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Yes, that’s the one.  The part I’m trying to remember is the way he attached the turning wheel to the small gear that sticks out of the motor.  My motor has a gear that’s only about 1/4 inch in diameter, so there isn’t much to work with.  Maybe I need to epoxy this to a larger item like the pulley Sandy suggested. Thanks Chas What did the turner look like? Was it the one with the motor mounted on a bookend or are you referring to something else? Walter

Fix underscore in address to reply If you are referring to the turner on the bookend then its the one I made. I didnt post the pictures to ABPF but put them on my website. I have since taken those down but can send the pictures to you if you like. What I used to attach the foam wheel to the motor was a short piece of tubing. I epoxyed the tubing to the foam and just slip it on the the motor shaft. My motor shaft was smooth however, and it was 1/4" O.D. It didnt have a gear on the end. So I am not sure if the tubing will stay put your motor shaft. On this one it works great however. I didnt want to glue the tubing to the motor because it gives me the ability to change the wheel if I want. I hope this help. Good luck. Walter

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It’s one inch PVC.  He (Haag) was telling me he had it in a FF magazine article.  Maybe some one in this NG has seen it.  Sure worked slick. Lou

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m having a hard time visualizing this one.  My motor is a small motor with a small gear sticking out one end.  All that PVC stuff would be too heavy for the bearings in this motor. Thanks Chas There’s a tier with the last name of Haag.  He mounts the closed end of a PVC end cap to the motor shaft-Drill a hole in the center and two nuts with washers to tighten.  Then a 2" piece of the PVC pipe.   An end cap with a hole in it over the PVC pipe.  Another end cap butting against the last end cap.  A long bolt through the two end caps with a spring and thumb nut to adjust slipage.  A long piece of PVC pipe stuck into the last end cap A styrofoam disc from the craft shop on the end of the pipe.  A support as needed.  Don’t glue the pipes together.  You can hold the drying disc and the slip[ joiunt allows the motor to turn.   He had a Bar-B-Que motor on the rig I saw. Lou Fix underscore in address to reply

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Did a quick search.  The tyer’s name is John Haag.  His number is (631) 286-2148.  He ties at the North eastern shows.  I saw him at College Park, MD,  Somerset, NJ, and ashton, PA.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m having a hard time visualizing this one.  My motor is a small motor with a small gear sticking out one end.  All that PVC stuff would be too heavy for the bearings in this motor. Thanks Chas There’s a tier with the last name of Haag.  He mounts the closed end of a PVC end cap to the motor shaft-Drill a hole in the center and two nuts with washers to tighten.  Then a 2" piece of the PVC pipe.   An end cap with a hole in it over the PVC pipe.  Another end cap butting against the last end cap.  A long bolt through the two end caps with a spring and thumb nut to adjust slipage.  A long piece of PVC pipe stuck into the last end cap A styrofoam disc from the craft shop on the end of the pipe.  A support as needed.  Don’t glue the pipes together.  You can hold the drying disc and the slip[ joiunt allows the motor to turn.   He had a Bar-B-Que motor on the rig I saw. Lou Fix underscore in address to reply

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Yes, yours was the one I was looking for.  Looking at Snady’s pictures, I think I’ll try that direction for the attachment.  My shaft is just too small and short for the tubing to get enough purchase.

perhaps this will help? http://192.41.19.35/austin/swedish.wav Mu

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I guess I left myself open for that one. Thanks Mu, Chas Yes, yours was the one I was looking for.  Looking at Snady’s pictures, I think I’ll try that direction for the attachment.  My shaft is just too small and short for the tubing to get enough purchase. perhaps this will help? http://192.41.19.35/austin/swedish.wav Mu

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I guess I left myself open for that one. Chas

Nothing personal.  I was just trying to beat Wolfgang and Charlie to the punch Mu

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No luck here either. A hint in the form of the post numbers with photo attachments would be great.  ….Dave

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – If you go to the following group you’ll find 3 pictures of a fly curing wheel with a nice simple clutch. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flytyersbench/ Anyone else find that this yahoo site does not work for them?  I cannot access any photos. Mu Hi Mu, Same here.  And I get a pop up advertising for a video camera of sorts. sPect it was a troll. DaveMohnsen Denver

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Folks, I have just posted 3 pics of a fly turner at alt.binaries.pictures.fishing. Tarpon10

No luck here either. A hint in the form of the post numbers with photo attachments would be great.  ….Dave

