Fly Tying Magnification

On Jan 23, 4:14*pm, Giles wrote:


So, what's funnier than a bunch of *maturing* fly fishers trying to
find "JUST" the right angling aid? *****ed if I know.


I tend to agree and find my own compulsive behavior pretty amusing,

BUT

in 'some' self defense, I've noticed that, apparently, in all areas
of human interest there are individuals obsessed with inspecting the
smallest details, minutely ..... just part of the Nature of the Beast,
imho

I watched a PBS special about Birds of Paradise last night that
recorded people sitting in tree stumps, in a downpour, for days on
end, to get the chance to see a particular bird perform it's mating
dance .... then the damn thing ****ed without dancing !! ..... can't
believe I'm too unique in "level of absurdity' in my own fields of
interest ;-) .... in fact I'd have to get more involved to make TV,
I'd guess

On Jan 24, 1:35*pm, Larry L wrote:
On Jan 23, 4:14*pm, Giles wrote:



So, what's funnier than a bunch of *maturing* fly fishers trying to
find "JUST" the right angling aid? *****ed if I know.

I tend to agree and find my own compulsive behavior pretty amusing,

BUT

in 'some' *self defense, I've noticed that, apparently, *in all areas
of human interest there are individuals obsessed with inspecting the
smallest details, minutely ..... just part of the Nature of the Beast,
imho

I carry a jewelers loupe wherever I go these days. There is no better
pocket-sized tool for giving a boy a good sense of how large the world
actually is.

I watched a PBS special about Birds of Paradise last night that
recorded people sitting in tree stumps, in a downpour, for days on
end, to get the chance to see a particular bird perform it's mating
dance .... then the damn thing ****ed without dancing !! ..... can't
believe I'm too unique in "level of absurdity' in my own fields of
interest ;-) .... in fact I'd have to get more involved to make TV,
I'd guess

Was that Attenborough's film....or something else? If the former, I
watched it less than a year ago. If the latter.....don't know.....may
or may not have seen it.....can't keep track of it all.

In any case, they are a most unusual family. Puts one in mind of 17th
century European nobility at court.....except for the rampant inbred
vacuity, of course.

giles

Thats why I like the ones I have. They are "through the lens" magnification. Its about like a bifocal, a VERY able bifocal. The rest of the lens is apparent glass. I can attending through at the vise without accepting annihilation in the way. I'm accepting added and added used the NorVise.

On Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:53:59 -0800 (PST), Frank Reid © 2010
wrote:

& Repair Tools Loupes, Magnifiers

For those of us that are getting just a year or two older, this might
help. I know the ones I have may look geeky, but what the hell, I can
see.
Frank Reid

Unfortinately I gave up a long time ago w anything but sal****er flies
anything smaller than a 12 for me is out.

Have any of you tried the Clics?

I use them for reading and on the strean when threading line thru the
eye of a small fly.

Inexoenssive - lightweight and easy to use.

http://www.speert.com/reading-glasse...FQEMbAoddXlhJQ

There are quite a few other places

Fred

All three of the sponsored links over there in the right hand margin
are now for magnifiers

..........kinda creepy

........careful Todd, they ARE out to get us

On Jan 23, 12:29*pm, Larry L wrote:
All three of the sponsored links over there in the right hand margin
are now for magnifiers

.........kinda creepy

.......careful Todd, they ARE out to get us

And one is tempted to say, "They WILL!"......but, of course, they
already did.....a long long time ago.

g.
taxonomist to......well, whoever cares.

On 1/22/2011 6:53 PM, Frank Reid © 2010 wrote:
....
However, how the hell do you see to tie one of these little *******s?
I got it made, personally, as my dentist gave me an old pair of these,
http://www.designsforvision.com/DentHtml/D-TTL1.htm Then I found out
the cost between 500 and a thousand dollars!!! He had some old ones
in his drawer that he didn't use, as the new ones have a light. They
give you an area of about 3" at 2.5 or 3X magnification.

A number of years ago, I bought a pair of these

http://www.orvis.com/store/product.a...ubcat_id=16050

in 4X. They're great. I may eventually buy the 5X if I need them.

- JR