A Recent Tie

[TOFishingNoob]

(02-24-2013 04:39 PM)OldTimer Wrote:  When I was quite active tying flies I found myself looking at every scrap of yarn, thread, wire, feathers imagining what I could make with them.

Thanks god! Now I know I'm not abnormal! I found a piece of yarn from a baseball that was run over by a lawnmower and the inside was a yarn material. Needless to say I went home with a ton of yarn from the inside of the baseball. I started by putting my hook in a pair of pliers elastic banded closed, held between my legs, using sewing thread.

(02-24-2013 04:39 PM)OldTimer Wrote:  At that time I also was lucky enough to have many friends who hunted regularly - lots of freebies there. My favourites being the wild turkey feathers for my endless experimentation re: variations of muddler minnows.

Same! I know a few older guys who hunt turkeys and rabbits. I've got feathers from the turkeys but no hare's ear yet...

The muddler minnow is still on I got to learn, seems hard...