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[roosterhavoc]

Havoc, it's a dying art that deserves to be preserved... my brother used to tie his own before a mortar tube blew up in his hand while volunteering at a city fireworks display... I thoroughly enjoy seeing your flies and your catches... now I wish I had learned from him when I had the chance... glad you are teaching your son, there's a good set of values, ethics and morals involved in all that...

Much respect...

Thanks! It's not that hard to learn, just takes patience. I learned before YouTube was popular now you can watch along and learn. Sorry to hear about your brother. I am very careful now about my hands just for that reason. Even cuts on my fingers and rough hands will screw up the thread and different materials. Main reason I don't ride a motorcycle anymore. I'm afraid of wrecking my hands.

 

[JShubin]

Thanks! It's not that hard to learn, just takes patience. I learned before YouTube was popular now you can watch along and learn. Sorry to hear about your brother. I am very careful now about my hands just for that reason. Even cuts on my fingers and rough hands will screw up the thread and different materials. Main reason I don't ride a motorcycle anymore. I'm afraid of wrecking my hands.

Do you keep your left hand in a Vaseline glove like Curly (Of Mice and Men).

I dont ride as often anymore, but because I get cold.
My hands are calloused in spots where work is done (mostly from pull-ups and shoveling), but I've seen way worse on mechanic types, where they have oil laden cracks on their entire inside of hand.

 

[sdm111]

Guess I shouldn't try fly tying

 

[roosterhavoc]

Do you keep your left hand in a Vaseline glove like Curly (Of Mice and Men).

I dont ride as often anymore, but because I get cold.
My hands are calloused in spots where work is done (mostly from pull-ups and shoveling), but I've seen way worse on mechanic types, where they have oil laden cracks on their entire inside of hand.

Haha funny guy. No but I do use a lot of corn huskers lotion and that okeefes (green tub) hand repair cream in winter, mainly during trapping and duck hunting season. My hands get torn up. I have calloused hands too from lifting weights. No gloves. ( I'm a rebel). It's just the finger tips that have to be baby smooth. Lol

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

Regular scotch tape right over the crack. The egg shell was cracked but outermost membrane was still in tact. Yes it worked and was incubated. It was a hen. Had her for two years til a fox got her a few weeks back. She was a little nutty so I turned her loose. I smoked the fox so we're even.

Oh wow Tape worked.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Guess I shouldn't try fly tying

Just get a manicure before you start. You'll be fine. I won't tell.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Oh wow Tape worked.

Yep. Hatched out just fine. It was a shipped egg and I actually put it in the trash for about an hour then decided it can't hurt to try.

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

I am going to jot this tip down if I can ever talk hubby into letting me incubate some eggs... so tempted to buy fertilized ones and stick them in my birds nesting box.. lol.

 

[centrarchid]

Not scotch tape but close.

 

[sdm111]

You could tie flies centra

It'll work I used clear finger nail polish before (my own)