing is the real question. Danville 6/0 has a larger denier than does Gudebrod 8/0 for example so if you compare 6/0 of both you are not comparing the same sized material as Gudebrod 6/0 is over 2X larger in denier than Danville 6/0. Regards,

Here is an interesting earplug pike popper from Sweden. http://www.beaucatcher.com/foam_head_pike_fly.htm Regards,