Home made tying tools
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The lower item is a bodkin, just a needle and a buffalo tooth. the upper is a "Fuzzer-Upper", to fuzz up the dubbed bodies of small flies, kinda the same as |
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Some more congo hair stuff and other randoms!
Its called a VIP Popper and it was developed by Capt. Scott Sparrow from Laguna Madre Fly Fishers.
Here is the recipe:
Hook: Whatever size you would like. Original tie was small on a #4. The foam h |
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New Flies
Thanks for both comments fellas! Love the advice and this website! I make the surf candies both ways, osome that are non flexible and others that are flexible, I have at success on both, i usu |
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dubbing needle
McGnat, If you need a simple bodkin, a needle inserted into a piece of bamboo, let me know. I'll put one together for you. I build the fancy ones because I wanted something more than a plain bodki |
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Purple Rain - Dirty Water Redfish Pattern
I developed this fly for dirty water redfishing in my area (NE FL) after having a lot of success on the black and purple ep minnow. I wanted something that had a good eye on it, was dark, and indestru |
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how to strip peacock herl
[quote name='primitivepete' timestamp='1321299719' post='483015']
What's the easiest way? I've seen some cool looking quill bodies made this way on dries, and I've |
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Split thread dubbing,
I like the Flymaster "Plus" thread, it is about 210 denier but for split thread dubbed bodies, it is great. Something you want to pay attention to when doing this is that when you're unt |
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Ice Fly Help
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thin head cement options
i use loons waterbase but i put it in a glass bottle with a bodkin in the top of the lid.
i always use 2 coats on the heads 1 coat on wingcases like turkey or goose for strength. |
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Beetles
Thanks BigBrown trout I appreciate the comment.
bluegill576 there is really not a whole lot to this pattern you're not seeing.But when time allows ,I'll see about posting the steps in Hatches |
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steelhead flies
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My opinion...
I would say materials are your issue...Hackle is not the best under wing for keeping a fly open.
Here ar |
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What Do I Need (Starting out)
I tied flies at a outpost type camp before and had fun with it, but it was instructor led. I do like fly fishing and have several trout streams and lakes with bass, crappie, etc nearby.
Happened upon |
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My first popper...critiques please!
don't trim the tail just tie in shorter ones on the next batch bass rarely short strike anyways as for the hackles if you wiggle the hackle as you palmer it forward and be careful not to trap many |
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Turkey Quill Minnow
This is from years ago, one of my experiments in turkey quill minnow making but on a SS hook. Fishing off the coast of Alabama with Bonito feeding all around us and no flies in the box working, I deci |
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Do YOU use the bobbin holder and/or material
1. I use it when I use the rotary, so on about 50% of the flies.
2. I have only one marc petitjean tt bobbin and love it because of the easy changing of thread and the dubbing loop thing helps so muc |
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Hadn't done one in a while
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Nice work!
It doesn't seem to matter to the fish. Monochromatic poppers certainly work. But life |
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Clyde's Realistic Stonefly
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HOOK: streamer hook sized to th |
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Czech Nymph SBS
This is for the step-by-step contest. I'll humbly submit my Czech Nymph Step By Step.
Recipe:
Hook-Any Grub/Shrimp/Scud/Czech nymph hook
Thread-Flat Tan
Rib-Monofilament Thread
Abdomen-Insect Gre |
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Glue/Cemented Hook Eyes
There have been excellent suggestions on how to remove glue from a hook eye once it has gotten into it and is still
wet. In my opinion some of the delivery systems(brushes) included with many heads |
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STRIKE INDICATORS
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HAVE BEEN MAKING SOME NEW STRIKE INDICATORS UOT OF FLOURESCENT YELLOW LINE BACKER [dacron],SEEMS LIKE THEY SHOULD |
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Popper color preference?
To burn a hole in closed cell foam, heat a bodkin needle until red hot. Using the bodkin gives you something cool to hold. Pierce the foam from the head of the fly (which is usually larger) to the r |
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Night Hawk - Brad Burden "Spey" Version
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HOOK: Alec Jackson 1.5
THREAD: UTC 140 denier for underb |
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Tools of the trade
I just keep my most used tools laying on my desktop. I tie with my scissors in my right hand, so they are not an issue. I have a bodkin and whip finisher laying right in front of me, and other stu |
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Red Marker
Their are dyes meant specifically for plastic worms that should do exactly what you're looking for. Although they're meant for dipping I'm sure you can also use them with a fine tip paint |
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Cheap Legging Material for Realistic Flies
I recently attended a fly tying demonstration by a Mr. Scott Cesari at the Catskills Fly Tying Museum. He tyes some amazing realistic butterfly patterns using feathers for wings. During his demonstr |
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Foam bullet head frog -- Easy frog pattern
[b]Foam Bullet Frog[/b]
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what to do
Lykos33 - did you eat M&M's? That's really the key to keeping it all held together. I find super glue rarely works when you want it to, so I don't really have any tips. Maybe use your |
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Simple flies that work
I like simple....floating spider of craft foam and bungie chord rubber legs in size 14 thru 8. I like yellow body best because I can see it. I use two layers of foam for high float and you can do a gu |
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Epoxy
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I switched to ZPOXY this morning - I've only used it in the past for glassing r/c airplane wings, but I measured it |
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Foiled Diver
Thanks guys. Yeah, it's a Rainy's diver body. The foil I used on this one actually came with some checkerboard "embossing" on it. Beyond that, I have a bigger sized bodkin I bough |
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Wapsi fly, inc.
