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    12 hours ago, cphubert said:

    I feel your pain sometimes simple things made for the rest of the world are at best uncomfortable. How are you with scissors they are my biggest frustration on the bench.

    Being a lefty does have some downsides for sure. I use Dr. Slick razor scissors. I tie with 'em in hand. bottom loop on my ring finger, tension nut towards to back of my hand. They work great, comfortable and don't cut into my fingers like "regular" scissors do. I've tried a bunch of different kinds of scissors. Too many have loops that are either too small to tie in hand or just don't fit me. I've found the Dr. Slicks, all of 'em, have loops big enough to tie in hand.  I highly recommend the razors. I usually use the 3.5" ones but the 4" are almost just as good. The 5" model is good too. I use those mostly to trim material long dubbing loops so I can trim with only one cut. 

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    Vest for me. Advil before and after fishing. I tried a sling pack. Maybe because I wasn't used to it like I am my vest it was a real pain.  Slinging it around and back, getting to an replacing my net, access to tippet wasn't bad once slung but cutting it with my nippers left me with too much dangling off the spool that had to be rewound. And not enough room for the approximately 1,000,000 flies I definitely need to have. The sling is a Simms Freestone. Maybe it's cause I'm, left handed.  The vest is a Fishpond Wasatch Tech Pack. It's discontinued unfortunately. Oh well, my last one endured about 15 seasons or so. So much knowledge lost when I finally broke down and got a new one.

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    25 minutes ago, chugbug27 said:

    I was joshing on the fly size being over a #22,... but absolutely I am in daydream road trip mode and Colorado is going to happen, just don't yet know when.

    I was thinking the same thing when I posted it. It's pretty rare that I put up anything "big", over a 20 anyhow.  Montana few weeks ago, you know you ask what's working etc. Most of the folks said it was the little stuff. Size 16s maybe an 18 if you had to go really small. My buddy and I just rolled our eyes and chuckled.  When you know, let me know.

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    1 hour ago, mvendon said:

    Got home from work this afternoon and gave this one a shot. This version is from George LaBranche's 1914 book that is available on the net since it's so old.

    Pink Lady

    Hook:  Allcocks W173 size 12

    Tail:  Ginger spade hackle

    Thread: white in the back and body, black to finish it off in the front.

    Body:  Light pink floss with a small flat gold metal tinsel ribbing.

    Wings: Starling

    Hackle: The same ginger that was used for the tail, only it came from a smaller feather away from the capes edge (older Metz)

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    Next Fly Challenge:  Shakey Bealy  standard or purple color

    That Pink Lady is a real beauty. Shakey Bealy did me wonders at Barnes Hole #1 a few years ago.

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    8 hours ago, niveker said:

    I mostly agree with you.  But its always been my opinion, especially when it comes to some of the older patterns, that material substitutions were common (and expected), if for no other reason than the vast number of material we have to choose from today were not available to tyers back in the day.  They tied with what they could get their hands on.  

    Taking the Adams again, for example.  If I tie the body with gray kapok dubbing and use a Cree hackle, should it have a different name?  Does using those materials even warrant the 'variant' disclaimer?  IMO, it doesn't.  But on a site like this, devoted predominantly to tying flies, I appreciate when the substitutions are mentioned in the recipes.    

    Ditto

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    32 minutes ago, chugbug27 said:

    The orbs apply head cement, the winkers clear cement from your hook eye. The inventor says, a dubbing needle is for dubbing... Not sure about that, but it's a cool little tool set anyway. It's a keeper for sure. The flymph forum is the place you're thinking of niveker, you can get to the discussion by searching "orbs".

    Here's a pic of the directions

     

    Here's the tool set. Three different sizes of each, I suppose corresponding to a hook range.

     

    @chugbug27 for the win!

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    Depends. As Flytire said, presentation flies are tied "by the book".  I find that a lot of times the by the book pattern gives me a jumping off point to modify for my own particular fishing situation(s).  For instance, a light Cahill can be a fine PMD or PED imitation. In my neck of the woods PMDs have a much lighter wing than lemon wood duck and they also have a pinkish tinge to the abdomen/thorax. I'll use either  light dun hackle tips or even a light dun McFlylon for wings and mix PMD/Hendrickson pink superfine if I'm going to dub the abdomen/thorax. Sometimes I'll use a PMD dyed stripped peacock herl or a PMD quill for the abdomen and the mixed dubbing for the thorax. Those changes make a fly that isn't a light Cahill any more. But, it's based on the lt. Cahill. I wouldn't necessarily call it a lt. Cahill variant,  maybe a quill body PMD.  On the other hand if I stuck to the original recipe and substituted the light ginger tail tail for lt. dun or PMD fibbets or lt. pardo CDL then I'd call it a lt. Cahill variant.  Where does variant and new and different diverge?  That's the 64,000 dollar question we each have our own answer to. IMHO.

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