you can put me on your waiting list too Thomas Am 17.12.2009 00:44, schrieb Niclas Runarsson: > Bahhh... just can't be first. LOL > Sign me up for DVD#2 right away. > /Nick > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > *Från:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] *För *Don Ordes > *Skickat:* den 17 december 2009 00:41 > *Till:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Ämne:* Re: [VFB] Another quick rope dub test... > > Nick, > This is covered on DVD#2- Working with multiple ropes, noodles, > and hackles. > A green rope with a ginger grizzly hackle (top), and a yellow rope > (bottom), cross-weave, > and viola, fuzzy green caterpillar with a yellow belly. > DonO > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Niclas Runarsson <mailto:niclas.runars...@soderhamn.com> > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > <mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:02 PM > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Another quick rope dub test... > > I've just taken it one step further... yesterday I got too > violent with a couple of flies and the thread broke by the > hook. But, like you said... "memory". The ropes are still on > my bench. Now I have tried another technique. > You start with making a rope... and I mean a tight rope... and > I mean a very tight rope... and I mean a TOO tight rope. Then > you cut that rope from the bobbin and tie it in at > the breaking point. Then you make another one, aaaalmost too > tight. Now you have two ropes, one on the thread to your > bobbin and one hanging freely... and you can start your > parallel weave!!!!!! LOL > It's tricky but possible. And by having one of the > strands(ropes) connected to your bobbin, this is a parallel > weave that you can practice without having to cut the thread > first... which became another one of those "chills" I've been > having. You can do this with other materials too... just tried > with antron and it worked like a charm. When the weaving was > done, the thread wasn't lying beside the vise, but it was in > your hand, ready to be wrapped around the antron strands. ;o) > /Nick > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > *Från:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > [mailto:vfb-m...@googlegroups.com] *För *Don Ordes > *Skickat:* den 16 december 2009 22:58 > *Till:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Ämne:* Re: [VFB] Another quick rope dub test... > > Nick, > Cool fly. Better name. > Also try this. > After you make your rope with the dubbing and hackle, > compress it towards the hook and re-tighten (like the > shaping segment). This works best if you use monofilament > for the core (or wire), and things get tight and friction > fights you. > You may have a 3" long rope that you can compress 30-50%, > and it will look way buggier, with better segments, and > more dense. It will also feel more life-like to a fish. > DonO > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Niclas Runarsson > <mailto:niclas.runars...@soderhamn.com> > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > <mailto:vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 16, 2009 2:13 PM > *Subject:* [VFB] Another quick rope dub test... > > ... before I sit down with the Fanatic Swap flies again: > > Materials: Opossum & Ice Dubbing (Rust-Red-Nat. Brown) > + black saddle hackle... > Rock hard, segmented... and with a hackle that's as > close to bullet proof as you can come. > If I was to chose ONE hackled fly that I had to use > for an entire season > > *"SHOITRT"* ("Saddle-Hackled Opossum & Ice Tricolor > Ropodubbus Testus") > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed > to the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at > http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to > the "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at > http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > "VFB Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB > Mail" group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
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