Flytyer

Done the air miles thing several times but nothing better than that.

A gallow's tool:

You can make your own little helpers with just a few blocks of wood some lenghts of 1/8" rod and alligator clips with some tubing slipped over the jaws. With these materials you can make most any kind of holder or "hand" you want; even a gallows tool for tying parachutes.

Looks like a nice little place to slip away to for a few hours of R &R. Thanks for sharing AC

I would call that a straight eye for sure

Ice dubbing in olive brown is very close to it for a substitute if you can't find it.

An observation about scuds/shrimp patterns.....people I have talked to that fish these types of patterns all seem to agree on one thing; the hook eye not being turned down/ or in depending on how you look at it....they claim the straight eye is best for the swimming motion. Makes sense if you think about it.

This has possiblities.

This was done once before with us and Writer 1 has done a few of these and he stated that it takes a long time to get one of these to work. He would gather up materials and send off to participants and they would create flies, problem was some never got the materials or their flies didn't make it back to their destination. I'm sure Writer may add some more top this as he has the most experience with this type of swap.

No one has any other ideas?

I'd tie that bead body directly to the hook and eliminate what you wound on the hook already.

I built several similar to this ; all of them have a drawer underneath and a row of film cannister holders which is quite handy.

Are you doing an extended body by chance? Sounds like one to me.

Surprising that peacock sword isn't used more often, it is much fuller and has really great irredesence.

These are the ones I have been using for floss.....I prefer the titanium over the ruby but both are suitable.

Strange that it wouldn't boot but happy you got it going again.

The wife has one of those too and it's been a PITA ever since she got it , thankfully her employer paid for it and thier IT tries to fix it. If I'm not mistaken the battery is not easy to remove. If the battery is charging it should take a few hours but it should be useable while your charging it. That why I like Macs.

Did you try removing the battery and try booting with it out? What brand is it? My thinking it should run with the cord regardless but maybe more here than one figures.

My rule of thumb most of time time is I want it in my hand to inspect it's quality before I buy materials. As most of you know materials are getting pricey. A picture is not worth a thousand words as the saying in alot of cases with online stores.

I agree with you Don it's not the best solution but if one is in a pinch it could get one through. True it does require some effort as well. I just passed that info on in case someone could be out in a remote area and is in a bt of a bind.

I never varnish floss.

I forgot to mention that with floss the less you touch it with your fingers and hands the less likely you are to cause damage to it, ie break strands in th floss that will stick out all over the place.

I'm assuming that the school of thought you are asking about has to do with bobbins used for floss or wire.....bobbins make the material handling so much easier, especially floss when you want it to stay flat, especially true on any kind of a rotary vise. I use the tradional type bobbins more for use with wire, floss, vinyl ribbing , tubing or and thing else that can be stored on a spool. It's just so much easier to handle when contained with something you can hold in your hand.

West Winds had it last time I was there , they also had the kit as well.

Don I have yet to wear out or nick a stainless on yet that have the thicker walls and polished radii. Now the flared end ones that's another matter. Their use is limited to spooled wire. There is alot to be said about the grade and hardness of the stainless steel being used for the majority of stainless bobbins. If you have a stainless bobbin with a nick in it you can polish it out using kevlar thread for those of you that are not aware of this bit of info.