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Hi I am tieing a little brown trout bucktail. I have everything except the red squirrel, what can I replace it with

Hi, I want to make some streamers that require a dubbed body, can I use a polyester yarn or will that add too much bouiancy. could I use yarn or floss instead of dubbing, The streamers are little brown trout and brook trout bucktails

that is defiantly to neat and clean to be a fly tying station. you need clutter lots of it. I do like the hand gun for fending of interuptions

thanks you have givin me a lot to think about

ok thanks never thought of a hobby shop, no fly shops in my area

another question which cut better straight or serrated, I know I don't like serrated knives because they tear instead of cut

ok I thought they didn't have good shipping

thanks I appreciate you advice

Hi, I want to replace my 3.5 kit scissors with something that cuts closer. I got a cheap kit of tools and the scissors don't cut as close as I like does any body know of a brand that would cut closer and is reasonable, I can't pay a lot. DR. Slick has some nice ones but I don't know how close they cut. Thanks

ok tied my first 14 actually a little easier than a 12, but one thing I am having trouble with is tieing down the wing case at the eye. When I tie it it rolls the fibers over on the back of the hook, what am I doing wrong

a lot of good advice, I wish I had it before I started back. I bought a tool kit. Don't. I couldn't figure out how to use the whip finisher so I bought a Materelli, I had used that before, I also replaced the vise, and the dubbing spinner. Buy what you need at what you can afford and you won't waste money by buying tools you don't need or buying twice. good luck

thanks I guess what I have will work, the only think is the wire from the coil is rough fron being wound the way it was

I got some wire from a florescent fixture coil but that is a little bug, some from telephone cord that is better but I thing to hard what size or gauge am I looking for or don't it matter that much

Hi just tied a sawyer PT. easier than the others, question I will need some smaller copper what colors are good to have for nymphs, is gold need for the gold ribbed hairs ear or is that just the name

Thanks for your insight, I was tying on #10 for 2 reasons that is what I got to learn on, small enough but not to small, I have gone down to 12 and have ordered some 14s. I try to ty correctly at first. thanks

yea I hear ya, I first started to tie in ty in the 60s then again around 1990 but it is alot easier now with utubes and this forum

thanks I try that, but the flare is when I am preparing it to tie, it fans out so much I can't even put it on the hook

Hi this hair does come from the top of the tail and it is not flaring when I ty it is fanning out when I stroke it to remove the long hairs

Hi, I am tying a mickey Finn on a larger hook, #4 4XL. But when I pull out the long hairs it makes the whole bunch fan out when the length is long, what am I doing wrong

hI, Iam using 3/0 thread

Hi, I have watched some videos and when I tie I try to use no more thread than I need and not crowd the eye yet when I am finishing thew head I end up with a glob of thread what am I doing wrong.

Hi thanks for all of your advice, I have tied a couple on size 12, its harder but I will get the hang of it. I don't know what I would do without your advice

got another stupid question, I keep forgeting to tie the leg in my pheasant tails, does that ruin the fly, not having THE LEGS

for some reason they don't look right

because I am a stupid newbie who has never even tried to tie on anything smaller than 10. I just got somec12s today so I will be going down a size next fly