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  1. I do mine with micro rubber legs in a dubbing loop as the palmered hackle over a chenille body. Not sure if that's the way Orvis ties them, but seems to work pretty well. I usually prep a batch by pre-rigging the rubber legs as wire brushes, with maybe 28ga wire as the base instead of the tying thread. Usually just stick the bodkin in the vice, tie the wire down over itself to form the loop, and do as I would normally for a dubbing loop (except using the rubber legs). As long as the wire is large enough, they won't come unravelled because of the spring in the legs. You could also put dubbing in the loop as you're sticking in the legs, and skip the chenille body. -Josh
  2. Kind of similar to Marty' tip, but... I kinda hate clipping deer hair heads on smaller flies. Poppers and such are fun, but it just seems to take too long on the smaller guys. I have a set of leather punches ranging from 1/8" to 1/2" in 1/16" increments that I keep razor sharp for this kind of thing. Close a hair packer over the back of the head to protect the collar, and then just push the punch backwards to the packer. Voila. If you like cylindrical heads, leave as is; otherwise a quick cleanup makes it a nice little sphere. And if you haven't packed the deer hair very tightly, you wind up with a cone-shaped head. I've started doing that for my muddlers and bow river buggers. -Josh
  3. i tie a similar one with brown partridge flank fibers for a hackle. landed the largest trout of my life (so far, hopefully ) on it. very effective, and saves having to tie in the forked tail of the standard prince. the rainbows and cutts out west in alberta just love it
  4. I mostly see the ESL tied with a black/chartreuse or black/salmon pink scheme. I'm looking to tie up a big batch, and I was just wondering if any of you had alternative favorites for the colors. -j
  5. Griffin 3AR, a gift from my folks. Don't think that I've figured out how to use it to its full potential yet. I've also used a Thompson Pro, and Regal model of my dad's. Plus a few random test-ties in various stores The screw that's used on the Griffin for closing the jaws is pretty annoying, especially for simple flies that get banged out really quickly; I really liked the speed and feel of the mechanism on the Regal, but somehow it just looked like it was going to break the next time I put a hook in it. I may upgrade from the Griffin in the next little while, but with the cost of some of these suckers, I could probably get a metal lathe and welding set for the same price and build my own
  6. Dan Bailey's also carries some non-toxic lead alternative in .015, .025, and .035", but they're pretty pricey. I've been using mostly copper wire with a coat of lacquer to keep it from tarnishing and bleeding color through on light flies. The flux-free solder idea is a great one, though.
  7. Hmm. Think that I'm going to take just my synthetics and seriously processed materials like dubbing (+hooks and all that), and pick up whatever else I can when I'm there. It's going to be a semi-permanent home for me out there for the next year or two, so it couldn't hurt to have less to cart back and forth, but I've laid out $1500+ in the last eight months on materials. And I'm not exactly on a lush budget. As for just tossing it in the luggage and hoping for the best, when I travel, I'm generally stressed out and up against a bunch of deadlines. So I probably won't have shaved or washed my clothes recently, I'll be bleary and red-eyed from staying up late or all night packing, and I'm relatively young compared to the usual business travel crowd - you can bet your ass that I get searched every time. I don't think that I've been anywhere in the past two years when I haven't found one of those little inspection cards in my bags. Anyway, thanks all for the advice. Here's hoping that the meager pile of stuff I decide to bring gets through. And I'll let you all know if there's any problems in either direction. -J
  8. jjhaag

    Howdy

    sd - i'm at u of michigan, so based out of ann arbor much of the year. however, my field work means that I spend most of the summers up in the cheboygan/pellston region, up at U of M's biological station. tip of the mitt region. sometimes seems that most of the forum members are from these parts. hope to run into y'all streamside. -j
  9. doing ~2-3 dozen a day right now, as I'm working on replacing the nymphs, streamers, etc. with ones tied with non-toxic weight. under normal circumstances, when I'm fishing regularly, I'd say 1-2 doz a week.
  10. jjhaag

    Howdy

    Hi all, I've come across this forum a number of times looking for patterns, tips, and techniques, so I figured that it was about time that I signed up and introduced myself. My name is Josh, and I'm currently living in Michigan and going through grad school. I've been fly fishing since I was maybe belt-high on an average person, and tying flies since I was about seven. After a hiatus that lasted through most of college, because of a student budget and roommates creeped out by animal parts lying around, I've finally gotten back into tying in a serious way. I'm originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and it's still the place I think of as home. My home water is the Crowsnest River in southern Alberta, where we've got a little cabin along the river. I've been trying to do more fishing out here, but it's been sort of slow adapting to new water, new fish, and new bugs. My recent tying has been mostly to round out the collection of local insects, but I've also recently gone non-toxic for all my fishing, which means that I have a lot of nymphs to replace. But the fun of tying is the major reason I do it, and part of me thinks that the lead-free decision was in part an excuse to have a huge number of flies to tie over the coming fall and winter. Anyway, just wanted to say hi, let you know that this is a great forum, and that I hope I can contribute as much as I've already taken away from it. Cheers, Josh
  11. I've seen it called just a Partridge and Peacock in a couple of places. not a very pretty name, but it's descriptive enough, and rolls off the tongue better than "Partridge and Peacock and Hook and Thread and Head Cement" -Josh
  12. Hi all, I'm currently living in Michigan, and I'm going to be spending a month out on Canada's west coast. I've got a relatively portable tying kit, and I want to bring it with me. I was wondering if any of you have taken tying kits across the border into Canada (and, importantly, been able to bring them back in) - I'm concerned about all of the animal products and any restrictions there might be on transporting them. It's all commercial material (no personally killed skins or salvaged roadkill). Any help or comments would be appreciated. Cheers, Josh (also tried do an introductions post a while back, but have been getting weird errors and haven't seen it on the forum. sorry if that didn't go through, and I'll repost it later)
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