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – If you go to the following group you’ll find 3 pictures of a fly curing wheel with a nice simple clutch. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flytyersbench/ Anyone else find that this yahoo site does not work for them?  I cannot access any photos. Mu Hi Mu, Same here.  And I get a pop up advertising for a video camera of sorts. sPect it was a troll. DaveMohnsen Denver

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I put some (home made turner) images at: http://montana-riverboats.com/pages/pages.php?page_title=Glue_Turner

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That’s why I couldn’t find it. Yes, yours was the one I was looking for.  Looking at Snady’s pictures, I think I’ll try that direction for the attachment.  My shaft is just too small and short for the tubing to get enough purchase. Thanks for your help. Chas – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – If you are referring to the turner on the bookend then its the one I made. I didnt post the pictures to ABPF but put them on my website. I have since taken those down but can send the pictures to you if you like. What I used to attach the foam wheel to the motor was a short piece of tubing. I epoxyed the tubing to the foam and just slip it on the the motor shaft. My motor shaft was smooth however, and it was 1/4" O.D. It didnt have a gear on the end. So I am not sure if the tubing will stay put your motor shaft. On this one it works great however. I didnt want to glue the tubing to the motor because it gives me the ability to change the wheel if I want. I hope this help. Good luck. Walter

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A while back someone posted some nice pictures on abpf of a home made turner.  I’ve got the parts now, and I’m trrying to find those pictures.  I have my own archive that must include it, but I just can’t find it. The key idea I’m looking for is the connection between the motor’s shaft and the turning wheel. Was it RW who designed it? Thanks Chas Fix underscore in address to reply What did the turner look like? Was it the one with the motor mounted on a bookend or are you referring to something else? Walter

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Was it RW who designed it?

I think it was.  He was answering questions on it this evening. You will have to wait until he wakes up. (or does he ever wake up?) George

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Hi, If you go to the following group you’ll find 3 pictures of a fly curing wheel with a nice simple clutch. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flytyersbench/ Regards

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – A while back someone posted some nice pictures on abpf of a home made turner.  I’ve got the parts now, and I’m trrying to find those pictures.  I have my own archive that must include it, but I just can’t find it. The key idea I’m looking for is the connection between the motor’s shaft and the turning wheel. Was it RW who designed it? Thanks Chas Fix underscore in address to reply

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…Then fire that baby up and let ‘er rip…

…at 3 rpm. — TBone The Halfordian Golfer

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A while back someone posted some nice pictures on abpf of a home made turner.  I’ve got the parts now, and I’m trrying to find those pictures.  I have my own archive that must include it, but I just can’t find it. The key idea I’m looking for is the connection between the motor’s shaft and the turning wheel. Was it RW who designed it?

I don’t have photos of my turner. I’ll make some this evening. I went to the local electrical supply store (where electricians buy their boxes and fixtures) and bought a low-rpm (6 rpm I believe) gear motor, for $25. I mounted that onto an angle bracket with nuts and bolts. I drilled three 1/8" holes into the rim of a 3" pulley. I put the pulley onto the shaft of the gear motor. I cut the bottom off a 5 gallon drywall bucket, leaving a 4" rim. I drilled 3 holes in the bottom of the bucket that matched the holes in the metal pulley (that’s attached to the shaft of the motor). I glued 1/2" foam onto the outside of the 4" bucket rim. Works like a champ.

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If you go to the following group you’ll find 3 pictures of a fly curing wheel with a nice simple clutch. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flytyersbench/

Anyone else find that this yahoo site does not work for them?  I cannot access any photos. Mu

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If you go to the following group you’ll find 3 pictures of a fly curing wheel with a nice simple clutch. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flytyersbench/ Anyone else find that this yahoo site does not work for them?  I cannot access any photos. Mu

Hi Mu, Same here.  And I get a pop up advertising for a video camera of sorts. sPect it was a troll. DaveMohnsen Denver

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There’s a tier with the last name of Haag.  He mounts the closed end of a PVC end cap to the motor shaft-Drill a hole in the center and two nuts with washers to tighten.  Then a 2" piece of the PVC pipe.   An end cap with a hole in it over the PVC pipe.  Another end cap butting against the last end cap.  A long bolt through the two end caps with a spring and thumb nut to adjust slipage.  A long piece of PVC pipe stuck into the last end cap  A styrofoam disc from the craft shop on the end of the pipe.  A support as needed.  Don’t glue the pipes together.  You can hold the drying disc and the slip[ joiunt allows the motor to turn.   He had a Bar-B-Que motor on the rig I saw. Lou

