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For the first time since my eye surgery, I got to go fishing. I was happier than a kid at Christmas. They were stocking trout that day and since I've never caught trout, I was pretty anxious. My wife, mom and I had a terrific day. It was mighty nice talking with other fishermen/women. There were...

Hey guys, I'm sorry I haven't been on much. My life has been turned upside down and I'm trying to figure out what's next for me. I've been having vision problems for about the last year. Whenever I read or use my eyes heavily for a few minutes, I start seeing double. My eye doc told me I have...

I thought I would share my fly trying storage ideas. I'm always looking for cheap storage.  This main container came from Michaels. Normally , they are 10 bucks, but you can catch them on sale 3 for 10 or use their weekly coupon for 40 to 50% off. This is a 14" X 14" and it's about 3" deep...

Do you give your Mom anything for Valentine's Day? Here's what I am making my Mom. It's 16 gauge aluminum wire wrapped with red silver lined glass beads. The wrapping wire is 0.030 aluminum welding wire. I'm not done yet, I need to finish the other side with beads and then I bought a small...

I'm getting a lot of these messages. Is it me or the site?

I've been working on blending dubbing and wanted to see how it looked on a jig. I'm working on different ways to incorporate into my tying. Next time going to add a little sparkle. Of course this is just a rough draft, but what do you think? Dry Wet

On a recent visit, my 14 yo grandson was real interested in my fly tying stuff. I sat him down and helped him to ty a fly. He's mostly into electronics like most kids nowadays, but I was considering going a different route this year. I just bought a new vice and my old one is collecting dust. I...

Not sure about this one. I mixed together white fingernail polish, just a touch of Aztec gold powder and painted head. When it was dry, a coat of clear polish and followed it up with sparkle polish. Pearl grey marabou, flash, variegated coffe/white chenille.

My best friend has a Birtgday this week. I need to get him some jigs mailed!!!

awhile back I ordered some Bucktail and marabou from a supplier. I'm just now getting around to using some of it. It looks like maybe it was an "In house" dye job. The color from the marabout comes off on my fingers and when I opened the Bucktail package, I noticed a smell. It's not a horrible...

Dubbing After playing around with different brands of yarn, I find I like Red Heart the best. It just seems to be softer and not get "pills" when I blend it. I'm on a dubbing kick at the moment. I've got about 8 different base colors I'm playing with.

I'm making a few up for a friend. Whatcha think?

I had a fun today. I tried some new to me techniques and tied a few flies. So, what did you guys do today? This is a pinkish shrimpy looking dubbing that I blended and then spun on a needle and coated in head cement. I made a tail for my damsel fly the same way. The black bands where made...

My version of The Clem Kadittle Hopper. If you haven't watched Fish Tales, you really need to check out his videos on YouTube.

Ordered some hooks online and had them in 3 days! They also gave me 3 fly boxes with my order. Good folks!

Dubbing is Angora Goat, Wing of bucktail. Blue bead and size 12 Scud hook.

Ready for Bluegill? Wanted to break in the new vice tonight. This is a 1/124 jig. It's called a Caps Spider. Been wanting to try this one. I didn't have any chenille, so I had to substitute black sparkle braid. I also going to make a few with peacock herl as well.

There's definitely going to be a learning curve. I can see it has both good and bad points. True, winding material is fast and efficient. The hook stays true on its axis and makes putting on thread, chenille, and dubbing almost effortless. Winding dubbing is different. No need for a dubbing loop...

Today only 20% off all hooks!!! Plus 3 free fly boxes with a 60.00 order. Just ordered mine. Should have plenty of hooks for a little while

I have a question. I want a Regal vice, but I'm trying to save a few pennies. I was wondering if I bought the head and stem of the Regal, would it fit my current base? Here is my current base of my Terra vice.