Hmm! you have a good point there Tony. I never thought of that. Perhaps that is
the reason I bought the rotary hinged type in the first place. ☺️ I tie
parachutes once in a while, but can't remember what hackle pliers I use. My go
to hackle pliers are the electrical style as long as they have a
I display my flies at my tying station with the Electric clips mounted on a
board with holes that is part of my tying station. I use the mini clips. Yes
they are great for holding flies.I was told today by my therapist who is a
shooter that he gets his ear plugs from Harbor Freight. He buys
Nev,I also used the Electrical hooks and they work fine just like a good pair
of pliers. I wrap my Parachutes a bit different than normal. What I find I can
hold the arm vertical while the pliers is alt an angle. I can work the hackle
down under the upper wrap then over the hook shank and dip
Tony: I’ll have to try those electrical hooks as I bought a dozen of them a
while back when tying the poppers for the swap as they make GREAT holders while
painting the popper heads and waiting for it to dry while I’m waiting to put on
the next coat, or the final clear coats. Well, I guess I
Don: Well, as you’ll see in my post just now, I did order the rotary hackle
pliers, but If they don’t work for me, the good news is that I’m only out about
$8. I have only used the type you talk about with the rubber pads, and have
great success with them, but just wanted to try something new.
Give us a report when you do.Tony
On Friday, March 13, 2015 3:23 PM, Neville Gosling nev.gosl...@shaw.ca
wrote:
Makes sense to me. I will certainly give it a try. Right now, I have to tie
some chironomid patterns for when the lakes become ice free.
Nev
On Mar 13, 2015, at 12:52
Makes sense to me. I will certainly give it a try. Right now, I have to tie
some chironomid patterns for when the lakes become ice free.
Nev
On Mar 13, 2015, at 12:52 PM, 'Anthony Spezio' via VFB Mail
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Nev,
I also used the Electrical hooks and they work
Wayne: I’m glad you posted this, because that’s the kind I cannot use. But
others can, while others like the rubber footed ones like myself, while others
like the rotary pliers. So this way, since I went ahead and ordered the rotary
pliers I can see for myself which ones I really like best.
Neville: I ordered them in size 8 tonight for bluegill as we don’t have any
trout where I’m at, so we’ll see if they catch bluegill/bass, or crappie coming
soon I hope. Chuck
From: Neville Gosling
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I have some of the 37160 hooks but they are size 1/0 and were favoured for a
steelhead nymph fly some 30 odd years ago. I tied several of the flies but
never caught anything on them.
Nev
On Mar 13, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@centurylink.net
wrote:
I just now went
Marty:
Tnx. That one looks very user friendly.
I have one of their bobbins and I use it almost exclusively.
It was very expensive but I believe it is well worth it because I use it so
much and feels good while you are using it.
I’ll bet the hackle pliers are that good also?
phxflytyer
I think they are, Alan. The knurled handle rotates, there is a rotating joint
from the metal to the rubber section, and the rubber section is a hinge. I’ve
had mine for 15 yrs (I tie a *lot*) and this year the pads for the index finger
and thumb are showing signs of wear. Otherwise – great. One
Yeah Allan. Quit picking ion Chuck LOL... J/K. Tony brings up something that
will make the rotary pliers WELL worth the money to me. I hadn’t even thought
about parachute hackles. That’s one of the hardest things for me to do. In
fact, I just don’t tie them as I ALWAYS make a mess out of them.
Not trying to complicate the issue but, my favorite hackle pliers are
mini-grabbers. The really small ones, I think they're about an inch long and
dirt cheap!
Wayne
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I just now went ahead and ordered some of these hooks online. Thanks for the
ppl’s responses anyway. Has anybody tried this type “San Juan Worm” tied on
these type hooks?? If so, any luck??? Thanks, Chuck
From: Chuck Alexander
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 5:35 PM
To: fly fishing for panfish
Hi Alan,
Here’s a link to the (Japanse) website.
http://www.c-and-f.co.jp/c_and_f_e/flytyingtool/flytyingtool/f_tool/cft_140.html
http://www.c-and-f.co.jp/c_and_f_e/flytyingtool/flytyingtool/f_tool/cft_140.html
They are expensive (maybe $ 30 or so) but if mine would break, I’d get a new
Marty:
Could you post a pic of the CF plier?
phxflytyer
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On Mar 13, 2015, at 5:13 PM, MartinWestbeek
LOL... My nick name ain’t hard head for nothing hahaha, Chuck
From: Neville Gosling
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 12:41 AM
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Chuck:
I can't help but laugh, we have been delicately trying to tell you not to
bother because
Well, since Allan reminded me that since I have a rotary vise, in theory I
already have rotating hackle pliers, and since I hadn’t actually hit the
“order” button, I just deleted the pliers and jacked up the number of foam
spider bodies I ordered which I KNOW I use all the time LOL.. Chuck
That Dick's Dandy sounds like one of the flies that were submitted for the
Sowbug Tying Contest. I think it was in the streamer category. We did the
judging on those flies last night. Sounds like a good one. We had over 50 flies
submitted.Tony
On Friday, March 13, 2015 12:57 AM, Chuck
Don,I agree with you on the old type hackle pliers but I really don't use them
anymore since I use the hinge type. I added a bit of shrink tubing on the jaws
and that works fine and prevents slipping.One of the things I liked about the
old type is you could put your finger in the loop and just
Allan give Chuck a break. LOLA rotary vise is useless for winding parachute
hackles. The swivel hackle pliers is the way to go on them. That is all I have
used for about 25 years. The long handle one is the best for that. I can show
what I mean at the show., Gee now I am picking on you. LOL I
Guess I must be the odd ball. I use the old style pliers as weights to keep
stuff from unwinding, for the winding of hackle I use one of several rotary
style hackle pliers. My rotary vise I use just to check the off side of a fly
or work on the underside of a fly. What ever floats your
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Gee now I am picking on you. LOL
Pick away, Tony.
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Chuck,
Seems like you came up with the correct decision to nix the rotary hackle
pliers. I have a set and never use them. I also have an old squeeze-spring type
with rubber pads, and I’ll use them before the rotary. The rubber pads on the
old pliers are the key as they don’t allow the pliers to
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