bluegill fly tying

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Comment by carl hendrix on April 2, 2015 at 8:11pm

guys-- after seeing some comments on sharpening empty cartridge cases- thought i would post a pix of some tools called-- burrs.  get them from a welding shop for a few dollars. insert into a electric drill;; they work great!  will sharpen it to a razors edge!!   BUT!!  A WORD OF CAUTION!!  it CUTS the metal;; leaving very sharp - tiny bits of metal shavings!!  wear protective eye wear using these!!  these come in many sizes; shapes lengths!!

Comment by carl hendrix on April 2, 2015 at 8:04pm

Comment by Bill Dungan on April 2, 2015 at 12:32pm

Chris, I went to a little cal gun range and they gave me a few empty cartridges from a variety of calibers. I bought a cartridge sharpener at a gun shop for $5

Comment by jim cosgrove on April 2, 2015 at 2:38am

chris get a set of leather punches

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 1, 2015 at 10:35pm

Send me your address, Chris.

Comment by chris kowaleski on April 1, 2015 at 9:28pm

Does anyone have any spare sharpened bullet popper punches? I don't have access to bullet casings or the things to sharpen them, but I just picked up a couple pair of flip flops for poppers.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on March 20, 2015 at 6:04pm

Carl- that's what I do... Spin on fly.

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 20, 2015 at 5:39pm

The funny thing about Rooster Tails is that I refer to the Abu Reflex as a Rooster Tail like that was the generic name even though the ones my dad bought were the Abus (white body, black dots, white dressed treble, silver spinner) and I still refer to lipless cranks as Rattle Traps even though I rarely buy name brand. Now if you say "specs" it means speckled sea trout around here.

Comment by jim cosgrove on March 20, 2015 at 5:32pm

those doll flies are known all over andy great marketing on their part.remember rooster tails?in the 80s it was rattle traps .all caught tons of fish.i used to love going to okeechobee specs was all they talked about.2 aisles of fishing tackle in the grocery store.all about the fishing down there.they definately have their priorities in order.

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on March 20, 2015 at 5:21pm

Terminology is funny. I grew up in the deep south catching speckled perch on doll flies and was probably 12 before I found out most people called them crappie and marabou jigs. and sometimes  it was under a bobber...

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