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That Guy is my hero

That Guy is my hero

Regards Arno

Thanks to all who vo

Thanks to all who vote and take time to check out my photography.

I am a "lather" and

I am a "lather" and make pens, pencils, candle holders, wine and bottle stoppers, etc. I have received a request from a friend to make some reel seats. How do I find the "plans" (specs) for the sizes and procedures for the seats and various handles?

If there is a file, or book, that covers these procedures, I would appreciate it.

Nice channel, nice v

Nice channel, nice videos.
Create to the future for fly fishing.

Please, insert my video in the channel.
Be more than happy.

Thanks.
Cesar Pansera

I have hundreds of p

I have hundreds of pounds of stabilized Buckeye Burl and wish to make and sell Reel Seats. I am interested in finding a source of the aluminum parts and tools, some instruction. 25 years experience on a wood lathe. Coop

Mike,

Mike,

That looks like some fishing trip!
Too bad you didn't get any of these on the fly. That would have been some catch!

Martin

I enjoy curious quality tools

I enjoy curious quality tools that work...
Eumer makes a simple but effective Tube Fly Tool... in two sizes...
The LARGE worked nicely with my HMH 1/8" tubes [large]...
To better downsize my Dual Tube Phlyz notion, the SMALL is well suited to hold 3/32" / 1mm tubes...
When paired with my Nor-Vise, the result is a fly lathe...
Go phigure!?
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Comment to David Mac

Can't wait to see more of your streamers David, I own a few of them.

Look at a Penn 30SW

Look at a Penn 30SW international reel. It withstands far greater stresses and has a far better drag than any fly reel, has far more precision parts, can shift between two speeds, and costs $580 U.S.. Penn sells fewer 30 SW reels than Okuma sells Helios reels, so forget the economy of scale argument. Offshore anglers can probably match fly fishers snob for snob, which seems to discredit a link between ego enhancement and the exorbitant price of fly reels. Fly fishers' purchase of $100 U.S. nail clippers, $300 U.S. pliers, and $1000 U.S. fish poles indicates the bizarre willingness of fly fishers to be grossly overcharged is not restricted to reels.

Comment to April Snow - Mike Martinek

Wow! Sold for 100.99.

Comment to David Mac

David, it is so good to read your story, and finally see a picture of you too! I am dying with anticipation on the unveiling of your flies!!

Congratulations

Congratulations. Very nice fly. I myself have lots of heron spey hackles, so I ty in a whole hackle
for one fly. Looks very good !

wOw i must say your

wOw i must say your work is Outstaning! Keep it up.

Somehow my local fly

Somehow my local fly shop doesn`t sell this exact box. But i have already found them on a polish and very reliable webshop. Thanks four your help and a great site!

Excellent article an

Excellent article and website. I see that some of the commercial versions use closed cell foam instead of yarn. Is this material available pre-cut at craft stores or must it be prepared as suggested by Robert Olsen in a previous post? The foam seems to offer the advantage of being high floating without treatment but cutting the sheets into thin strips as small a 1/16" would be difficult. Thanks.

Martin,

Thank you

Martin,

Thank you for the info and link. It seems I might have to try a shooting head for my rockfish fishing.

Tom

Tom,

Both these r

Tom,

Both these reels are rigged with shooting heads. you can read more about that here.

Martin

Awesome article. I j

Awesome article. I just had a question about the picture in the section "Deciding which hand to use on the reel".
On the reel on the right, it looks like two different fly lines on the same reel. What kind of line is that?
Thanks for article.

Tom

Dennis,

Did some

Dennis,

Did some further research and dug out my bag. Look for Bugle Beads, and you will be on the right track.

Martin

Thanks Martin

Thanks Martin for the recommendation. I ordered myself a copy and am waiting for it to arrive.

Eventhough the weather hasn't turned cold here in Scandinavia yet I have a feeling that some good reading (and fly tying) will be required the forthcoming months.

Dennis,

I bought

Dennis,

I bought some in Michael's in the US many years ago, but here in Denmark any DIY jewelery or hobby store has something useful. I found a bag here with thin, clear cylinders of mixed lengths. Very practical.

Look for plastic straw beads.

Martin

Sietze,

That cert

Sietze,

That certainly depends on where you are in the world... C&F design are widely aqvailable, and if "almost all your boxes are C&F" you must have a source already or...? A lot of shops carry them in alsmost all countries.

Anyhow, as always: Know Google? Leads directly to C&F homepage with a webshop.

Martin

I am having trouble

I am having trouble finding Clear plastic tubes or pearls, what type of store do you find these in? I have tried Lowe's (Hardware) and Hobby Lobby with no luck.

Ok thanks do you hav

Ok thanks do you have any idea where i can find these boxes? the seem impossible to find. The price of a box doesn`t bother me. Amost all my boxes ar c&f rather pay 25 quid then al my hours of work and delicate dressings spred along the river bank.