Lures,flies,floats and anything else your making for fishing

[waltjnr 5,958]

What a great thread !! 

[DIDO.1 20,804]

Long wet evenings and I'm looking for something to do when I remember my old fly tying kit. I havnt used it for years. Quick tidy out and I'm ready to give it a go

[DIDO.1 20,804]

I know they are wank, first attempt in 20 years 

[pesky1972 4,926]

Brilliant thread this, and some cracking gear on show. Well played all. Kanny you’re not a fisherman, you’re an artist. Not sure I could put that much time and effort into making something, then losing it in a snag or up a tree. 

[Nicepix 5,650]

I've just recycled an old fly rod and made a light weight Avon type rod for fishing small rivers and lakes. It used to be a Forrest & Sons of Kelso nine foot #6 rod that I used for grayling fishing. No need for that now so I took a hacksaw to it, cut a bit off here, added a bit more there and stripped all the guides and varnish off then rebuilt it after applying six coats of Tru Oil to the blank. All the guides were cleaned and replaced, the cork handle was sanded down to allow new alloy reel seats to be added and a second handle was fashioned out of a broken cork handle and some cane from a customer's garden.

I had made notes of where all the original wrappings were but in the end I just replaced the guides where they had been except for the second one that was moved a bit lower down to compensate for the missing 15cm. Instead of doing loads of intermediate wrappings as on the original I copied the spacings of my Avon rod so there were three of four intermediates, not eight or ten.

Initially I wanted to use the original makers hand written logo, but that meant I couldn't have the hook holder and fancy wrapping at the butt. So instead  bought a small custom transfer "Forrest Fly - 9 Ft - Light Avon"

 

Only the part of the cane from the cork to the first intermediate wrapping was varnished to secure the transfer more than anything. That save da load of work and grief. Treating the cane with Tru Oil is the way to go. After all the varnish had dried I applied a couple of coats of furniture wax to keep the moisture out.

So, I kept all the original cane less 15cm, the orignal cork handle, original guides, ferrules and butt button. The rod is still nine feet, but has an action very similar to a Mk. IV Avon but is a little lighter.

What is the book doing there? Every time I applied varnish I had to keep turning the rod to stop the varnish from running. I sat in a comfy cane chair, dog on my knee, cup of coffee to hand and read the book. Every few pages I would reach up and rotate the blanks 180 degrees.

[kanny 19,322]

2 hours ago, pesky1972 said:

Brilliant thread this, and some cracking gear on show. Well played all. Kanny you’re not a fisherman, you’re an artist. Not sure I could put that much time and effort into making something, then losing it in a snag or up a tree. 

I'd rather loose something ive made than something I paid 40 quid for lol 

Thanks for the comment out of likes  

[kanny 19,322]

22 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

I know they are wank, first attempt in 20 years 

you thought of having a go at some jig flies for pike ?, very popular at the moment, people getting good results with them

 

[DIDO.1 20,804]

22 minutes ago, kanny said:

you thought of having a go at some jig flies for pike ?, very popular at the moment, people getting good results with them

 

I use alot of buzzers and nymphs so I'm going to try and tie a load of them. Might be a good idea to practice on something bigger though, less fiddly for my clumsy fingers 

[South hams hunter 8,814]

On 17/01/2021 at 21:03, kanny said:

you thought of having a go at some jig flies for pike ?, very popular at the moment, people getting good results with them

 

Seen similar used for bass on the estuary

[DIDO.1 20,804]

I know they aren't very good really. I'm going to try following a proper pattern then keep practicing the same fly until it looks better. Just ordered some resin for the heads and a whip finishing tool 

[kanny 19,322]

13 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

I know they aren't very good really. I'm going to try following a proper pattern then keep practicing the same fly until it looks better. Just ordered some resin for the heads and a whip finishing tool 

I use  UV curing resin for the topcoat of my lures  its incredibly quick ,you can use a UV torch to cure small items and it hardens pretty much instantly,  well worth looking into if you start doing more 

[DIDO.1 20,804]

2 hours ago, kanny said:

I use  UV curing resin for the topcoat of my lures  its incredibly quick ,you can use a UV torch to cure small items and it hardens pretty much instantly,  well worth looking into if you start doing more 

These just arrived 

[DIDO.1 20,804]

2 hours ago, W. Katchum said:

I tried the fly tying an think I spent couple hours making mess buying the gear was the best part imagining all the flies I’d make not made one whole fly since, I just buy them in, same as purse nets and stuff, I do try an but I keep sitting there thinking there’s other stuff that needs done

I try all these things, same as net making, then realise I just don't have the patience and put it all away for another 10 years

[DIDO.1 20,804]

Viva. 

My best one yet 

[ArchieHood 3,692]

1 hour ago, DIDO.1 said:

Viva. 

My best one yet 

looks good. just takes a bit of time to get back in the swing of things.