I stole the small chain from 1) a bank and 2) a police station when filling out the form for my wife's speeding ticket ( a revenge attack!). Go get the bead otherwise from a hardware store as fishing stores charge alot for nothing. Arts and Crafts stores also have the stuff. R
______________________________________________ Reuven Segal B. Engineering (Aerospace)- Final Year B. Engineering (Manufacturing Systems and Management) RMIT University 5/11 Rockbrook Road, East St. Kilda, 3183 Melbourne, Victoria Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mobile: 0422 266798 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Desert Eagle Sent: Tuesday, 10 October 2006 6:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [VFB] Progress Well, I made some progress today. We had a cold front blow through last night and the high so far has been right at 58ยบ. Overcast, a little drizzle off and on, just a cool fall day. Bones are achy and joints sore, so it will not be gone to fast. One of those days that are so common in winter, you just want to sit and read or tie flies. Well, I did the later. Am almost totally out of #8 and #10 long shanks, so I kept looking at the #12 nymph hooks. I successfully tied 6 #12 bead chain eyed nymph today. Had to take my time and teach my left hand what I wanted it to do. But with a bit of coaxing we did fine. Not a fly from any recipe I am aware of, Bend up, pheasant tail fibers for a tail, medium brown dubbing rope dubbed for the body, Bead chain eyes on the bottom, thorax is of peacock hurl with an iridescent wing case with a drop of Sally Hansen's on it. Nothing fancy, but was a good workout and it gives me hope that with continued challenges I will again someday be tying back down to the 20's and such. I want to try this on a 14, but the bead chain would be way to large to tie anything else in after they were on. Anyone ever do this? If so, where did you find the small bead chains? Going to enjoy a hot cup and may venture back to the bench for a couple more flies. Jimi
