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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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    1 minute ago, Steeldrifter said:

    The A-hole tax is real trust me 😆

    Hmmm, I'm hoping I'm not one of the first two... 😁

    I used to service sewing machines, I've charged it a couple times when they were rude to me or the other staff. On the flip side, I had an older lady come in and ask if I could service both of her machines in 3 days... The standard was 5-7 days, but I didn't have any repairs, just clean and tunes... I told her it wouldn't be a problem.. Staff looked at me funny. I took those home and worked on them the next night. I called her the next day and she asked... "what's your favorite pie?" I told her "blueberry" expecting something that would be edible, but not spectacular... I was wrong... She brought it with when she came to pick up her machines... This was the best blueberry pie I'd ever eaten and it was beautiful to boot! 

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    7 hours ago, Lesg said:

    J-Kno, I have fished brook trout all my life and was surprised to catch splake that were identical except for the blue haloes. I did a bit of research and found out that the M.N.R. here in Ontario had been back-crossing the original splake (brook/lake) with brook trout. On another note a friend is a taxidermist and when I walked into his shop one day and commented on a nice splake that he had ready for a customer he started laughing and said that I was the only person that realized it wasn't a brook trout including the guy that caught the fish. He tried to tell the guy it was a splake but the fisherman insisted it was a brookie.

    That's good to know! Thanks! I LOVE Brookies! and Splake!

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    On 9/24/2021 at 10:40 PM, robow7 said:

    I can't believe no one hasn't posted  one of the many fly tying "Materials clip or dubbing loop clips"  from Stonfo et al vs a snack bag clip at a few cents

    The Swiss one is sweet looking, but I'll save some money and buy some more tungsten beads... https://www.walmart.com/ip/Heavy-Duty-Stainless-Steel-Chip-Bag-Clips-Snack-Sealing-Clips-Food-Great-Air-Tight-Seal-Grip-Coffee-Bags-Kitchen-Home-Office-Usage-Wide-1-6-3-0-4-7/366524364

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