Re: YLI Silk
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 9:21 am
Donald, Howdy;
Take you time, get well first...
hank
Take you time, get well first...
hank
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Re: YLI Silk
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 8:40 pm
Hope you feel better soon, Donald.
Re: YLI Silk
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:21 am
I hope you feel better soon Donald
Re: YLI Silk
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:02 pm
I am feeling a lot better, so here is a Greenwell Spider
Hook: #14
Silk: YLI #214 Dandelion/Daffodill.
Body: Tying silk well waxed. White wax.
Rib: Tying silk well twisted.
Hackle: Metz furnace hen.
The hackle was brushed forward to show body better.
It probably needs a darker wax.
I think the focus could be a lot better.
Hook: #14
Silk: YLI #214 Dandelion/Daffodill.
Body: Tying silk well waxed. White wax.
Rib: Tying silk well twisted.
Hackle: Metz furnace hen.
The hackle was brushed forward to show body better.
It probably needs a darker wax.
I think the focus could be a lot better.
Re: YLI Silk
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:14 pm
Donald, Howdy;
It's a good looking fly.
Think that the auto focus grabbed onto the vise jaw. Do you have the selectable small rectangles to steer the foucs to a certian point ?
Good to hear you're feeling better.
Knock back a few hot toddies, they'll kill any bug !
hank
It's a good looking fly.
Think that the auto focus grabbed onto the vise jaw. Do you have the selectable small rectangles to steer the foucs to a certian point ?
Good to hear you're feeling better.
Knock back a few hot toddies, they'll kill any bug !
hank
Re: YLI Silk
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 4:33 pm
I think you are right about the auto focus Hank.
I'll try it again with the fly in the cable clip instead of the vise.
I'll try it again with the fly in the cable clip instead of the vise.
Re: YLI Silk
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:59 pm
I think this may be a bit better.
I got carried away a bit with waxing
I got carried away a bit with waxing
Re: YLI Silk
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:29 pm
Donald that's a great looking tie. Perhaps this has been discussed before but I was wondering about the hook you're using. Is it a 2x short hook or is this simply what one gets with this hook design?
Regards, Jerry
Regards, Jerry
Re: YLI Silk
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:51 pm
Donald, Howdy;
Looks alot better.
Is there such a thing as to much wax ?????
hank
Looks alot better.
Is there such a thing as to much wax ?????
hank
Re: YLI Silk
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:42 pm
Not really Hank, at least I don't think so.
The trouble is I need to use extra magnification to look closely at my flies,
but I have skipped using it and have been just using my ordinary reading
glasses and I have not seen the surplus wax that squeezes out of the silk.
You can clear it away, if you see it.
Oh, and about the hook, have a look at this page on my web-site,
this is the type of hook that Roger Fogg likes, he mentions it in
the book you've got.
http://donaldnicolson.webplus.net/page205.html
The trouble is I need to use extra magnification to look closely at my flies,
but I have skipped using it and have been just using my ordinary reading
glasses and I have not seen the surplus wax that squeezes out of the silk.
You can clear it away, if you see it.
Oh, and about the hook, have a look at this page on my web-site,
this is the type of hook that Roger Fogg likes, he mentions it in
the book you've got.
http://donaldnicolson.webplus.net/page205.html