For Someone New To Tying

[skiptomylu]

Thanks Skip! I was just wanting to make sure that was my problem and not something else I could be overlooking. I'll see about getting one of those ceramic bobbins next time I can make it to bass pro.

I really don't think you will be sorry about that. I use Danville Thread too and the flat waxed is the best!

Skip

[ShilohRed]

Thanks Skip.
That is what this group needs. More info like that. Or I sure need it. LOL
pete

[crappiekid24]

I agree a ceramic bobbin is great! I have several now. Danville thread is a good thread for flat waxed thread. I like Uni-thread as it seems stronger then Danville. I use 6/0 Uni Thread for tying my jigs. I do use Danville flat waxed thread sometimes.

[parrotheadcrb]

I would say the next biggest thing with tying is thread control and thread usage. Once you get it figured out you will be able to tie down materials in two or three turns of thread. Materials are not hard to lock into place and the less thread you use on flies or jigs the better they will look and the better they will stand up. I use hard head or sally hansen on my jigs but seldom on my flies. Also get a whip finisher and learn it and use it. Or whip finish by hand.

[shipahoy41]

Hey BubbaTn,

Welcome to this forum. It truly is the best. Your jigs look like they will catch fish and that is what they are all about. Let me clarify one thing. I also started out with a cheaper bobbin and it worked well enough for me to learn about fly tying. After I had been tying for about a year and started talking with Skip about a few things, I did move up to a ceramic bobbin.

My advice to the beginner was don't jump up and spend $500.00 on all the stuff right away. See if you like to tie flies first and then upgrade your equipment as you get better at your craft. I started buying my own stuff when I was 18 years old. Over the past 45 years I am sure I have spent over $60,000.00 enjoying my sport. Crappie fishing and tying my own jigs.


There should be a T-shirt that says "CRAPPIE FISHING IS A LIFETIME INVESTMENT."


Enjoy the ride and welcome aboard.

[BubbaTN]

Thanks for the welcome Shipahoy41. I dont plan on spending a fortune to start out with at all, but as far as the bobbin goes, it's almost one of those things that gets aggrovating after you try to tie a few and you have to keep worrying about your thread fraying and breaking....which is why i'm gonna get a little better one. I've always liked tinkering with stuff and making stuff, so I can really see myself enjoying this, especially after I really get the hang of it and hopefully it becomes "second nature".


Do you guys know where I can order some 1/16th oz. minnow head jigs with a #2 hooks, that would be good for FnF jigs, in bulk?

[GrouseFly]

Thanks for the welcome Shipahoy41. I dont plan on spending a fortune to start out with at all, but as far as the bobbin goes, it's almost one of those things that gets aggrovating after you try to tie a few and you have to keep worrying about your thread fraying and breaking....which is why i'm gonna get a little better one. I've always liked tinkering with stuff and making stuff, so I can really see myself enjoying this, especially after I really get the hang of it and hopefully it becomes "second nature".


Do you guys know where I can order some 1/16th oz. minnow head jigs with a #2 hooks, that would be good for FnF jigs, in bulk?

I pour them ALOT this time or year......I sell a few heads and EVEN MORE of the flies.Shoot me a email or a PM and we will go from there. I will help you anyway I can....Good Tyin'.....The GrouseFly

Oh yea, On The Bobbins, I have tried about every kind that is out there and settle on ceramic. After going to those I cut my bobbin count in have. I have a handful of the regular ones, both high $$$ and cheap, and they all did the same thing. they eventually wear a gap in the head and it will cut the thread as fast as it hits it. AND MAN YOU TALK ABOUT GETTING MADD.........

[skiptomylu]

I pour them ALOT this time or year......I sell a few heads and EVEN MORE of the flies.Shoot me a email or a PM and we will go from there. I will help you anyway I can....Good Tyin'.....The GrouseFly

For anyone that does not know GrouseFly is a good guy and make a fine product!

Skip

[shipahoy41]

For anyone that does not know GrouseFly is a good guy and make a fine product!

Skip

Thanks Skip. I just shot him a PM. He charges $9.00 per 100 unpainted jigs. Add $5.00 if he paints them. Those are not bad prices people.

[skeetbum]

skip, shipahoy, and all of the other seasoned tyers, thanx for the info. Like so many of us, I can't sit around the house watchin what mama thinks is "good" TV. I learned to fish when I was 4, became moderately addicted to bird hunting and shotgun sports in my late teens, and started deer hunting in my 30s. I'm afraid to know how much I've spent pursuing my passions. I have a target rifle on hold and will be getting back into reloading for long range stuff. But I can't get the tying bug out of my hair. One day soon I'll be bumping all of you guys with rookie questions. I've always felt that knowledge of any sport is to be shared among each other, nice to see I'm not alone.....Tim