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"Genetic modification (GM) is the alteration of the genome of a plant or animal by the addition of new genetic material. It underlies the concept of transgenics, in which an organism is modified to incorporate new genes that lead to new characteristics, such as the production of proteins for human health, or the expression of a gene for herbicide resistance in plants, to name just two applications.
GM is a contentious issue. Opponents believe that GM will damage the clean, green image of New Zealand as well as damage the economy, and there are numerous ethical issues to consider. What are the environmental risks of GM crops? Is it ethical to exploit animals for human benefit?
This article will provide an outline of GM, its uses in medicine and agriculture, and will help explain the issues surrounding the GM debate in New Zealand.
What is genetic modification?
GM provides a way of expressing desirable characteristics in an organism that otherwise would not display them. It is the insertion of a gene into an organism, altering the genetic makeup. This produces a transgenic organism, one that expresses a foreign gene. In animals, a gene is inserted into an embryo, modifying the genome to manufacture the product of this new gene. In plants, a gene is injected into a single cell that is grown from a seed into a plant. This plant expresses the new gene in all its cells.
The difference between GM and selective breeding.
Selective breeding is a form of genetic modification which doesn’t involve the addition of any foreign genetic material (DNA) into the organism. Rather, it is the conscious selection for desirable traits. Pro-GM campaigners argue that humans have been ‘genetically modifying’ organisms for thousands of years, albeit without knowledge that the favourable traits they were selecting for were determined by genes. For example, humans have always selected cows with the highest milk yield and bred from these to produce herds with good milk production. A chance mutant grape with no seeds was bred to produce seedless grapes now available in our shops and supermarkets."
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And of course everyone knows the dubbing ball to split the tails.
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I hear a tariff will soon be placed on UV torches from China, better buy now.
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I thought you were going to say that at the time you were tying an adult stone and the likeness was so remarkable that the real thing flew over and tried to mate with it.
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Humpy in just about any color and Ausable Bomber, they can't resist the Bomber.
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Joe, I too have been using a ten foot 3 wt. nymphing rod for over a decade and I would never go back to a shorter rod for that use. On many occasions while nymphing I have come across an olive hatch and that rod has no problem laying out a line and leader with an 18 or 20 olive dry. I can't say enough positive things about the benefit of a longer rod for nymphing.
I fish both with and without a floating indicator and use some type of inline sighter when fishing without.
The tip is soft enough to protect fine tippets and the lower rod has plenty of backbone to whip +20" browns.
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https://www.finewoodworking.com/2005/09/13/all-about-lacquers
With regards to lacquer, it's what is used on fine stringed instruments. Polishes great and each additional coat "burns" into the preceding one.
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http://www.jsflyfishing.com/hareline-3d-beads
I use these beads for my articulation points on my pike flies. They are plastic, so they won't add any weight unfortunately. The dimensions are measured as follows.
OD. 6mm (.236")
Hole Ø .063"
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I don't see the problem unless this is your situation......
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I hope wat I posted wasn't too confusing. I jus get so frustrated when folks put the brand an model number...but not the size ...
I'm still confused on the question because I have never seen a hook that didn't have the make, style and sizes available listed.
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Well I live in NJ, with a 2018 best drivers by state ranked at #4 so I will weigh in on this. In NJ they have always hammered in the defensive driving way of life and as I saw the video, I would have slowed down and maintained my lane. I would also have given the aggressive driving medal to the person driving in the red truck.
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Good job Mac.
Suggestion for indicating where to start and stop thread for tie in points. Instead of saying " Start a little ways behind the hook eye, not too far", try something like "start wrapping just behind the eye and stop at the hook point". This will give the tier a better idea of the body proportions. Same with "wrap materials 2/3 down the bend of the hook".
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What color neck did you order?
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If the collar is part snowshoe I would start with a technique Matt Grobert uses on his Matt's Gnat, touch dub the snowshoe and wind.
This is how I would approach this fly.
