The feather benders tying room

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Now that the blog has become established and I have just reached 50,000 visitors and over 3000 followers I thought it only correct to take you on a little tour of the tying room.

This is where it all the tying and photography happens. It may look like its a bit chaotic but everything I use on a regular basis is close at hand.

IMG_7331Trying to keep order in the hook department is always testing, without order, everything falls apart, I can spend more time looking for hooks that actually tying the pattern it was intended for! But I have gone for a simple filing system. Plastic boxes, each containing a different type of hook but many sizes.

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My wife is so glad I dont have all this gear around the house!

IMG_7348I have a similar set up for materials. All the natural materials in air tight containers to keep the bugs off and larger materials in plastic containers. This room here also has no heating so is always cold this also helps keep the bugs at bay.

IMG_7351I have about 50 of these plastic boxes stacked in the materials room, but it doesn’t guarantee I will find what I am looking for.

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Its here I also keep all my fly boxes, reels and lines.

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Oh and waders… and float tubes and other gear.

IMG_7354And the rods, well some of them…

IMG_7332Most of my tying books are also in the tying room for reference.

IMG_7339The tools. These I have collected and been given from friends over three decades of tying. Everything I use all the time is kept here except for Bug Bond, thats kept in the cold room and only brought out when needed.

IMG_6209_2The fly stand that I use for demos was made for me by my good friend Kjell Karlsen.

 

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11 thoughts on “The feather benders tying room

    1. Thanks Jim, Plu Stiniog is a nice little book, many years ago I fished quite a lot in North Wales so good to read about patterns for the small mountain lakes up there.

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