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spey	fly framing		Lead	[-]
Posts: 106 07/22/2008 21:43	Tags : None 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
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16 pmd		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 552 07/23/2008 00:19	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.
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gt05254		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 292 07/23/2008 17:02	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 some flies that caught you some fish, glue be fine, I'd say.
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catskilljohn		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 112 07/23/2008 18:30	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 bend of the hook and one through the eye. Knot together on the other side of the mat, and a dab of glue to keep the knot together. CJ
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afgantrout		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 400 08/11/2008 00:33	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 flies. Petri heil!
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gespliesste		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 301 08/11/2008 00:49	But will not work for dry flies. Petri dank! Visit my Website www.handgespliesste.de
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flyfishr	Another way	#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 10 09/02/2008 13:42	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
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pittendrigh	Wow	#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 160 09/02/2008 19:43	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 Russ and me and a few others were pouring a fresh sidewalk. We spotted a staggering old guy who'd had a few whiskeys too many heading straight for the wet cement. We grabbed him by the shoulders, directed him around our freshly-broomed sidewalk, and then went inside to take a break and eat our sandwiches. When we went out again, there the old guy was again. He'd gone 360 degrees around the block. But this time he was ankle-deep in wet cement. Not sure why I told that story. But Livingston is a one-of-a-kind place.....where fishing, flies, honky tonks and whiskey and driftboats are the staples of life. Last Edited By: pittendrigh 09/02/2008 19:46. Edited 1 time.
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vette89		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 16 09/03/2008 13:48	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!!!!
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