Kimo 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 Micro Game Changer Fire Tiger 25 Kimo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moshup 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 ^^^. Nice fly TS. 🙄👍👍👍 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McFlyLures 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 So these aren’t flies. But earrings for the wife. Lol! Figure she is kind enough to let me sit at the vise hours in a day, I can spend a few minutes making her jewelry! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Julius Riffle 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 22 hours ago, flytire said: i might be wrong but isn't there some z-lon/antron yarn in a z wing caddis? otherwise nice variation https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Z-wing+Caddis&FORM=HDRSC2 Thanks, flytire. You're definitely right. In the picture I was using the underwing wasn't really visible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocco 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 May I suggest to all that jewelry made from fly tying materials should emphasize synthetics and widely available natural items. If the earings etc. catch on, soon there will be commercial copies on offer made in China that will dry up and drive up the cost of already scarce feathers and hair. Rocco Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TSMcDougald 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 8 hours ago, Mogup said: ^^^. Nice fly TS. 🙄👍👍👍 Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McFlyLures 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Rocco said: May I suggest to all that jewelry made from fly tying materials should emphasize synthetics and widely available natural items. If the earings etc. catch on, soon there will be commercial copies on offer made in China that will dry up and drive up the cost of already scarce feathers and hair. Rocco Seriously??? Ok well I won’t share anymore dang man... lol so is this the consensus of the rest of the group? Or is it just one guy? Cause I’m not the only one to have made earrings out of feathers. In fact I got the idea from earrings I saw online. They are everywhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feathers5 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 No problem here. Feathers as hair accessories and earrings, etc. have been around for many, many years. I was going to make a pair of earrings for an old girlfriend, but she didn't like the look. Don't worry, you won't make the feather industry any worse than it is now. I think the biggest problem is that all the feathers are sold in large volumes to the overseas factories, which doesn't leave much for the smaller shops. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 Miss Sharon Hook - Wet fly style, #8 rear, #6 front Thread - Red Connector - .018 or .024 diameter beadalon wire or 30# monofilament Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel Body - Red floss or uni stretch Wing - Black over orange over white over red bucktail tied extremely sparse Tying note: Orientation of the rear hook may be pointed upward or downward if desired Reference - Tandem Streamers - Donald A Wilson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McFlyLures 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 Cool! Thanks feathers. That’s what I figured Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 Goes back to when people were making big money selling their hackles to hair dressers. Fad ... I don't think it permanently changed the prices of necks and saddles. Did it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 1 hour ago, McFlyLures said: Cool! Thanks feathers. That’s what I figured McFly I've been catching and enjoying your vids - I remember a post here somewhere that said song bird feathers became illegal for use in tying because back in the early 20th century when women's hats were decorated with them. At the time they were so popular the federal government had ban their use to protect the dwindling populations. That said I wouldn't worry to much about a pair of earrings created from U.S. legal stock birds (nice work by the way). Anyway before the thread gets to far off topic, a very simple aquatic worm pattern I like in fast water. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kimo 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 Micro Game Changer Whiting Brahma Hen Olive/Burnt Orange Kimo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dave 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 4 hours ago, McFlyLures said: Seriously??? Ok well I won’t share anymore dang man... lol so is this the consensus of the rest of the group? Or is it just one guy? Cause I’m not the only one to have made earrings out of feathers. In fact I got the idea from earrings I saw online. They are everywhere. Remember sometime back when girls started wearing hair extensions from saddle hackles. The price of hackles absolutely sky-rocketed. I think those little Whiting mini packets were selling to hairdressers and on eBay for several hundred dollars a pack. The fad, like all fads, soon died off. Oops, I didn't see Mike's post when I wrote this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2020 These size 10 foam pencil poppers are working so well ... ... I decided to make some larger ones on size 4 Aberdeen hooks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites