ladystrange

she's a little old for me, but what the hell.

i have 3 vices with additional jaws for 2 of them, bases and c-clamp style for 2 and i have no idea what any of them are.. but they work

well. if we get enough interest (HINT...HINT) i will be tying a bunch for the UK FLY TYING SWAP (cough, cough, HINT) - see fly swap **POKE** i will do a few more and i should have them to you before the NHL mid season break

you should try the GOLFERS all that talk about balls and shafts, flex and grip. geez. BTW, move over, the gutter is getting crowded

SWEEET!!! i'm in for a touque. did i miss a memo, when did the touue talk start? just call me enthusiastic

OH, pick me, pick me.... oh... PLEAAAASSSSEEEE, pick me. i'll go !!!!!

babies smell good? not the ones that get passed off to me. and if only the colicy ones would actually sleep. otherwise, i like kids just fine. as long as i can fill them full of sugar, shake 'em up, give them something noisy and give them back... lol i'm an aunt. can you tell? beautiful babies boys, U's dun good my baby is furry, he'll sleep on your chest... all 15lbs of him but he's kinda smelly.

how young is young? i'm a sucker for brogue... **sigh** welcome scotfly, glad to see you escaped as well

what the hell, i'll jump in on this one too. after reading this thread and spending 10min to do so that i will never get back but had nothing better to do anyway while i spend another 5 min to write this... i was thinking granted, i'm new and in all fairness to everyone, the forum seems to be extremely open for anyone to say almost anything, which i do agree we should not be posting names etc, but the comment on the service. if someone wants the PM with the name, so be it. anyway, if this was a fully censored forum the thread would have been locked ages ago. otherwise, this has been a good conversation and thoroughly entertaining... and then bock, bock, bock jumped into my head. i was also beginning to wonder when MKM was going to show up to see what got started, which i am sure was not the intention. but at least we know that the whomever the guide is actually read this and stepped up to correct his/her poor judgement in their lack of communication. shows you how small the fishing community is, which is why i support the position of the mod/admin so in the end, all is well and right again. can i come to never never flyfishing land too? beats going to work tomorrow

just sos i know how long i can procrastinate for... i assume the flies will be due beginning of April?

i really hate to hear things like this. stupid, stupid people who dont know the direction of their mussle or the distance a bullet can travel -if this was an 'accident', if it was on purpose, i'd like to string the *%%*$#@er up by their toes and let mother nature take it's course. thanks for the update.

so now i actually have a question instead of dorky comment.. why wriggle and break the copper wrap rather than cut. i mean other than to save the edge on the expensive scissors? i ask only because i have cheap scissors that is only used for cutting wire wrapping but do find the wire difficult to bend down and keep the tag end flush with the hook. would i get the same issue if i break the wire with the tag end sticking up a mm ish any suggestions? i guess i could use the pliers to flatten it down but i dont want to squish the wire out of shape either.

that's just awesome. i like simple flies. lol. looks like i have another house sitting tying project. i suspect it will take less time than my beaded flies. ooo, beaded body, with straggle fritz/ice chenielle between the beads... this could take long than first anticipated.

well then, AL or AC. lol. now i'm just confused so i will stick with AL. that is beautiful material... how much does a package cost. i would gladly be interested in a few of those colours if i cant find it over here. i'll head the fly shop tomorrow night and ask to take a look at their straggle fritz selection, and hope they look me in the eye, without laughing, and pick up some. i'm sure i could use red olive and black besides, i need some orange badger hackle while i'm there anyway

it looks like another friend of mine is going to join. i told him to come check out the board

it is an interesting article. i dont agree with the conditions the animals are kept in. i do think that the provinces should take a more realistic stand with harsher penalties for poachers. i cant say that i can tell some one their beliefs are wrong or stupid. in most asian cultures, any animal that has it's back to the sky is fair game, so basically no people and no primates (yes i know the primate thing doesnt always count, ie: monkey brains) but there is probably a more humane way of harvesting meat for food and other parts for whatever. but then again, if it's just food... thinking beef

like the pattern. i think it would work well. certainly looks simple' but AL... what's a straggle fritz? or can i just call it sparkle/tinsle crystal-flashy kind of spiky wrap threadish stuff in black and irridescent blue for sake of argument? will my darling friends at the local fly shop know what i'm asking for when i walk in and ask one of them to point me to the closest rack of straggle fritz or look at me as though i have 3 breasts on my forehead and just fell out of a picaso painting

There's a soft approach? i was not aware of this. humm. tact has never been a virtue of mine. how about crying and pouting? does that work on men? i've heard it does but never tried it. Would it be crass to threaten tears if more people dont sign up? I'll pout, really, I will. it's not a pretty sight. and then i may even have to resort to begging. and that's just down right ugly then...

ok boys, call me the bossy female if you want to. i was hoping to drum up a little enthusiasm. flytyer has been kind enough to contact a few people over the pond to set up a fly swap with the UK boys. it seems so far we only have 4 interested parties to the UK's 10 or so, I haven't check today for how many they actually have ready and waiting to tie us a few flies but they are putting us to shame. personally, i think this is a great oppertunity to learn, expand our knowledge and share so here's the kick in the butt. if you are curious and interested, come join us. if you are concerned about not knowing what to tie, go and check out the forum http://ukflydressing.proboards83.com/index.cgi some of the members even have their own websites with step by step instructions with pictures. plus a ton of helpful hints. Thanks guys. and i'll try to keep my bossiness to myself.

i second jeffro, the gall bladder is located above and behind the liver, sort of next to the spleen, the paws are in high demand as well. i could also see the heart being in demand. the rear could have been from cavengers... ever heard how the vulture became bald - old native story from many different bands, but basically most scavengers will start at the anus and work their way in unless there is another opening without a lot of hair. i mean really, who likes to eat hair anyway...

i like my hodgemans 5mm neopreans

and here i thought you ALWAYS looked like that...

hallo all from across the pond, to you from one of the gals. nice to see another scot... though a few generations back for me i must add. i'm looking forward to checking out some of your patterns as i am indeed interested in the international swap but have no idea as to what to tie for you. any suggestions would be greatly apprecated. it seems my local book store was sadly lacking in any fly patterns international or the sort.

problem first is, under 7.5 mp, you don't have the printing quality of a 35mm film camera. so if you get a great picture the only thing it will be good for is on your computer or a 5x7. 2nd, unless you are in dark conditions (like picutres of stars) you shouldnt be using an iso greater than 200 because of the noise. which you will get on any film or digital camera anyway. sure it would be nice to have a waterproof camera under 400 but it isnt worth anything to me if the only thing i can do with the pictures is look at it on my computer.

LOL, i'm so there. Sweet!!! someone bring the tunes. need the mission impossible sound track playing in the background