fly framing

Re: fly framing

feeds@yuku.com (vette89) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:48:51 GMT

If you are fishing YNP you owe it to yourself to spend at least one evening (preferably Saturday) at the Murray after a long day of fishing. It's the only place I've been to where you can shoot pool while a Jazz band is playing, and have a dogfight break out (2 German shepards). It was one of those experiences that I'll never forget!!!!

Re: fly framing

feeds@yuku.com (pittendrigh) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:43:27 GMT

Wow. I haven't been in the Murray in several years (the steak and chop house has
been sucking me in, last few visits). How long will those flies be up? Or is
that a semi-permanent installation? I have to get myself over there soon.
Livingston is such a cool town.

.........when I worked for Taylor Construction, I spent quite a bit of time over
there. We built the bank on the main drag there, just past the Bar and Grill.
One fine spring day Raymond and...

Re: fly framing

feeds@yuku.com (flyfishr) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:42:30 GMT

A number of framers in the Northwest use hollow beads and then run mono up through the bead to hold the fly. The gentleman that I talked to will put a touch of super glue on the mono in the bead. This way the fly is suspended off the mat and ther e is no glue on the fly.

Carl

Re: fly framing

feeds@yuku.com (gespliesste) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:49:04 GMT

But will not work for dry flies.
Petri dank!

Re: fly framing

feeds@yuku.com (afgantrout) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:33:47 GMT

In these 100 + shadowboxed "Bar Flies" I created at the Murray Hotel in Livingston, MT (Cultural Center of the Universe), I simply poked tiny holes through the mat (at the eye and bend of the hook) and tied them to the back of the mat with 6X tippet....I seem to recall it was Farlow's Macanudo grade Spanish gut. It worked very well for most of the wet...

Re: fly framing

feeds@yuku.com (catskilljohn) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:30:55 GMT

gt05254 is right on. No way would I consider using glue to mount a collectable fly. I have used twisted stainless wire for dry flies, loop it right over the middle of the body, twist both ends to grip the fly snugly, and poke the butt ends through the matting. You can adjust the fly before closing it up, and it wont damage anything. I even use a marker to get the wire color to match the fly body, like on a Pink Lady, for example.

On wet flies, I use sewing thread, once around the...

Re: fly framing

feeds@yuku.com (gt05254) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:02:32 GMT

The downside to gluing flies, ESPECIALLY if they are "collector-grade", is that the fly is essentially ruined. Far better, at least if framing important flies, is to use wire. There is a thread here somewhere about how to do it. The wire acts as the anchor, the post, and the fly holder. It is a technique that is, as they say in the museum trade, reversible. Gluing rarely is. Imagine gluing a fly tied by, say, Theodore Gordon. Value gone forever. However, if you're just framing...

Re: fly framing

feeds@yuku.com (16 pmd) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:19:34 GMT

Glass or plexiglass rods can be found at places that sell plexiglass. Many framers I know use posts of 100# test clear mono to which to glue flies, which then appear to be suspended in air off the background material.

fly framing

feeds@yuku.com (spey) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:43:03 GMT

Here I found a nice page about fly framing. http://globalflyfisher.com/tiebetter/framing/ Did some one know where I can find thin clear plastic tube to mounting the flies on the matte?
Thanks Otto