A couple of years ago I purchased a bunch of the flat lead by Larva Lace. It was being discontinued I think. It works quite well. I have also done just as Don) has described above. I used the flat lead on the stonefly nymph I tied for JD swap.
Mike On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Conranch <conra...@wildblue.net> wrote: > DonO asked me to post this for him. > > > "For flat lead in many sizes as needed, I make my own from round lead > wire. Just lay down a strip of round lead (any diameter) on a hard flat > surface and drag a hard but rounded object down the length of the strip, > using enough pressure to flatten the lead but not break it. It depends on > some variables, but a little practice will tell you what is needed. You > can flatten once just to take the roundness off of it, or many times to > make it paper thin (but much weaker- wrap with care). > > Experiment with different diameters of wire and different thicknesses of > finished flattened wire to get just what you want. For midges, a piece of > fine round wire flattens out paper thin and make little difference in the > final diameter of the fly. Lay down some head cement 1st and that will > cement the flat wraps against the hook perfectly. Scissor-trim the tie-down > start as a tapered point so you can wrap without over-wrapping to get it > started. > > For tapered lead bodies, just flatten out the roundness progressively down > the length, and then when you wrap, the final thickness will vary, rather > than having to use over-wraps. > > For flat, tapered lead underbodies (flat bodied flies), wrap a flattened > lead wire body a little thicker than you want, but tapered like above. Then > crush the body in a smooth-jawed needle-nose pliers, and you end up with a > shaped lead underbody than you can 'freeze' with head cement. > > This method of flattening your own lead allows you infinite variability in > how much you weight a fly and it allows to to use any round lead wire." > DonO > > Thanks, Denny > > > > -- > -- > 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-unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/vfb-mail?hl=en <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 Google > Groups "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > vfb-mail+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<vfb-mail%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> > . > > > -- Mike Bliss Aloha from Hawaii -- -- 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 Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
