ben bell

hi gp..you kid us..that looks like my 500th attempt..nice ty.

jim, i can,t wait to read your stuff so maybe you can give us the name of the magazine that published your last article and what is was about.

jim, thanks..but why can,t you mention the name of the magazine..

jim, you don,t ty flies and you probably don,t fly fish or even fish at all and your writting an article for a non fishing magazine? the whole thing sounds pretty silly to me..does it make sense to you?

heck, just change the name to PLOAFR fiishing, PLASTICS ON A FLY ROD fishing. it was done with cane pole fishing, called tenkara now. lol.

hi flytire..that,s interesting..where do you get them..sperm bank? lol.

all i need is to be seated in my kick boat on any one of delawares old grist mill ponds with my #4 wt. rod and a black #10 zonker with bead chain eyes tied on...i,m in heaven and the fishies are in trouble. lol.

mike, just shave the belly..shaggy is good. lol.

poopdeck, you make too much sense/cents? lol.

that tumble action might be a trigger on some occasions when nothing else works.

mouse man., i bet it makes a big difference in casting...lots less wind resistance when folded back...btw, i really like your mices.

i have never seen a cicada on the water...but are the wings not splayed out to the sides not folded back..kinda like a henshall bug?

or a special rod or a special reel or a special vise with special hooks and special materials, etc. lol.

thanks saltybum...i just wanted to show there,s more than one way to skin this rat. lol.

modified regular vise-grips mounted on a pedistal base

whenever i see the name Dron Lee i smile, because i,m about to be treated to some fly/eye candy that i have never seen before

i seem to recall a.k. best saying in one of his books that yellow is one of the worst colors for burning deer hair. there,s got to be better memories than mine out there. lol.

hi kudu..are you sure it,s from a white tail. i once got some reindeer hair,natural no dye or bleach, and i could not flare it at all...the slightest thread tension cut through it..like butter is no exageration.

hi saltybum, here,s another picture attempt of the meyerpliers..it,s almost as if these were designed for fly tying. lol.

pictures of meyerplier and some moosehair bugs.

my brother said that all i did was reinvent the wheel and handed me a set of meyerpliers(google for picture)...i don,t think they are manufactured any longer..they work very well, if you need hook gripping power.

rocco, that,s funny, but a good question.

hi bowmike..i thought the frog,s head was made from flip-flop foam, no?

hi bowmike, good luck to you...that frog looks like a killer.

thanks for reply bowmike...i sure would like to know what you think after you try the e-bay rod..thanks again.