Mark Knapp

Is it all kids these days or just James. He asks a question and then never comes back. Not to ask follow-up questions or thank anyone who answers his questions. Jeeze.

And to you all.

That sounds like a great time.

Have fun with it buddy.

I know what you mean, sometimes it takes some kind of tightening to get it to hold a big hook securely, it takes a kung fu grip, only on real big hooks. No problem if I get it into the groove though. If you cared to, I bet a guy could make a kind of spanner wrench to engage the knobs on the TRV and give you a better handle to tighten it.

OK then, just take it easy and take care of the most important things, the rest can come along soon enough. Thinking of you.

Glad to hear it Steve. How are you sleeping now? Our thoughts are with your Mom.

Thinking of you both.

Thanks for checking in, take care of yourself and Mom.

That encouraging, thanks.

Very nice, thanks for posting them.

Very pretty

Thanks Mike.

Very cool.

Yes Mike, please keep us posted. You will probably be the first of us to know something. Fingers crossed.

Some more baby crayfish. This time with brighter colors. I like these ones better.

Thanks Bud

Have fun in Florida

I have been flying regularly and using the type of container you showed. I have had absolutely no trouble.

How's the bobbin holder coming along? Can we see a picture of it? Good job BTW, my wife never does anything like that.

Nice

Thanks guys.

It's my creation, but there are those that will tell there are no original flies anymore.

Yeah, it loads now. It wasn't before (on my computer) For some reason my computer has problems running this site. Thanks bud.

What you will need. Hook- Size 10 jig hook Thread- 6/0 olive unithread Claws- ring-neck pheasant breast feathers died olive green Weight- 30ga. lead wire or comp. Legs- Chinese neck hackle, grizzly died orange Body dubbing- half orange, half olive fluff from bottom of hackle feathers, blended Eyes- melted yellow 40 lb. monofilament Shell back- olive green grizzly hen hackle. Super glue. Fleximent Place the hook in the vise up-side down, make a base of thread from the bend of the shank near the eye to the other bend (the length of the straight shank). Tie in two hook-length, ring-necked pheasant breast feathers, at the start of the bend, curved up-ward. Wrap some .030 lead wire of comparable wire around the shank. leave room at the eye end for the whip finish. A couple wraps at the bend end over the base wraps will give the fly a tapered body. Secure the wire with some super glue and a few thread wraps. Tie in a Chinese grizzly hackle, died orange, between the claws and the lead wraps. The hackle fibers should be about 1 1/2 time the gap of the hook. Trim some fluff from the bases of the olive green hen hackle and the orange rooster hackle. blend the colors together. Form a loose dubbing noodle with the fluff.... and wrap it to the end of the lead wire.... palmer the rooster hackle to the same place and secure it. Turn the vise 180 degrees so the fly is right-side-up and tie in the monofilament eyes above the shank right below the point of the hook. Prepare a section of the olive green, grizzly hen hackle about 2 times the shank length. You can spread some Fleximent on it to help it form the shell. Remove the hook from the vise and pierce the feather, with the hook tip, next to the quill about 1/4 of the length from the pointy end. Place the hook back in the vise and slide the feather down the bend of the hook till it rests on the shank of the hook between the eyes. Starting just under the barb of the hook, make two wraps to secure the shell, move over to the eyes and make two more wraps, move over the same distance and make two more wraps. Pierce the eye of the hook through the feather near the quill. Repeat equally spaced wraps of thread until you get the the spot where the orange hackle was secured. Bend the remaining feather downward to form a tail and use a figure eight to tie it down at 45 degrees. Whip finish, secure the threads and coat the back with Fleximent.