It makes sense and I usually also do it in an angle. On this one I obviously slipped. My excuse is a very uncomfortable position of tying and lack of concentration. The sequence was done before the making of a monopod for the camera and it was standing on a plastic box between me and the vise. Didn't see very well and couldn't concentrate much either as the camera was on a time lapse and all my concentration was focused on the PC monitor (view finder and camera countdown). This kind of "remote tying" is the reason to why it turned out this bulky, since I actually DID get a gap between the cuts because of this. You don't have to look closely to see the bulk under the fly, just by the point where the calf has been cut. This should not be there since there shouldn't be any material under there causing it. Well, there aren't any either. The clump is made of spread out thread wraps, trying to fix the gap on top of the shank. The way I usually do it is first doing a straight cut that lets the calf butts fall down and meet the tail butts. Then I trim it forward to even them out with eachother. But this time I got stressed when I saw the gap and all I could think of was to fix it the best I could with thread. I didn't even think about that I could have done it better by trimming the hairs down first.
And then comes also the fact that flaws ALWAYS come like a punch in the face when seen on a computer screen. I didn't think it looked that bad in the vise. But I'm not re-making the sequence because of it. No way José... ;o) /Nick -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Larry Johnson Skickat: den 3 januari 2008 23:25 Till: [email protected] Ämne: Re: [VFB] Royal Wolf Nick: I like your tutorial for the Royal Wulff. I have a suggestion for step 19. After the wings have been secured in position, and you are ready to clip the butts of the calf hair, don't clip them at a right angle to the hook. Tip your scissors and clip the butts on an angle, tapering toward the tail. If you clip them in this manner, you can help shape the tapered body: thicker behind the hackle, and thinner at the tail. Hope this makes sense. Larry Johnson Springville, Utah >>> "Niclas Runarsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 1/3/2008 1:01 PM >>> >>> Chuck: Quote from the FAOL tying demo: "Hair wings take a bit of practice to get them exactly right." I did a step-by-step focusing just on a specific hair wing technique, using the Royal Wulff only as a "model" for it. (Thought a beautiful pattern would make more people want to try the hair wing trick.) It was done for our fly-fishing club's site, so of course in Swedish. But I have been working on translating them anyway and this morning I started on the Royal Wulff. Well, now I'm done and it's printable. 27 steps... is that enough? ;o) http://www.lffk.se/flugbindning/royalwulff_en.htm /Nick -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Taylor, Lance Skickat: den 3 januari 2008 18:11 Till: [email protected] Ämne: RE: [VFB] Royal Wolf Seen note by Pacres' the other day also. Interesting.. the "Twelve Flies of Xmas Theme". (Gotta make a note of that one!). http://flytyer.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/8-royal-wulffs/ http://buckeyeflyfishers.com/fly_tying/royal_wulff/royal_wulf.htm (Above Link Goes Into: Step By Step) Anyone search 'Royal Wulff' in YouTube.com yet? I suspect there might be a video demo there, and or, look in the on demand section of 'Angler's Art'- PBS series here - http://www.kwsu.org/KWSU_NWPR/OnDemand/OnDemand.aspx. And... finally.. there is an actual FAOL tying demo here: http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/part19.html Aye, long tyes.. but a worthy pattern. I never leave home without them. =) LT _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Machon Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 8:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] Royal Wolf Not that I'm aware of. The nice thing about that site is the detail each of the steps goes into. The awkward part is there are so many steps. So an FAOL or other more consolidated page would print better, but might not give you the detail. To answer your other question, for the swap I would worry more about the color of the materials than getting them "right". As you pointed out, depending on the pattern recipe you use there will be different materials listed. So for the wings, either white calf tail or calf body hair will work, neatly stacked and evenly divided. The body hair, which is straighter, will stack easier, but either could be "correct". Same for the tail. I think moose hair is the most commonly called for, but dark brown deer or elk hair will work, too. For a fly to fish, just getting close usually works. The fish don't care as much as tiers do :) JMHO Kev > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VFB] Royal Wolf > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 01:54:41 -0600 > > Kevin, Allan, Anybody: Can you tell me if there is a way to print out > all > the steps to the flies at Troutflies.com/tutorials in a continuous > printout??? If not, I could probably find a good one with pictorial at > FAOL....Thanks, Chuck > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allan Fish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:47 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Royal Wolf > > > > >Folks: I plan to tie the Royal Wolf in the "Fly I have never Tied Before" > > >swap I'm meistering. I went to a local shop today and picked up the > > >red > > >floss and the #10 hooks I plan to tie them on, and now I have all > > >the > > >materials.. Anybody have any last parting words of wisdom on how to tie > > >this fly correctly, tie it right, or just plain tie it???? > > > > > > http://www.troutflies.com/tutorials/ > > > > It's called Royal Wulff (it was named for its creator, Lee Wulff). > > a. > > -- > > Allan Fish > > Greenwood, IN > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _____ Don't get caught with egg on your face. Play Chicktionary! Check it out! <http://club.live.com/chicktionary.aspx?icid=chick_wlhmtextlink1_dec>
