Rex Robinson's Posts - Bluegill - Big Bluegill2024-03-29T07:20:04ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinsonhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2192396120?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://bigbluegill.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=3bjjolsxjimcg&xn_auth=noHigh Water Gilling....Againtag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2013-07-13:2036984:BlogPost:4084632013-07-13T17:21:09.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p>Finally have seen the sun after all the rain we have had in the last week. My oldest son and I decided that we should go fishing this morning, so we loaded up and launched our kayaks at dawn. Water level at our favorite lake was still about 5ft above normal but we were confident that we could still find some gills. Caught a few on top water around flooded structure but went with a bead eye dragon fly nymph to connect with the bigger ones…</p>
<p>Finally have seen the sun after all the rain we have had in the last week. My oldest son and I decided that we should go fishing this morning, so we loaded up and launched our kayaks at dawn. Water level at our favorite lake was still about 5ft above normal but we were confident that we could still find some gills. Caught a few on top water around flooded structure but went with a bead eye dragon fly nymph to connect with the bigger ones<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400516?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400516?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Collin of course had to keep at it until he got the best of the day fish. <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400722?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400722?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>We had to really work at it to find them, but managed to have a good morning, All the rain has help keep water temps a little cooler than normal for July. Hopefully lake level will be back to normal by next weekend, if we don't get any more monsoons.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220401045?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220401045?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a></p>High water gillingtag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2013-06-03:2036984:BlogPost:3928062013-06-03T01:49:01.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p>Went to check one of my favorite lakes this evening as we had some flooding a couple of weeks ago. Lake level was up three ft but that didn't keep me from finding some of my marked bedding spots. Paddled back to a nice shallow flat where the water was about 5ft, The water had cleared up a lot so I was able to see the nice stretch of craters well before I was on them. Distanced my kayak several feet away and rolled out a cast with a popper dropper rig. Slurp!!! Mr. Bluegill was home. …</p>
<p>Went to check one of my favorite lakes this evening as we had some flooding a couple of weeks ago. Lake level was up three ft but that didn't keep me from finding some of my marked bedding spots. Paddled back to a nice shallow flat where the water was about 5ft, The water had cleared up a lot so I was able to see the nice stretch of craters well before I was on them. Distanced my kayak several feet away and rolled out a cast with a popper dropper rig. Slurp!!! Mr. Bluegill was home. Brought him to hand and measured him, nine inches! Though this could get interesting, so I began to work the outer edges and it was game on. Cast after cast fat thick gills, a few pushing 10 inches, were slurping the popper and dropper down. Managed to bring 22 to hand and lost about six. This was one of the best outings so for this year and of course I left something I usually always have in my vest,,,,my camera, But I would have found it hard to stop and take pictures anyway with them biting that fast and furious. Maybe I can talk one of the kid into doing the photography next time so I can just fish. My own personal photographer! Yeah that would be a great fathers day gift.</p>Finally wet a hook!!tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2013-05-01:2036984:BlogPost:3786402013-05-01T02:56:59.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p>With my son's middle school baseball season ending, I actually had some time today to test out a fly that I tied up during the winter months. Got in from work and loaded up the kayak, grabbed my flyrod and headed to my favorite lake that has a good gill population. Saw a few surface smacks as I launched so I had a good feeling my fly was going to be met with approval. Paddled into an area that I knew had beds in the past and rolled out a cast and watched my fly land with a soft splash. …</p>
<p>With my son's middle school baseball season ending, I actually had some time today to test out a fly that I tied up during the winter months. Got in from work and loaded up the kayak, grabbed my flyrod and headed to my favorite lake that has a good gill population. Saw a few surface smacks as I launched so I had a good feeling my fly was going to be met with approval. Paddled into an area that I knew had beds in the past and rolled out a cast and watched my fly land with a soft splash. Ripples hadn't even settled when my fly was brutally smacked. Mr. Bluegill limbered my flyrod up with a few circles around the yak. And for the next couple of hours I watched bluegill, redears and the occasional bass ingest my fly. So what fly was it? My cricket pattern. </p><
With the success many of you have with crickets, either fished alone or tipped on a jig. I decided I needed a good cricket pattern for my fly box. I had tried in the past to tie a cricket pattern…tag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-12-24:2036984:BlogPost:3374102012-12-24T04:15:59.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
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<p>With the success many of you have with crickets, either fished alone or tipped on a jig. I decided I needed a good cricket pattern for my fly box. I had tried in the past to tie a cricket pattern, but was never happy with the profile or proportions. I have a foam spider pattern that is easy to tie and I thought if I could add some shapely legs, a wing and some markings I could produce something that might pass for a cricket to a hungry gill. I little time at the vise produced…</p>
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<p>With the success many of you have with crickets, either fished alone or tipped on a jig. I decided I needed a good cricket pattern for my fly box. I had tried in the past to tie a cricket pattern, but was never happy with the profile or proportions. I have a foam spider pattern that is easy to tie and I thought if I could add some shapely legs, a wing and some markings I could produce something that might pass for a cricket to a hungry gill. I little time at the vise produced this...Foam body makes it float great and a coating of fabric fusion gives it durability. Tried some with white legs......</p>
