A couple of years ago I purchased a bunch of the flat lead by Larva Lace. It was being discontinued I think. It works quite well. I have also done just as Don) has described above. I used the flat lead on the stonefly nymph I tied for JD swap.
Mike On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Conranch <[email protected]> wrote: > DonO asked me to post this for him. > > > "For flat lead in many sizes as needed, I make my own from round lead > wire. Just lay down a strip of round lead (any diameter) on a hard flat > surface and drag a hard but rounded object down the length of the strip, > using enough pressure to flatten the lead but not break it. It depends on > some variables, but a little practice will tell you what is needed. You > can flatten once just to take the roundness off of it, or many times to > make it paper thin (but much weaker- wrap with care). > > Experiment with different diameters of wire and different thicknesses of > finished flattened wire to get just what you want. For midges, a piece of > fine round wire flattens out paper thin and make little difference in the > final diameter of the fly. Lay down some head cement 1st and that will > cement the flat wraps against the hook perfectly. Scissor-trim the tie-down > start as a tapered point so you can wrap without over-wrapping to get it > started. > > For tapered lead bodies, just flatten out the roundness progressively down > the length, and then when you wrap, the final thickness will vary, rather > than having to use over-wraps. > > For flat, tapered lead underbodies (flat bodied flies), wrap a flattened > lead wire body a little thicker than you want, but tapered like above. Then > crush the body in a smooth-jawed needle-nose pliers, and you end up with a > shaped lead underbody than you can 'freeze' with head cement. > > This method of flattening your own lead allows you infinite variability in > how much you weight a fly and it allows to to use any round lead wire." > DonO > > Thanks, Denny > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/vfb-mail?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en> > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > vfb-mail+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<vfb-mail%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> > . > > > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
