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jpm75

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #45 on: 31/03/2011 at 10:26 »
Tiam, I just checked your link for the loons thinner. Don't mix it with your veniards varnish as the loons is water based and it will ruin your varnish. Try and get the cellulose stuff. Ps if you put your hackle at the front of your thorax and only wind on 3 or 4 turn it will give you a better result.
Cheers John.
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Tiam

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #46 on: 31/03/2011 at 18:47 »
John,
Thanks for the very helpful advice, thank goodness I checked with you otherwise I would have ruined my varnish! I will have a look for that cellulose thinner and I can now see what you mean, less number of turns for the hackle means a better fly :wink
Thanks for all your very helpful advice it really has made me tie much better!

All the Best
Tiam
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DJG1984

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #47 on: 03/04/2011 at 22:56 »
I tied my 1st fly today  :cool: , nae a bonnie creature. A march brown, my dad made one before i did to show me but its the first time in years he's made one. My effort was a bit fat looking but my Dad reckons it'll still take a fish. I'll put a picture up soon.

Dave
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Tiam

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #48 on: 04/04/2011 at 10:11 »
Great! It is good that others are also beginning to tie, if you have any questions, i am sure the guys wont mind answering them as they did for me!

All the Best
Tiam
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jpm75

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #49 on: 05/04/2011 at 17:29 »
Quote from: Tiam on 04/04/2011 at 10:11
Great! It is good that others are also beginning to tie, if you have any questions, i am sure the guys wont mind answering them as they did for me!
All the Best
Tiam
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Always glad to help, and share any knowledge I can.
Regards John. I
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DJG1984

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #50 on: 05/04/2011 at 22:08 »
I'm experimenting on the vice again tonight (i now seem to of inherited my dads vice) Not making anything in particular, just practising. I'm gonna need alot of it.
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DJG1984

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #51 on: 05/04/2011 at 23:39 »
I tied a couple of black buzzers tonight, second one is a bit better than the first. Starting with simple beasties seems to be the best aproach.

Dave.
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DJG1984

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #52 on: 06/04/2011 at 22:36 »
My first fly-
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DJG1984

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #53 on: 06/04/2011 at 22:43 »
My first buzzer, made last night-
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DJG1984

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #54 on: 06/04/2011 at 22:46 »
My first damsel nymph, made this afternoon


Dave
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Irvine Ross

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #55 on: 07/04/2011 at 07:59 »
They will catch fish for you Dave. :z16

Keep at it and you will get to judge proportions well and get a feel for the thread tension you need. Only just enough is better than too tight.

tight lines

Irvine
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DJG1984

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #56 on: 07/04/2011 at 15:15 »
Here's a march brown spider thing i made this afternoon-


Dave.
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DJG1984

Re: My First Fly
« Reply #57 on: 07/04/2011 at 22:27 »
Cheers Irvine, i hope a fish likes them. :z18

This fly tying is taken hold of me now like  :z4. Just finished another march brown, thats five tied today. I'll be trying some of them out tomorrow on the Don

Dave.

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