Gene L 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2024 That will fool a bass. Tied in hand? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaLou 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2024 11 minutes ago, Gene L said: That will fool a bass. Tied in hand? Gene, I tie holding the hook pinched in my fingers, usually my right thumb and ring finger to start. I use the tip of my middle finger to pinch the thread or feather down on top of the hook shank, to do the stop. But then I switch which hand is holding the hook and applying the thread, and I’ll hold the hook at the eye instead of the barbed end, whatever makes it easier. I’d make a video, but I know my technique is still sloppy and I’d have to bleep out all the swearing. I am fairly ambidextrous and I’ve only used my vise a couple of times. I’m finding I like to instantly reposition the hook and switch hands, so I’m not really using my hand vise much anymore. I see jokes here about sausage fingers, but anyone tying a fly has better than average dexterity. Everyone here has artistic hands. LisaLou Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2024 Cordon's Favorite Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tail - Brown hackle Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel Body - Red wool Hackle - Brown Wing - White bucktail Fly-Tying Dictionary - J Duckett Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2024 On 1/4/2024 at 8:17 PM, Mark Knapp said: Nice, I'm going to make some. Me too! Nothing like a little freezing rain to get you to the tying bench Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaLou 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2024 Beaded Fly tied in hand size 6 octopus hook 28 gauge wire (I could not whip finish it without breaking, but it is craft wire, not good stuff) black sewing thread black feather various beads (Red, size 6 ) (cat’s eye pale green, unknown and most did not fit, but very nice in real life.) (tail, very tiny tube and seed beads) basically made a thread dam as a head, fed the wire through the three beads on the shank, fed on the tail beads and doubled back through everything back to behind the red bead. Wound wire a few times, then added black thread, added in hackle and finished it off. I made a first one that had too many beads, broke the wire, hackle was beat up by the time I was done, etc….. I scrapped it and started over, doing the hackle last so it survived all my handling. I wanted to do something more like dragonfly wings, but I spent over an hour just going through my bead stash that I haven’t touched in three years and had to start over due to not knowing what I’m doing. It was a lot of fun going through the beads I already have, like Christmas all over again, but ate up my free time. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MuskyFlyGuy 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2024 Poopdeck, Nice looking Tequeelys. They will fish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2024 8 hours ago, MuskyFlyGuy said: Poopdeck, Nice looking Tequeelys. They will fish. Thank you. I have been wanting to fish tequeelys for a while now but I never found the time to tie them even though I had all the materials. You, and a little ice storm, inspired me to get to it. I’m excited to fish them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2024 @LisaLou, rocking tie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2024 20 hours ago, Poopdeck said: Me too! Nothing like a little freezing rain to get you to the tying bench Nice colors man. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2024 20 hours ago, LisaLou said: Beaded Fly tied in hand size 6 octopus hook 28 gauge wire (I could not whip finish it without breaking, but it is craft wire, not good stuff) black sewing thread black feather various beads (Red, size 6 ) (cat’s eye pale green, unknown and most did not fit, but very nice in real life.) (tail, very tiny tube and seed beads) basically made a thread dam as a head, fed the wire through the three beads on the shank, fed on the tail beads and doubled back through everything back to behind the red bead. Wound wire a few times, then added black thread, added in hackle and finished it off. I made a first one that had too many beads, broke the wire, hackle was beat up by the time I was done, etc….. I scrapped it and started over, doing the hackle last so it survived all my handling. I wanted to do something more like dragonfly wings, but I spent over an hour just going through my bead stash that I haven’t touched in three years and had to start over due to not knowing what I’m doing. It was a lot of fun going through the beads I already have, like Christmas all over again, but ate up my free time. Nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2024 Twisted sister midge: Hook: Size 22 straight eye Thread: 16/0 black veevus Abdomen: Coats and Clark's brown something or other Wing: glamour madeira. Paramidge: Hook:Size 24, tiemco 2487 Thread: 8/0 tan uni Post: orange McFlylon Hackle: whiting bronze grizzly varient Abdomen/thorax: tan superfine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2024 2 hours ago, Mark Knapp said: Nice colors man. Thank you. Here’s another Hook - size 6 3XH 7XL Bead - 5MM Gold cone Weight - .020 lead Thread - white UTC 140 Tail - White Marabou/opal crystal flash Body - Hareline pearl core braid olive. Legs - Medium round rubber, white Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Derington 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2024 Getting tuned up with the hair, my last challenge thread with the whit bug got me going. Saw this pattern somewhere out there, anyway thought it’d be fun to tie. Have it weighted at bend, hoping it “sits up”on water Hook: Ahrex Predator 2/0 or any Stinger Thread: Semperfli 200 denier Tail : Crystal flash and Hen cape feathers Body: Stacked deer hair ( dyed belly hair) Eyes: 6 mm plastic Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaLou 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2024 (edited) Woven fly with woven hackle, based on the Sandy Mite in the book Art of the Weave: Weaving on the fly By the Gretchen and Al Beattie I want to thank everyone for their kind words, advice and encouragements. I found some of the pictures in the weaving book hard to follow too, and watched a few videos on YouTube first. Hook Animal hair for hackle and for weaving body: deer and something else which I will add when someone identifies it for me two strands of embroidery floss for body weave two beads and a piece of fishing line to make eyes sewing thread kantan hook I first made a hackle, but did not follow the instructions in the book or online. Instead, I did larks head knots using my kantan hook with each hair over a single strand of heavy duty sewing thread, stretched between two hook magnets stuck to my desk drawer. The normal weaving process is two or even three threads, with the hair woven around and between the thread to lock them on. I'm sure there is a good reason not to do it the way I did, but it seems to work okay. Two or three threads sounds kind of bulky to me. Maybe too sharp a bend and they with break off? Next I followed the body weaving instructions to make the Sandy Mite, using the BT method of weaving the body, then tied in the premade hair hackle. I wanted to try and make eyes, so I did and added them on since this is an experiment anyhow. Obviously I did not trim the hackle and I might just leave it as is, since it is the first one I made. The poor thing has been through enough just getting made. I did use my vise to assemble the fly, but will probably try one in hand just to see if it would be easier. Thanks for looking, it was a lot of fun and overall went pretty smoothly. Edited January 8, 2024 by LisaLou Recipe error: add floss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted January 8, 2024 5 hours ago, Bruce Derington said: Getting tuned up with the hair, my last challenge thread with the whit bug got me going. Saw this pattern somewhere out there, anyway thought it’d be fun to tie. Have it weighted at bend, hoping it “sits up”on water Hook: Ahrex Predator 2/0 or any Stinger Thread: Semperfli 200 denier Tail : Crystal flash and Hen cape feathers Body: Stacked deer hair ( dyed belly hair) Eyes: 6 mm plastic Very nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites