Old trick for the tying bench
 

Hi everyone,

Since there's not much going on in this newsgroup, why not start another
controversy about tying flies. ;-)

A trick I have on my tying bench, my tying vise actually, is a large
flat fridge magnet. It helps to keep count and hold in place the hooks
I'm using to ti a serie of flies and will ocasionnaly even hold beads in
place so they dont roll around everywhere.

I select my hooks, count them and place them flat on the magnet, which
is laid on my vise pedestal. That way my hooks are all align, I don't
have to search for them around the tying bench or get stung by one that
flew under the table. :-s


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Old trick for the tying bench
 

don't the hooks get magnetized?

greg

"Denis Lamy" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

Since there's not much going on in this newsgroup, why not start another
controversy about tying flies. ;-)

A trick I have on my tying bench, my tying vise actually, is a large flat
fridge magnet. It helps to keep count and hold in place the hooks I'm
using to ti a serie of flies and will ocasionnaly even hold beads in place
so they dont roll around everywhere.

I select my hooks, count them and place them flat on the magnet, which is
laid on my vise pedestal. That way my hooks are all align, I don't have to
search for them around the tying bench or get stung by one that flew under
the table. :-s


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Old trick for the tying bench
 

Greg Mingle a écrit :
don't the hooks get magnetized?

greg


Not to my knowledge.

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Would that be bad, this magnetization thing?

EK

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Greg Mingle a écrit :
don't the hooks get magnetized?

greg


Not to my knowledge.

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It might even be beneficial. Lateral lines work on electric impulses,
right? Maybe magnetized hooks are the next secret weapon.

--riverman

On Dec 9, 9:05*pm, "Evrard Kerkhofs"
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Would that be bad, this magnetization thing?

EK

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Greg Mingle a écrit :
don't the hooks get magnetized?

greg

Not to my knowledge.

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Old trick for the tying bench
 

riverman wrote:
It might even be beneficial. Lateral lines work on electric impulses,
right? Maybe magnetized hooks are the next secret weapon.

Would you have to tie in the hooks backwards in the
southern hemisphere ? ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

Old trick for the tying bench
 

On Dec 9, 10:31*am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
riverman wrote:
It might even be beneficial. Lateral lines work on electric impulses,
right? Maybe magnetized hooks are the next secret weapon.

Would you have to tie in the hooks backwards in the
southern hemisphere ? ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

No, but you'd have to fish left handed, (or right, if you are left
handed), and face in the opposite direction you are fishing, so that
your back cast becomes your forward cast.
Either that, or do what I do and not worry about your hooks being
magnetized.

Speaking of magnets....
 

If you suffer the misfortune of having a hard disc crash, there is a
bright side. Inside the hard drive is a magnet whose strength is hard
to believe. Far stronger than the brick-shaped magnet I got from Radio
Shack.

I attached it to a three-foot-long dowel and use it like those metal
detectors you see on the telly to pick up any hooks I've dropped.

vince

Old trick for the tying bench
 

Denis Lamy a écrit :
Hi everyone,

Since there's not much going on in this newsgroup, why not start another
controversy about tying flies. ;-)


Another trick that is as old as the tying bench: the film canister
filled with steelwool. I have mine handy on the table and I leave the
cap on. My bodkin is always clean and sharp. The underside of this is
that I have to change bodkin every few years, it does get shorter. :-|

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Speaking of magnets....
 

"vincent norris" wrote in message
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If you suffer the misfortune of having a hard disc crash, there is a
bright side. Inside the hard drive is a magnet whose strength is hard to
believe. Far stronger than the brick-shaped magnet I got from Radio
Shack.

I attached it to a three-foot-long dowel and use it like those metal
detectors you see on the telly to pick up any hooks I've dropped.

vince

great tip, Vince. And, as always, a pleasure to hear from you!!
Tom

Speaking of magnets....
 

great tip, Vince. And, as always, a pleasure to hear from you!!
Tom

Thanks, Tom. I've been absent for a couple of months because of
computer problems. Glad to be back.

Happy Holidays!

vince

Old trick for the tying bench
 

On Dec 10, 2:31 am, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
riverman wrote:
It might even be beneficial. Lateral lines work on electric impulses,
right? Maybe magnetized hooks are the next secret weapon.

Would you have to tie in the hooks backwards in the
southern hemisphere ? ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

Reversing the wire wraps suffices.

;-)

Steve (from the land downunder)

Old trick for the tying bench
 

On Dec 9, 9:29*am, riverman wrote:
It might even be beneficial. Lateral lines work on electric impulses,
right? Maybe magnetized hooks are the next secret weapon.
don't the hooks get magnetized?

I know of one person that polishes the varnish off the hooks and dips
them in brine before tying. This starts a bit of rust which some say
mimics the electrical field of a bug in the water. He says it works.
I've tried it and got a rusty fly box out of the deal.
Frank Reid
flytyer37.blogspot.com