The Mad Duck 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2020 Do you have a bag that looks like this on your bench? I've been re-teaching myself how to tie hair bugs,so I have a ton of this in my collection bag and was lamenting on the amount of material that gets wasted when learning to spin deer hair. I also had some maribou scraps from some Jigs I have been constructing. Such a waste. THEN, an idea popped into my head. Why not try to recycle the materials is some way. I dropped a SS #4 hook in the vice,because thats what I had out working on. White thread in the bobboi,so I used that too. I grabbed a maribou scrap and tied it on as a tail. I grabbed a big wad of scrap har and rolled it around in my hand until it was the general shape of a bundle of deer hair. I made the first bundle small to see if it would work, I clipped the ends off of the bundle. This stuff is NOT going to spin like premium deer hair fo you have to twist and finesse it until it sort of spins Keep adding scraps Trim to whatever shape you want. And now you have a "Junk Fly. This was a lot of fun messing with. Have some fun, get creative...Waste Not,Want not! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pyme Fisher 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2020 And the real kicker is, it will probably catch something! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Duck 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2020 And the real kicker is, it will probably catch something! Lets hope so. I have more scrap than I have hooks. ha ha Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2020 I never started saving scraps. I don't tie enough at a time to have more than a tiny pile of scraps, so they always go in the trash. I also can't keep anything "loose" ... since I can't guarantee the cats won't get into it. Looks like a good looking fly, as much as I can see. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Mad Duck 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2020 I never started saving scraps. I don't tie enough at a time to have more than a tiny pile of scraps, so they always go in the trash. I also can't keep anything "loose" ... since I can't guarantee the cats won't get into it. Looks like a good looking fly, as much as I can see. I normally dont have this volume of scrap either. I have been tying a lot of spun hair flies as I re-learn how to do this again. Anyway, thats all I've bee tying and it builds up fast,so, thought I would see if I could use it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2020 I have a couple of clear small parts boxes that I got at the dollar store. If I have something leftover but still useful I'll throw it in which ever compartment already has something similar in it. I don't get too crazy about saving scraps but if I end up with a leftover 2" piece of tinsel or enough of a wood duck feather left to tie a tail I'll toss it in. What ever the next fly I tie is I'll take a look at my scrap boxes to see if I have anything I can use before digging into my main tying materials. I use the same boxes for hook storage. https://www.dollartree.com/tool-bench-hardware-plastic-compartmented-storage-cases/206348 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted January 3, 2020 I tend to just throw out the small amount of scraps I generate per fly I guess you could chop up the scraps, add some synthetic or natural materials and make some dubbing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites