Tying flies
how true, i only fish with my own tied flies and catching a fish on my own
design is a real thrill although i am still a long way from catching fish each trip im a glutton for punishment and persist cos one day ill come up with that killer fly;-) cheers tony "John Lindsey" wrote in message ... Ed you probably got more info than you planned on! Without repeating earlier threads, two more points come to mind. 1. It's more fun to catch any fish on the fly you tied yourself vs. a drug store bought fly tied by some faceless/nameless person in a foreign country. 2. It's even more fun to catch any fish on a fly you designed yourself. If you take these two points building on the other posts and your common sense you'll probably conclude that tying your own will significantly increase your enjoyment of the sport. Good luck! John "egildone1" wrote in message ... I am thinking of starting to get into tying my own flies. I have found a website that sells flies for $0.65. I wonder if it is worth it to invest in the fly tying equipment when I can get them so cheap? How long does it take to tie a fly after you get some experience under your belt? I would think even the simplest flies would take 20 min. or so. I imagine most who tie their own flies do it for the satisfaction of creating something of beauty and disregard the economics of tying your own. Thanks in advance for the answers to my questions Ed |
Tying flies
Best to leave the roadkill where it was and avoid the situation of
introducing all those bugs to your materials in the first place. "Tim J." wrote in message ... Good advice for all. I don't even store "roadkill" in the same container regardless of precautions. -- TL, Tim ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
Tying flies
"Tim J." wrote in message ... "Scott Seidman" wrote... "Tim Carter" wrote: And if my post didn't clearly mention, I've been stoked about tying my own flies!! Your flies for the roff swap arrived and no one would ever guess you're a novice. Very nice! Thanks Tim. I suppose like anyone, I'd be curious to hear how well they stand up and how well they do on the water. I've yet to fish them...jeezzz...I haven't been out for ... 2 ..months now?!?! Another thing that I forgot to mention was getting tying materials from other sources than fly tying shops. My Meow Mix nymphs are dirt cheap thanks to the contributions my cats make, and my Border Collie mix has a ton of colors to contribute to my flies. Also, early waterfowl season just ended and now I have a good supply of feathers from a few blue-winged teal and Canada geese, as well as a pheasant hunting friend of mine getting me a supply of those feathers, and I hope to be receiving a few raccoon and squirrel hides in the next few weeks from another friend... Be careful about introducing critters into your expensive materials, like hackle. Put the stuff through a freeze/microwave/freeze cycle, store everything in individual plastic ziplocks, and pop a few moth crystals (not naphthalene, but the other stuff, paradichlorobenzene, I think) in your storage facility. I had heard this before but couldn't remember the details. Thanks for posting here. Up to this point, I've only had them in a ziploc. Thus far I haven't seen anything appear, but the animals were hunted and not roadkill and I only took feathers with no blood/skin on them. I had hoped that would reduce my potential problems until I could find this information. ...come to think of it, I do also have a few turkey feathers I found in the woods. Well, gotta go do some freezing... Thanks again Scott, Good advice for all. I don't even store "roadkill" in the same container regardless of precautions. -- TL, Tim ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
Tying flies
"Hooked" wrote in news:UJSab.25279$eF3.14773
@twister.rdc-kc.rr.com: Best to leave the roadkill where it was and avoid the situation of introducing all those bugs to your materials in the first place. "Tim J." wrote in message ... Good advice for all. I don't even store "roadkill" in the same container regardless of precautions. -- TL, Tim ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj I don't know. Tying flies with your own game is kind of like catching fish with your own flies. You increase your sense of accomplishment. If road kill is your bag, that's your bag Scott |
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Recommend learning how to handle road kill (rubber gloves, mild clorox-water
soloution, freezer, etc.depending on the brand of road-killl. You can introduce "bugs" into your body along with introducing bugs into your fly tying material. |
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