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Tom’s Leather Fly Reel Cases

Feb 19. 2024
DIY Dutch Tom Biesot made some beautiful leather cases for his homemade fly reels
See how here
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Tom’s new Hummingbirds

Mar 2. 2022
DIY Dutch Tom Biesot has shown his skills in making tying tools before, and now takes his Hummingbird bobbin holder to new levels.
See his magic here
Article

DIY wooden landing net

Jul 18. 2021
Woodwork Wooden landing nets might not seem like the easiest or least expensive DIY-project, but this article shows how to easily make one almost for free
See how here
Video

Making a Whip Finish Tool

Feb 26. 2020
This tool is useful for fly tying and lure making. I have made a template for the whip finish tool. The template is published on my Google Drive and Twitter.
Video

DIY Airbrushing on Popper Heads

Jan 6. 2020
Master fly tier Charlie Craven shows how to use compressed air and markers to do custom paint jobs on popper flies.
Video

The Better Bodkin

Jan 3. 2020
Have you ever had to replace a bodkin because it got gummy from head cement or UV resin? Have you ever bent a bodkin while picking out dubbing? Hate spending that money repeatedly?
Article

Hardy style reel cases

Nov 28. 2019
Leathercraft Leather maker Remus Stanescu describes the dirty work behind making a couple of Hardy style reel cases.
See the process here
Article

IKEA Fly Tying Board

Nov 24. 2019
DIY How to make a 10 dollar tying station based on a cheap IKEA cutting board.
See how here
Video

Live Edge Epoxy River Fly Boxes

Jul 1. 2019
How to make life edge and epoxy fly boxes similar to epoxy or glass river tables.
Article

Hair pin intruder shanks

Mar 4. 2019
DIY I have been making my own intruder shanks from straight hair pins for a while, and they are easy to make, inexpensive and work really well.
See how here
Article

DIY Vacuum Rod Holder

Nov 17. 2018
Home made You can buy ready-made rod holders for your car, but you can also go the DIY way and get some excellent holders for a very fair price.
Find the instructions here.
Video

Easy shanks with the 1-step looper!

Mar 31. 2018
Save some money and make your own shanks.Full review of the 1-step looper on the blogwww.norbertrenaud.blogspot.com
Video

Fly Tying Gadgets: Organizer bins

Dec 29. 2017
Staying organized in fly tying is essential, and in this brief tutorial, I share some bins that have helped me over the years.
Article

How I Make a Leather Flybox

Nov 29. 2017
SBS In this article Romanian leather artist Remus Stanescu takes you through the process of making one of his beautiful leather fly boxes.
See the process here
Article

Tom’s complete vise project

Oct 16. 2017
DIY The continuation of Tom Biesot's vise project - of course with many explanatory pictures.
Read Tom's story here

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