Fly Tying Bench

[tak35bne]

If you want plans for a bigger one ... here

no connection etc - just found it on my virtual travels

nice, might have to get those plans................lol, now I have to do a search on how best to finish the timber, was going to just use a polyurethane coating but I thought I might try to oil it, not sure how it would go for fly tying though

[Robson Valley]

That looks good. I have the most mediocre of wood working skills. I'm pleased that you went through with this. A bench solves all sorts of frustrations with trying to get on with the fishing. I'd have higher walls and 60 pegs at 45 degrees for all the spools of floss/tinsel/etc. Mostly I just take out what I need for a couple of patterns. Then two more. Then two more, . . . . You won't be sorry with a white background (try without it).
1. Has to be as smooth as glass so the thread doesn't catch. . . . anywhere.
2. Any thoughts on a thread-tension device such as I have? A third hand is a blessing.
3. When you dope the heads of the flies, where will you hang them to dry? My "clothes-lines" are out of the way.
4. Any particular mounting point for a small, high intensity light for those rainy day, fly-tying marathons?
5. Do you have a Works Supervisor (the cat)?

[tak35bne]

That looks good. I have the most mediocre of wood working skills. I'm pleased that you went through with this. A bench solves all sorts of frustrations with trying to get on with the fishing. I'd have higher walls and 60 pegs at 45 degrees for all the spools of floss/tinsel/etc. Mostly I just take out what I need for a couple of patterns. Then two more. Then two more, . . . . You won't be sorry with a white background (try without it).
1. Has to be as smooth as glass so the thread doesn't catch. . . . anywhere.
2. Any thoughts on a thread-tension device such as I have? A third hand is a blessing.
3. When you dope the heads of the flies, where will you hang them to dry? My "clothes-lines" are out of the way.
4. Any particular mounting point for a small, high intensity light for those rainy day, fly-tying marathons?
5. Do you have a Works Supervisor (the cat)?

Thread tension device - I use a stonfo bobbin with an adjustible drag system and a bobbin rest attached to the vise shaft.

I find the Loon water base head cement dries pretty fast and for other cements I have a UV light that sets them.

Light - the man cave is very well lit..............lol

Works Supervisor - the answer is Yes, her name is Meg and the dog is not allowed to sit on the table.................lol

[Robson Valley]

If the tide ever goes out for you poor people, you're good to go!.

There are no lakes here, just a lot of rivers, still iced over. So it's river fishing or nothing.

Spring melt is trying very hard to start here on the valley floor.
125% snow pack up top but we won't see that until some time in June. Pretty crazy when the mountain rivers rise 3-5m. Long-run out slab avalanches expected at present. They can be 2m thick or more and get right through the trees. There's a very weak layer in the snow with a lot of weight hanging on top of it. I've seen lots of house-sized bits peel off across the valley but they don't go too far.

[tak35bne]

Completed bench inside ready for action, just waiting on the rest of those supplies to arrive and a tying we go.


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[Robson Valley]

That will be comfortable. It's considerably bigger than I imagined from the unfinished WIP.
The front right-hand corner is missing the gymbal for a can.

So what happens next? The temperature takes a nose dive to +25C and you can call it winter?

[tak35bne]

That will be comfortable. It's considerably bigger than I imagined from the unfinished WIP.
The front right-hand corner is missing the gymbal for a can.

So what happens next? The temperature takes a nose dive to +25C and you can call it winter?

lol................I wish it was winter, temp only getting to 27 / 28c but its the humidity that's a killer.............its why we have aircon............

[Christos]

Excellent work.

[tak35bne]

Well after everything I made a few changed to the work station. Also mucked around with a stand on which to hold hanks of flash material. Here are updated pics of the bench and the stand. Both made from silver ash.

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[Robson Valley]

Oh, my! And I was using a feather duster from a Chinese corner store for hackle!
Are you fishing freshwater, salt or both?

[tak35bne]

Oh, my! And I was using a feather duster from a Chinese corner store for hackle!
Are you fishing freshwater, salt or both?

Salt only.............chasing my two fav species that just happen to be good table fish as well.

[Robson Valley]

When you mentioned ". . flash material. . " I thought salt. Mostly just windy wild mountain rivers for me in the past 40. However, that does put 95% of the fish in 5% of the water. Go wet a line. Barramundi and Mangrove Jacks by chance?

[tak35bne]

When you mentioned ". . flash material. . " I thought salt. Mostly just windy wild mountain rivers for me in the past 40. However, that does put 95% of the fish in 5% of the water. Go wet a line. Barramundi and Mangrove Jacks by chance?

Actually no, not those two. The fish I chase are real bread and butter species, Flathead and Yellowfin Bream.

I stand the chance of the odd Jack around structure............