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| Tip Of The Month |
| Hemostats (aka: FORCEPS) |
| Hemostats serve many purposes. Most fly fisherpersons use them to pluck
the fly from a trout before its release. I have noticed that many do not
use them for another very important purpose: PICKING UP AND HOLDING SMALL
OBJECTS. I never use my fingers to select a fly from my boxes or tie the fly
to the leader. Think: You have spent a lot of precious time to tie the
fly or work to buy the fly. Why crush and mangle its delicate feathers
when selecting and tying it on to your leader? Select the fly by clamping
onto the bend of the hook and lock the hemostats. Insert the tippet through
the eye of the hook, then tie the clinch knot by turning the hemostats 5 and �
to 6 turns (no more-no less) and insert the tippet back through the opening
you have made at the eye, moisten with saliva, then pull tight, trim and
leave a little "tag" to allow for stretching and settling of the knot. |
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