When I come across an interesting pattern on the web (usually on this site) I print it out, 3 hole punch it, and put it in a 3 ring binder. I seperate them by type (wet, dry, stremers, etc.). If I don't know what I want to tie, I browse thru the binder and can usually find something that looks good. Been doing this long enough that I have 3 binders full and am working on another. Saves trying to remember where you saw a pattern later.
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Keeping track of patterns
Started by Chase Creek, Apr 26 2006 06:43 PM
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Posted 26 April 2006 - 06:43 PM
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Posted 26 April 2006 - 08:44 PM
Great idea. I've been printing patterns but not making a good effort to keep them together, and they somehow migrate to seldom-visited locations in my office. Thanks for the simple, but overlooked, tip!
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Smelling of Strong Drink and the Truth is not in Him.
He riseth up Early in the Morning And Disturbeth the whole Household.
Mighty Are His Preparations.
He goeth forth full of Hope, and when the Day is Far Spent He returneth,
Smelling of Strong Drink and the Truth is not in Him.
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Posted 26 April 2006 - 08:47 PM
Good idea. I do something similar with recipes.
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Posted 26 April 2006 - 09:27 PM
I have been doing this for a while with recipes and started doing this with my Fly patterns. WORKS GREAT!!! 
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Posted 27 April 2006 - 08:35 AM
I do both systems and the reminds me alex I still have your cds Ill get them out tomorrow sorry that I dropped the ball!!!!
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I filled up two shopping carts late last night
The one was full of fishing gear, the other newcastle ale
The checkout-lady laughed and said 'You think you got enough'
And I said 'Yeah, You're probably right', and filled another two carts up
Gonna catch all the fish, Gonna drink all the beer, Gonna head outta town, We're not staying here
Might take all day, might take all year, Till we catch all the fish, Till we drink all the beer
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I filled up two shopping carts late last night
The one was full of fishing gear, the other newcastle ale
The checkout-lady laughed and said 'You think you got enough'
And I said 'Yeah, You're probably right', and filled another two carts up
Gonna catch all the fish, Gonna drink all the beer, Gonna head outta town, We're not staying here
Might take all day, might take all year, Till we catch all the fish, Till we drink all the beer
Brad Paisley
Join me on facebook search: streamers fly shop
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Posted 27 April 2006 - 07:57 PM
QUOTE(day5 @ Apr 27 2006, 09:35 AM) 
I do both systems and the reminds me alex I still have your cds Ill get them out tomorrow sorry that I dropped the ball!!!!
Good to see that one of your balls finally dropped D5, I know Ridderbos was starting to worry if you'd ever enter manhood. Congrats
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Posted 27 April 2006 - 08:00 PM
Jealous BOB!!!
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I filled up two shopping carts late last night
The one was full of fishing gear, the other newcastle ale
The checkout-lady laughed and said 'You think you got enough'
And I said 'Yeah, You're probably right', and filled another two carts up
Gonna catch all the fish, Gonna drink all the beer, Gonna head outta town, We're not staying here
Might take all day, might take all year, Till we catch all the fish, Till we drink all the beer
Brad Paisley
Join me on facebook search: streamers fly shop
Click the picture below to visit www.streamersflyshop.com
I filled up two shopping carts late last night
The one was full of fishing gear, the other newcastle ale
The checkout-lady laughed and said 'You think you got enough'
And I said 'Yeah, You're probably right', and filled another two carts up
Gonna catch all the fish, Gonna drink all the beer, Gonna head outta town, We're not staying here
Might take all day, might take all year, Till we catch all the fish, Till we drink all the beer
Brad Paisley
Join me on facebook search: streamers fly shop
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Posted 27 April 2006 - 11:10 PM
I have one big fishing file on my puter, inside that I have the pics of the flies in their own file for type of fly and then on the picture it's self I right click it, go to properties and click summaries and put down all the info for the recipe. Works well for me, I have over 1000 photos like that in my file.
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Posted 14 June 2006 - 12:08 PM
I also keep a catalogue of patterns on my notebook. The primary folder is "fly tying" Sub-folders or sub-directories include: Dry, emerger, wet, salmon, streamer, nymphs, stoneflies, realistic flies, midges, warm water, saltwater, Lucas flies, and a folder for technical documents, how to pages, etc.
Being mildly obsessive-compulsive, like all lab staff and Dead Head tapers, I have this file backed up to our desktop and to the free-standing hard drive for my notebook. Like financial data, three copies.
Next big project is to start an inventory data base,
Being mildly obsessive-compulsive, like all lab staff and Dead Head tapers, I have this file backed up to our desktop and to the free-standing hard drive for my notebook. Like financial data, three copies.
Next big project is to start an inventory data base,
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Posted 31 July 2006 - 11:16 AM
I use fly-2000 by mustad......i save to a file then resize the pic to fit then copy and paste. i then save all info to a cd..i've have over 10.000 patterns in all my collection between, books, mags, and online stuff...
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