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flygirl08

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About flygirl08

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    Beginner
  • Birthday 09/26/1989

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  • Favorite Species
    bass, crappie
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    2007

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    Indiana
  1. I started tying just a month or two after I learned how to fly fish. Then my dad took me to an estate auction, and I bought a small kit that had REALLY limited materials for about 20 bucks. I never thought about it as a way of saving money. I knew when I started that I was going to over do it, as I did with all of my previous hobbies. (This, I hope, will be a more permanent hobby. Hopefully, I won't get tired of it as easily as my previous ones. Doubt it. ) Every time I start something, it becomes an obsession, and I buy materials because I like them and I like to see how big of a collection I can get. "Some day," I think, "i'll need this material..." (Ha!) As of now, I'm $400 into this hobby, but it doesn't bother me because I enjoy it. What's life, after all, if you have money and don't spend it on something you enjoy?
  2. I usually use the hook of the same size method, as Jeff already said. I have also used a piece of peacock herl, though.
  3. Me again...I have heard about people dying their own materials, but never knew how. I've seen dye sold specifically for tying materials, but they're all so expensive. I've decided to always buy the basic or 'natural' color of materials, unless I specifically WANT another color, just in case I can learn to dye them later. What I'm wondering is, is there a cheap way of dying materials, and if so, HOW? -FG08
  4. Thanks! I'll look into making some of those... (I'll have to buy some more materials first, of course.:
  5. I bought some peacock head feathers off of ebay. They're about a 1/4in. circular fan shapes that are black with a blue/green tips. I was wondering if anybody had any ideas about patterns to use them in, because I'm not feeling all that creative today... Any ideas are appreciated.
  6. How do you tell if you have a pair of not? There are geese all around here, and I have collected dozens of their feathers, but I can't tell if they are pairs or not.
  7. I like the Loctite, too. I taught one of my friends to tie though, and let her use my new bottle, and she literally glued her fingers together... I have to get another new bottle now.
  8. The Summer 2007 issue of Fly Tyer has a "Turbo Dubbing Twister" made of a piece of 2 by 4 and a roller blade bearing. It looks pretty easy to make, if you have wood-working tools.
  9. Thanks, you guys. I actually sat down yesterday and practiced, and I managed to tie a decent pair of goose quill wings. Apparently, I learned something from you guys. I keep the geese feathers in a zip-loc bag. Hopefully that's protecting my other materials enough. I haven't subscribed to Hatches yet. It's on my to-do list. So far, I only subscribe to Fly Tyer. I like it, but I wish it came out more than 4 times a year. :|
  10. Thanks, you guys. I actually sat down yesterday and practiced, and I managed to tie a decent pair of goose quill wings. Apparently, I learned something from you guys. I keep the geese feathers in a zip-loc bag. Hopefully that's protecting my other materials enough. I haven't subscribed to Hatches yet. It's on my to-do list. So far, I only subscribe to Fly Tyer. I like it, but I wish it came out more than 4 times a year. :|
  11. Deeky, I'm not trying to marry two different feathers together, that was just something else I was curious about. I have mostly been using mallard duck quill segments or turkey tail to form upright wings, amost like the wings in your avatar. My wings usually just end up splitting, but as roycestearns mentioned, I could be wrapping back past my first wrap. Maybe mallard quills aren't durable enough...yesterday, I walked around our lake and collected canadian goose feathers that I figured, since they're free, would be good to practice with, but since you said certain feathers aren't as durable as others, I"m starting to wonder if practicing with them would only frustrate me more... Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone.
  12. I looked that link over, and it looks helpful...I'll have to try it tomorrow. Thanks!
  13. I've only been tying for about a year now, but I can't figure out quill segment wings. I use The Art of Fly Tying as a quide, and have tried a few other things, but I can't seem to get the wings to stay together. They always seperate into little slivers of feather. I hear the term "marrying feathers" often in the fly-tying world, and I was wondering if this has something to do with it. Either way, I can't figure out how to keep the feathers together to form wings, either upright or tent-style. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, flygirl08
  14. flygirl08

    A sad day.

    I'm really sorry to hear about that, Iowaflyguy. I've (fortunately) never suffered any great loss from a tornadoe, but they come pretty close every year. There was one year that a tree landed on our roof, and from then on, I get a bit freaked out when there's a windy storm. It just makes you realize how helpless you really are when it comes to nature. You can't stop it, and that terrifies me. Best wishes and God Bless, flygirl08
  15. I was going to post some pictures of my flies on here, by request, but I'm still learning the site, and I can't figure it out. Can you explain how to make a picture post, please? If not, that's okay. I'll figure it out eventually.
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