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Very nicely done!
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Thanks for clarifying the name of it. Couldn’t remember it. Way too old to remember stuff like that. Sounds like it is way too tight on the OP’s post. BB
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Have you loosened the thumb screw at the top of the vice where the vertical post and the horizontal jaw assemble come together? I have to keep tightening this screw on my Traveler to keep the vice from rotating when I don’t want it to. Yours may be extremely tight. BB
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Moshup, I watched a YouTube video the other day where the guy said to make the wings as long as the shank plus the eye. BB
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Hey, thanks, niveker, and Flytire.
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How do you guys know how tall your split wings should be? I saw a video where a guy used a card with a line drawn on it for each hook size, but when I looked it up, the guy wanted a small fortune for the thing. Ouch! I’m wanted to work on my Catskill Dry Fly skills and especially tying in wings with wood duck flank feathers. Thanks. BB
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Covid be damned...We're doing Christmas Swap
breambuster replied to vicrider's topic in Fly Swaps & Contests
To whoever got my set, I was thinking Hopper/Dropper when I tied them up. There is a foam Predator for the Hopper and the rest of the set were flies that I thought might work as Droppers. Hope they work for you. BB -
Covid be damned...We're doing Christmas Swap
breambuster replied to vicrider's topic in Fly Swaps & Contests
Santa has arrived at our house and he brought me a very nice assortment of goodies and a super duper set of flies from Rick Zieger! Thanks Rick. Great set of flies. Thanks much. BB -
Covid be damned...We're doing Christmas Swap
breambuster replied to vicrider's topic in Fly Swaps & Contests
N0GYM de N4LCV. Extra Class here back in the days when CW was required. I hope to one day put up an End Fed Half Wave for 80M and down. I’ve lived here 2 1/2 years and, so far, all I’ve got up is a 2 meter vertical on a 10 foot ground-mounted pole. I’ve trying to get on DMR which is a new digital mode, but my progress there is at a snail’s pace. COVID has everything shut down so I haven’t joined a club yet. There is at least 1 Ham in the Church we attend but he comes to the early service and we go to the late service. I’ve met him once, but it’s mostly emails. I hope to eventually put up my Hi-Gain 620 Vertical. Wish you were still on the air. We could try for a QSO at some point. 73 N4LCV - (BB) Oh yes, Meant to mention that a friend downstate killed a Wood Duck this past Saturday, so I’m watching the mail for a bag full of feathers. I’m going to learn to tie wings even if it kills me. BB -
Covid be damned...We're doing Christmas Swap
breambuster replied to vicrider's topic in Fly Swaps & Contests
Got mine a few days ago and it’s under the tree. It may be the main thing I have to unwrap this year. My wife helped me pay for an amateur radio antenna about September because I had some guys coming to help me put it up, so Santa came early. But 1 of the guys ended up in the hospital and rehab and the antenna is still in a box out in the workshop. So, there won’t be much under he tree this year but Secret Swap Santa. But I am blessed. There are so many things to be grateful for. Hope you guys have a great Christmas. BB -
I have a ceramic bobbin that is nearly impossible to thread by the “suck on a straw” method. Maybe there is some trick to that that I have never learned. If so, would someone tell me the secret? I also have a metal bobbin threader, but I don’t feel good about using it on ceramic. What other strategies have you guys found for threading a ceramic bobbin? BB
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Mine arrived and they are an awesome set of flies. Thanks, atxdiscgolfer for hosting. BB
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I replied to your PM. Did you get it?
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No sign of mine yet. Patiently waiting.
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Covid be damned...We're doing Christmas Swap
breambuster replied to vicrider's topic in Fly Swaps & Contests
The wing feathers came from Davidson River Outfitters. They are listed as Imitation Yaller Hammer Feathers. BB