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    Merry Christmas

    Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a healthy, Happy  New Year!! Next year’s gotta get better.  :D
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    Mustad Skipjack’s, updated 6/30

    Got to take a quick peek at the Mustads that I ordered. They look pretty good and appeared to be a bit heavier. This AM I grabbed a mic and compared with a EC that was close by and it appears that the mustads are about .004 heavier. I’ll have to check closer maybe tonight to make sure I was...
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    Here's Some

    Been pretty quiet around here as I figure everyones probably busy. Have had these done for quite a while and just haven't gotten them on here. Had a few min this AM so here ya go. The blue looking spin in the upper left is suppose to be blue and purple but didn't show up that way. 1/8 to 1/32...
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    Free Feathers (almost)

    This almost made me cry. First off the pheasant population around here is sparse compared to what it was in the 60's & 70's but they'r coming back a little with some help. I was going to town and at the top of the hill I see something in the road in the other lane. Yep, someone had hit a nice...
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    Crappy Weather

    We've been having our usual windy spring this year that keeps us from getting any spraying done or even having any fun.  I was really surprised when I checked out the surface map that you guys in the mid west and around the great lakes are having what looks like winter all over again. Didn't...
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    Thin Skin Material

    Having tried the Wapsi thin skin and really wasn't impressed especially with the $$ I searched around a bit. Plastic bags weren't the right texture and didn't really stretch right plus finding a consistent piece of plastic from containers was a pain. Was walking through Wally World and saw the...
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    Speed Shad Packaging

    Ordered some BP Speed shad's to give a try and noticed that they were packaged in a clamshell pack. Also noticed that some of the other brands (keitech) came that way and wondered if the reason was to keep them from getting smashed. I wanted to put them in my regular tackle binders but don't...
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    Woolie Boolie?

    Was just messing around with some long shank hooks.  1/8oz jig EC 574 hook Arctic Fox Neck Hackle Midnight Fire Chenille A pink spacer bead and thread with a #2 prop
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    Eyelash Yarn Tail

    With much help from Richmc I tried making a tail for one of my standup jigs. Also made a adapter for my dubbing spinner to help furl the yarn. This is the first one that I got to turn out half way decent. Thanks again Rich.
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    Lake Progression

    Just thought I'd post some updated progression pics of our local lake filling. Someone said that they had seen a fish jump one day while they were out on a kayak and we figured that some would wash down from the other lakes. Also saw a mess of tadpoles at the end of the boat ramp and the bird...
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    Wool for Dubbin?

    Could combed out wool be used for dubbin bodies on jigs? Pro's/Cons? Never dubbed before but thought it might be a good material. I've been saving the fine's that I comb out of the bucktails and anything else but that takes a while to build some up.
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    Our Lakes Are Filling!

    After a Long dry spell we'r getting some much needed water! Many of our local scab land lakes have been dry or were on the verge of drying up but now are receiving the much needed water. After a wet fall and a generous snowpack things are looking up. Pacific lake north of Odessa has been dry...
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    Sagging Powder Paint

    Been having troubles with my paint sagging during the curing process lately. It doesn't happen with the solid colors only when I double dip with a candy & glitter coat. The cure temp on the glitters is around 275 and I've even cut it down to 225 with more time but even then some of them will...
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    Cross Cut Zonker Tying

    Anyone have some pictures of jigs tied with cross cut zonkers? How are they used?  I'm trying to figure out if they would work as a collar or something similar. Not sure how I would attach them though. Thanks for any help.
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    Sally's Staining Powder Paint

    I have two bottles of Sally's hard as nails. One is older than the other but still fluid. I mixed a very small amount of Acetone to thin it a bit for a needle applicator. I glued some 3D eye's on a chartreuse powder painted head and it left a yellow ring around the eye. I thought it had melted...
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    Underspin Insert Direction

    Just picked up a 3514 herring head underspin mold. For those of you that have the herring mold and fished them do you think that it makes any difference which direction the opening is on the swivel wire, forward or back? I've seen them done both ways but in my pea brain I would think that if the...
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    It WAS the Bobbin.

    Earlier I had asked about how to continue tying after breaking a thread as I was having a problem with that. Thought I had gotten a bad spool of thread because the bobbin was brand new and it couldn't be that......wrong! Tried another spool and broke off 3 times before even getting the base...
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    Broken Thread

    Just wondering what techniques are used when you break a thread off in the middle or end of a tie? Don't know if I got a weak section of thread or am just being Ham fisted today but have broken off 3 times on two jigs. I just un-wound some on the jig and re-wrapped over and under the broken...
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    Thread Colors

    Just wondered how many colors of thread everyone keeps on hand? Do you just have the basics of blk, white, red, pink, orange and brown or do you try and match what your tying? I've pretty much decided on my sizes of 140 and 210 but it seems like when I'm trying to come up with something...
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    Got Some Fox & Kip

    Ordered some of the grab bag fox and also got some kip to try from Waters West. (thanks for the tip Fatman!) Tied a couple each just to test it out and like you all have said it really looks like it'll flow nicely and should hold up. But boy is it slippery and I think if you ever dropped a cut...
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