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – A while back someone posted some nice pictures on abpf of a home made turner.  I’ve got the parts now, and I’m trrying to find those pictures.  I have my own archive that must include it, but I just can’t find it. The key idea I’m looking for is the connection between the motor’s shaft and the turning wheel. Was it RW who designed it? Thanks Chas Fix underscore in address to reply

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Yes, that’s the one.  The part I’m trying to remember is the way he attached the turning wheel to the small gear that sticks out of the motor.  My motor has a gear that’s only about 1/4 inch in diameter, so there isn’t much to work with.  Maybe I need to epoxy this to a larger item like the pulley Sandy suggested. Thanks Chas What did the turner look like? Was it the one with the motor mounted on a bookend or are you referring to something else? Walter

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I’m having a hard time visualizing this one.  My motor is a small motor with a small gear sticking out one end.  All that PVC stuff would be too heavy for the bearings in this motor. Thanks Chas – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – There’s a tier with the last name of Haag.  He mounts the closed end of a PVC end cap to the motor shaft-Drill a hole in the center and two nuts with washers to tighten.  Then a 2" piece of the PVC pipe.   An end cap with a hole in it over the PVC pipe.  Another end cap butting against the last end cap.  A long bolt through the two end caps with a spring and thumb nut to adjust slipage.  A long piece of PVC pipe stuck into the last end cap   A styrofoam disc from the craft shop on the end of the pipe.  A support as needed.  Don’t glue the pipes together.  You can hold the drying disc and the slip[ joiunt allows the motor to turn.   He had a Bar-B-Que motor on the rig I saw. Lou

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Can you provide a picture of your motor? George

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m having a hard time visualizing this one.  My motor is a small motor with a small gear sticking out one end.  All that PVC stuff would be too heavy for the bearings in this motor. Thanks Chas There’s a tier with the last name of Haag.  He mounts the closed end of a PVC end cap to the motor shaft-Drill a hole in the center and two nuts with washers to tighten.  Then a 2" piece of the PVC pipe.   An end cap with a hole in it over the PVC pipe.  Another end cap butting against the last end cap.  A long bolt through the two end caps with a spring and thumb nut to adjust slipage.  A long piece of PVC pipe stuck into the last end cap A styrofoam disc from the craft shop on the end of the pipe.  A support as needed.  Don’t glue the pipes together.  You can hold the drying disc and the slip[ joiunt allows the motor to turn.   He had a Bar-B-Que motor on the rig I saw. Lou Fix underscore in address to reply

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A while back someone posted some nice pictures on abpf of a home made turner.  I’ve got the parts now, and I’m trrying to find those pictures.  I have my own archive that must include it, but I just can’t find it. The key idea I’m looking for is the connection between the motor’s shaft and the turning wheel. Was it RW who designed it? Thanks Chas Fix underscore in address to reply

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The key idea I’m looking for is the connection between the motor’s shaft and the turning wheel. Was it RW who designed it?

Not me. I’m a theoretician. P.S. Try pulleys ans O-rings. — visit my web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/

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R.W.?  If you can send me a picture of your motor or post it on binaries, I may be able to explain how we do it.  I use a lot of these motors and maybe yours is the type that has a neat solution. George

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The key idea I’m looking for is the connection between the motor’s shaft and the turning wheel. Was it RW who designed it? Not me. I’m a theoretician. P.S. Try pulleys ans O-rings. — visit my web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/

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R.W.?  If you can send me a picture of your motor or post it on binaries, I may be able to explain how we do it.  I use a lot of these motors and maybe yours is the type that has a neat solution.

It’s all in the pulleys and the O-rings. Get the type of pulleys that lock down on the shaft with a screw, fitted as closely as possible to the shaft, and make the O-rings yourself, to size, with a little tension. Then fire that baby up and let ‘er rip. — visit my web site: http://home.earthlink.net/~royalwulff/

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I was driving back to Montreal on the Eastern Townships autoroute and crossed the Yamaska River.  My brief glimpse of it was pretty favourable so I looked it up on the map.  Are there fish in it, eg north of Farnham, or is it one of the rivers polluted by runoff from adjacent farms?  Where are access points for fly fishing, i.e. places to park?

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I was driving back to Montreal on the Eastern Townships autoroute and crossed the Yamaska River.  My brief glimpse of it was pretty favourable so I looked it up on the map.  Are there fish in it, eg north of Farnham, or is it one of the rivers polluted by runoff from adjacent farms?  Where are access points for fly fishing, i.e. places to park?

