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    Family Man 1st, Mechanical Engineer/ Manager to pay the bills.
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  1. Suave, Yes the new Chocklett Factory is sligthly different than the original one seen for sale before. They look very much the same if you look at them quickly but, 1) The originals appeared to have more material above the top of the head than on the bottom of the head. The lastes photo I showed for recently videos and where I took a quick photo appears to have both the top of the material on the head equal to the amount of material on the bottom of the material on the head. Not much but they are different. 2) Maybe even more important,the original "Jerk" ,I purchased directly from Mad River showed the head of the fly to be cut/trimmed completely round, If you look at the most recent video it's pretty obvious that the very beginning of the fly head is trimmed more in an oval shape. Can't tell if it goes all the way down the length of the head shank or just the very tip of the head (I'd have to purchase one to see, which I probably wont). Also wonder if Blane's new design has had any changes to how they add lead for weight. Again, you would have to have one of the original and the newest ones and de-construct them to find out. HT
  2. Video just today released by Blane on his updated info on the Chocklett Factory Flies. Will now have one up to 11" long. Interesting to watch the video as it's obvious that the orginials were "round" bodies on their fly. Not they are thinner wide than they tall. This photo off the image appears to be 6" long and five shanks (if I guess correctly). I was initially interested in the "Jerk" version. Interested to see what everyone can glean from this one. HT
  3. Again nice looking flies. Just one comment. You use the name "Jerk" Changer. By the name "Jerk" Changer by Blane I believe that this design is referred to by Blane's design where the solid head end of the fly is around 50% of the total length of the fly body ??
  4. If you are looking for " TRANSLUCY FLY BRUSH ", which appears to be rather expensive at $8.00 to $9.50 (ie: not sure how many pieces you get for that price, looks like only 2 brushes), and since you are getting good with you're own brushes, you might want to make your own "tranlucy brush veils" by using brushes, either all material or some amount of material called "Unicorn Mane" and sold at "Tight Lines". Slip In Slides told me about it and it's a really nice material that is "translucent" HT
  5. Never tried ultrasuede. Don't know about it but I would think it gets wet and heavy ? no ? The tail photo I made with Organza Ribbon material. The organza ribbon is almost like screen material.and and passes water or in my case will pass through UV Soft Resin By allowing screen to hold resin in the ribbon material nicely the ribbon has now bonded ribbon edges that is very strong . Will probably be stronger than ultrasuede and not hold water. Setting tails with lead or tungsten is a good posibility and easy to keep the tail keeled properly in the right place on the tail as well. Will see........ HT
  6. Interesting discussions abput the fly / flish movement. I now suspect that the articulated shanks I'm going to build will two different lengths, enough with significant shank lengths, to see how they react. Like the fishing diagram showing the movement of flow. Have already discussed with making my own Tail to a GC and based on the diagram thinking that the size of a tail will make a significant difference....... at least it sounds like fun. RIght side up Now thinking about the "G" Vortex over the tail. I've only made one tail sample but so far pretty good. It's light, very thin, very strong and very flexable using "soft" resin material similar to Solarex F-l-e-x Formula ( I like my other type better). Wasn't going to post this just yet as it's a bit crude but timing seems to be a current discussion, so......... Will use additional soft Resin at the bottom of the Tail to keep them keeled properly when tied to a articulated shank. Fly samples with feathers and also my tail photos below will be interesting to see if it makes any difference all things being the same on the rest of the fly. I also purchased some Tungsten powder if need be to add to the bottom part of the new tail design. Very Flexible HT
  7. Yes, also interesting if anyone has input from Chris Adams "Better Tails" , or any other Facebook GC's done both with Tails and also with just feathers / maribou all things being equal. I guess I need to do both myself but I'm way behind on this.
  8. BT, Appreciate your thinking and expressing your ideas on the GC's. I've got some comments and questions and I apologize as with my Aphasia, especially bad days, I often have difficulty really understanding the details many people post. Sorry. "the more shanks the better the swim" I'm assuming you are referring to how the body "wiggles", ie: more shanks more wiggles? "Glides" to get the fly to Glide, do you mean less wiggling of the fly to going in a straigh line ? "My best jerk fly has no articulations" wait a minute, how does a "Jerk" fly have "NO" articulaions. ie: isn't that your everyday typical fly like a Deceiver, etc ? I would also agree that having two hooks defeats the attempt for the articulated GC to swim / wiggle. Are you planning on using swimbait hook changers primarily to get the fly to sit properly in the water, and if so why not using a small amound of lead wrapped on the hook like Chris Adams does it? When you say " issues with length and flexibility affecting hook up ratio and durability." what do you mean by durability ? The synthetic material (wig) when made with brushes using stainless wire on a stainless steel shank shouldn't be concerned with "durability". What am I missing ? Like you're idea of " foam disk support/material". Do you suspect that the foam disks will be a durability issue. I would supect so. Anyway thanks, appreciate you're input ! HT
  9. Yeah, still more pond ice here than not. Soon. Just would prefer not to waste too much time and too far away from Blane's and Chris' designs while chasing after the good old rabbit hole. There were plenty of neat suggestions but not sure after all of that anyone else is better off than what has already been done here.
  10. Pop P would swear by the Pulse Disk. (the original owner, friend of Pop P, died 5 or 6 years ago) HT
  11. similar.......Anyone ever try these ? Bob Pop sweared by them.
  12. So after 35 pages of this forum I'm still not sure what has been decided as far as the best GC design, or multiple GC designs, depending on how you want the GC fly to swim ? Do you want a GC with a Jerk Design very long, dense head shank in front of the hook,where the fly will swing sideways ( 90° ) of the leader when you let the fly to stop moving? Do you want a GC with a typical Hook head with all shanks after the hook ? Of either of the two GC's flies above do you want to build a significant number of Shanks, say 5 or more, or does it not really make a difference with only one or two shanks, which saves time and money ? Is it obvious you get more "wiggling" of the body of the fly if you leave the body shanks trimmed and trimmed completely "round" or does the fly work better if you trim the shank bodies such that the width of the body is significantly narrower than the height of the body? (Or maybe even the opposite, wider in the width and narrow on the height?) Is the idea to weigh the GC's such that you want the fly head to sink or is the idea to weigh the entire fly such that it remains constantly laying flat in the water? Is there really a difference on GC's if using a decent sized tail with feathers / maribou or if used with Chris Adams new plastic tail or other foam/plastic tails. There's so much discussed here, and not a lot I even mentioned, but not sure anyone is convinced that the best way to spend my/their time for end up with a series of my GC's flies ready to go fishing this spring. So whats you first, second and third GC's you would go fisihing with ? HT BTW, still working a little here and there on related ideas. Brought in some Malin Hard-Wire so I can make my own shanks. Can now be specific about how I want shanks built with 1.50mm, 2.25mm, and 3mm . Step-:Looper Pliers. Also I think I found a neat and easy idea for making fly Tails. Strong flexible and only .012 to .018" thick. This morning I also received my Amazon order for a small lot of Tungsten Powder. Have an idea for getting fly tails to sit properly on the fly using tungsten powder. Will use my Test Fly Tank with (2) articulated shanks tied with kankelon and custom Tail shank ends.
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