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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2704030" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I made my own vises when I was 12 and started tying then.</p><p>I was usually grounded for fighting or something else stupid. a couple washers welded to a stem that can be attached with a bolt.</p><p></p><p>Anyway I used to walk the barbed wire fence lines and remove all the rabbit and other animal fluff that was stuck to the barbs on the wire.</p><p></p><p>I would roll it in my fingers and make a yarn and use thread I got at TG&Y to wrap the bodies.</p><p></p><p>I also cut some back hair off my buddies blue healer to make some nice ones.</p><p>Squirrel hair and deer hair was a must have.. Moore Tackle sold feathers and spinner blades and beads.</p><p>I made all kinds of spinners.</p><p></p><p>I even made buzz baits from Budweiser cans,, 4 blade.. you could move them slow and they were noisy!</p><p>I took old wood broom handles and other scrap I could find and carved some really good plugs.</p><p></p><p>My investment was no more than a lunch would cost and I could have a bag full of goodies to toss into the water at fish.</p><p></p><p>My favorite was a long orange streamer of sort made from marabou feathers it was like 4" long and pull it straight through the water and fish would follow it looking strangely at it.. then I would stop reeling and the thing would want to sink butt first and that body would puff open like an umbrella and be about 6" in diameter and the fish would scatter from being frightened .</p><p></p><p>I say get some stuff, build a vise, clamp a hook to it , toss on some fluff and make a bug.. so fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 2704030, member: 15054"] I made my own vises when I was 12 and started tying then. I was usually grounded for fighting or something else stupid. a couple washers welded to a stem that can be attached with a bolt. Anyway I used to walk the barbed wire fence lines and remove all the rabbit and other animal fluff that was stuck to the barbs on the wire. I would roll it in my fingers and make a yarn and use thread I got at TG&Y to wrap the bodies. I also cut some back hair off my buddies blue healer to make some nice ones. Squirrel hair and deer hair was a must have.. Moore Tackle sold feathers and spinner blades and beads. I made all kinds of spinners. I even made buzz baits from Budweiser cans,, 4 blade.. you could move them slow and they were noisy! I took old wood broom handles and other scrap I could find and carved some really good plugs. My investment was no more than a lunch would cost and I could have a bag full of goodies to toss into the water at fish. My favorite was a long orange streamer of sort made from marabou feathers it was like 4" long and pull it straight through the water and fish would follow it looking strangely at it.. then I would stop reeling and the thing would want to sink butt first and that body would puff open like an umbrella and be about 6" in diameter and the fish would scatter from being frightened . I say get some stuff, build a vise, clamp a hook to it , toss on some fluff and make a bug.. so fun. [/QUOTE]
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