Roger: Small scissors. If they don't fit, do what Joyce has done. When we were tying for the boy scouts last week, she showed me how she had the handles on her favorite scissors bent at an angle so they fit further in her hand. Her hands are small, and I know that she seldom sets her scissors down. My hands are much larger, but I keep my scissors in my hand, and I can even use my Thompson whip finisher with my scissors kept in my hand. Saves lots of time. Sorry this digressed. I know it started as a stream-side tying thread...
Larry Johnson Springville, Utah >>> "Rodger Oleson" <rodger...@argontech.net> 8/3/2010 9:18 AM >>> Anthony Spezio wrote: With the scissors in hand and making the whip finish done by hand a lot of time is saved when tying a lot of flies. Sounds great,Tony,Joyce and all. I've been trying to learn to hold my scissors and do a whip finish for the past year. Seems I can do one or the other, but either slows down my already tortoise-speed tying. :-[ Is there some secret or does it just require practice and a bit of manual dexterity...practice I can handle, but......:-( Rodger O. -- 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 ( 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