Heck Nick
I didn't see anything wrong either and also if I had tied it looking like
yours; I would be one happy camper or should I say, happy fly tyer.
JimFishermen like to play with their equipment > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: Re: [VFB] Royal Wolf> Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 21:01:41
-0600> > Problems with this fly????? If I have ONE out of 12 that look HALF
this > good, I'll be having a party LOL, Chuck> > ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Niclas Runarsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: <[email protected]>> Sent:
Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:42 PM> Subject: Re: [VFB] Royal Wolf> > > 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>> > >
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