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Well, I tied up a bunch of size 14 Quill Gordons, and though I'm not ready to post a photo, they are turning out better. One question I have now: how do I make even wings from wood duck fibers without cutting the tips off? If I snip fibers from the feather, then tie them in, they sort of turn out all different lengths. However, they are too small and stuck together to use a hair stacker. I also tried tying them in before removing them from the feather, but that gets real clumsy in a hurry. Any tips?
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First try at Steelhead, wish me luck!
Stevegud1 replied to despatiesim's topic in The Fly Tying Bench
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Thanks, just wanted to make sure I wasn't supposed to be using a small ziplock baggie of something from Hareline...but instead I am wrapping shoestrings on my flies. Lol
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A material called for in a fly pattern is called "brown boot lace". This may seem like a stupid question, but is there a fly tying material sold called "brown boot lace", or is this guy actually using some fibers that really came from a brown shoe lace? I searched this forum and some fly material sites, and didn't find my answer.
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Got it, thanks. I can honestly say that I was wrapping hackle by counting turns, not by ensuring that the quill is touching itself for each wrap, so that should help!
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Thanks for the suggestions. by "more tightly wrapped" hackle, do you mean more wraps, making the hackle more dense?
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Well, i tied up some #14 Hendricksons. Other than I am a bad photographer, I see two thing I need to improve: 1. I let the tail move to the side of the hook. 2. I didn't trim enough fibers from the hackle when I tied it in, so I got fibers pushing rearward. Any other things I should fix? Thanks.
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Not sure how it got posted twice...and I can't figure out how to delete one of the threads...
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Thanks, Crazy...actually, I have been sticking them in my box, and I'll hold a beauty contest later to see which get razor-ed.
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Nah, it was because I was catching the thread on the hook point. Small-@$$ hooks were making it hard to bring it around. I'll get used to it...if I don't burn through all of my hooks first.
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Checked out my list, and I think I'll tie the #14 Quill Gordons before tackling the #18 BWOs.
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Thanks for the tips, guys. I did go to 8/0 for the thread size, and that was part of my problem. I either snapped it or accidentally cut it 3-4 times on that first fly. I will have to get better at that, and I really like the idea of starting with larger sizes first. Will have to do that right away. Shoe, I appreciate the Happy Gilmore reference....or was that the hips? Lol I will keep at it, but I didn't realize how bad my eyesight got until just then...ha ha.
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Took my first crack at a dry fly...size 18 BWO...wow, what a disappointment! After watching a ton of YouTube videos, and putting on the magnifying glasses, I did my best, but it doesn't look anything like the storebought one I grabbed for a model to mimic. I am not a novice at tying flies, but i am new at such a small dry fly. Any tips?
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Took my first crack at a dry fly...size 18 BWO...wow, what a disappointment! After watching a ton of YouTube videos, and putting on the magnifying glasses, I did my best, but it doesn't look anything like the storebought one I grabbed for a model to mimic. I am not a novice at tying flies, but i am new at such a small dry fly. Any tips?
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Hello, from Elk County, PA. Sorry to see that you're no longer in the area, and even more sorry to see you ended up near Cleveland...