RE: [VFB] Mark Martin Midge/Pink midge

2012-04-30 Thread Webb, Gary
Tony, Any particular shade/hue of pink? I know Chuck has found that one pink works best for his Pink Panfish Producer. And a local favorite here in western Wisconsin is John Bethke's Pink Squirrel, that will catch fish if tied with any pink chenille, but works the best with fluorescent shell

RE: [VFB] bead help?

2012-04-30 Thread Webb, Gary
MicroMark has lots of tweezers: This one looks like it could be useful. http://www.micromark.com/pearl-tweezer,8033.html From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Neville Gosling Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 11:16 PM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: [VFB] Damsel Swap

2012-04-30 Thread Robert Morger
They have not arrived as of this morning, Monday 4/30/2012. I won't be able to start sorting the flies till late this afternoon due to having a couple banquets we are deeply involved in at my Daughters High School so they will get one more day toa day and a half to arrive before I start sending

Re: [VFB] bead help?

2012-04-30 Thread Neville Gosling
Thanks Gary. Preventing fly away beads is precisely the problem I have run into with my tweezers. Neville (Nev) Gosling On 2012-04-30, at 7:17 AM, Webb, Gary wrote: MicroMark has lots of tweezers: This one looks like it could be useful. http://www.micromark.com/pearl-tweezer,8033.html

RE: [VFB] bead help?

2012-04-30 Thread Allan Fish
Gary, The Micromark tweezers should work really well on bigger beads, but the dimple looks too big for the size beads Nev is using. Off-list, I suggested to Nevile the bead nabber tweezers, which are a couple of bucks cheaper than Micromarks tweezer:

Re: [VFB] Mark Martin Midge/Pink midge

2012-04-30 Thread Anthony Spezio
I will be takling to Dean soon, will ask him. Tony From: Webb, Gary glw...@gundluth.org To: 'vfb-mail@googlegroups.com' vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 9:07 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] Mark Martin Midge/Pink midge Tony, Any particular

Re: [VFB] Mark Martin Midge/Pink midge Now Pink Midge

2012-04-30 Thread Anthony Spezio
I gave Dean a call and here is what he told me. The thread is Uni Thread Pink 8/0 for the body. It is the only Pink Uni Thread they make. The Bead is a Pink Tungsten bead for a sz 20 hook, He ties smaller ones on the same hook but ties the body shorter. The Rib is fine silver wire. The head is

[VFB] Pink Midge

2012-04-30 Thread Anthony Spezio
Just replied to this in another post. Tony   Tony, Any particular shade/hue of pink? I know Chuck has found that one pink works best for his Pink Panfish Producer. And a local favorite here in western Wisconsin is John Bethke’s Pink Squirrel, that will catch fish if tied with any pink

Re: [VFB] bead help?

2012-04-30 Thread Michael Bliss
I searched at Amazon and was amazed at the many choices: http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8keywords=bead+tweezerstag=googhydr-20index=apshvadid=7987878099hvpos=1t1hvexid=hvnetw=ghvrand=16664361881018323533hvpone=hvptwo=hvqmt=bref=pd_sl_2h0fl404ks_b I did not know there were so many options to hold