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[frogeyes 0]

Found this video on youtube, anyone ever try it?

 

 

[mikechell 0]

Haven't tried it ... never saw it until now. Thank you ... I like it and will try it soon !

[frogeyes 0]

I thought it was a good way to try something new.

[rusty57 0]

Very innovative, I like it and I am going to try it. It makes sense to have a hollow fly that floats and that the light shines through. He has several lessons in YouTube to tie different fly's with this technique. Thanks for showing this video it is a great idea and it looks easy.

 

Rusty

[flytire 0]

well thats different

[Mars Rover 0]

The drill may be new but similar techniques are not. Many years ago, I wondered into Ralph Graves’ Old Glory Fly Shop in Roscoe, NY. He was tying green drakes with abdomens that were fabricated on a needle. He tied one for me and explaned the process. I guess there’s no reason you couldn’t add the thorax with his technique. Just place the needle in the vise, point sticking out. Follow the same sequence as this video (but no silicone adhesive). Use long-fibered synthetic dubbing that can be wrapped without separating. Coat the body with thin flexament and work the fiber ends into the glue when done wrapping. You may need another coat of flexament when the first is nearly dry. Before it’s completely dry, remove from the needle and put the bend in the abdomen. Thread the hook through the center of the tube when you mount the body. After finishing the fly, Mr. Graves mottled the top of the abdomen with marker of a darker shade than the dubbing.

[Prybis 0]

This one is done using the nor-vise.

 

[flytire 0]

Any rotary vise should be able to duplicate the process

[mikechell 0]

I think you are missing the point ... the drill can be duplicated. Or the drill is duplicating the rotary vices. But what I like about this technique IS the silicone sealant. I am hoping that will create a watertight air bubble that will make bugs tied this way float better.

[frogeyes 0]

I think you are missing the point ... the drill can be duplicated. Or the drill is duplicating the rotary vices. But what I like about this technique IS the silicone sealant. I am hoping that will create a watertight air bubble that will make bugs tied this way float better.

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[switch10 0]

I tried this last night, and it works great! They float like a cork.

[flytire 0]

I think you are missing the point ... the drill can be duplicated. Or the drill is duplicating the rotary vices. But what I like about this technique IS the silicone sealant. I am hoping that will create a watertight air bubble that will make bugs tied this way float better.

 

i'm not missing anything. its just another way of doing things that have been done for years

 

stick a needle in the vise jaws. proceed exactly as shown in the video. end result exactly the same. hollow body to allegedly float the fly

 

the rotary vise method

 

[Piker20 0]

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="switch10" data-cid="567947" data-time="1383576369"><p>

I tried this last night, and it works great! They float like a cork. </p></blockquote>

What brand of sealer did you try? I tried some sealant to make popper body but it left a constant slick in the water, not sure the fish would approve??

[switch10 0]

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="switch10" data-cid="567947" data-time="1383576369"><p>

I tried this last night, and it works great! They float like a cork. </p></blockquote>

What brand of sealer did you try? I tried some sealant to make popper body but it left a constant slick in the water, not sure the fish would approve??

 

Just some standard clear-drying waterproof silicone from the hardware store.

 

No slick here..

 

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