Thanks.. i'll check it out and see what I can find... Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "mark romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 4:53 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] Carrie Stevens (was: Jim Warner, Streamers)
> Chuck, pick up a copy of Lee Wulff's "I Was Born to Fish" video. It's a > classic. He tyes a few flies in his hands in that video. mark .....if you > can't find it, i can get it for you..... try Wulff Products with your info > operator.....in Livingston Manor, N.Y. > > >From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: RE: [VFB] Carrie Stevens (was: Jim Warner, Streamers) > >Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 10:55:35 -0400 > > > >If you really want to try tying flies by hand, one of the less expensive > >old > >books to collect is called Fly Tying For Salmon by Eric Taverner. I picked > >one up off Ebay for very little. While vises were available at the time he > >wrote his book he still preferred tying flies by hand so the illustrations > >in his book show you how to hold the hook and wind the materials on. He > >explains it pretty well. There are other books but they're a little more > >pricey. > >Deb > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >Behalf Of Chris Del Plato > >Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 10:09 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [VFB] Carrie Stevens (was: Jim Warner, Streamers) > > > >On 7/2/05, Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How in the world could She tie those with NO vise????? Chuck > > > >Carrie's background was in the millinery trade, making feather > >adornments for hatbands of the day. She translated many of the same > >techniques to her tying - such as pre-constructing the wing > >assemblies. I imagine this helped to make production more efficient > >for her as well, working on wing assemblies only at one session and > >storing them up. > > > >I have done it myself, as you can see from the article. While it is > >not easy, it is easier than one might initially think, give that much > >of the aesthetics of the fly is in the wing assemby - which is > >traditionally done off the vise anyway. I've found my hands cramp > >while doing the body. I would guess this would become much easier > >over time, should one choose to make a habit of it. I bet Dave Brandt > >could probably kick my a** at it, since doing a small Wulff has to be > >harder, in my mind. > > > >I bet ol' Carrie had a helluva handshake. > > > >-- > >CD > > > > > >
