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  1. jbarnick

    Survey

    oof...i probably should have put $1000+ for tying supplies...just realized I'm pushing $400 this year already...
  2. Don’t own an I-pod and seldom actually use my MP3 player. I will turn on music probably 2/3rds the time, never the TV (it will go months between even being turned on...and its usually done by company). I find that with repetitious tying the music helps and when I want to sit down and concentrate on one fly for a few hours, complete silence is what I prefer. Oh, and when I pack my stuff, the sound of the water running in the stream/river makes a great background noise when tying...problem is it makes you want to rush what you tie.
  3. jbarnick

    Trout Photos

    This was the first I heard of this photographer...and his studio is just downtown where I live...I know where I will be making a trip to...Gotta love the Bozeman area!
  4. Sorry to hear that man...looks like this was the season for injuries...I broke my ankle and tore two ligaments jan 7th...needed surgery (5 screws) and last week was my first without crutches. Be the good example and show your kids why they need to wear their helmets...oh...and I guess being in my early 20's gives me the excuse for hot doggin' it...here is the post over on the rodbuilding forum of my xrays and the remnants (yes, i said remnants) of my helmet...if it isnt the girls, it's the kids...when will we learn to not show off http://www.rodbuildingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=14038
  5. Nice tutorial. I may try a variation for some of the local salmonflies. I especially liked the soundtrack...when is the CD hitting the shelves
  6. I have a thompson 360...and it isnt one of those...very similar but lacking a pair of lock nuts for the rotary function. My money is on it being a Thompson and the Thompson replacement jaws will fit it. I just went though a hullabaloo finding a replacement pair of jaws for mine. They are still manufactured in the standard and midge size (no more super for the salt flies...) Thompson was bought out by Adventure Corp. Here is their contact info: Adventure Corporation P. O. Box 8 Sycamore, IL 60178 phone: (815) 713-3222 you will have to call em since they dont have an online website. The standard jaw i got ran me slightly over $20 but is well worth it in my opinion. The jaws on there right now are the midge ones and those replacents cost roughly the same
  7. I just did a super fast google search and came up with this link: http://www.miniaturemolds.com/quksil.htm They have a few other mold types as well. If you stick to the silicone based molds I wouldnt see any problem making the mold accept a size 12 hook prior to pouring so you can custom tune your jigs, plus at 900ºF for a max working temp, you would easily be able to use lead (melts at sub 400ºF). I am sure there is a ton of other places that sell molding supplies like this, but the application potential would be dang near limitless with a little imagination. Just make your prototype out of parafin or another type of wax since it would be easy to carve the exact shape you want the casted eyes or jig head to be. One last thing...if you do this, make sure your casting prototype has casting vents to prevent air bubbles. These are little paths that kinda make a "J" from the bottom of the cast to the top of the mold, that way when you pour in the main chamber, the air is pushed out of these vents instead of creating pockets in the piece. These would be easy to cast by just sticking a small wire or two in the wax piece and curving it up prior to making the mold.
  8. What about using pewter? You could make a dumbell out of wax and cast a two piece plaster mold of it. The wax was also encased in latex (two parts so you can pry out the dumbell) before making the plaster cast which gave the "funnel" to pour the molten pewter into. I used this process to make some accent pieces for an art class back in high school and the flow gates were much smaller than the diameter needed in the middle of the dumbell...plus you can get pretty creative too. Just make sure the mold is 100% free of moisture before pouring...like stated earlier, spattered molten metal is no fun to have on your face.
  9. i wish I still had my first fly...your classic gray Adams...a grayling trout got it when the tippet snapped (could have been a failed knot too...started to tie when i started to fly fish)
  10. jbarnick

    Do Fish Feel Pain

    I gotta agree with you 100% stony. If we lose our anglers we lose some of the most staunch and passionate conservationists you may ever run into. On a lighter note...the video of bowfishing carp on that website made me remember how much fun it is
  11. I'm suprised that nobody is really mentioning stoneflys....i would never leave home without a few of those nymphs as well. Mostly nymphs in my box but I try to have an imitation of at least everything that I suspect will be found in the waters I'm fishing as well as a few general patterns like stimulators and buggers...and some San Juan wire worms, eggs, and streamers in the fall
  12. That's the kinda fishing story you only hear about in a bar after a few drinks...awsome video. The cuts to the hand are hands down worth the story!
  13. Pheasant (ringneck) is also one of my favorite materials as well...I was lucky enough to inherit 11 full skins of it so i should be set for a few years at least! Nice PT btw. The one I usually do uses 6 tail fibers that arent cut off till the end. not quite as "clean" looking but still highly effective and takes less than 2 min to tie a basic variant of it and catches trout with the best of em.
  14. If the tournequite came from a hospital I can almost 100% garuntee it was nitrile, not latex. Too many people are alergic to latex for a hospital to use it anymore...too much of a liability. I worked as a phlebotomist for the past year and a half (part time college job) and the lab at the hospital was 100% latex free. Of course...if they gave you a BUNCH, they may be old latex ones that were sitting around that they couldnt use. I didn't think nitrile actually rotted, but I may be wrong since I've never actually tested it. I wonder if the different flavors of latex condoms would help catch a fish...who knows...a strawberry or cherry flavored bloodworm or a green apple caddis larve might just be killer (though I've heard that they taste horrible...) Personally I am a big fan of the nymph skin as well as the scud back for my patterns...my condoms have other uses
  15. More hooks. You'll soon discover that you never will have enough materials...been tying four years and still regularly drop 100-200 per month on materials which is peanuts compared to some of the guys on here...You may find that you want another pair of scissors so you can save one for tinsels and wire and keep the other nice. Also, I would go through a single pheasant tail very quickly, but I just really like using them in my nymphs. I also rather enjoy tying with different color goose biots for nymphs and dry fly bodies, plus they are pretty cheap to experiment with. What all will you be tying? That is the real question that will dictate materials needed. It appears that the second column in that box is dubbing. If so, you should have enough colors that you can mix for a while before you need anything else. You may also want a few different types of hairs, but don’t bother until you want to start experimenting. Remember that you can always substitute materials if you don’t have something, that is the beauty of tying your own. Looks like a stellar start. Find patterns you want to try and start to find your personal preferences and pretty soon about the only things you will need is a local fly shop or JStockard and time! BTW...awsome price on the materials
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