Flytyer

Dryfly could you please add the next component?

It's obvious not everyone is going to like whatever the final design happens to be....but think about it at least you have been asked for an opinion as far as ideas go. Several suggestions actually have used copyrighted materials in them which cannot be used, even the the idea can be a copyright infringement. You thoughts are appreciated non the less but please try to consider there are lots of issues to look into when designing and producing things.

Pacres could you add the next component please?

Trout lover please pick some else to select the next component. I have to say I've never heard of weighting a steelhead fly, usually your line choice it was gets it to its depth.

I have never tried steaming so can't say it works well or not. I have done several searches on the subject and no instruction of any kind has come up for my searches

Vernille is available here but it's still called chenille...I forget off hand if it's ultra chenille or micro that it falls under.

That reminds of South Park and the South Park movie where Cartman sings about Kyle's mom that part cracks me up everytime I see it

Rick you may or may not be aware of this but chenille comes in different thicknesses so it can be thin or thick depending on choice

I found out how: there are 2 ways: one is by steaming and the other is by knicking the hair on the back side of the curve and bending backwards. It's the knicking one I know I had seen but forgotten.

Rick I see you found something to add....you did just fine

One of several reasons why I started this .......to get some to try something different......never know you might find something useable on you standard tying to make it more effective

Please Note: Poll Closes at Noon November 9 MST

I did write them twice and still waiting to hear back from them. I'm not happy with them as I wrote them the last time in June.

Here are the 3 finalists to be selected from:

Glad in a sorry way to see it's not just me that has noticed this. I have been using turkey of late but I'm not getting the end result I want, turkey biots are too translucent for what I have been tying of late.

If it's cork you really want does it have to be rod handles, you could try corks from wine bottles, not as big I know but you could use a perspective kind of arrangement to pull it off.

I'll have to try it someday. Thanks LF

I misunderstood that sorry for the confusion....I have heard of nuking with koolaid before but have never tried it before

I 've thrown out alot that has been nuked and I would never recommend it to anyone........if its fresh best thing I have found was flesh, wash , salt and then wash again...never failed yet this way......drying wings is a knack in itself that I let me brother do as he is good at it

Hareline's are the only ones that I have left that are any good........need tan , pmd , bwo, brown,yellow , red to start with

Most of our materials that we tie with come from herbivores......same as vegetarians in humans

The combination of freeze nuke isn't effective either.The most effective way of getting rid of most potential or actual pests is by washing your materials in warm soapy water, and rinsing very thoroughly.. This will also improve many materials with regard to their appearance, and handling qualities.

Have any of you been getting any decent goose biots? A couple of weeks back I was looking for some and in one shop I looked at everyone they had and found the quality inferior and I would never use them so they stayed at that shop. The same thing at a second shop. The biots I looked at were like they were burnt or had some reaction to the dyeing process as in the middle of the strip large numbers of biots were missing a good part of their make up. Anyone else been getting stuff like this?

Don't nuke your materials to kill bugs it doesn't kill everything. Some bugs are very heat resistant

No problem Din I just happened to notice it and being that there seems to be a number of new tyers looking in I thought it was the right thing to do.