Chappy,
If you have problems tying with mono, don't give up. It takes a little
getting used to.
You need to make a much better anchor than with thread, and it doesn't hurt
to put a tad of cement on the anchor. Being much stronger than thread, you
need a lot less wraps to tie the fly, and 2# test is enough to fend off most
trout teeth. I have different lb.test monos from very fine to 6# test
spooled up, plus the Danville nylon threads.
If you cut or break the mono under tension, the tendency is for it to back
out of the bobbin tube. Stop this by putting a small piece of foam wedged
into the bottom end of the bobbin tube, to act as a clutch. It's easy to
push out if you need to re-thread the bobbin.
DonO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chappy" <[email protected]>
To: "VFB Mail" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 11:09 AM
Subject: [VFB] Re: Rope Dub Muscles
Uni-Mono Thin. Broke it a few time when I overspun. But no
problem. I do not plan to respool 6 lb test however,
BTW - how do you spool it without twisting? I am sure you have some
line horror stories about respooling to the bobbin the first few
times... I furl my own leaders with a power drill. Now trying to do
that on a little spool? yikes.
On Nov 23, 11:20 am, "Don Ordes" <[email protected]> wrote:
LOL. I get accused of having 'fat fingers' all the time, especially when I
stack and pack hair mice. One friend said I could push a golf ball through
a garden hose. LOL
DVD#2 (if I do it) will have a bunch of roping segments with many furs-
possum being one. There's tons of sub-techniques and tricks to making furs
do the variety of looks they can do. It's a matter of seeing what a
particular fur does by making the dubbing and rope many different ways.
THEN you can tell if the results looks good on the fly design you're
making.
Don't have preconceived goals, like you said. You MAKE the dubbing do ITS
thing. That make sense?
Like the old quote goes- 85% of what a trout eats is 5/8" long, brown, and
fuzzy. With that possum, you'll be able to tie a half-dozen
different-looking brown and fuzzy flies just by selecting and manipulating
the fur and the rope.
Keep roping furs and your fingrs will get used to it. Remember, too, that
various rope tensions play a part in segment shape when you wrap, and
don't
forget the rope compression aspect.
Q? Are you tying with mono? This helps a great deal.
DonO
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