Tie in snowshoe for tail and trim to 2/3 of the shank. Wrap over the snowshoe with thread to form the abdomen.
Tie in a grizzly hackle.
Touch dub the snowshoe and wrap forward to form a collar.
Wind the hackle forward through the snowshoe and tie off.
Whip finish.
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Gami on top and Daiichi on bottom. Both size 26 in the exact styles you requested.
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The current Gami C12-BM Stock # 277497-25 is a barbless midge big eye hook. The Daiichi 1100 is a a big eye hook also, but that is where the similarity ends. The Daiichi is a straight shank where the Gami is curved. I have both hooks in size 26 and the Daiichi shank length is about 2-2 1/2 times longer than the Gami, but that is a judgment call because of the different shank shapes.
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For the resin guys here is Tim's video.
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Neat little trick by Tim Flagler.
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+1 Bugsy. The OP never questioned anything other than if the hooks he had were sharp enough. Flytire gave the correct response.
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Ah, I think that is a Quigly Film Critic in #2, and looking at a couple vids the proportions look pretty good. The hackle is not would around the shank but is more like a hackle stacker type pattern where the hackle is wound around a long loop of wing material and then pulled down and over the top of the thorax. It looks like he did a pretty good job of that.
You can try greasing the hackle and wing only. That should get you the body down in the film and the wing/hackle above.
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AM I seeing things or is the eye of that hook rotated 90 degrees? So its more or less oriented in a vertical plane (where we have tied on hooks that are more on a horizontal plane as we are seated tying them)?.....KIMO?
...or maybe I'm just seeing things! Wouldn't be the first time.
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C15-BV Vertical Eye, Emerger, Barbless
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....and Bowie.
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"Longboarding is the act of riding on a longboard. A longboard varies in shape and size unlike its set counterpart, the skateboard, and has more stability, traction and durability due to larger wheel size and lower wheel durometers. Many, but not all longboards, use trucks (axles) that contain different geometric parameters than a skateboard as well. These factors and their variation have given way to a variety of disciplines, functions and purposes for a longboard. Longboarding also has competitive races down hill where some riders reach speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour. The angles at which some longboards can turn, as well as their ability to coast long distances make them more suitable for cruising and commuting on streets than regular skateboards.
History
The life of longboarding started in the 1950s.[1] The idea of longboarding originated from surfers in Hawaii. They wanted to bring their surfing hobby to land when the waves were too small to surf.[1] Surfers then figured out a way of achieving their goal of bringing surfing to land by customizing their skateboards. They would grab a piece of thick plywood and shape it into a smaller version of a surfboard, then screw the trucks and wheels to the decks and head out to small hills to imitate the same moves they would do if they were out surfing.
During the 1970s, a small group of longboarders honed their techniques. Some longboarders from this period were profiled in a 1978 SkateBoarder magazine article entitled Cult of the Longboard.[2] These pioneers saw longboarding as a form of self-expression, and were influenced by surfing. However, despite the advent of polyurethane wheels (referred to as "thane" by longboarders[3]), longboarding did not reach a high degree of prevalence during the 1970s.[4]
Longboarding lived on as an underground sport with home hobbyists continuing to make boards in their garages or strap trucks onto snowboard decks using old Kryptonic wheels from the 1970s or roller skating wheels.[citation needed]
In the early 1990s, Sector 9 started mass-producing and selling longboards.[5] The 1990s also saw a change in truck technology: reverse kingpins made longboarding more stable.[citation needed]
The Internet has made it possible for small groups of skateboarders to communicate with each other and also gain an audience they might not have had locally, allowing the sport to grow further.[citation needed] Multiple subbranches of longboarding exist with relatively small but hardcore groups of adherents like slalom, LDP (long distance pushing/pumping), downhill, dance, freeriding, technical hardwheel sliding and more.
Besides diversifying into many "species", longboarding itself has also come back around full circle. It now has begun embracing more street oriented tricks and cross over events using ramps while still embracing its earlier beginnings in slalom, ditch skating, cornering, and just speed itself."