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    Try this web site it has the company and if no joy then try Google - Unfinished Furniture..

     

    http://www.1unfinishedfurniture.com/

     

    Just found another

     

    http://www.finish-ithome.com/commerce/product.jsp?prodId=176&catId=31

     

     

    They are American made, "Whittier" they are a DIY easy build.. with casters..

     

    I bought them here in Canada at Totem Hardware store..

     

     

    Thanks for all the complements.. ..

     

     

    I've been searching the web with no luck of finding where to order. If you have any info I would greatly appreciate it.

    Thank you, go catch a fish,

    Gary

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    WOW to be able to fish a river for the next fifty years and learn the fish by name and features would be great. I am wondering why you fish with barbed flys. It would be easier to C&R the fish for future C&R with barbless flys. Less damage to the fish and therefore they are less fly shy the next time?

     

    Only a question, not a judgement - well OK a little bit of a judgement but I can and will get over it!

     

    I wish our Browns here in SWAB were as plentiful and beautiful as yours.

     

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    Ergonomics is the key here, as with your computer Keyboard level ..

     

    Set your vise so that when you work on the fly you are not too far above or below it and your hands are at a natural level with the fly and tools.. this is very important if you wish to stay at fly tying..

     

    As mentioned above a task chair is great, and very good lighting, it is a great idea to get up and stretch about every half an hour, I play vinyl albums on my record player and get to change sides..

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    Canadian Fly Fisher Mag was the Garbage Mag, it was a destination and look at me mag that did nothing for Canadian Fly Fishing unless you lived in Ontario and traveled, If you lived in the west then they exploited our rivers and with no/nil/nada regard to the environment and the local situation on the river, Canadian Fly Fisher/FlyMax is every thing that is going wrong with Canadian Fly fishing, PiZZ poor fish handling and again exploiting areas and environments that are fragile at best with NO regard to the consequences.. That maybe why you do not like Fly Fusion because it is not a destination mag and does not tell you how, when and what to dunk in a river to catch fish..

     

    Canadian Fly Fisher was full of fluff and designed to catch the eye of the impulse buyer who likes fluff and no substance..

     

    Rant over..

     

    I will continue conversations on this but by PM means, if anybody cares.

     

     

     

    AAAAAAARG!! fly fusion is GARBAGE!!! has some flashy photos but NOTHING for content....the articles go no where and say nothing. Hatches and Fly Tier are 1000X better then fusion ever could be.

     

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    Use them now !

    These should be my secret weapon this summer on the Bow. Tunsten & lead makes this sink faster than a rock. Nymph or hopper dropper.

     

    sz.14-16 Diachii scud hook

    Tungsten head to suit hook size

    0.15 lead wrap

    tail - Rabbit, maribou or antron

    body - 1x Unistretch

    wrap - gold or copper depnding on body colour

    Grizzly or ginger soft hackle for legs

    thorax - Black UV dub & scud back

     

    Tungstd_green.jpg

     

    tungstud_brown.jpg

     

    Enjoy,

     

    Andrew

     

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    Hi KBranch

     

    I am originally from Saint John, grew up in Sussex and Waterford and St Martins..

     

    Now am retired and living in Lethbridge Alberta, Fly fishing all year long, sort of cuts into my fly tying time but I will manage..

     

    What streams and what part of NB are you from..

     

    A Wicker born and bred

    by the grace of God

    I will be a wicker dead..

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    Rear large disk , front small disk... Shit I sound like a liberal.. :wallbash:

     

     

    But that is how I tye mine..

     

     

    I tied up some red and black ants yesterday. These are size 16. I am looking to settle a bet with the wife. She thinks the smaller sized foam discs look better. Personally I like the bigger ones. Just looking to see what you all think. I made a poll out of this because if I win she wont believe me!

     

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    Wow some great replies so far!!!

     

    flshawn - Im going to tie up some of those antron pupae. I have seen versions like this before but have yet to tie any up. The round like shape of the abdomen in lafontaines caddis pupa always looked sort of unatural to me but im going to give it a shot next year. Thanks for the advice.

     

    flyfishing99 - Love the soft hackle tie. Ill have to give it a shot.

     

    fairwxflyfish - Sorry bud. Im from the Toronto Area :D

     

    OK then I can tell you the secret Tailwater flyies!!!!!! :headbang:

     

    Barrs Graphic emerger, works great here in the oldman river tailwaters, and some of the Tailwaters south of there, I am not allowed to name..

     

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    Western Canada or Eastern?

     

    SWAB or Calgary?

     

     

    First of all let me say this seems like an amazing forum and ive spent the last week reading all the wonderful posts with amazing flies and great tips. I decided to join to offer whatever advice I could and hopefully learn a bit a long the way as well. I have been flyfishing and tying for about 10 years off and on depending on where Ive been living, but now that I am back on my home waters It seems I have the bug all over again.

     

    I fish a well known tailwater in Canada which is LOADED with caddis flies and ive had a ton of success using different larva patterns, emergers like klinkhammers and of course the famous elk hair caddis.

     

    My problem comes when the trout (often the largest ones in the pool) key in on swimming pupa and im sure its pupa they are eating for its usually only a splash of the tail on the surface which gives away their position. Ive seen large trout which almost seem to charge through the water to engulf these swimmng pupae while the smaller fish continue chasing the adults.

     

    Ive caught a few smaller fish swinging Nori's pupa but had very limited results using pupae patterns. Can anyone enlighten me on successful presentation techniques and a recommended fly pattern or two so i can stalk up for the spring where im sure this scenario will play out again.

     

    Cheers

     

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    I think a skilled tyer can do a heck of a lot more on a Nor-vise then not..

     

    But and there is always a but.... HOW DAMN SERIOUS ARE YOU ABOUT TYING FLYS..

     

    and I guess how would you feel paying for the nor-vise and not using it because you find you do not want to tye flys ..

     

    I know that my first line will get on a few folks nerves.. that is OK..

     

    You being a beginner at fly tying will most likely pick up the Nor-vise techniques very quickly and do extremely well..

     

    Not being corrupted by other vises, or techniques..

     

     

    Of course I own a nor-vise, I also know that my flies are a hell of a lot better now with the N-V then when I was using my stationary vise (s) and other rotating vise (s).

     

    All the important elements of fly tying can be done better and faster with the N-V..

     

     

    So it comes down to cost, lots of other vises cost a heck of a lot more and you get a heck of a lot less, and how adapt you maybe at tying flies and maybe how well you can absorb, the cost of not staying at the obsession of tying flys and having bought a Nor-vise..

     

    Test it out, watch the videos, go to a fly tying club or show, sit down at one and see what you think.. then enjoy your choice no mater what it will be..

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    I've just received a Nor-vise. And while it's clearly a neatly designed, quality machined device, I'm having difficulty with rotating the thread back past the point where the hook point protrudes beyond the jaws. I've also a similar difficulty wrapping thread back to the hook bend, as in when tying on a trailing shuck.

     

    Suggestions?

     

    Thanks...

     

    John

     

    As has been said watch the vids and you will gain a whole new understanding of Fly tying..

     

     

     

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