Tying the Fly on??

snakefiddler notes:
had to have my son
"thread" a couple flies for me this week because the eye was so small; my
increasingly compromised eyesight failed me.
damn old age! :-(

they make special magnifiers which clip onto the inside of hatbrims for just
such senior moments. I have relied on one for the past couple of years(after a
couple more years trying to kid myself that I didn't need such help).
Tom

"Tom Littleton" wrotecom...
snakefiddler notes:
had to have my son
"thread" a couple flies for me this week because the eye was so small; my
increasingly compromised eyesight failed me.
damn old age! :-(

they make special magnifiers which clip onto the inside of hatbrims for just
such senior moments.

Nice things, those. I got a set from the Penns raffle that Mr. Reid contributed.
They really come in handy, especially in low light situations.
--
TL,
Tim
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"Tom Littleton" wrotecom...
snakefiddler notes:
had to have my son
"thread" a couple flies for me this week because the eye was so small;
my
increasingly compromised eyesight failed me.
damn old age! :-(

they make special magnifiers which clip onto the inside of hatbrims for
just
such senior moments.

Nice things, those. I got a set from the Penns raffle that Mr. Reid
contributed.
They really come in handy, especially in low light situations.


I'm starting to think about carrying prethreaded flies with me for dusk
fishing. Is there a way to carry, say, a dozen flies with enough leader on
them (for loop-to-loop connections) without having a tangled or spiraly
mess?

--riverman

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"Tom Littleton" wrotecom...
snakefiddler notes:
had to have my son
"thread" a couple flies for me this week because the eye was so
small;
my
increasingly compromised eyesight failed me.
damn old age! :-(

they make special magnifiers which clip onto the inside of hatbrims
for
just
such senior moments.

Nice things, those. I got a set from the Penns raffle that Mr. Reid
contributed.
They really come in handy, especially in low light situations.


I'm starting to think about carrying prethreaded flies with me for dusk
fishing. Is there a way to carry, say, a dozen flies with enough leader on
them (for loop-to-loop connections) without having a tangled or spiraly
mess?

--riverman



i would suggest keeping "empty" tippet spools, and wrapping pre-threaded
flies around one of those. you could purchase those cheap (and cheesy
looking) elastic yarn pony tail holders to keep them in place- but then, the
tippet spool probably already has that little slit for just that purpose.
maybe your friends could save empty spools, or if there is a guide service
near you they could hook you up?

snake

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:57:18 +0200, "riverman" wrote:


"Tim J." wrote in message
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"Tom Littleton" wrotecom...
snakefiddler notes:
had to have my son
"thread" a couple flies for me this week because the eye was so small;
my
increasingly compromised eyesight failed me.
damn old age! :-(

they make special magnifiers which clip onto the inside of hatbrims for
just
such senior moments.

Nice things, those. I got a set from the Penns raffle that Mr. Reid
contributed.
They really come in handy, especially in low light situations.


I'm starting to think about carrying prethreaded flies with me for dusk
fishing. Is there a way to carry, say, a dozen flies with enough leader on
them (for loop-to-loop connections) without having a tangled or spiraly
mess?

--riverman


You, IJ, and others might wish to look into snelled hook
holders/carriers. You can buy the plastic, spring-loaded types for
about 2-3-4.00USD, so trying it out wouldn't be too much of a loss if it
didn't work out.

TC,
R

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"Tom Littleton" wrotecom...
snakefiddler notes:
had to have my son
"thread" a couple flies for me this week because the eye was so
small;
my
increasingly compromised eyesight failed me.
damn old age! :-(

they make special magnifiers which clip onto the inside of hatbrims
for
just
such senior moments.

Nice things, those. I got a set from the Penns raffle that Mr. Reid
contributed.
They really come in handy, especially in low light situations.


I'm starting to think about carrying prethreaded flies with me for dusk
fishing. Is there a way to carry, say, a dozen flies with enough leader on
them (for loop-to-loop connections) without having a tangled or spiraly
mess?

--riverman

Would this work?
http://www.orvis.com/store/product_c...&feature_id=17

Ron

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I'm starting to think about carrying prethreaded flies with me for dusk
fishing. Is there a way to carry, say, a dozen flies with enough leader
on
them (for loop-to-loop connections) without having a tangled or spiraly
mess?

--riverman

Would this work?

http://www.orvis.com/store/product_c...&feature_id=17



Yeah, might. If I get the idea correctly, there are already several flies
already threaded onto the tippet, but not knotted. You pull the tippet
through the fly, snip it off between that fly and the next, and tie the
knot. You'd lose some variability with fly/tippet combinations, but if you
already know what patterns you're most likely to be using, you can have them
prethreaded.

I bet some sort of system could be done from a homemade rig. Thanks for the
link: anyone ever used something like this?

--riverman

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http://www.orvis.com/store/product_c...&feature_id=17



Yeah, might. If I get the idea correctly, there are already several flies
already threaded onto the tippet, but not knotted. You pull the tippet
through the fly, snip it off between that fly and the next, and tie the
knot. You'd lose some variability with fly/tippet combinations, but if you
already know what patterns you're most likely to be using, you can have
them
prethreaded.

I bet some sort of system could be done from a homemade rig. Thanks for
the
link: anyone ever used something like this?

D'oH! After a closer look, I see that its just a holder with six eye
threaders that are already preloaded with flies. You slip your tippet
through the threader, slip the fly onto the line, and the rest is as usual.
Its even better than how I percieved it before, as you don't lose the
ability to change the tippet size. Back to the original question: anyone
here ever used line threaders?

--riverman

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:56:19 +0200, "riverman" wrote:



D'oH! After a closer look, I see that its just a holder with six eye
threaders that are already preloaded with flies. You slip your tippet
through the threader, slip the fly onto the line, and the rest is as usual.
Its even better than how I percieved it before, as you don't lose the
ability to change the tippet size. Back to the original question: anyone
here ever used line threaders?

--riverman

I haven't used "tippet threaders," but they look just like Orvis-ized
versions of what my grandmother used to thread needles, and I have used
one of those (to thread needles). It seemed to work easily and just as
it should. With that in mind, you might find a MUCH cheaper version at
a sewing store/department, sans the holder/box, of course, and try it
out before you plonk down for the yuppie version. Heck, from looking at
it, I'm don't see a real advantage to the Orvis version, but YMMV.

TC,
R

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D'oH! After a closer look, I see that its just a holder with six eye
threaders that are already preloaded with flies. You slip your tippet
through the threader, slip the fly onto the line, and the rest is as
usual.
Its even better than how I percieved it before, as you don't lose the
ability to change the tippet size. Back to the original question: anyone
here ever used line threaders?

--riverman



I had used one and I liked it, but I rarely use flies small enough to need
the threader, so I donated it to a raffle years ago. FWIW, C&F makes those
(3M) and lots of people sell them, like Cabelas.

http://www.cabelas.com/products/Cpod0001432.jsp

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