tail dressings

[mrstriper]

Thanks again for more pics...I am on the right track...something to keep me busy in the winter months...


also...where do people feel is the best place to buy tying supplies??

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by mrstriper

Thanks again for more pics...I am on the right track...something to keep me busy in the winter months...


also...where do people feel is the best place to buy tying supplies??

Bear's Den in Taunton is well stocked. Orvis shop in Chatham probably has what you need as well.

[luds]

Originally Posted by mrstriper

Thanks again for more pics...I am on the right track...something to keep me busy in the winter months...


also...where do people feel is the best place to buy tying supplies??

M&D's doesn't have the largest selection of tying supplies but I always find that they have the best bucktails. They do have pretty much everything you need for plug dressings. Saltwater Edge is another obvious winner.

[Ake G]

pencils-"usually" none.....

needlefish-none(on the ones I mostly buy,namely Gibbs,Afterhours and Superstrike) though on the ones I make I tie a Seaducer/type med/long saddle hackle water-pushing huge tail.

Swimmers-I don't add any ...go w/what the maker's put on there but on my own metal-lips I like a small hackle /bucktail in matching colors

Spooks-none, ever.

[Jigman]

Pencils and spooks, plain treble. Dressing dampens the action.
Needles, doesn't matter, I can't catch on them anyway
Swimmers, depends on the style and hook configuration. A pikie with a belly and tail hook, I leave them plain. Danny with two belly hooks, I use some bucktail on a piece of wire (no tail hook). Adds to the action.

Jigman