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Looked at the flies tied on brooch pins, the type with the pin back would be sort id use as easily available. Has anyone tried this and are there any pointers, hints, tips and general things to do or avoid?

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You can bend the pin out and away from the shank to provide yourself a bit more tying room. Just don't bend them too far you can pretty much "feel" when you've bent it as far as it wants to go.

 

A pencil eraser stuck onto the end of the pin will save you the cost of band-aids.

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Come and see me. I have one sat here doing nothing. Will swap for those rhea feathers.

Cheers,

C.

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I have tied quite a few and the main hazard is the pin and the pin catch. Start with a simple hair wing is my advise and move on from there. I always spray my finished fully dressed pins with my wife's hair spray to help to keep feathers in place as a brooch gets a lot of ruffling............

 

Mike

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I tied a couple for my brothers wedding. To be honest I did not find it too hard. There are some lumps and bumps in funny places and the proportions are a bit funny. It pays to plan a wee bit in advance how you are going to deal with them. The tip about bending the pin out is definitely a good one although I still managed to spike myself a few times! A good thing to remember is that the rear side is more or less irrelevant as it can't be seen, so no need to knock your pan in trying to keep it perfect. The cheapest supplier I could find at the time was

 

http://www.flytyingshop.co.uk/category-s/140.htm

 

Unfortunately they only have gold ones now. I wish I had bought a few more silver ones at the time as this was the only place I could find them. I will have to strip mine back and re-tie it (a good old Scottish wedding over in Oz gave it a bit of a battering).

I have seen one belonging to a friend that was much better made with the pin on a hinge and a roll clasp to close it. I searched high and low for these but could not find any. If you come across some I would love to know.

 

Cheers

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