Mike, I'm not a hackle retailer by any stretch, so the best way to get exactly what you need is to buy a few Whiting 100 paks from your local store. 100% useage and just the right size. Cree will be hard to get in any form, but put in an order for a hundred pak- it may get filled.
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "mike kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 12:34 AM Subject: RE: [VFB] Dry Flies 101-reply > how do i go about getting a pak of cree or grizzly from you don? i'm tring > to tie some dry flys and could use the advise it sounds like the the way to > go, tie good one's to start with but it helps if the hackles are in the > right sizes right? it's been quit awhile since i sat at the table but it's > time to get back at it so would like advise if possible thanks mike > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Don Ordes > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [VFB] Dry Flies 101-reply > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (*Don's comments) > > Here is the deal: I CANT TIE DRY FLIES!!!! > Either they sink, float on their side, come apart, or just look sick! > > *All dries will sink with drag, land on their sides when wet ot slimed, > come apart when chewed on or cast a lot, and ratty-looking flies > catch just as many fish. So what's your problem again? > > I can't afford full high quality hackles, so I use what I can get. > > *Hint- Tie less flies, but of higher quality. Work on making each fly > perfect. > If it's not perfect, cut it off and tie it again. Figure out why it's not > coming > out perfect. Ask questions here. But train yourself to self-train, too. > As you repeat the 'perfect' process, speed will naturally come, and you'll > end up with many good flies. If you quickly tie lots of imperfect flies, > this > is what you're training yourself to tie- quick, imperfect flies. Train > yourself > to only be satisfied with perfection and it will come. And train yourself > not to get frustrated. This is as much a key as is talent or money or > anything else. > > > I have seen Whiting 100s advertised. Are they any good for a start? > > *They are perfect for what you need. Decent price, no waste, consistent > quality. > > I am planning on tying just one size of one type of fly, say a # 12 Adams. > > *How many #12 Adams do you plan on tying? A Whiting 100 pak will give you > 100 Adams flies. Tie them well, and that's a season's worth. YOu may even > be > able to find a hundred pak of cree. But if not, go with brown & grizzly > mixed for the hackles. Then you still have brown and grizzly to tie other > flies. > > Can I omit the upright and divided wings and still enjoy a fish getting > fly? > > *Yes, you may, but wings are an important part of the 'strike image' of > up-wing style > dry flies. It's better to have a 'no-hackle fly' than a 'no-wing fly'. Get > a winger neck, as these are cheap and very easy to learn to use, and one > neck will wing a hundred flies. If you can't find them, I can send you one. > > Do you have anything in your vast knowledge of dry fly tying that you would > care to pass on? > Del > > *I just did, and the only thing that is 'vast' around here is me. lol > DonO > > *Practice, patience, persistence. (The same with tying as with fishing.) > Learning to tie a certain pattern (or master a new material) has to be as > much fun as being able to tie the finished product. This is crucial because > you'll spend much more time learning to tie a pattern than you will spend > time tying what you're already good at. > Enjoy the journey, not just the destination. Enjoy the process of figuring > it out. > This is what good tiers are all about. > > >
