Silver Doctor

Moose hair is really nice.

Midge Emerger #18

Winter is high volume time supplying a few shops and private regular clients. I have used an old tin cookie box that is low and wide, easy to dump. Can just clip and drop. Magnets attach to the sides for easy  holding of flies, tweezers hang nicely on the side. There is also a fine tooth comb hot glued to the inside edge for easy cleaning of deer hair etc.

Emerging BWO, #18
Tail: Moose Body hair
Body: Stripped Peacock
Wing: computer Foam
Thorax: Olive flash and Beaver dubbing with guard hairs

Salmon fly, #8
Tail: Moose Body hair
Body: Foam Extended
Rib: Fly line Backing
Wing: Raffia backed with Hockey tape then scored
Legs: Sili legs
Sighter: Macrome

Grey Drake, #14
Tail: Moose Body hair
Body: Deer hair
Wing Post: Deer Hair
Hackle: Grizzly

Been tying on my Law Vice for 19 years, Still like new. Wonderful vice over designed in every aspect. Tie on it because I love tying and it makes it a joy. I have worn out vices but not this one.

Size #20 Tricos, males and females.

BWO emerger

For natural materials Beaver is great.

Deer Hair Drake

Foam body March Brown

Thanks to you all for the compliments. Much appreciated. I would love to make and sell, but I do not see the honor in making other peoples designs. I have made a promise to Lawerance Waldren of the law vise not to reproduce them. Norm Norland is such a great guy, I would never take business from him. But thanks again for all the compliments. Hey if any vise companies are looking for a good engineer, E-mail me. How cool would that be.

You are a gentelman.

Nope barely started, My daughter is a professional fashion designer and figures its her for at least 6 years.

Mary Dette, spent the day with her over twenty years age. Amazing tier.

Been tying for 51 years, a fair bit of commercial tying. Have fun and learn something every time I sit down at the vice. I figure I'll get good in another 50. gramps tied to 109.

I tied commercially through the mid sixties and seventies for 4 shops and a few other private individuals. The patterns are called "classics" today with a mixture of dry flies, wet flies and streamers. Things started to change a few years ago. Although the price of equipment like rods and reels etc. soared flies stayed the same. Materials especially hooks also took a jump making it more expensive to produce quality flies. Fishermen for some reason would still rather buy cheap flies. Even though it is the most critical item in their tackle. they will most often buy flies from individual that know nothing of their local waters of the bugs they are trying to represent with these patterns.

The advent of off shore tying introduced cheap product putting more strain on local tiers, and forcing them to compete with very cheap off shore and sometimes child labor. I'm in my 60's now and have given up on tying for local shops. There are a few tiers still eking out a living, but you don't get rich tying flies. I still have a brisk business in specialized classic patterns for a few clients but the business has changed radically over the years.

I absolutely love my law vice, I have several other brands that site in drawers. I think you'll find few users willing to let go of their Law's. I know I would never sell mine till I was unable to tie. At the last fly tying show, I was offered $1200 for mine.

the Regal is the only vice I've experienced this with, as was said you do need to be careful how you seat the hook in this vice. Excellent vice but like all vices you do have to use it properly.

It's Summer we're fishing

I tie and fish them on the Bow river here in Calgary alberta. Where they were born. These are cone heads but I also them in unweighted style.

Scissors with a curve work really well. Razor blades work great also the old double types.snap em in half (please be careful) and bend them in an arc to get a nice oval cut.

Nor bobbin for small flies the rite for large streamers and deer hair.