Category: Fly tying
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How I organize my fly tying materials
Read more…: How I organize my fly tying materialsOnce you get into fly tying, you accumulate a lot of materials. If you aren’t careful, a lot of that gets thrown into a drawer or a box, which makes that small bag of CDC almost impossible to find. First I organized my thread and yarn, then I organized my beads and hooks. Thankfully fly…
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Making Wool Dubbing from Yarn
Read more…: Making Wool Dubbing from YarnAmanda, Charlie, and I went to Retake Remake, a local art supply thift shop, to look for some project materials. I picked up a $4 grab bag of different colors of wool yarn to turn into dubbing! I am good on greys and browns from making dubbing from fur a couple weeks ago, but I wanted…
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Making natural dubbing blends with squirrel, coyote, and raccoon fur
Read more…: Making natural dubbing blends with squirrel, coyote, and raccoon furTonight I experimented with making my own dubbing blends from squirrel, coyote, and raccoon fur. What’s dubbing, you ask? It is the stuff you twist around thread to make the body of a fly. Usually made from animal hair/fur, plant fibers, or synthetic fibers. I hunted the squirrel back when I was a teenager and…
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11 Pheasant Tail Fly Patterns
Read more…: 11 Pheasant Tail Fly PatternsFor the past three weeks I’ve tied nothing but various pheasant tail patterns in sizes 12-20, exploring the possibilities of this one material through dry flies, weighted and unweighted nymphs, streamers, midges, and kebari. Pheasant tails for all fishing situations. Here is what I learned by restricting myself to this material.
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Fly Tying Tool Caddy
Read more…: Fly Tying Tool CaddySince I set up a dedicated fly tying desk, I needed something to hold my tying tools. Over the last two nights after Charlie went to bed, I made one out of a small slab of oak that I split and planed down two years ago. I cut the bevels on the bandsaw, drilled the…