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    23 hours ago, Trouttramp said:

    I received a great bunch of soft hackles in the mail today. ALL well tied, nice patterns! I really need to up my tying ability to keep up with all the talent on this board.

    One in particular, J Knowles’s  “ Lite Brite Soft Hackle “ caught my eye. Is it too much to ask for a recipe? I would like to tie up some of those. 
     

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    Sharing here for everyone:

    Thank you for the complement! I designed that fly about 16 years ago. I'm a big Sylvester Nemes fan and love the book North Country Flies by Robert L. Smith. (That book is expensive, but worth it) 

    I wanted something that I could use on the end of a multi-fly rig to flop around and it fit the bill. I showed it to a friend of mine (author, artist & fly designer) and he said it was great! He asked what colors worked the best and I had only used light olive at that time, but every color I've tied it in since has worked... even white! I almost always have one on as my dropper fly. 

    Lite-Brite soft hackle:

    I use the following, tied in this order:

    Hook: 1x long, 1x strong nymph (Dai-Riki 060) 16-12

    Thread: Dealers choice, I prefer UTC in 70... every color I have used has caught fish, but chartreuse is always a winner

    Rib: Medium copper wire

    Body: Pearl mylar over thread body with slight overlap

    Thorax: Peacock herl

    Legs/soft hackle: Anything from Hungarian partridge to speckled brahma hen

    Compact head!

     

    -Judson 

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    On 11/17/2021 at 11:54 PM, Steeldrifter said:

    You're gonna go through a bunch of filament J-Kno, I think I burned through about 3 spools my first month with a printer lol

    I made a couple of them and mod'd the most promising. I was looking for one that fit the Sig 365 as I have an 80 y/o friend that couldn't get the last round in by hand. Just so happens it fits the CZ75s perfectly too! The 3DP has been on my desk for a year and a half.. . I've slowed down a bit but have made a ton of tool racks, power supply covers, ar stands and other things for RC car racing. Thingiverse and TinkerCAD have been fun!

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    One thing working with youth and women, not the "Tactical Timmys" (iM a MaN aNd AlReAdY kNoW hOw To ShOoT) I encourage a lot of dry fire with a nickel or two on the slide through the trigger "press"... I use the word 'press" not "squeeze" to help avert the milking... Squeeze inevitably leads to the whole hand/grip movement.

    YMMV

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    13 minutes ago, Sandan said:

    Really? I don't know anything about the internal politics at the shop, but the guys told me he had retired. He did a great job with the tying section and was always really free with advice, help and answering any questions. I always had plenty of them.  Are you a Coloradan?

    Greg is great! If you want to learn to tie consistent flies, Greg is your guy... counting every wrap!

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    @TroutFodder Great pics!

    Nope, it is silly easy... It is thicker lead or lead free wire that is squished flat, tie in the vein, add a little dubbing, wrap dubbing between the lead, bring the vein over and add a couple of coats of UV resin... Or just watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdREMMGXVKY

    I was a fan of the "roll-over scud" but this is my primary scud now. I love woven flies too. I'll see if I can't find some of my old flies..

     

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