Have you tried posting this question to can.rec.fishing?  I’ve crossed this river too and wondered the same thing. Cheers Visit The Streamer Page at http://members.home.net/pcharles/streamers/index.html

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Hi, Can anybody recommend a good quality, sturdy tackle box. It needs to be large as I have a big collection of lures and trolling paraphernalia. At the moment I end up dragging two or three smaller boxes around with me. Many thanks, Nick

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shin real hard on the hitch receiver and jump around. Steve

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"Nick C"

asks: Hi, Can anybody recommend a good quality, sturdy tackle box. It needs to be large as I have a big collection of lures and trolling paraphernalia. At the moment I end up dragging two or three smaller boxes around with me. Many thanks, Nick

I like Plano.  You can get them in sizes big enough to carry the contents of a one bedroom apartment. But, I do like two or three smaller boxes.  I fish for different species of fish, and bringing along a ton of bass stuff to fish for trout is just too much.  Now, I may keep the bass box in the car or RV, just in case, but hauling everything you own to go catch a few bluegills doesn’t work for me. I even like the little ones about as big as two packs of cigs to carry when I go for a short hike.  Big enough to carry some extra hooks, sinkers, lures, flies, etc, and go in a pocket. But I do like Plano, and for a couple of bucks, send in the deal and get your name on a real brass plate for the top.  Makes you look like Like Roland Martin.  And to really look like Roland, bang your shin real hard on the hitch receiver and jump around. Steve Illigitimi non carborundum.

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"Steve Huber"

Sorry, that was Bill Dance, "dancin" around the end of his truck.

I’ll bet that Roland has done it at least once.  Maybe not on camera. Steve Illigitimi non carborundum.

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Hi, Can anybody recommend a good quality, sturdy tackle box. It needs to be large as I have a big collection of lures and trolling paraphernalia. At the moment I end up dragging two or three smaller boxes around with me. Many thanks, Nick

This doesnt relate much to what youre talking about, but If you take advice from the guys on TV and have like 5 small boxes for each kind of fish, you will end up going fishing and sure enough there will be people catching 20lb cats all around you when you only have your bass equipment with you.  or you take a bunch of topwater stuff and the bass are biting on the bottom……man that pisses me off so buy a big box, be ready for anything…..I even carry in my little firebird 4 different fishing poles….a fly rod & reel, a spinning reel w/ rod, a baitcasting reel w/ rod, and a bug surfrod with a huge spinning reel just in case the huge carp happen to be biting.

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so buy a big box, be ready for anything…..I even carry in my little firebird 4 different fishing poles….a fly rod & reel, a spinning reel w/ rod, a baitcasting reel w/ rod, and a bug surfrod

One of those shopping carts works good to haul all the stuff. Be sure to remove the market’s name. Steve  ;-) Illigitimi non carborundum.

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Cant remember the brand..but i saw one at wal-mart ,pretty big with removable clear boxes you could fit in a pocket for hiking,quick trip etc..

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Let’s see tackle boxes … you got Kevin Van Dam on TV with a tractor-trailer load of tackle, you got Mark Sosin on TV with little Plano tackle boxes for all occasions …. sometimes a dozen boxes for some occasions, you got foot locker-sized, cig-pack-sized,  you got worm boxes, leader boxes, fresh … salt …. fly …. surf … spinning …. bait casting … I secretly suspect your question was designed to stir up this bunch of smelly ol’ anglers … and hook em good … Mission accomplished. Unless of course, you work for Plano, Flambeau or any of the other tackle box makers. By the way, I’ve been fishing for 44 years, and I only have a dozen tackle boxes … not counting the little ones.

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Let’s see tackle boxes … you got Kevin Van Dam on TV with a tractor-trailer load of tackle, you got Mark Sosin on TV with little Plano tackle boxes for all occasions …. sometimes a dozen boxes for some occasions, you got foot locker-sized, cig-pack-sized,  you got worm boxes, leader boxes, fresh … salt …. fly …. surf … spinning …. bait casting … I secretly suspect your question was designed to stir up this bunch of smelly ol’ anglers … and hook em good … Mission accomplished. Unless of course, you work for Plano, Flambeau or any of the other tackle box makers. By the way, I’ve been fishing for 44 years, and I only have a dozen tackle boxes … not counting the little ones.

