Turnip, did you say that you first got started by reading/looking at a fly tying book?  What was your first introduction to tying? Please tell us - MAN YOU ARE SO GOOD AT IT!!!

Amen to that DBZ! Pete does a fantastic job at making trebles. Ihe pros couldn't do better then what he produces. Keep it going Pete They look super great! Dis be da #! hooty Owl from the Mtns of Colorady,Sayin Hooty Hoot Hoo> Take Care, Good fishin, Be Safe and God Bless.
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I learned from several members of this club.  If you notice the very first posts, they are step by step.  As I completed each step I would take a pic and post it on what used to be john's site, before it crashed.  Then Trev and a couple of others would give me advise on how to proceed.  It has been a great way to learn.  I will use the same technique when I start to tie dry flies...Right now my biggest problem is coming up with different color combos!
LM since 2005 Bushwacker Deputy Sherif

nice trebles Turnip.  you mike like to try a rotating vise its speed up your tying,and you can veiw all side without taking the hook out of the vice.... like mine a lot,using a renzetti with a pedestal....you can get a nice rotary vice from  jannsnetcraft.com     E- roatating vice for $32.95   or try to buy a use vice... going to tie some trebles with glow flashabou in the next day of two. i like krystal flash,deer hair,fish hair.and flashabou,to make my trebles. o using rubber skirts too  <center>
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SGT Christopher Johnson US Army Presidential Salute Battery NAFC Life Member

Those are some really nice lookin trebles, that hard work is sure to pay off. After you have fished them please let us know what color combo works the best. I think the black and white with the red in it would work anywhere. THANKS for sharing

 

 

Life Member since March 1999 Life Member NRA ,NAHC

Here are a few more I have just finished up.  The treble is a size 6...

 

LM since 2005 Bushwacker Deputy Sherif

And here are two more that go with the three above:

LM since 2005 Bushwacker Deputy Sherif

hi guys. i was just wondering if you could make a basic list of the items i would need to start tying trebles. im on a tight budget so it would also be nice if u could tell me a price(doesnt have to be exact anything will help.) i just really want to start doing this and try it out but dont know exactly what i need. so far it looks like feathers and such, thread, bobbin, vice. what else would i need?

Thanks alot,

Dan

Your vice is gonna be the most improtant piece of equipment.  It should a type that swivels the hook...How do I say this...Spins it around, making it easier to work on.  Fine and course cut scisors (sp).  Bobbin, exacto knife, wip finisher, 3/0 thread (black or red prefered), hackle (color of your choice), marabou (color of your choice), deer hair (color of your choice) and clear fingernail polish (this I use for glue & I buy it at the dollar store).  Ya might consider a stacker, making it easier to make the deer hair the same length.  And there is a ton of other tying materials you can use...Someone please add what I might have overlooked!
LM since 2005 Bushwacker Deputy Sherif

Hey Pete,

        Can you try some black  with maybe silver flash  or white flash  on bleeding red hooks and  red with silver or gold flash ,  also on the Chart. hooks  black with chart. flash. Just the frilly stuff no feathers

  I'll pay ya for em when ya done

 

   tom

If satan is knocking at your door. Just ask Jesus , would you get that for me ? custom made lures at, http://home.mpinet.net/~tddibartolo/

I have received some feedback from the field.  What I have been tying does not work so well for top water.  This my first attempt at top water:

This is a size 6 hook with red marabou, a small amount of white bucktail and a little krystal flash.  I think this type of feather will work better than hackle.  This should also allow the lure to work as it should...I am sending this one out in the field for testing.

 

 

LM since 2005 Bushwacker Deputy Sherif

Yes  that looks like the ticket right there , now if you could do up some in the aforementioned color combos on bleeding red hooks for the likes of slash baits , and top water poppers , zara spook type lures . I would be glad to field test / purchase them from you.

