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« Thread Started on Sept 11, 2007, 12:48pm »
Just been playing with my new tool, had it down to less than 5 seconds per leg when I got into the rhythm. It was taking longer to seperate the fibres than it was to knot them.

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« Reply #1 on Sept 11, 2007, 2:15pm »
If that is one of those damned bloody latch hooks that the carp men use. I bought one last week and try as I might I cannot get the barbs to knot. With this in mind I went back to knotting them by hand. if anybody wants a slightly used tool let me know and it's yours with my compliments.
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I cast the fly into the void and waited with breath abated. The line tightened I heard the splash. Damn I've fallen in again!!!
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« Reply #2 on Sept 11, 2007, 2:42pm »
This might help, I was waiting for it to load when I did the above post.

http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r270/....nt=11142328.flv

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« Reply #3 on Sept 11, 2007, 3:04pm »

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This might help, I was waiting for it to load when I did the above post.

http://s146.photobucket.com/albums/r270/....nt=11142328.flv



Nice job, Tango, and no "bleeping" on the commentary! :o

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« Reply #4 on Sept 11, 2007, 3:26pm »
Thank you Bob, it was your post on FFF that prompted me to try it. Just found the original from Bob. 8-)

http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d113/B....KnottedLegs.flv
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« Reply #5 on Sept 11, 2007, 3:46pm »
I tried to knot goose biots by hand for an hour last week, in the end I gave up. Just done these in less than a minute.

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« Reply #6 on Sept 11, 2007, 7:27pm »
OK, I'll ask the question. Why do you need to knot goose biots?
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« Reply #7 on Sept 11, 2007, 7:37pm »
That daft little tool ain't getting the better of 'Big And Daft' of St. Helens. I shall go away a little later and upon my return I shall be knotting like erm.....erm.....erm.....somebody out of that Notting Hill film or the Knotts Landing Soap Opera. I think I'm getting cabin fever :o
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« Reply #8 on Sept 12, 2007, 12:56am »
Hes anyone checked the price of those tings in a fly shop? My wallet loves the craft stores.

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« Reply #9 on Sept 12, 2007, 8:17am »

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Ron,

as soon as a product like this hits the pegs in a tackle shop, somehow the price automatically inflates itself as gets named as an angling tool!

As you say, and Tango earlier, a sewing supplies or craft shop is where to go.
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Re: Daddy Legs
« Reply #10 on Sept 12, 2007, 8:40am »
You could of course go for the bling.

http://www.swiftmicroproducts.co.uk/buynow.html

Think I'll stick to the £1.40 one. ;) Double knotted... no problem, offset, just twist the other way on the second knot.
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« Reply #11 on Oct 3, 2007, 3:55pm »
[td]You could of course go for the bling.

http://www.swiftmicroproducts.co.uk/buynow.html[/td]

I nearly bought on of those thingies. Very well engineered, but my wallet just wouldn't let me part with £40, just to tie a few daddy legs.

£1.40 is more like it .......... though I was doing pretty well with the wifes crochet hook!

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« Reply #12 on Oct 4, 2007, 9:03am »
Bought one of these ages ago and the thing ended up across the room. Will have to discipline myself and give it another try.
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Re: Daddy Legs
« Reply #13 on Oct 18, 2007, 3:42pm »
I was robbed .......... mine cost £1.75!!!

And it was an infuriating little tool that defied all reasonable efforts to tie a knot. Next stop, into my workshop, hold in my very large engineering vice and twist the handle to crush!

Just in the nick of time, I did a knot correctly and just to make sure it wasn't a fluke, I now have half a pheasant tail of "daddy legs".

The vice is still on standby if the tool misbehaves itself again!
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« Reply #14 on Oct 18, 2007, 7:29pm »
I must admit to getting lazy in my old age as sometimes I use a lot of these legs, many years ago I tied up a batch of 200 daddies for a firm, that's 6 x 2 knots x 200. it was a lot of work before any of them got even near the vice. So these days I'll admit to buying the legs ready tied on a "stick" to save time.
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