I too was quite concerned that the increases in the costs would scare students away; but, this has not really happened as our enrollment has not appreciably declined with the price increases; about 15 |
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What good is all the painting...
QUOTE (oatka @ Mar 31 2011, 09:03 AM) QUOTE (catmanclark @ Mar 31 2011, 08:38 AM) Great job on the spots and eyes. I have steady hand but for some reason some people have a trick to |
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Alternatives to epoxy
QUOTE (Johny Utah @ Mar 28 2011, 04:27 PM) Polar, get yourself a nail polish bottle, Use the brush from that. You can even put the fusion in the bottle as well.Yeah, I recently just got some |
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deer horn bodkin
i have one deer horn bodkin lefti am asking $4 for itPM me if you are interestedit is the top one in the picture |
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im inspired
The bobbin is really a bobbin holder. It holds the spools of thread under tension. You don't 'need' it per se, but it will make the whole process much easier for you. Same with the vis |
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Epoxy problem
Give this a try...After running out equal lines of the A and B on a proper surface, do not combine with a beating or whipping motion... Drag the tip of your bodkin thru the epoxy drawing concentric ci |
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poppers
Cabela's should have some material for tying poppers.You may want to look and see if they have any Rainy's products they make tons of foam for poppers. http://www.rainysflies.com/foamproducts |
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starting tying realistics
HiI use the same method as Paul..................I have also heated a bodkin gently and laid it on the joint area that needs the bend. A nylon paint brush bristle or broom bristle bends very easily t |
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How I spin congo hair
Ok after some discussion on another topic I said I would post some pics on how I spin congo hair in a dubbing loop, well here it is.first I'll grab a good sized piece from the hank and cut it off |
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Making deerhair bugs more durable....
Flexament. Deer hair bug trimmed close to the shank on the bottom of the fly- I use a small brush or even a bodkin and apply a sufficient amount of thin flexament along the shank so that it soaks in |
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Production Tying...
I tie a lot of Atlantic Salmon flies that require giving the head a few coats of lacquer.I purchased a foam swimming pool noodle , the type kids use for playing in the swimming pool, and cut discs out |
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Dustin's Not so Famous Hornet
This fly still needs to be refined. I used olive thread because I ran out of black which is what I would have normally used. I used my bubble but concept and put black foam in the middle and then clos |
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Tying Tools Help
Kenny, since you're asking:Scissors -- I like your scissors, I think they will serve you well.Hair Packer -- Your hair packer will work fine but the Brassie is better -- it's designed to pack |
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simple brown beetle
black foambrown swiss strawpaint brush bristlesbrown sharpieblack sharpie[attachment=28393:S7301998.jpg]start thread tie on swiss straw[attachment=28394:S7301999.jpg]tie on foam facing bend of hook[at |
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new best friend...
Since starting tying under a year ago i have been through 2 bottles of zap. At first i just had the Medium CA+ which was okay, after a while it became thicker, then i got a bottle of Thin CA which was |
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Flex Cote Light to thick?
Is there a negative effect when applying a thick coat of FC light? Improper drying, soft enough to leave a fingernail mark if pressed into the surface after months of drying time? I had fixed a broken |
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Bug catching gear?
here is my kitbasically a big block of foam to use as a desk. I bring a couple small tupperware containers, and then a couple white plastic dishes to photograph them in. The screwdriver and pliers a |
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Damselflys
Thanks guys. Paul I used acetate for the adult wing .I scibed ssssthe veining on the wings with a bodkin . More for me than the fishes.Fred |
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Fly Tying In Afghanistan
Ok, I'll take a stab at it. 2 years is a long time . . . if I were to be sequestered to a desert island with all the fly tying materials I would want for 2 years with no cost concerns, I'd as |
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Epoxy question
QUOTE (MarianC @ Dec 15 2010, 12:06 AM) QUOTE (Mr. Vegas @ Dec 14 2010, 02:45 PM) if it is already on the foam you can get a lighter and quickly add heat. Not much and the bubbles wi |
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head cement holder-downer
Had the same problem with nail polish and super glue bottles. I use a one inch thick piece of foam and cut out the shape of the bottle and stick the bottle down in it; the foam doubles as a place to s |
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Deer Hair Poppers
QUOTE (crowbuster @ Oct 22 2010, 08:10 PM) I've been tying them exclusively for the past week or so. I fished them one afternoon, got some results, and really liked the action they had on |
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2010 Fly Tier of the Year Contest
It's that time of year again! I am very excited to announce that I will once again host the Fly Tier of the Year Contest. It is very hard to believe that this marks the 8th year of this contes |
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Nor-Vise later or DanVise now????
I have had a Nor-vise, for about 20 years, and I wouldn't part with it. That said, I also tied for 30 years without one. I started on my dad's old Thompson A, and tried many other vises thro |
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forked stone sbs
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Which fly tying kit should i buy?
QUOTE (day5 @ Jul 8 2010, 06:46 PM) Mike (oatka) what if you end up hating tying beacus of the crap tools that you got in the 50 or 60 dollar kit? Im dead set against tying kits.that's de |
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Red damsel
hi PBSthanks for the question and a very good one it is. As most realistic tyers know wings are one of the most difficult to reproduce.There are many ways to achieve a good effect. I use a method sh |
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Ok fly veterans.. need your opinions
Another suggestion is buy hooks off ebay in the sizes you need. You can get them for 5 bucks a hundred, and are great to practice on. I've bought a bunch off there and they are OK for starting t |
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What's what?
HankayeUtyer has given you great info. Here’s some ideas for some patterns and a shopping list for materials that should cost around 25 bucks or so. Substituting feathers from an Indian Hen Back for |
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