SilverDoctor

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It will be fairly seamless.

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Everyone seems to think that the crude oil industry is only to service gas for cars. There are other massive industries that are involved from Heating oil, the roads we drive on, the electronics we use, furniture we sit on and the clothes we wear. Plastics alone are a mainstay of our society.

Major Rod Co. operated out of Nova Scotia in the 40's and 50's. They built both Bamboo and later mostly Fiberglass. Like all vintage rods its condition plus if it has it original sock, tube etc. They built a variety of mid and lower end products from what I have seen. Some of thie ffiberglass rods had "O" rings for a tighter fit. Hope this helps. Pictures always help immensely in rod ID. Especially the close ups of the grip and any logos or writing on the rod. Hope this helps

Thank you Vic for always honest reports and advice. Great little shop for someone to pick up.

Skwala Stonefly

Your more than welcome Don. One of these days when I scratch together some sheckles you'll be building a SD special.

Nice job on the winged wets. still killer flies.

I seem to find myself drooling on my keyboard

That is a beauty

Tried it once but I found it too soft for nice hinge. Thick mono or light wire works better IMOO.

With a tip of the hat and complements to one of our own master craftsmen.

Hi FlyTrapper, You can use longer saddle hackles and shorten it, jut put it into a dubbing loop and adjust & cut to the right length, then wrap like regular hackle. This is how I did it before custom genetic hackle came along. Genetic hackle although more expensive goes a long way and is much easier to work with as the stem is more consistent and finer for wrapping. A far as the thread breaking there are 2 things you can look at, first your bobbin, be sure it's not cutting your thread at the tube end, steel bobbins are notorious for doing this over time. As you tie you sharpen the edges of the tube and add gouges. Ceramic tubes are the ticket. The second and more important is learning thread control. Spend some time wrapping on a bare hook and applying pressure to see where the breaking point of the thread is, get a feel for it before tying. It also helps to start with loose wraps and slowly apply more pressure as you go and flair. Winter deer hair can often "Cut" thread, summer is finer and easier to work with when you are starting out. Look for Costal deer hair or elk, its easier to work with and more suited to smaller patterns.

First of a series of extended tail Mayflies to fool those cagy Old Browns.

Fluttering Golden Stone

Hatching Stone

Rusty Compendium

Foxie Stone

Wonderful pictures, thansk for posting.

Perhaps, I intend to give it the old college try again this summer. I tried popping it along butt the Browns scattered. I want to tie some really small ones up.

Tried tossing a mouse in some of my small stream big brown waters, put em down for hours.

They rose to a number 28 Sluggo Dry fly. Took Skwala out to his backing twice.

Just a few more, hope they help to break up your winter

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