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Article Tool turning Apr 19. 2006 Woodworking Dutch Henk Verhaar finds that producing his own tools is just as satisfying as tying flies or building rods. Follow his small course in woodturning here and learn to turn hair stackers, bodkins and other beautiful tools in exotic woods It's quite easy and requires only few tools	Article Flexible bench Jan 28. 2006 Woodworking German Jan-Ole Willers wanted to be able to clear his vise, tools and materials off the dining table for such unimportant events as lunch and dinner. That made him think out and build his own inexpensive portable fly tying bench. You can do the same. See the full construction details in this article	Article My Eyes!! Jan 23. 2006 Painting Eyes Painting eyes on streamers is nothing new, but as with any other tying procedure, there are some tricks that can help, and some pitfalls that should be avoided. This article shows you how to do it on-the-cheap with readily available materials. Click here to read more
Article The Cautery Jan 22. 2006 Cut, cut Martin Joergensen writes: "I always wanted one of these tools. I have seen them used at fly tying shows and by a few tyers elsewhere, and found the tool to be an excellent companion for the lazy and sloppy fly tyer. Just my kind of tool!" Read his review of the tool that burns material here	Article DIY Tying Station Jan 4. 2006 Woodworking A tying station is a small, mobile board where you can set up your vise and your tools, making it quick and easy to move your favorite tying spot around: from the dinner table to the TV to the office to... the bed? This article gives you some ideas on how to make one yourself. Find instructions, images and drawings here	Article DIY Epoxy Rotor Mar 17. 2005 Slowhand If you tie a lot of epoxy flies and have been glancing in the direction of the nice but expensive epoxy rotors in the local flyshop, you may want to consider building your own out of some scraps and a disco mirror ball motor. Read the complete instructions and see the step-by-step photos here.
Article C&F tube body tool Aug 15. 2003 Extend yourself The C&F extended tube body tool is more than two darning needles in a fancy holder. If you - like Dutch Henk Verhaar - like doing it yourself, this might be worth looking into. The flies tied with extended bodies can become very realistic and still be simple to tie. Read Henk's review here	Article Rotary vices Feb 16. 2003 Rotate This section of Tie Better will deal with rotary fly tying vices. I will try to explain what a true rotary vice is, what its advatnages are and how it can be used in different steps of fly tying.	Article Turbo Block Jan 1. 2002 Tying tool Siman Ltd. has taken the Turbo dubbing twister a step further with this tool, which enables you to easily make your own dubbing brushes - stiff or soft and from almost any dubbing material. Read the review by Martin Joergensen.
Article Whip fisnish with your hands Jan 1. 2002 Whip finishing without a tool is not at all difficult. Lots of people use and praise the whip finishing tool which comes in many variations.	Article Fisker tube tool Oct 5. 1997 Plastic This Danish tool might be an alternative. In spite of some minor drawbacks, it's a very good tool at a very reasonable price.	Article Stacking material Dec 28. 1995 Even When stacking materials it is important to consider it as consisting of more than just one process. There are several steps involved: material selection, cleaning and preparing, selecting the right tool and performing the stacking process itself.
Article A portable fly tying kit Apr 10. 1995 In the most simplistic terms, a flytying kit must only have the tools and materials necessary to tie the flies you may use on a single trip or a single river. However, like most of us, a travelling flytying kit consumes more space than 26 high-schoolers crammed in a Volkswagen Beetle.

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