What's in your vise?

[clarkman]

Quick and dirty trout streamer for fishing on a dry line (easier to swap back and forth between indi nymphing and streamer. I crammed 2 3.8mm tungsten beads behind the brass cone.

 

[Kfish]

Anchovies are good, not these but the ones that were dispatched to get this empty container.

 

[Dr. Magill]

Couple of craft fur baitfish and EP brush for body.

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That’s some pretty work
Those eyes are tricky - that might be one reason people avoid using them.

 

[Zak]

Winged wet, size 14.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Epting

Tip - Red floss
Tail - Orange
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Black
Wing - Gray mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[Brute]

 

[Norm Frechette]

La Diane du Suroit

Philippe Desfossés

Body - Flashabou Accent in green Highlander or substitute
Wings - Wood duck flank feather
Throat - Wood duck flank feather
Thorax - Green (No. 57) and black Scintilla or substitute

 

[EmergingFisher]

 

[Kfish]

Cranked out some soft hackles today, size 10 & 14.

 

[Draketake]

@Kfish,

Those are very, very nice soft hackles. I think I will have to plagerize them if you dont mind.

Have a good weekend all.

Bob

 

[Zak]

Cranked out some soft hackles today, size 10 & 14.

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Those look great! Did you counterwrap the herl with mono, or wrap the herl over superglue, or otherwise reinforce it?

 

[Kfish]

Those look great! Did you counterwrap the herl with mono, or wrap the herl over superglue, or otherwise reinforce it?

I wrap flash over the body, wet it down with uv epoxy, wrap the herl then zap it. Not the most durable but good enough

 

[Zak]

I wrap flash over the body, wet it down with uv epoxy, wrap the herl then zap it. Not the most durable but good enough

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! I counter wrapped the herl with mono thread.

 

[Bagman]

Got a question for all you great tiers. My daughter is living in Idaho and has some chickens, she also picked up some guinea foul and sent me some feathers from the guinea’s. I picked up a few feathers from a garage sale awhile back and they had some bugs I was lucky enough to have kept them in the closed bag that they came in so I didn’t get any bugs in my feathers. My question is how do I go about kill the bugs if they’re any in my guinea foul feathers from my daughter to insure not to get bugs in my other feathers? Can I just soak them in IPA?

 

[Kfish]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! I counter wrapped the herl with mono thread.
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Nice, clear mono is a great idea - didn’t think of that!

 

[Divad]

Got a question for all you great tiers. My daughter is living in Idaho and has some chickens, she also picked up some guinea foul and sent me some feathers from the guinea’s. I picked up a few feathers from a garage sale awhile back and they had some bugs I was lucky enough to have kept them in the closed bag that they came in so I didn’t get any bugs in my feathers. My question is how do I go about kill the bugs if they’re any in my guinea foul feathers from my daughter to insure not to get bugs in my other feathers? Can I just soak them in IPA?

I read on the old site to freeze for a couple weeks, take out and freeze again for a week. Others state you can also microwave it for 30 seconds, but if I did that I might want to do a test piece first.

Salt and borax granules afterwards. If your tying storage is in an area prone to bugs then mothballs or some other smelly deterrent would be good to keep either in the bag or drawer.

 

[joefromchicago]

I read on the old site to freeze for a couple weeks, take out and freeze again for a week. Others state you can also microwave it for 30 seconds, but if I did that I might want to do a test piece first.

Salt and borax granules afterwards. If your tying storage is in an area prone to bugs then mothballs or some other smelly deterrent would be good to keep either in the bag or drawer.

Storing materials in ziplock sandwich and/or freezer bags and plastic tubs will prevent spreading or re-infection. Mites will also show up in hair materials as well, make sure they are not contaminated.

 

[Scottp]

Pheasant Bits Crippler

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 camel
tail - pheasant neck
rib - small wire gold
body - Ice Dub pheasant tail
hackle - ginger
1st shoulder - pheasant shoulder
2nd shoulder - pheasant neck

Playing around with some of the lesser-used parts of a ringneck.

The shoulder feather is a warm golden ginger color; beautiful on it’s own and easy enough to dye (a good sub for increasingly hard to come by golden pheasant).

The neck feathers have very neat markings; really need to incorporate them more into my flies.

Regards,
Scott

 

[flybill]

Anchovies are good, not these but the ones that were dispatched to get this empty container.

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Did you leave the oil in the can?!? haha! So good!

 

[Kfish]

Did you leave the oil in the can?!? haha! So good!

No I cleaned it really well