"$350 to $400 doesn't even get you a decent vise and a good set of tools"
"i'd have to say that if you wanna save money.buy your flies"
"and ALL fly tyers, collect flies"
"buy what you need for your fishin', and that's IT. But nobody does
that..most fly fishers, and ALL fly tyers, c
"Any evidence regarding the health of business is anecdotal, but according to
knowledgeable people, sales of fly-tying tools and materials are percolating
along and may even be improving."
David Klausmeyer Fall 2009 "Fly Tyer"
Rick
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I will try, but just seems like too much work, when there are other ways of
doing the same thing.
At least that is my take on it.
On his tying supplies wall, there are 24 colors of the new Mega Simi Seal.
I'm sure John will send them to you if you order them.
He can blend any color you want. He
I never got into fly tying to save money, but if I ever get around to
retiring & opening up a shop, I may get a little of it backJ Admittedly,
some of the materials I've purchased will last a long time, some of them
will even be bequeathed, but I always buy a few when I'm on a trip from the
locals
Just this list is a contributing factor.
ION I'm back for the day, going back to Chicago tomorrow but I'll be back in
the evening. Major changes for Marcie's mom, but she's out of the hospital &
in rehab for a couple of weeks. Flies are in the mail, I'll make it up to
you guys when I get the chanc
From: markflie...@hotmail.com
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I have a buddy that is the only guy I know that saves money tying flies. He
ties 10 patterns that he believes he can take just about anywhere and only owns
the stuff for them. His whol
From: markflie...@hotmail.com
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:25:15 -0600
Looks like we should have the new Swallows Nest Fly Tyers pins ready for
Conclave and for sale at my table. Drop by and pick one up. They're $10 each,
and the money we make will go
From: markflie...@hotmail.com
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Subject: RE: [VFB] Tying Videos
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:57:19 -0600
Took a look at the videos..they're cool. John is a very n
From: markflie...@hotmail.com
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Subject: RE: [VFB] Re: Tying Videos
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:12:49 -0600
He told me a few months ago he was gonna send me some samples of the new
stuff..after i get that.i'll be ordering every color he has.
From: markflie...@hotmail.com
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:22:21 -0600
Rick, let's hope that's true...sure as hell be a step in the right
direction.if we could even get one fifth of the planets population
to take up fly tying and Jazz..
It has been a LONG time since I have posted. Here is my two cents on the
saving money.
You can save money tying flies. However, you must be willing to spend extra
time to procure and manufacture supplies and equipment.
1) find a taxidermist. Lots of material can be had for free - including
When I got into tying 45 or so years ago, it cost me nothing, per say. I tied
with my fingers- no vise or bobbins, used dressmakers scissors, feathers from
my pillow or BB-gun shot birds off the fence, and the like. Tied bluegill and
panfish flies that caught one fish each, if I was lucky.
1s
That's why some of us are still young. We didn't want to be the first tiers
on earth. No point in being born in
an era of hardly anything to chose from, when there were better times (and
hackle quality) to come.
Right Jester?"Huh... did you say something?"
/Nick
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He really is a great asset to fly fishing.
A couple of years ago at one of the Outdoor/Boat/Hunting/Fishing Expo's Charles
Meck was there and I bought one of his books. He and John Rohmer wrote the
book. I later had John sign the book for me.
It seems as though Charles is a "Snow Bird" and comes
From: markflie...@hotmail.com
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:03:06 -0600
everybody who comes to it...comes to it in their own time and
fashion.like any other worthy endevor. after that, again.it's
"Choices." are you gonna dabble.
From: markflie...@hotmail.com
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:21:37 -0600
Keith Fulsher uses a bullet shell for a hair stackerin my early days of
tyin', i use to go to the Garmet district (Furiurs in the 30's on the west side
off Broadway), and get
From: markflie...@hotmail.com
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 12:41:30 -0600
i took a workshop with Meck once at the Somerset show in the 90's.was
called, "So you wanna be an authoror writer".somethin' like that. It
was very good. i also went
Don, those were the good old days. That's nothing. Al Fish told me that they
used to fashion their flies from bits of dinosaur fur lashed to rocks that they
would throw at the trout.
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> From: Don Ordes
> Subject: [VFB] Re: FW: fly tying costs
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I never buy copper wire in the tyng shops..too expensive. You can get it much
cheaper if you ask your nearby hospital or out patient surgery center to save
you some of their throw away cautery grounding wires..one thrown away with
every case. The wires look like speaker wire, and a cheap wire s
Hi VFB,
I've been frustrated in trying to locate the recipe for a pattern by
Jack Baumann called the Whizz Kid.
The recipe is supposed to be in Terry Hellekson's "Fish Flies".
If anyone has that book, could you please post the recipe for Whizz Kid?
Been to three big book stores in two cities, a
Here is the site
http://www.fishingwithflies.com/WhizKid.html
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From: markflie...@hotmail.com
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:12:43 -0600
LMAOw/Jeff.yeah, that was WAY "Back in the
Days".lol.he MUST be older than dirt...all they had
back then was LAVA.
> Date: Sat, 12 Sep
From: markflie...@hotmail.com
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:23:02 -0600
Very ledgeable Joyce. How can i get those hackle pliers? Tkx., mark.i'll
send you more hooks if you need a bribe.hehehehehe
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Outstanding Harmen, much appreciated!
Wes
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Harmen Boshuis wrote:
> Here is the site
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> http://www.fishingwithflies.com/WhizKid.html
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Yeah, Nick,
Don't even speak of genetic hackle back where I lived tying in the 60's- 'cause
there wernt nun. I remember the drooling in the flyshops over every new
genetic advances Mr. Hoffman was making in the late 70's and early 80's with
his grizzly necks. If we had a sweet spot of two inc
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