I mostly freshwater fish, so I have two tackle boxes, one for fresh and a smaller one for salt. When I get too much freshwater gear and outgrow my box, I transfer all my saltwater stuff into it and give the smallest one to Goodwill. I’ve gone through about 4, and my freshwater box is now at the largest size Plano you can get without having dual side opening trays. I think I’m going to be keeping my current one for awhile Cant remember the brand..but i saw one at wal-mart ,pretty big with removable clear boxes you could fit in a pocket for hiking,quick trip etc..

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I really don’t like tying much but find it to be the price I pay for pursuing my passion.  I really enjoy fishing beadhead patterns and they are really easy to tie except for one thing…. getting the blankety, blanking bead around the bend in the hook.  I am trying to use too small a bead or is there a secret I am missing out on.  For example I use a 1/8th inch tungsten bead for a size 14 for hook and I pinch the barb before I put the bead on.  Once I get them on, they are easy to secure in place and I like the size of the pattern. Going crazy at the tying bench Mike

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Going crazy at the tying bench

Put the point of the hook in the small side of the hole in the bead and it will turn around the bend easier. — Charlie…

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Put the point of the hook in the small side of the hole in the bead and it will turn around the bend easier.

Yeah…for sure…but some bead diameters will simply not make the bend easily either. Ya gotta just find a combination of bead sizes/hook sizes/bends that works out for ya… — TimW, Halfordian Golfer "A Cash Flow Runs Through It…" "Guilt replaced the creel…" B.M.P.I.A.

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Ya gotta just find a combination of bead sizes/hook sizes/bends that works out for ya…

Which should include a 1/8" bead on a #14 hook… — Charlie…

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I really don’t like tying much but find it to be the price I pay for pursuing my passion.  I really enjoy fishing beadhead patterns and they are really easy to tie except for one thing…. getting the blankety, blanking bead around the bend in the hook.  I am trying to use too small a bead or is there a secret I am missing out on.  For example I use a 1/8th inch tungsten bead for a size 14 for hook and I pinch the barb before I put the bead on.  Once I get them on, they are easy to secure in place and I like the size of the pattern. Going crazy at the tying bench Mike

Some thoughts. Hook type:  Mustad 3906 or 9271 work better than the Tiemco R series or some of the Diaichis as they don’t have a "corner" in the gape. If they almost make it but don’t quite, don’t be afraid to bend the hook slightly.  I put my bead heads on by clamping the shank of the hook in the jaws of my vise with the hook point up then slipping the bead on.  If the bead won’t get past barb, I’ll tap it past by slipping a half-hitch tool over the point and on to the bead, then tapping the other end of the tool to force it past the barb.  If I can get it past the barb but not the bend, I slip the bead on then clamp the point in the vise and pull back slightly on the shank.  Usually the bead then slips around the bend easily and if you don’t pull too hard on the shank, the hook returns to it’s normal shape.  I normally do 10 or 20 at a time before I begin to tie.   To make matters easier, I have an old Integra vise (a Regal knock-off) that clamps and releases with a squeeze of a lever.  Very quick and easy for this sort of thing.  It would be more of a fiddle on the Renzetti. Cheers Visit The Streamer Page at http://members.home.net/pcharles/streamers/index.html

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<< Hook type:  Mustad 3906 or 9271 work better than the Tiemco R series or some of the Diaichis as they don’t have a "corner" in the gape. I am using a Mustad 39068 hook and I also have the 9271.  I have been bending the hook a bit to get it around the corner but figured that maybe I was going too small on the bead.   Thanks for all the information guys. Mike Mike Wilson Fishing!! What else is there?

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Peter: Thanks for making something easy for the newbies. It is funny how great minds come to the same conclusions…I would hate to admit how many years of frustration it took for my feeble mind to figure all that out. Big Dale

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I use a Tiemco 3761 or 3763 and have no problems whatsoever in getting the bead around the bend. Btw – I have the same Integra, great vise for the money! Herman – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Some thoughts. Hook type:  Mustad 3906 or 9271 work better than the Tiemco R series or some of the Diaichis as they don’t have a "corner" in the gape. If they almost make it but don’t quite, don’t be afraid to bend the hook slightly.  I put my bead heads on by clamping the shank of the hook in the jaws of my vise with the hook point up then slipping the bead on.  If the bead won’t get past barb, I’ll tap it past by slipping a half-hitch tool over the point and on to the bead, then tapping the other end of the tool to force it past the barb.  If I can get it past the barb but not the bend, I slip the bead on then clamp the point in the vise and pull back slightly on the shank.  Usually the bead then slips around the bend easily and if you don’t pull too hard on the shank, the hook returns to it’s normal shape.  I normally do 10 or 20 at a time before I begin to tie. To make matters easier, I have an old Integra vise (a Regal knock-off) that clamps and releases with a squeeze of a lever.  Very quick and easy for this sort of thing.  It would be more of a fiddle on the Renzetti. Cheers Visit The Streamer Page at http://members.home.net/pcharles/streamers/index.html

