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i would consider this a mirror head....with uni

just scroll down and it goes away. no big deal.

i think i'd stick with the davie mcphail videos http://www.youtube.com/user/DavieMcPhail

What is on your tying bench other than material? dust!

1. read the manual to find the focus length of the macro (if youre gonna use it) 2. use a tripod. it gets rid of the shakes (you will still shake even if you hold your breath) 3. do not use the flash. turn it off 4. light the subject from above and below or from each side 5. light tents or studio in a box is not necessary to photograph flies 6. use the macro function or manual focus 7. read the manual 8. depress the shutter button 1/2 of the way down to let the camera focus on the subject. depress it the rest of the way down to take the picture. 9. if your camera has a timer or remote control, use it (not really necessary) read the info in the following site http://flyartstudio.com/wordpress/?page_id=2

http://singlebarbed.com/2010/10/11/chicken...-a-pretty-face/ http://www.derekspace.net/hacksel.htm

why not just hold it from slipping while you tie it down?? if the wire rib is pulling the scud back to the far side of the hook as you wrap forward, just reposition it after every wrap of wire. heres a nice tutorial http://ukflydressing.proboards.com/index.c...amp;thread=4994

cool looking fly :thumbsup: serendipities use the same method of twisting to form the body http://stevenojai.tripod.com/seren.htm and theres even a book on tying "furled" flies http://www.amazon.com/Tying-Furled-Flies-P...d/dp/0979346037 try adding in 1 strand of krystal flash prior to twisting to add some flash in the body

i tie year round and whenever i run out of the hot fly of the moment

any one of these will work for panfish http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=e...q=&gs_rfai= ALL trout flies will also work for panfish

olympus manual: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/...d=1289&fl=8 sony manual: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-doc...pl?mdl=DSCS980P 1. read the manual to find the focus length of the macro 2. use a tripod. it gets rid of the shakes 3. do not use the flash. turn it off 4. light the subject from above and below or from each side 5. light tents or studio in a box is not necessary to photograph flies 6. use the macro function or manual focus 7. read the manual 8. depress the shutter button 1/2 of the way down to let the camera focus on the subject. depress it the rest of the way down to take the picture. 9. if your camera has a timer or remote control, use it (not really necessary) read the info in the following site http://flyartstudio.com/wordpress/?page_id=2

diffused light is one method but really not necessary for the foto in the link below, i used 1 "daylight" light above and 1 "daylight" below http://www.classicflytying.com/index.php?showtopic=40879 heres the setup i used for the foto above

Who do you think is the best tier you have watched tie? in which category of fly tying?? soft hackles = hans weilenmann winged wet flies = don bastian rangely style streamers = mike martinek catskill dry flies = dave brandt general overall = charlie craven

white is not a good background color imo light gray or light blue is better

muskrat synthetic dubbing beaver biots hackle stems

http://www.google.com/images?q=tequeely+fl...024&bih=647

a moderator needs to delete this thread and rich mc needs to start his own swap

why would the wings need to be STIFF :dunno: the tail and hackle hold the fly on the water not the wings

grizzly hen neck hackle tips are the way to go. rooster hackle tips will be too narrow http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/de...cfm?parentID=56

if you look at the photos online of micro brite dubbing it looks to be a type of chenille and they actually called it a thread http://www.sportfish.co.uk/product/microbr...-micro-chenille this lucent chenille in the small size looks very similar to the micro brite thread http://store.theflyshop.com/catalog/produc...roducts_id=7418

did you try looking in chris helms catalog? http://www.whitetailflytieing.com/

i think the question was

i have spilled a cement bottle only once. since that time, i've learned to position the bottle far enough away and to put the cap back on after each use

i like the fly boxes that have 8-10-12 compartments with a hole in the center of each compartment like this http://www.jsflyfishing.com/cgi-bin/item/S...-12-Colors.html

elk hair caddis or parachute adams