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slf whitlocks dubbing blends

Never lost a fly using DeWitt boxes but then again I position my back to any wind + I do make an effort not to drop the box

i tie flies in batches and apply head cement all at once one bottle, one needle and one operation Good whip finish = no head cement Waxed thread = no head cement

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i use a $10 uv light from ace hardware plenty of lights to choose from on ebay

dewitt compartment boxes as shown in next post

interesting photos above (I cant see flikr photos at work) looks like theres a fan wing royal coachman (fly #4) a grizzly king wet fly (#2) and a grizzly king streamer (#6) fly #1 appears to be a hopper pattern (I'm guessing) #3 might be a woven stonefly of some sort and #5 might be a caddis pattern parts of each fly are missing (deteriorated) or have come untied fan wing royal coachman http://www.google.com/search?q=fan+wing+royal+coachman&safe=active&nord=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=5CLyU-T6FMngoASfu4LgCw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw&biw=1200&bih=628 grizzly king http://www.google.com/search?q=fan+wing+royal+coachman&safe=active&nord=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=5CLyU-T6FMngoASfu4LgCw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw&biw=1200&bih=628#nord=1&q=grizzly+king&safe=active&tbm=isch hopper pattern http://www.google.com/search?q=fan+wing+royal+coachman&safe=active&nord=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=5CLyU-T6FMngoASfu4LgCw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw&biw=1200&bih=628#nord=1&q=joes+hopper+fly+patterns&safe=active&tbm=isch

ditto on Charlie the clown! new flyfisher is real good but i'll never fish those destinations

Pink pookie

in new england we get charlie moore "the mad fisherman" or the giggling jimmy houston

8000 lakes to fish and you're inside watching fishing shows? I just might retire in Florida and get to fishing!

You haven't read the pissing match about protected feathers in the "I found a feather" thread? http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=79171&page=4&do=findComment&comment=601088 Fyi: strollers Jay is protected by US laws Google "migratory bird act" then decided if you want to tie with those feathers If you do, be creative. Experiment!

Ed, I'll second that This thread is becoming a bottomless pit of bullshit (in my opinion)

me either! i just made them up this morning!

use the proper colored hackle(s) for your museum flies or use whatever you like for fishing flies. who really cares? what i tie with is totally irrelevant to anybody else

fringe bead. the hole is offset

Here is my take on fly photography http://flytyingnewandold.blogspot.ca/2011/01/my-take-on-fly-photography.html my simple steup

as silly as it seems, its still a law that's on the books. only you can decide to respect it or not. just like all of the asinine "blue laws" that have no purpose in todays society will the law be enforced if you pick up a few feathers in the back yard or out in the forest I seriously doubt it. just don't brag about your precious find on forums and bulletin boards only you can determine the value of a single or a few feathers. the ones under my bird feeder have absolutely no value for my tying needs. 1 or 2 feathers 2 inches long x 1/2 inches wide (if that) isn't worth picking up. what would happen if we didn't have the act to protect wildlife? people would shoot everything they see (like a 100 years ago) and then no more wildlife

can anyone explain what the factors were that happened (in the US), to have them passed into law?? just curious....... The Weeks–McLean Act was a law of the United States sponsored by Representative John W. Weeks ® of Massachusetts and Senator George P. McLean ® of Connecticut that prohibited the spring hunting and marketing of migratory birds and the importation of wild bird feathers for women's fashion, ending what was called “millinery murder”. It gave the Secretary of Agriculture the power to set hunting seasons nationwide, making it the first U.S. law ever passed to regulate the shooting of migratory birds. It became effective on 4 March 1913 but, because of a constitutional weakness, was later replaced by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. eagles http://www.fws.gov/midwest/midwestbird/EaglePermits/index.html more info http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/massachusetts_conservation/Nineteenth_Century_Trends_in_%20American_Conservation.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacey_Act_of_1900

JOE RUSSEL please take my place. there are some swap flies that i'll never use and maybe you can i'll get in on the next one, maybe more trout specific norm

Hackle fibers can be used for just about every part of a fly including wings

I'm in with an October caddis. something like this but maybe different. we'll see