–         Cheers, Herman         Herman Nijland         Daytime webmaster         Lifetime flyfisher

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<< Hook type:  Mustad 3906 or 9271 work better than the Tiemco R series or some of the Diaichis as they don’t have a "corner" in the gape. I am using a Mustad 39068 hook and I also have the 9271.  I have been bending the hook a bit to get it around the corner but figured that maybe I was going too small on the bead.   Thanks for all the information guys. Mike Mike Wilson Fishing!! What else is there?

BTW, forgot to mention that since dry fly hooks are smaller gauge, slipping on a bead is easier.  Since you’re using a bead, there’s less need for the heavy wire of a 3906B. Peter

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I use a Tiemco 3761 or 3763 and have no problems whatsoever in getting the bead around the bend. Btw – I have the same Integra, great vise for the money! Herman

Ya, it’s the R series that are the pain.  (I’ll never get rid of the Integra despite the worn jaws.) Peter

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Make sure you use beads with the hole countersunk on one side.  You can go mad trying to get beads onto hooks which do not have this countersinking. Use round bend hooks. If necessary bend the hook slightly to facilitate placing the beads. Put the point of the hook in the hole on the small side. If you just wish to use the beads as weight, and for no other reason, use split shot. Clamp these on the hook using a pair of pliers. Do about ten or twelve like this, then mix up a little epoxy and put a tiny drop over the shot. If you want paint them gold or silver when dry. The coloured nail varnish available is good for this. Try bright red and green etc, as well, you might be pleasantly surprised. These things are indestructible, you can use practically any size bead, and they are a lot cheaper than buying the drilled beads, a good thing, as one tends to lose quite a few such weighted flies on various hang-ups. TL MC — "In order to achieve what is possible, one must constantly attempt the impossible" http://www.mikeconnor.de

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Another interesting tactic is to use the bead, or split shot, as the thorax of the nymph.  You might want to dub around it a bit or wrap leg hackle, but otherwise just pull the wing case over the bead or shot.  The nymph is proportioned better and weighted the same, yet looks more natural. Regards, Jeff

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Another interesting tactic is to use the bead, or split shot, as the thorax of the nymph.  You might want to dub around it a bit or wrap leg hackle, but otherwise just pull the wing case over the bead

This is the method I use for Mayfly and Stonefly nymphs, and I have been pleased with the results. George Adams "From the rockin’ of the cradle to the rollin’ of the hearse, the goin’ up was worth the comin’ down." ___Kris Kristofferson "The Pilgrim/Chapter 33"

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Thanks for the great Idea Mike! I have been using the tungsten beads and whenever I lose one I feel like crying!!! This will be one idea that I will try out this spring and summer for sure. The cost of some of the bead heads is unreal, and when I want to get down fast this should be able to rid some of the excess weight I have on the line. ,many thanks from a newbie Pierre – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Make sure you use beads with the hole countersunk on one side.  You can go mad trying to get beads onto hooks which do not have this countersinking. Use round bend hooks. If necessary bend the hook slightly to facilitate placing the beads. Put the point of the hook in the hole on the small side. If you just wish to use the beads as weight, and for no other reason, use split shot. Clamp these on the hook using a pair of pliers. Do about ten or twelve like this, then mix up a little epoxy and put a tiny drop over the shot. If you want paint them gold or silver when dry. The coloured nail varnish available is good for this. Try bright red and green etc, as well, you might be pleasantly surprised. These things are indestructible, you can use practically any size bead, and they are a lot cheaper than buying the drilled beads, a good thing, as one tends to lose quite a few such weighted flies on various hang-ups. TL MC — "In order to achieve what is possible, one must constantly attempt the impossible" http://www.mikeconnor.de

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If you don’t need the weight, try using glass beads that you can get from a craft store.  I use a clear glass bead to simulate an air bubble under the shell.  I use this mainly in a variation of a Prince Nymph that I tie with a crimson trailing shuck.  Works pretty well in the float tube. Jeff – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – If you just wish to use the beads as weight, and for no other reason, use split shot. Clamp these on the hook using a pair of pliers. Do about ten or twelve like this, then mix up a little epoxy and put a tiny drop over the shot. If you want paint them gold or silver when dry. The coloured nail varnish available is good for this. Try bright red and green etc, as well, you might be pleasantly surprised. These things are indestructible, you can use practically any size bead, and they are a lot cheaper than buying the drilled beads, a good thing, as one tends to lose quite a few such weighted flies on various hang-ups. TL MC

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Fisher, um, people, I’m looking for some swell spots to fly fish near NYC. I live in Manhattan and am dying to dip in a line and do some fishing! Any suggestions? Thanks,     Fishing Fan in the Big Apple Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.

