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- Original Message -
From: chuckalexan...@hughes.net
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 10:30 PM
Subject: [VFB] Rope dubbing
DonO: I still have problems with the short fibered dubbings, like Hare's ear
that has been cut off and blended
Christmas Fly
Swap
You only tie one fly and send me the
digital photo of it.
Enclose tying instructions and Christmas message
to the rest of VFB if you like.
I have put photos on both my
photobucket and flickr photo sites in dedicated Christmas fly swap albums, the
web addresses are
MeddelandeNick,
Nice fly!!!
That one is ready to fish, and with a bead-head it would be a nice bead-head
fly. LOL
Did you do the two (3?) colors in one rope, or two steps? That should be a 30
to 45-second fishing fly.
Glad you like it. Just about everyone has a portion of the rope-dub
From Gary Webb. TKX, JIMMY D
Dry fly purists take note!
This art is both difficult and delightful. It demands different
qualities and it makes a different appeal, it opens a new field of
MeddelandeNick and all 'ropers'. Something for you to try. I'll have more on
DVD#2.
When you finish your rope and it is as tight as it will go, without letting
tension off of the core material, let go of just the rope and let it unwind by
variable amounts before you wrap. Once the rope is
MeddelandeNick: That is an awesome looking fly. It looks JUST LIKE a certain
insect that I'm trying to place but can't right now. A hellmagranite??? Or a
certain type stonefly?? I can't find the book I found it in right now, but it
looks IDENTICAL to that particular insect. Where do you get
Not me. Although I did renew an appreciation for dry fly fishing after the
Flathead River last year.
From: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Jimmy D. Moore
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:25 PM
To: Virtual Fly Box; Fly Fishing World; Hill Coountry Fly
Where on the Flathead did you fish?
DonO
- Original Message -
From: J Balmer
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 4:12 PM
Subject: RE: [VFB] QUOTE FOR THE DAY
Not me. Although I did renew an appreciation for dry fly fishing after the
Flathead
Nick,
I told Don about the same thing, the two thumbs is the answer. I guess I was
dubbing like you were and had the same results. I got a quick look at Don
dubbing in March of 06 but it was just a glance as I was real busy with the
show.
I have not been able to do much since I got the DVD and
And not to forget the BONUS that came with this DVD:
For the Fanatic Swap I'm currently tying a fly with a wing of something that
Tony gave me in a (quite
full) Bits Pieces bag, when I stayed at his house. I had no idea what it
was. I sat in front of the TV
and saw him fiddling with a black
Nick,
That is a patch of Russian Seal from Dot's fur coat that I hated. She had that
coat before I even knew her. Finally one day she said to dump it. I cut it up
and gave a lot of it away. Some of the old timers before this list have chunks
of it when I gave away bags of fur to whoever wanted
We put in @ a place called the Bar, up towards Glacier northeast of
Whitefish. I could probably find in on a map if you want. It was our
Entomology of the Flathead class @ last years’ Conclave. Had a fish on first
cast under a tree branch. Great day of fishing, that’s the day I caught a
whitefish
If Teresa had a fur coat in that color I would have dumped it without asking
her... dark blood red. Are you sure we mean the same patch. There were many
patches of different furs in that bag. I'm sending you a picture offlist
with the fly (to not spoil for swappers), to make sure we mean the same
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