JonathanG2013
Senior Member
NC
Do you ever come to Georgia to fish the streams also?
Do you ever come to Georgia to fish the streams also?
I would like to, but never have. I already buy fishing licenses for two states.
Yep. All the trout fishing I do in TN is within the GSMNP, which I can fish with my NC license as long as I'm inside the park boundary.What is crazy is what you have to pay in Tennessee to go fishing. Talk about price gauging.
Thanks NC,
That is the thing back then. You either had to read it in books or know someone who ties flies. I had a great uncle who tied a ton of flies and sold some to a few stores around middle Georgia.
I will take any advise I can get since I will be new to tying. Also I have been looking at youtube videos also which help.
The new thing now seems to be tying using resin on the flies. Wonder how difficult it is to get to set up with the UV lights. Someone said one time when he uses UV resin with flies he sets them out in the sun to set up. I guess that would work.
I have been tying for a long time now. I have never owned a whip finisher, and I tie down to size 24. I have yet found a need for a tool to whip finish. A man can do it in five seconds with a tool or in six seconds by hand. I'm getting older now and my fingers ain't as nimble as they once were, but as long as my brittle old bones will hold out, I'll be whip finishing by hand and by hand alone!Learning to whip finish without a tool will serve you well. You'd be surprised at how small a hook on which it can be done. It also helps tying with scissors in hand (at least most of the time). I wind in the opposite direction compared with most folks which drives some folks nuts watching me tie.
Gil
A good thread base and using a soft loop to tie it down will help.
Dr. Slick makes some nice tools, but are pricey.
When I started tying I just bought the individual components.
I would get more than one bobbin,also get ones with ceramic coated tube.
Dr. Slick tools are a little pricey. I only own a pair of scissors from them, but have been using them for over two years and they are still razor sharp.
As stated previously, you really need 2 bobbins. You absolutely must ise bobbins with the ceramic tube and tips. There is no other way. You will use them FOREVER, and you will seldom ever break threads while wrapping. The kits usally come with bobbins that will break your thread every time you crank down. Buy 2 GOOD bobbins with ceramic tubes and tips, and you will only need those two for at least the next decade or more.
One tool you absolutely MUST have is a Dubbing Brush. You cannot tie many or most nymphs and streamers without one.
Go to the gun cleaning section in Wal-Mart. Find a brass cleaning brush for a .22 rifle. Should cost you about $3.00. Buy it, and that will be your dubbing brush that you can pass on to your grandchildren for generations. All it will cost you is $3.00. A .22 brass bore brush is the cheapest and most effective dubbing brush of all time.
Humpys are aggravating. My main problem is getting the deer hair tied in at the right length to make the humpback and wings that are the right size.I tie EHC like I'm getting paid. Piece of cake. Know what fly whips me every time?! A Yellow Humpy. I just can't get it right and I don't know why. My Yellow Humpys turn out to look like a bowl of spaghetti with mustard. I just have never tied a good one. Every one I have tied has never been fished.
Dr. Slick tools are a little pricey. I only own a pair of scissors from them, but have been using them for over two years and they are still razor sharp.
As stated previously, you really need 2 bobbins. You absolutely must ise bobbins with the ceramic tube and tips. There is no other way. You will use them FOREVER, and you will seldom ever break threads while wrapping. The kits usally come with bobbins that will break your thread every time you crank down. Buy 2 GOOD bobbins with ceramic tubes and tips, and you will only need those two for at least the next decade or more.
One tool you absolutely MUST have is a Dubbing Brush. You cannot tie many or most nymphs and streamers without one.
Go to the gun cleaning section in Wal-Mart. Find a brass cleaning brush for a .22 rifle. Should cost you about $3.00. Buy it, and that will be your dubbing brush that you can pass on to your grandchildren for generations. All it will cost you is $3.00. A .22 brass bore brush is the cheapest and most effective dubbing brush of all time.
I'm sure that works well at night, which is when I usually wind up doing most of my tying.The guy that owns the local fly shop said not to waste your money on a uv light. He puts all his flies in the sun for a few minutes to activate the resin. I have never used it but he ties hundreds if not thousands a year to sell in his shop and online.
I'm sure that works well at night, which is when I usually wind up doing most of my tying.
Got me some resin and a light a couple days ago, gonna see what kind of mess I can make this weekend. I’ll probably glue myself to my vise and the dog to the floor.
People that have the Griffin Odyssey Spider. Do you use the clamp that came with the vise to secure it to a table or did you buy a stand to use with it?
I bought a stand.
Did you get the griffin vise stand?