I am making a new type of lure , I call it the new voe frog , it is a jointed model and I would like to try your  hooks on it. I am currently putting  the bleeding red and the Chart. trebles on it, the dressing  needs to be somewhat thin and light weight, and no feathers. As mentioned in a previous post , black /with a light flash of silver or white, and  Chart. with a flash of white or gold or all three, and white with a flas of redand silver.  I am testing three of these lure , one in black  with white markings , one in Chart. with white markings, and one white  with red markings

I could even send you a couple of the lures as trade, you could have some fun with dressing them up. And if you don't take them swimming , they would look good hanging on the wall.

Let me know.

        Tom

If satan is knocking at your door. Just ask Jesus , would you get that for me ? custom made lures at, http://home.mpinet.net/~tddibartolo/

Ok Tom, I'll take the challenge!  First off, what hook size should I use?  I can get the red hooks but I haven't seen chartrouse (sp) hooks.  Where will I find them?

 

Secondly, the colors you have chosen and the materials you would like me to use (no feathers)...Do you want me to use krystal flash to make the colors, like the white one posted above (several pics above)?  The frilly stuff you speak of is marabou, feathers...

 

Third, I am in the middle of tying some trebles for the Finger Lakes Meet and one for a birthday present.  If I have time before I leave I will try to start yours (you are next on the list).  I leave on the 6th and won't return until the 14th.  I will be home until the 26th which is when I leave for the Raystown Meet.  I will return on the 28th.  After that I am wide open!

LM since 2005 Bushwacker Deputy Sherif

Hey Pete,

      Take your time no rush , it can wait till you get back. I have to get the new batch of lures made up. BTW you will be the only one on the planet besides me to have a set of these lures. Have you got any colors in mind that you want. Keep in mind that all my stuff is hand painted, so I don't /can't do any of the holographic stuff. I will send you the Chart. hooks . I'm not sure of the size I want yet, I will get back to on that.  Enjoy the meet, wish I was going .

 

   tom

If satan is knocking at your door. Just ask Jesus , would you get that for me ? custom made lures at, http://home.mpinet.net/~tddibartolo/

Ok Tom.  That takes the pressure off!  Use your best judgment for color...In other words, If you were going to use it, what color would you make it.

 

LM since 2005 Bushwacker Deputy Sherif

Hey Pete ,

 

  I meant for you to use the same stuuf as used in the red/white top water example you posted the picture of.  And to clear it up here is the color combos once again.

red hook-- black as main color/ white/ and silver or gold, the silver or gold needs to be just a light presence, just enough to to add flash.

red hook-- white as main color with red/ and silver

Chart. hooks--chart. as main color with white / silver or gold as flash.

If you can match the wrap thread to the main color , if not then just use black.

Give me a holler when you get back.

 

 tom

If satan is knocking at your door. Just ask Jesus , would you get that for me ? custom made lures at, http://home.mpinet.net/~tddibartolo/

This is some of what I tied for the Finger Lakes Meet:

 

LM since 2005 Bushwacker Deputy Sherif

Tom, here is a proto type of one of the patterns you asked me to make...I hope this is what you are looking for!

 

These are two views of the same treble...

 

 

Please let me know if I need to make a change!  These are #6 red hook, white marabou and red and silver krystal flash...

 

 

 

 

LM since 2005 Bushwacker Deputy Sherif

Yes sir that is it , maybe just a touch more maribu, but that is the look  I want, also the same thing on the other color combos and chart hooks.    And I will be sending more Chart. hooks for you to use on me and you , I found a new source for them.  

 Okay  on 3 sets of  #4 and #6  red hooks  black maribu body, just a hint of red and silver flash.

And then  3 sets of  #4 and #6  Chart. hooks  Chart. maribu, with just a hint of  red and gold flash ( or silver  which ever you have

And on 3 sets of # 4 and #6  red hooks  White maribu with just a hint of red and silver flash

On your lures when I make them, do you want me to hang hooks on them , or do you want to experimant with your own combos based on the colors I paint them?

 

   tight lines

         Tom

If satan is knocking at your door. Just ask Jesus , would you get that for me ? custom made lures at, http://home.mpinet.net/~tddibartolo/