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Gene L

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  1. I don't use hard to find dubbing, bud would like to try seal. I understand it's not the easiest thing to dub. It's legal in Canada and England, but not here in the US.
  2. Got to have knots. I'm not aware of any thread that doesn't require a knot, but a half hitch or three is easy to accomplish . There are some advanced tying techniques that you can do with super glue and small flies, size 20 and smaller, but generally speaking a knot is the thing to do. Thread is the cheapest material for fly tying I know of. It can be thin (GSP) and strong or not so thin and pretty strong. I can't imagine tying a fly using the sewing thread I'm thinking of. It's hawser-like and not isn't made for torquing down on the hook. Then, too, I wouldn't use fly tying thread for sewing, which I only do occasionally (I live alone). I say this knowing that some good tyers here use it just not me. If I had to choose a thread and only one it would be a 70 denier in black. That's 8/0, but 6/0 is equally as good just not as small.
  3. I think we keep seeing the same contributors is because they're reliable and highly skilled and can furnish the photographs needed. I can't tie most of the flies in Fly Tyer because I lack the talent and the materials. It's a spectator sport for me. I used to edit a magazine and I know how rare an article that needs little to no editorial attention.
  4. Mine is an 8' 5 we. St. Croix legend, not the legend Ultra or whatever their top rod is. It's my go to rod for trout or pond bass. There are much more expensive and probably more performing rods, but I like the Legend. I mainly mess around now with fiberglass rods, which I like. They are heavier and slower than graphite but I enjoy fishing them.
  5. I bought a very cheap Chinese line marked 6. Weighed, it was too much for a six, too little for a 7. A high six is how I'm using it. It casts fine on a six weight rod, and well worth the very small price I paid for it.
  6. I mark my lines as above. In addition to the tips of the line, I put a line 30 feet in to mark the head so I can weigh it on a scale. Some lines are marked under weight.
  7. I'm trying to consolidate my hooks today. I've got way too many. I semi-organized them in three Umpqua hook boxes. My problem is how to separate them. In "Dry" and "Nymph" no problems, but then I've got Klinkhammer hooks, scud hooks in both light and heavy wire, nymph in standard and x long, curved shank dry, and probably some I haven't organized yet. I think I acquired them a few at a time when I saw a video of someone tying a fly on a certain hook and thought I needed some and because I couldn't find what I needed at home, I ordered some a few at a time. And they built up to a ridiculous state of affairs. The lesson is to organize your hooks early so you know what you need and what you have.
  8. That's a good looking and a needed vise head for small flies. When will they be offered for sale? I would put one on my Medallion. And incidentally, a nice fly.
  9. Here I am trying to tie an 18 Parachute fly and now this. I can barely tie a Wooly Bugger.
  10. Thanks, folks. What do you use for the post on size 18s? I use Para post on larger flies, I suppose a thin yarn for smaller flies.
  11. I don't have a problem seeing them, I have a problem tying them. I wear a pair of cheaters, about 1.5 power, and if it gets to where I need more power, I put on a second pair over the first. Works great, but I don't do such a thing very much.
  12. Does anyone have any tips on parachute flies from about 16 down? I can't do it, but I'm willing to learn. Share your tips. Size 16 is "small" for me.
  13. That would be my choice. You should get a ssecond or third opinion; I could be wrong
  14. They look to be Japanese rods made for GIs after WW 2. There isn't much interest in them and unless it's there's a family/friend connection with it, it's probably not worth restoring.
  15. I have a spool of floss that's marked "French Silk". I don't know where I got it, and it's purple. A spool like for a thread spool. I'll burn a couple of inches and report on the smell. Edit: I burned a little of the floss. It burned pretty well (I don't have the vocabulary to describe how it burned, so there it is.) I'm not totally sure this floss is silk, in spite of its marking. It didn't melt and burned off with little ash.
  16. Well, I guess the Traveler may not have that ability. Sorry about misinformation.
  17. Renzetti vises have an adjustment where they will only rotate in one direction, which allows the vise to index. This setting can easily be adjusted out, It's annoying, but some like this feature.
  18. A photo would be good. As for markings, I don't think the Traveler is marked either.
  19. I wonder about rods from after WW 2, when we cut off trade from China. I suppose there was a lot of saved Tonkin cane, but still I wonder. If H&I rods were of something other than Tonkin, I'd like to know what, as the ones I've owned were pretty good rods.
  20. That's a beautiful knife. What's the handle made of?
  21. Got any pictures of a $10,000 knife? That's exclusive. A two-thousand dollar knife is way beyond my budget.
  22. I have no idea. And don't know how to determine taper after it's glued up. (Or before it's glued up for that matter.) Do you have any way of telling? I don't even know where the blank came from, I think I remember it being advertised as being made at home, but that may not be accurate.
  23. How strong is it? It's pretty simple and would seem to be the last word in tying on a 16 and smaller and doesn't take up as much space as a clinch.
  24. Speaking of suckers, I recently saw a Sunrise fly tying vise, which you can get for $20 or less, advertised on eBay for $140!!! Someone didn't do their homework.
  25. Pfleuger reels: lots of people have them. Probably a lot on this BB have at least one. We look on them today as solid, heavy, cheap reels. But back in the day when we wen't to the local hardware store to buy fishing tackle, they were just about the only game in town. I have a 1494 in the box, marked price on the box is $14. Yes, that sounds cheap, but in today's money, figuring in inflation that come out to be $191. Not so cheap, nowadays. You can get a pretty good reel for about that expenditure but that's because we're in a New, Golden Age of reels. Our fathers had little choice like we have today. The 1400 reels are easy to find today because they were just about the only game in town.
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