Pat-
Thanks for the tips, I've been diligently working on
it and they're starting to look a little better.
Nothing I'd shed two buck or so on if I saw them in a
bin at the shop, but good enough to fish with. I was
looking around on my bench for a "pusher" and grabbed
my Exacto knife and unscrewed the the blade holder
thingy. The hollow part of the handle did a great job.
Take care and good fishing.
-John
Oregon
--- Neal Patrick Eller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I use the shaft of a ball point pin for making
> bullet heads. Same method as the straw, except that
> the barrel of the pin is of a large diameter, lasts
> longer and will not cut the hair.
>
> Tie the appropriate length of deer hair facing
> forward, then take the ball point pin barrel and
> slowly push the hair back to form the bullet. Make a
> few loose wraps of thread around the bullet, remove
> the barrel and tie off. The bullet always seems to
> explode after the first few fish, but the fish seem
> to like the fly better after its been broken in.
>
> On my bullet hoppers I usually tie orange and black
> yarn on the top of the bullet for visibility. I love
> the bullet hair hopper as it rides low in the water.
> I think it gives a more natural presentation.
>
> After tying a few you will find the bullet much
> easier and will be able to tie hoppers very quickly.
> I tie no other hopper since I became familiar with
> the bullet head.
>
> Pat Eller
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/04/02 09:54PM >>>
> To tie up different sizes of bullet heads, I ordered
> a set of different rod
> ferrules from Netcraft
> <http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/> Unfortunately, I
> can't get the ferrule page to load on-line, but
> order a hard-copy catalog
> (you know, on paper.....do
> you remember those????). <g> They're pretty quick
> on getting them out and
> also have pretty good service.
>
> After you tie your clump on the hook (see Tony
> Spezio's description), you
> just pick the right size of ferrule to barely fit
> over the folded back
> clump. If you're doing a Madame X, for example,
> it'll take a pretty small
> ferrule. If you're doing an Everett Drake Wounded
> Minnow, which folds the
> deer hair over a small bead, it'll take a much
> larger ferrule.
>
> If you got really serious and bought one of each of
> their rod ferrules,
> there are 11 of them covering sizes from 11/64" to
> 24/64". They run from
> $1.99 for the smallest one to $3.10 for the largest,
> so you're talking a
> $28 - $29 investment.
>
> Frankly, for the small flies, I like the idea of the
> straw!
>
> You can find some very rudimentary (looks like they
> were drawn by a
> kindergartner) for the wounded minnow at:
> <http://www.virtualflybox.com/ips2/i12a.shtml>
>
>
> Allan
>
>
> Allan Fish
> Greenwood, IN
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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