Nice.
I have a pair of those scissors and that bobbin. They make good stuff.
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Fly Tying
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Nice.
I have a pair of those scissors and that bobbin. They make good stuff.
Okay, time to practice your whip finishes on a bare hook:
Also, those hollow back ends are there on the bodkin, bobbin threader, and whip-finisher to be used for half-hitches. If you wrap your thread 3x around the handle, then slip it over the eye of the hook, it basically functions the same as a whip finish, too. If you have a lot of hackle, or it's hard to get the whip finish tool into the right place, the half-hitch tool saves the day. Here's how you can do that:
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Since the late seventies, I've been using my finger for half hitches.
It's not really that hard...unless you're into the #18 or smaller sized flies.
I'll also typically finish with a series of half hitches instead of a whip finish.
It was actually my cousin who said it first.
"Trout don't care how pretty the head is on your fly. Just use three or four half hitches, glue the damned thing and stick it in your fly box."
He was very pragmatic. Mrs Crab, not so much.
@uncertainbyprinciple, I'm curious if you can see this link, which was just listed last night. I'm not sure where you live, but I can't imagine that your Facebook Marketplace pages are significantly worse that mine, yet I keep seeing deal after deal on various sizes and styles of rolltop desks. I already have a full size one (4' wide) in my basement and a small one (30" wide) in our family room, so I don't need another one, but they keep showing up in my Facebook feed. If the link doesn't work, it's a small oak rolltop secretary's desk for $40 that looks like this:
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Yep, the link takes me to the page. That's a sweet looking piece for $40. I'd kind of put getting a dedicated piece of furniture on the back burner for a while due to assumed cost. My wife is gonna hate you.
Do a search on your local Facebook Marketplace for "rolltop." There are all makes, sizes, colors, etc. I never knew that so many people owned them, let alone that they'd want to sell them so cheaply.
