Jeff: Thanks, I'll order some of those.... and Yeah, that is what is great about tying your own.. You can do it any way you wish, and when you hit a combo(s) that the fish in the lakes/ponds/streams/rivers that you normally fish, make MORE, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Frye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 1:27 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Hackle ??? > Tie those in by the tip at the rear of the hook and > that will give you some nice webby feather toward the > front that will move nicely in the water. Go to > linesend.com and look under Whiting and you'll find > what's called Wooly Bugger Pack for $9. There's a nice > assortment of colors there. Those feathers are going > to be very similiar to what you have know. Remember > that dry fly hackle is a different animal all > together. I would guess that 75% of the farm pond > fishing that I do is done with some form of Wooly > Bugger. The fun thing is that you can try all kinds of > different combos of tail, chenille and hackle. > Weighted and unweighted, bead or no bead, add some > flash in the tail. Get crazy and add some rubber legs. > > > --- Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jeff: So what should I order??? a Neck??? Saddle??? > > I will be tying mostly > > in the #10-14 range, cause of there not being trout > > near me, but on a very > > occasional trip. I fish for Bluegill mainly....The > > feathers in my "kit" are > > about 4-6 inches long, and start out at abou 1in > > diameter, then taper down > > to nothing, but the small part is just the very ends > > of the feathers.... > > Thanks, Chuck > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jeff Frye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:33 AM > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Hackle ??? > > > > > > > The midge are going to tie flies in the size 20 > > and > > > smaller range. I can't imagine needing a lot of > > those > > > in Bama. The regular assortments will provide a > > nice > > > range of sizes for the average dry fly tyer. > > > > > > --- Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Don: Thanks.. Are the Midge ones the > > smallest???? > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: DonO > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 12:38 AM > > > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Hackle ??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://www.linesend.com/product/whiting_coop.shtml> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Chuck Alexander > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:22 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Hackle ??? > > > > > > > > > > > > But I can get tiny hackles for tiny > > flies????? > > > > The ones that came in my starter kit and BIG.. I > > > > suppose they are "left overs" Like was talked > > about > > > > here a while back, about those "Grab Bags" of > > > > feathers etc. If so, where can I find Tiny > > > > hackles??? Thanks, Chuck > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home > > page > > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
