Hopper Wings

Wayne Knight wrote:

The hypocrisy in the all natural argument is the coated threads, tinsels,
and ribbing used of course. As you know, I have this thing for natural
things in fly fishing for trout.

The distinction between natural and synthetic can be pretty arbitrary.
All the stuff is made of atoms, right? :-)

Is absurdly long and uniform genetic hackle "natural"? The chickens sure
look weird to me.

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On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 16:30:10 -0500, "Frank Reid"
moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote:

(snipped)


Herman mentioned organza. Its very nice stuff and can be purchased cheap at
your local fabric store. Buy the right color and BANG, instant wings. I
like to cut a long thin rectangle, tie it in perpendicular to the fly, then
tease out the weft. Done with sparkle organza (ask for it in the store) and
its an instant spinner wing. Darker colors, sealed with head cement or
heated (the edge will fray), make very good hopper wings.

Would it make it more interesting to the fish if you left the trailing
edges of the wings go and fray?

I won't address the obscenity of cutting up maps. I won't. Well,
only just that mention. Aaaaaaaaarrrrgh!


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On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 20:30:26 -0500, "Wayne Knight"
wrote:

The hypocrisy in the all natural argument is the coated threads, tinsels,
and ribbing used of course. As you know, I have this thing for natural
things in fly fishing for trout.

You wear natural rubber waders then, I suppose?
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Would it make it more interesting to the fish if you left the trailing
edges of the wings go and fray?

I won't address the obscenity of cutting up maps. I won't. Well,
only just that mention. Aaaaaaaaarrrrgh!

The worf and weft is extremely loose in organza. The whole wing would
fray out in one or two casts.
I agree with you on the maps, but I've got tons of them, only use one
and these were destined for the dumpster. The one I use was marked up
and damaged.
I worked extensively with maps for many years. I'm very visually
oriented and have memorized many. So yeah, I can understand the
reluctance to damage them.

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"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
...

You wear natural rubber waders then, I suppose?

I suppose not

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:50:14 -0500, Frank Reid wrote:

Would it make it more interesting to the fish if you left the trailing
edges of the wings go and fray?

I won't address the obscenity of cutting up maps. I won't. Well,
only just that mention. Aaaaaaaaarrrrgh!

The worf and weft is extremely loose in organza. The whole wing would
fray out in one or two casts.
I agree with you on the maps, but I've got tons of them, only use one
and these were destined for the dumpster. The one I use was marked up
and damaged.
I worked extensively with maps for many years. I'm very visually
oriented and have memorized many. So yeah, I can understand the
reluctance to damage them.

Wow.

I wouldda bet major money that I'd get through all of 2005 without ever seeing
the words "worf" and "weft" used in a sentence...

/daytripper (Frankly, stunned ;-)

"daytripper" wrote in message
...

Wow.

I wouldda bet major money that I'd get through all of 2005 without ever
seeing
the words "worf" and "weft" used in a sentence...

/daytripper (Frankly, stunned ;-)

Hell, I'd have bet the farm that I wouldn't see the word "worf" used
anywhere!

Wolfgang
who supposes it comes as no surprise to anyone that he hasn't made in big in
agribusiness.

daytripper wrote:
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:50:14 -0500, Frank Reid wrote:


The worf and weft is extremely loose in organza. The whole wing would
fray out in one or two casts.
I agree with you on the maps, but I've got tons of them, only use one
and these were destined for the dumpster. The one I use was marked up
and damaged.
I worked extensively with maps for many years. I'm very visually
oriented and have memorized many. So yeah, I can understand the
reluctance to damage them.


Wow.

I wouldda bet major money that I'd get through all of 2005 without ever seeing
the words "worf" and "weft" used in a sentence...

/daytripper (Frankly, stunned ;-)

It's "warp and weft." I believe Worf was a Klingon in Star Trek.

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"rw" wrote in message
ink.net...
daytripper wrote:
Wow.

I wouldda bet major money that I'd get through all of 2005 without ever
seeing
the words "worf" and "weft" used in a sentence...

/daytripper (Frankly, stunned ;-)

It's "warp and weft." I believe Worf was a Klingon in Star Trek.

I mean, good God, Dave.......don't you know ANYTHING?!

Wolfgang
help mithter witharrrrd!......i don't wanna be a thavant no morrrre!

I've got some tyvek survival maps used by
military pilots. These are already colored perfectly.

..... I've got tons of them, only use one
and these were destined for the dumpster. The one I use was marked up
and damaged.

If they're colored perfectly and you have tons of them,Frank, why not
hire a Rider truck and bring them to Penns Clave, instead of
Dumpstering them?

... I can understand the reluctance to damage them.

Me too! I'm a dedicated cartophile. I have a small number of
Sectional Aeronautical Charts old enough to show the Adcock ranges
that were the means of aerial navigation prior to about 1955 or '60.

Most contemporary pilots have never even seen one. I want to leave
them to an aviation museum when I check out.

vince