Hi Ray: Great fly and dubbing brush machine. How did you anchor the turning knob to the wood? I made a dubbing machine but my knob rests too high above the wood block, causing my thread and wire to rise too high, creating a large gap between the block and the turner. I don't know if this can be unde...

Beautiful, Hans. It looks so fantastic wet.

You'll love the SnowBee rod. I have the 5/6 weight. I fished it out West and it fished nymphs and dries equally well. I also fished the Grey's 5 weight and fell in love with that blank,too. Like I said, I planning o buying one of those in addition to my SnowBee. I feel guilt about spending the money...

I think we've all, one time or another, found ourselves fishing with a leader that isn't balanced. I haven't had much of a problem since I began tying my own. I like the flexibility of tying my own to my satisfaction. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with store bought leaders because I used th...

I've fished both the Dan Craft 10-footer and the Grey Stream Flex 5 wt. 10-footer and they are excellent rods. I forgot to mention that I was nymphing and swinging wet flies on the dropper and both rods were plenty quick enough with the hook set. Unfortunately, I can't comment on how they cast dry f...

That is extremely clever.

When there is a hatch I often fish a PT Wet fly with black hackle and do pretty well with it as a trailer to the dry. Sometimes I fish it in the film and other times I liked it to break the surface.
Bruce

Hi Hans: Did you split the antron in half before twisting and winding it on the hook or did you use a whole strand? I guess what I'm asking is a whole stran too fat? Also, when you write "twisted acrylic" is that just another name for antron?
Thanks,
Bruce

That is an interesting tutorial by Sandy Pittendrigh. Thanks for posting it. That's a neat method of keeping the bead tight and hackling at the same time.

That's the site and those are the guys. Great guys, too.