build a thread bump that is a snug fit on the bead, a few wrap of thread in the
front as a stop. and then use super glue to affix Try using glass beads
BobH
- Original Message -
From: "Chuck Alexander"
To: "Virtual Fly Box" , "fly fishing for panfish"
Sent: Wednesday, January 6,
Chuck,
This may rattle some but here is what I do with plastic beads of the right size
that have no recess for the bend clearance. I normally have to do this for the
plastic beads on the WRD. The plastic bead will not go around the bend, If I
force it it will split. If I use a bigger bead
Tony: Sounds like a good idea to Me. Thanks, Chuck
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From: Anthony Spezio
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 6:22 AM
Subject: [VFB] Re: Tiny Fly Question
Chuck,
This may rattle some but he
Mart,
I ordered the Midge book, I have Mike's book. If you ever get to come back out
here, I will have you sign the Midge book where your flies are.
Tony
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I'm in Alabama, but it's FREEZIN' LOL..Below is an NOAA link to our
forecast for the next week or so. It might be a good think cause I
have always wanted to go ice fishing LOL.. Chuck
One of the things that Tony said was what I would say - pinch the barb
down. Next get the right size bead for the hook. Glass is not as flexible
but I have found that they are not consistent with the sizes. You can try
several and some will work and some won't. Tony's idea of bending the hook
i
Mike, I know this will worry some tyers and I am sure some hooks will be too
brittle like the old VMC hooks. I have had no problems with the Eagle Claw
hooks I use and most of the Mustads.. On some of the old Mustads, most that
broke was when I pinched down the barb so I quit using them.Like I s
A lot of the new hooks for flyfishing are micro-barb, so they don't pose much
of a problem.
I rarely squash a barb flat, unless the hook is brittle and the barb doesn't
bend.
I prefer to bend the barb down to a very shallow profile- east to remove & set,
but it won't just fall out.
If I'm settin
I know this is kind of getting off topic but I have knows some tyers that have
used a cigarette lighter to anneal the bend to open it up a bit. I have not
resorted to that.
Plastic beads are my problem not many brass beads.
Don, you are right about the old Mustads. I have a draw with a whole bun
I arrived back in Canada yesterday after visiting relatives in the UK
since late November.
I googled for Byard's "Virtual Flybox" to sign back on but was unable
to find it and so had to go to google groups webmail to sign back on.
What have I missed
Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver,
Everything...
-Original Message-
From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Neville (Nev) Gosling
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:19 PM
To: VFB Mail
Cc: nev.gosl...@shaw.ca
Subject: [VFB] Back Home
I arrived back in Canada yesterday after visiting r
Hello Jack!
Where have the Virtual Flybox web pages gone?
Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver,
B.C. Canada
>
> Everything...
>
> -Original Message-
> From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Neville (Nev) Gosling
> Sent: Thursday, Janua
What have I missed
Nothing really dramatic. I've got about 650 e-mails in my VFB box
since Nov. 21. Do you want me to forward them all to you? I'll
take out the ones where we were talking about you behind your back.
WELCOME BACK!
a.
--
Allan Fish
Greenwood, IN
afi...@sbcglobal.ne
Welcome back, Neville. Didn't all the snow in the UK remind you of back home?
And you're right, all the files have been removed from the
www.virtualflybox.com web site server.
Wes
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Neville Gosling wrote:
>
> Hello Jack!
>
> Where have the Virtual Flybox web pag
Hi Wes & Allan
Flying related but not fly-tying!
I spent over 3 hours sitting on a full A330 aircraft yesterday at London,
Heathrow airport. I arrived at the airport early at 11:30 am due to the
adverse road conditions and anticipating extra security screening delays.
The flight was scheduled to
Byard is off on a new kick in life, as an outdoor photographer, especially
birds.
He's taking some really awesome pictures (a new feather in his cap):
He has a new page up through Flicker:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9534...@n02/
He's going to be like 'grizzly man', living with the birds, tal
Nev,
Well, I'll admit that was bad, but it sure beats a few days voyage on
the Lusitania.
I tell you, the "good old days" are right now!!
a.
Hi Wes & Allan
Flying related but not fly-tying!
I spent over 3 hours sitting on a full A330 aircraft yesterday at London,
Heathrow airport. I arriv
Hi Don:
Do you know if all the fly tying recipies were saved? What about the swap
images?
It seems a real shame if all this information is lost or unaccessible.
Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver,
B.C. Canada
> He wan not involved with the VFB site for some time, so he
> just broke th
Allan
You are dead right they are!
Neville (Nev) Gosling
Greater Vancouver,
B.C. Canada
> I tell you, the "good old days" are right now!!
>
> a.
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You can also find pointed type files in the beadworking area of your craft
store, such as JoAnn's or Michaels, or the like. They go inside the hole and
can be used to file it down. They even help on glass beads. I find most of
my tiny beads at the knitting shop. they have really small ones that ar
Joyce:
Do you have plastic beads as well as glass beads?
Thank you,
Alan Di Somma
Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?
http://www.azflyfishing.net/
- Original Message -
From: Joyce Westphal
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday,
A lot of the new hooks for flyfishing are micro-barb, so they don't pose much
of a problem.
I rarely squash a barb flat, unless the hook is brittle and the barb doesn't
bend.
I prefer to bend the barb down to a very shallow profile- east to remove & set,
but it won't just fall out.
If I'm settin
Gonna be off the lists for a couple days until I get this email mess
straightened out. It keeps
locking up on me when I try to open a post. Until then I'll try to make
do with webmail.
Anyhoo, here's the Quotes for Fri, Sat. and Sunday
"He slept with his fly rod standing in the corner next t
Yeah, If I put 150 pounds of mine on the lake, that would mean that I'd left
my A%% on the shore ROFL... I'd NEVER venture out on a lake, but the guy who
own's the lake is friends with my son and she sent him a pic where she'd had
her BF take a pic of HER out on the ice. How stupid can you get..
I agree Tony on the Eagle Claws and Mustads.. I used to do a lot of crappie
fishing with live minnows and I'd use those two brands of hooks. And I'd get
hung on sunken trees etc, pull till the hook straightened out, reshape it,
fish again and again and again.. Other brands I don't know about, C
Tony,
I won't be coming this year. I wish I could but work is pretty heavy. I
will envy all who make it.
Mike
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:47 PM, Chuck Alexander
wrote:
> I agree Tony on the Eagle Claws and Mustads.. I used to do a lot of
> crappie fishing with live minnows and I'd use those two
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