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Are fihsng form boat or surf. You can cjeck out www.thefishingline.com for reports and best areas to fish. Since you live in Manhattan, call Rich Johnson at 516-889-6895. The Fishing Line radio & TV shows RJ Productions For info on text or advertising call 516-889-6895

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There is a little book entitled "Good fishing close to New York City : a guide to the great close-to-home angling of the metropolitan region"  by Jim Capossela. it is out of print, and a bit outdated, however you might be able to find it at the NY public library or order it through Amazon.com, for instance. It covers fishing within 50 miles of Manhattan. There is some fly-fishing in Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties, in Northern NJ. and in Long Island. Check also with the local fly shops. -Vittorio – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Fisher, um, people, I’m looking for some swell spots to fly fish near NYC. I live in Manhattan and am dying to dip in a line and do some fishing! Any suggestions? Thanks,     Fishing Fan in the Big Apple Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.

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It has been many years since I fished the area, but the Amawalk in lower Westchester County was a great C&R Brown trout stream. I heard there was an unfortunate oil spill there some years back, but it may have recovered. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Fisher, um, people, I’m looking for some swell spots to fly fish near NYC. I live in Manhattan and am dying to dip in a line and do some fishing! Any suggestions? Thanks,    Fishing Fan in the Big Apple Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.

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I will be arriving Gatlinburg Aug. 4 in time for an all afternoon class and will be there for the rest of the week. Is anyone else going? Would like to meet to have a few beers etc. I am sure that Marc Pinsel as President and co-founder of The Classic Atlantic Brim Fly Society will call at least one meeting to do serious liver damage at one of the local bars. This is the biggest show of the year for the FFF and if you have never been to one it is something else! They seldom have the big show this far South, so it is a real opportunity for many of us. They are also having a two day long Bamboo Rod Symposium. The one I attended last year in Idaho Falls was very interesting. Big Dale

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Hi Dale, Gretchen and I are leaving today in the motor home. We plan on a slow trip and a little fishing in the process. See you there. Tight Lines – Al Beatty http://www.btsflyfishing.com

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I’ll make the CABFS meetings for sure.  I’ll be setting up the conservation booth on the 4th.  And I’m really looking forward to some of the casting clinics.  If anyone is going up into the park to fish, please post.  We had a great time at the SE conclave last year, some rain, but it was a great time. Dick Whiting – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I will be arriving Gatlinburg Aug. 4 in time for an all afternoon class and will be there for the rest of the week. Is anyone else going? Would like to meet to have a few beers etc. I am sure that Marc Pinsel as President and co-founder of The Classic Atlantic Brim Fly Society will call at least one meeting to do serious liver damage at one of the local bars. This is the biggest show of the year for the FFF and if you have never been to one it is something else! They seldom have the big show this far South, so it is a real opportunity for many of us. They are also having a two day long Bamboo Rod Symposium. The one I attended last year in Idaho Falls was very interesting. Big Dale

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I am planning to go to British Columbia around the first of August for 7-9 days of first class fly-fishing for trout. I have never been there and need a recommendation for a lodge that has full ammenities and guide service with fly-outs. Jeff

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Jeff, You can go to this page and take your choice: http://www.oppub.com/bin/html I recommend the following: Bare Lake Resort Charles & Jean Forrest/Phil & Betty Teichgrab Box 1248 Kamloops ,BC  V2C 6H3 Tel: 250-319-5511; mesg.604-858-3678  Fax: 604-858-8008 High Country Douglas Lake Ranch Resort http://www.douglaslake.com/ Carlo Elstak General Delivery Douglas Lake ,BC  V0E 1S0 Tel: 250-371-7206/250-350-3344/1-800-663-4838  Fax: 250-350-3336 High Country Northern Woodsman Lodge http://www.northernwoodsman.com/ Les and Michelle Allen P.O. Box 26025 Westbank, B.C., Canada V4T 2G3 Phone/Fax: (250) 769-7642 Paul Phillips Director of Operations Fintastic Fish Mounts http://www.fintastic.com take off the 1 for E-mail – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am planning to go to British Columbia around the first of August for 7-9 days of first class fly-fishing for trout. I have never been there and need a recommendation for a lodge that has full ammenities and guide service with fly-outs. Jeff

