Great Granpaw Tony Congrats to you and yours. We all know your great so nothing new there then. When are you taking him fishing??? KP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Spezio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Micro Clips [was: Head cement vs nail polish]
> Mark, > Let me add to that. Drill a hole through the base if one, slip it on a > fishing lanyard. It will hold small flies when you are tying them on to > a tippet. After the tippet is threaded through the eye, use the clip to > reach through the tippet loop and catch the tag end to make the knot. > For us old toots that can't see anymore, it works great. It also can be > used like half hitch tool to pull a tag end if a tippet through the loops. > Now OT. I have become a GREAT GRANDPOP again this morning, A boy 8 lb.. > 6 Oz. 20" long. > This is # 4 > Tony > > Mark Klemick wrote: > > >Tony's comment about micro clips reminded me how useful they can be. The ones > >I use are the smallest version that Radio Shack sells. Instead of the serrated > >"alligator clip" jaws, these have flat, smooth jaws. I use them to hold > >materials when tying numerous flies. They're especially good to hold tailing > >materials like fibetts or hackle fibers. It's much quicker to cut 30 tails at > >the same time and hold each in a separate clip. > > > >Since the jaws are flat, I found it helpful to glue a small piece of craft foam > >to one of the jaws. This gives a much more secure grip to the clip. > > > >I don't have the clips mounted to anything since that's not necessary when > >holding materials, but thanks for mentioning it because that opens up a variety > >of other uses. > > > >If you want to see the item (#270-373), here's the catalog page : > > > >http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=270- 373 > > > > > >Mark > > > > > >---------------------- > >--- Tony Spezio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>I have a row of them on a strip of oak attached to the front of my tying > >>station that I use for tying at shows. It makes it handy to pull one out > >>with a fly and hand it to the attendee to view. I also put flies that > >>have each step tied on them so the attendee can look at each step it > >>takes to tie the fly. These are great for displaying flies though hard > >>to find and cost more than I like to pay for them. Cheap Tony again. LOL > >>Tony > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>that's a great Idea, I was wondering where to get those clips I saw > >>>everyone using at the shows,,,Thanks Tony > >>> > >>> > > > > > >===== > >Mark Klemick ! GoFishGo ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >_______________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. > >http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush > > > > > > -- > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. > Experience the convenience of buying online with [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > >