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<p>p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220399062?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220399062?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>birds eye view.....<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220399879?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220399879?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>gills eye view....<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220401145?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220401145?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Going to tweek a few more things and get some pantone markers with fine tips with a more accurate color. Hope to post a step by step in fly tying forum soon. Got a feeling this is going to work as well as my favorite hopper pattern!</p>It's the thought that countstag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-11-02:2036984:BlogPost:3249262012-11-02T01:14:50.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p>A while back my boss at work told me he was going to be cleaning out his basement and that he might have a few things I would be interested in. A few days later he calls me to his office and gives me this...<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220399197?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220399197?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> He said it was in with some of his dad' s old stuff and since I enjoy fly fishing he thought I would possibly be able to do something with it. I was very thankful and…</p>
<p>A while back my boss at work told me he was going to be cleaning out his basement and that he might have a few things I would be interested in. A few days later he calls me to his office and gives me this...<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220399197?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220399197?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>He said it was in with some of his dad' s old stuff and since I enjoy fly fishing he thought I would possibly be able to do something with it. I was very thankful and the thought of a bamboo rod project would be just the ticket for the winter months. Put the case in my service car and set out on a day full of service calls, with the thoughts of fishing a vintage bamboo rod filling my head as I drove to and from customer's offices that day. Finally made it home and headed straight to my workshop to see what shape this rod was in. Noticed that instead of two pieces there was three.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220403201?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220403201?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Only one of which was bamboo; the tip section of the rod. The middle and handle section were fiberglass.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220406976?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220406976?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Each piece was in very good shape with the eyes all present and even the thread wraps sealed, but still it was not a complete bamboo or a complete fiberglass rod. It was a hybrid fiberboo. The fiberglass rod portion was a Montague rod, so all I could figure was at one time he must of had two rods a fiberglass and a bamboo, broke sections of both and made one rod from the two. So restoring and fishing a vintage bamboo rod is not to be and I was a little disappointed, but like they say "It's the thought that counts". </p>Nice Fall Morning for Fishingtag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-20:2036984:BlogPost:3202462012-10-20T19:07:45.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p>Let the sun come up this morning to knock the chill off before leaving to test the waters. Took my fishfinder with me since most of my shallow spots that have been holding fish are not producing since the temps have dropped. Decided to troll a spoon tipped with a curly tail grub as this has produced well in this little lake in the past. I had paddled into some water that was 15 ft deep and started seeing fish and balls of bait fish on my finder. The spoon did it's job and instantly found…</p>
<p>Let the sun come up this morning to knock the chill off before leaving to test the waters. Took my fishfinder with me since most of my shallow spots that have been holding fish are not producing since the temps have dropped. Decided to troll a spoon tipped with a curly tail grub as this has produced well in this little lake in the past. I had paddled into some water that was 15 ft deep and started seeing fish and balls of bait fish on my finder. The spoon did it's job and instantly found what was down there.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078269262?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078269262?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Most were this size and I would pick one up when I swam the spoon through the school of bait fish. Never found any around structure as they seemed to be following the moving schools of bait fish. Tried a few other of my favorite spots in the lake and caught a few of these on my fly rod.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078269119?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078269119?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Even this big monster that had me scrambling for the net<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078269256?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078269256?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Really like fishing this lake this time of years as I often have it all to myself. It is a small lake and has a lot of shore line structure in various depths and since it is small I seem to take my time and fish every spot more thoroughly. I have caught some of my largest gills out of here .<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220405660?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220405660?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>It has a healthy balance of bass, gills, red ears, catfish and crappie. I've had several people tell me that they have fished this lake several times and not caught anything. But these same people scoff at using light tackle and especially a fly rod. I use these techniques and have had great success here. Catfish in this lake will inhale a black leech fly. Gills will destroy a hopper or willow fly emerger. Bass smash a popper and small crank baits. Red ears love the dragon fly patterns and crappie take spoons and spinners. So I guess I'll just have to keep shaking my head in agreement when they tell me there's nothing in here, and just keep this little jewel to myself<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220406465?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220406465?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a></p>Fall Break fishing with the kidstag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-12:2036984:BlogPost:3173382012-10-12T03:04:16.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p>Took a few days off since the kids were out of school for fall break and we took the opportunity to fish at a friend's private lake. We have had the opportunity to fish here before as he always invites us for spring break and fall break. The fishing here is great this time of year as the summer crowd of campers have left and all is quiet from ski boats and jet skies. The lake has some huge crappie and in the past we have done well with minnows. We headed out this morning to get some…</p>
<p>Took a few days off since the kids were out of school for fall break and we took the opportunity to fish at a friend's private lake. We have had the opportunity to fish here before as he always invites us for spring break and fall break. The fishing here is great this time of year as the summer crowd of campers have left and all is quiet from ski boats and jet skies. The lake has some huge crappie and in the past we have done well with minnows. We headed out this morning to get some minnows but the only two bait shops near by were completely out. Didn't want to go with out any live bait so crickets were the next best thing. Lauren my daughter was the first to connect and in she comes with this nice cat.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268687?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268687?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>A few gills in this size range couldn't resist the cricket.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268671?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268671?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>And my oldest son did a great job bringing in this cat on light weight tackle with only 4lb test line.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268769?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268769?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Never caught a crappie today but we had a good time with the cats and gills. Minnows would have probably worked great as I witnessed a feeding frenzy on the surface just below where we were fishing. Need to make me a few minnow traps to put out so I will have some minnows on hand when the opportunity comes around to fish this lake again. Thanks to a good friend for helping me make some memories with my kids that they will always remember!!</p>Fall Break fishing with the kidstag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-10-12:2036984:BlogPost:3174872012-10-12T03:04:15.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p>Took a few days off since the kids were out of school for fall break and we took the opportunity to fish at a friend's private lake. We have had the opportunity to fish here before as he always invites us for spring break and fall break. The fishing here is great this time of year as the summer crowd of campers have left and all is quiet from ski boats and jet skies. The lake has some huge crappie and in the past we have done well with minnows. We headed out this morning to get some…</p>
<p>Took a few days off since the kids were out of school for fall break and we took the opportunity to fish at a friend's private lake. We have had the opportunity to fish here before as he always invites us for spring break and fall break. The fishing here is great this time of year as the summer crowd of campers have left and all is quiet from ski boats and jet skies. The lake has some huge crappie and in the past we have done well with minnows. We headed out this morning to get some minnows but the only two bait shops near by were completely out. Didn't want to go with out any live bait so crickets were the next best thing. Lauren my daughter was the first to connect and in she comes with this nice cat.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268687?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268687?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>A few gills in this size range couldn't resist the cricket.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268671?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268671?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>And my oldest son did a great job bringing in this cat on light weight tackle with only 4lb test line.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268769?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078268769?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Never caught a crappie today but we had a good time with the cats and gills. Minnows would have probably worked great as I witnessed a feeding frenzy on the surface just below where we were fishing. Need to make me a few minnow traps to put out so I will have some minnows on hand when the opportunity comes around to fish this lake again. Thanks to a good friend for helping me make some memories with my kids that they will always remember!!</p>Touch of Falltag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-09-30:2036984:BlogPost:3130752012-09-30T00:40:46.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p>Launched my kayak at dawn this morning and noticed the cooler temps in the air and water as I waded out to settle in for a little paddle to my favorite spot.<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400357?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400357?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> tested the top water bite with a popper and caught a few of these. Not much size but they were hitting it aggressively, so I continued to fish the popper. Always hard to change to another fly if your getting hits even…</p>
<p>Launched my kayak at dawn this morning and noticed the cooler temps in the air and water as I waded out to settle in for a little paddle to my favorite spot.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400357?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400357?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>tested the top water bite with a popper and caught a few of these. Not much size but they were hitting it aggressively, so I continued to fish the popper. Always hard to change to another fly if your getting hits even if they are small.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400683?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400683?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Changed to a sub-surface fly and managed to catch a few in this size range.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400776?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220400776?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>These were the flies that produced today minus the pink bed eyed dragon that was sacrificed to the tree gods.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220401040?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220401040?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Got to test out a spoon fly that I tied this past winter and had approval from a few gills. Was hoping to pick up a larger gill on it as it has a very good swimming motion and hugs the bottom. May have to get me a sinking line and fish this more often. No takes from Mr. Whiskers or any bass that sometimes take my offerings and never connected with a big gill but all in all a good day as I had the lake all to myself and heard nothing but the water dripping off my paddle and my popper chugging. Hoping to try my other nearby lake soon while the leaves are falling. </p>The cat's meowtag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-09-21:2036984:BlogPost:3103202012-09-21T18:29:15.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078260420?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078260420?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> Was able to take a Friday off of work and what better way to spend it than on the water. Temps have been in the low fifties at nights with daytime highs in the low eighties so water temps have dropped some making the urge to wet a fly strong. Tied up some bead eyed dragon fly nymphs in this color pattern to see how they would work.