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I could recommend a couple, but you really need to contact Dick McMaster, the director of the BC Fishing Resorts and Outfitters Association at (250) 828-1553. Or you can drop them a letter at P.O. box 3301, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, V2C 6B9 This guy is a wealth of knowledge and it’s his job to help people just like you, looking for a lodge. Good Luck. And please tell him Bill Luscombe told you to call him. Thanks. Bill – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am planning to go to British Columbia around the first of August for 7-9 days of first class fly-fishing for trout. I have never been there and need a recommendation for a lodge that has full ammenities and guide service with fly-outs. Jeff

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I’ll be in Georgia for 6 days (visiting in-laws…) and would love an excuse to get out for a spell. They live near Columbus, but I generally fish only in Eastern Sierra (Northern California). Any suggestions? A good fly shop to call? Thanks! — Fish more, Fret less…

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I’ll be in Georgia for 6 days (visiting in-laws…)

In that part of Georgia you’ll only find warmwater fishing. Callway Gardens at Pine Mountain offers some great float tube fishing for large bream and bass. If you can get up to Atlanta, we have the Hooch; and if you have time to get into the mountains, there are too many opportunities to list here. Let me know more about your plans — maybe I can be of more assistance. — Visit Dave Teffeteller’s Fly Fishing Guides Home Page http://www.olfart.com

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Does anyone out there know where there is any good flyfishing within a 100 miles of San Francisco.  I am going there in October and would like to try my luck.  I would appreciate a direct response thanks

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Hi. Write or call Daiablo Valley Fly Fishemen, PO Box 4988, Walnut Creek, CA. 94596 Pres. Rod Black 415 736-1989 or 510 736-1989. If you need any info. about Montana I can also help. I spend Mayto Nov. at my fishing lodge in MT and Nov to May in San Francisco Bay Area. Have a nice day fishing.                                Bryant BBlewett

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – We’ve always called suckers, fallfish, big chubs, etc. by the name Hoover-mouth Trout. No dishonour in these fish. They’ve saved a few days on the river, and taught my kids how to fish a dry fly. Hi Brent I like your attitude.  I feel the same about Mountain Whitefish.  They get a lot of bad press (undeserved I feel) and have saved more than one day of fishing for me. Tight Lines Al Beatty BT’s Fly Fishing Products Bozeman, MT (96 catalog)Yep, last spring I was steelheading on the White River in MI and I

didn’t even see a steelie, but a few suckers made some really impressive reel-screaming runs. The grey tumors on their sides were kind of a bummer, though, and my buddy was taken aback when one that I hooked made a thirty yard run downstream straight to his boot and started sucking away.  Fun fish, though. -Jon

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We’ve always called suckers, fallfish, big chubs, etc. by the name Hoover-mouth Trout.

BTW, as I was in line at the supermarket yesterday I couldn’t help but think of fishing as I noticed the cover of the current COSMOPOLITAN magazine. It was like I had a good fish on then got it close and – damn, a sucker. This lip injection fad has gone too far. Mark Vinsel http://www.lanminds.com/local/vinnie/gallery.html

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We’ve always called suckers, fallfish, big chubs, etc. by the name Hoover-mouth Trout. BTW, as I was in line at the supermarket yesterday I couldn’t help but think of fishing as I noticed the cover of the current COSMOPOLITAN magazine. It was like I had a good fish on then got it close and – damn, a sucker. This lip injection fad has gone too far.

true, but they’re sporting a cleavage factor of 9 these days. TimW

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We’ve always called suckers, fallfish, big chubs, etc. by the name Hoover-mouth Trout. No dishonour in these fish. They’ve saved a few days on the river, and taught my kids how to fish a dry fly.

Hi Brent I like your attitude.  I feel the same about Mountain Whitefish.  They get a lot of bad press (undeserved I feel) and have saved more than one day of fishing for me. Tight Lines Al Beatty BT’s Fly Fishing Products Bozeman, MT (96 catalog)

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We’ve always called suckers, fallfish, big chubs, etc. by the name Hoover-mouth Trout. No dishonour in these fish. They’ve saved a few days on the river, and taught my kids how to fish a dry fly.

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