Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-04 Thread Wayne Blake-Hedges
Hi Tony;   Did you order two light from Walmart or Lowes?   Wayne --- On Mon, 5/3/10, Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 7:44 PM Just ordered

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-04 Thread Anthony Spezio
Light Maybe? To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 7:16 AM Hi Tony;   Did you order two light from Walmart or Lowes?   Wayne --- On Mon, 5/3/10, Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-04 Thread Wayne Blake-Hedges
...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Anthony Spezio bambot...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 8:29 AM Walmart., I thought I would try them. Actually I was talking to Dot about them and she had my daughter order them. I have

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-04 Thread Anthony Spezio
...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Wayne Blake-Hedges wayneb22...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 8:55 AM Hi Tony;   Thanks!   I was curious if you were giving the Walmart Ott/knockoff a try.  The light Scott was using at Sow Bug was my

RE: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-04 Thread J McK
) Walla Ott-Lite Jerry McKaughan,President Caddis Fly Fishing Club P. O. Box 9104 Russellville, AR 72811 www.caddisflyfishers.org Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 11:36:10 -0700 From: bambot...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com I was going

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-04 Thread Rodger Oleson
On 5/4/2010 1:36 PM, Anthony Spezio wrote: I want them for lights to photograph flies. I was wondering if that would be a good use for them. I've as yet been unable to get good fly pics. I have instructions from a guy

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-04 Thread Anthony Spezio
this is a Micky Mouse way of doing it but it works for me. Tony --- On Tue, 5/4/10, Rodger Oleson rodger...@argontech.net wrote: From: Rodger Oleson rodger...@argontech.net Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 5:03 PM On 5

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-03 Thread Anthony Spezio
Just ordered two of them. Should have them by the 14 th. Tony --- On Thu, 4/29/10, Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@hughes.net wrote: From: Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@hughes.net Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com, fly fishing for panfish

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-03 Thread Chuck Alexander
We JUST got home from town, but we made it to Lowes just as they were closing, so I didn't get to check them out here. Chuck - Original Message - From: Anthony Spezio To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-01 Thread Chuck Alexander
a long flexible arms that will adjust anyway up, down, sideways, you name it, which is good for the not getting the light in my eyes. Chuck - Original Message - From: Joyce Westphal To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-01 Thread Chuck Alexander
Jack: Thanks for the tip. So the Ott light is taller than this light??? Chuck - Original Message - From: Jack Lehman jklepo...@sbcglobal.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? I have one like that, sitting

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-01 Thread Chuck Alexander
- From: Michael Bliss To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? I have the Ott light that is very similar. I love the light but miss having a long flexible arm on my light so I can position it where I want. My sister

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-01 Thread Chuck Alexander
priced ourselves out of a job in many cases, Chuck - Original Message - From: Joseph Fusco, Sr. To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? Chuck - I have two that are very similar to the one you listed

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-01 Thread Chuck Alexander
Joyce: I couldn't find the light. I saw the magnifier, and the gallows tool. Am I going to the wrong place?? Thanks, Chuck - Original Message - From: Joyce Westphal To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:30 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe

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2010-05-01 Thread Joyce Westphal
. Am I going to the wrong place?? Thanks, Chuck t - Original Message - *From:* Joyce Westphal westpha...@gmail.com *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Friday, April 30, 2010 5:30 AM *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? Chuck, I have one with a flexible arm over my tying

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-01 Thread Jack Lehman
this light??? Chuck - Original Message - From: Jack Lehman jklepo...@sbcglobal.net To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? I have one like that, sitting on a shelf. It provides plenty of light, but I found that it was too

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-01 Thread Chuck Alexander
Thanks a lot, Chuck - Original Message - From: Joyce Westphal To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 7:29 AM Subject: Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe? Chuck, I've emailed Norm to find out if he can get the flexible arm lights any more. I'll send you

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-05-01 Thread Don Ordes
Rodger, You should do what Jeff Frye did. He brought his wife over to see my fly room, and she said she'd never say another word about how much stuff he had. DonO - Original Message - From: Rodger Oleson To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 9:33 AM

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-04-30 Thread Joyce Westphal
Chuck, I have one with a flexible arm over my tying desk made especially for vises. You can check it out at http://www.nor-vise.com. I use it in combo with a big magnifying one. Joyce On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Chuck Alexander chuckalexan...@hughes.net wrote: Has anybody tried to tie

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-04-30 Thread Joseph Fusco, Sr.
*Chuck -* ** *I have two that are very similar to the one you listed. They are both more than adaquate as tying lights. I also have an OTT light which cost three times as much and is no better.* *-- Joe Fusco, Sr. Member of The Missouri Trout Fishermen’s Association, The International

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-04-30 Thread Michael Bliss
I have the Ott light that is very similar. I love the light but miss having a long flexible arm on my light so I can position it where I want. My sister gave it to me so that is what I use. The Ott light keeps colors pretty true which is nice and seems to be easy on the eyes. But if I were

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-04-30 Thread Joyce Westphal
Look carefully at the light. The bulb should be two long tubes. A single tube will not give you the light you need. I found that without the flexible shaft that I could not position the light from the foldable light where I needed it to tie well without it shining in my eyes. Joyce On Fri, Apr

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-04-30 Thread Jack Lehman
I have one like that, sitting on a shelf. It provides plenty of light, but I found that it was too short, I had to clamp it to something to make it work. Ott lights are great. Yes, they are expensive, but I find them in the craft stores, and use those 40% off coupons that are usually in the

Re: [VFB] Tying Light Maybe?????

2010-04-29 Thread Chuck Alexander
I just read on down the page to the ratings and comments. Out of 21 feedbacks, 15 give it 5 stars, 6 give it 4 stars and no 3,2, or 1's. And they compare it to Ott Lights, which at our local Hobby Lobby is right at $100. Now I KNOW I'm gonna get one to at least try out, Chuck -