…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078260420?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078260420?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Was able to take a Friday off of work and what better way to spend it than on the water. Temps have been in the low fifties at nights with daytime highs in the low eighties so water temps have dropped some making the urge to wet a fly strong. Tied up some bead eyed dragon fly nymphs in this color pattern to see how they would work.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078261140?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078261140?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>And after a few gills approved of them the cats took a liking to them.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078260349?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078260349?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078260329?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2078260329?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Know there's several versions and names for this pattern but as far as I'm concerned I'm calling it the Cat's Meow!!</p>Itching to gotag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-09-14:2036984:BlogPost:3083182012-09-14T22:02:01.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p>Haven't been able to fish in several weekends due to storms and work obligations, but everything is good to go in the morning. Temps have dropped to daytime highs of low 80's and nights in the upper 50's so should make for a good day for the old fly rod and yak. Don't realize how much of a stress reducer fishing is until you've gone a while off the water. Hoping the topwater bite will be on and Mr. frog takes a pounding. Even got a few new patterns I want to try. I am like a kid…</p>
<p>Haven't been able to fish in several weekends due to storms and work obligations, but everything is good to go in the morning. Temps have dropped to daytime highs of low 80's and nights in the upper 50's so should make for a good day for the old fly rod and yak. Don't realize how much of a stress reducer fishing is until you've gone a while off the water. Hoping the topwater bite will be on and Mr. frog takes a pounding. Even got a few new patterns I want to try. I am like a kid waiting on Christmas morning!!</p>winging ittag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-07-18:2036984:BlogPost:2928252012-07-18T22:19:55.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220392789?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220392789?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a></p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220392988?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220392988?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"></img></a> Wanted to share some material I have found that I have adapted for fly tying. It can be found where sewing goods are sold. It's called stitch witchery.…</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220392789?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220392789?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a></p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220392988?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220392988?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>Wanted to share some material I have found that I have adapted for fly tying. It can be found where sewing goods are sold. It's called stitch witchery.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220393266?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220393266?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>It can be used to make wings on flies. Cut it, place it in some needlenose pliers or wing burner and lightly touch it with a flame. Here are a few samples and some flies I've tied using them.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220393382?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220393382?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>It takes marker well and is fairly durable. Give it a try a share your findings.</p>poor man fly boxtag:bigbluegill.ning.com,2012-07-18:2036984:BlogPost:2925862012-07-18T03:01:46.000ZRex Robinsonhttp://bigbluegill.ning.com/profile/RexRobinson
<p>Through the years I have learned that a lot of items labeled "for fly fishing" often cost more than other fishing tackle. The same is true with" fly tying" material. But thanks to the abundance of craft store now a days I have managed to support my habit of fly fishing and fly tying by finding comparable substitutes. I realize there is no substitute for top grade hackle and proper tying thread, but often times synthetic material, beads, foam, glues, and others materials adaptable for fly…</p>
<p>Through the years I have learned that a lot of items labeled "for fly fishing" often cost more than other fishing tackle. The same is true with" fly tying" material. But thanks to the abundance of craft store now a days I have managed to support my habit of fly fishing and fly tying by finding comparable substitutes. I realize there is no substitute for top grade hackle and proper tying thread, but often times synthetic material, beads, foam, glues, and others materials adaptable for fly tying and fishing can be found if you look around in these stores. Even places like walmart and dollar stores can yield things that we as fly fishers and tyers can make use of. Recently I found in the beauty aid section of Walmart, where the travel size item are, a small box very similar to some fly boxes I have seen before. It was only 99cents so I grabbed a couple.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220393621?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220393621?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>They have metal pin hinges, one large compartment, two medium compartments, and three small ones. It measures 4 inches x 2 1/2 inches x 1 1/4 inches so it fits perfect in a shirt pocket. It's even wormproof, as I have stored some small soft plastic baits in it. What more could you ask for, for 99 cents!</p>
<p>Another trip to Hobby Lobby recently yielded a similar find. It was found in the bead and jewelry section. A nine compartment box for $3.99. It might be bought for less as they often have 30% to %50 off on certain craft items on certain days.<a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220394636?profile=original"><img width="750" class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2220394636?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a>These measure 4 1/2 x 4 x 1 1/2 inches. They allow you to see your flies without opening each compartment. They are apparently wormproof as the rubber legs on my flies have not melted and I have used these for several months and have been in the heat recently. These fit perfect in cargo pockets on shorts and pants which helps save space in the kayak.</p>
<p> I just thought I'd share in case some of you are looking for some cheap storage ideas. Let me know of things you have adapted that aren't labeled "for fly fishing". I figure they're some good mind with some good ideas on here so share the wealth of knowledge.</p>
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