After 40 years on “the bench” last week I decided to clean up my tying bench and go thru all my materials etc. I knew I had several identical saddles, bags of mohair, pounds of peacock herl and on and on. I packaged up the stuff I knew I would never use or had a lot of and donated it to the local fly fishing club. My suggestion would be 1.) commit to taking the time to getting organized and staying organized and 2.) find a tier who wants to split the cost of materials with you for like the hard to find primo necks that don’t come in half necks, $60 is a lot less than $120 especially when after 40 years you have 17 and although they’ve been used over and over they still look like they have a whole lot of feathers still on them. Thanks for the vid, good tips.
thanks for sharing your tying space. I have to say that it's quite similar to my own right down to it being a mess most of the time. I really like the idea of putting the glues into a box, I've had a few spills over the years and with a messier desk, it means I lose a few things when it happens. Cheers
Curtis, I went with the book binder rings to keep the dubbing bags on and I cut the corner out of them to access the dubbing. Works for me as I have each type of dubbing on its own ring. I have lots of those rubbermaid like organizers but very limited space to work with. I am thinking about moving the station to another room. All the best, Sean
I also use the Craft Mate boxes. I also use a label maker, every storage drawer or box is appropriately labelled. I also label my hook boxes exactly the same way that you do. Your logic follows mine almost point for point. Great minds think alike. I have a single draw in a 5 drawer tall chest where I put my dubbing. 90% of my dubbing is in the 12 compartment boxes, either from the manufacturer, pre labelled, blank boxes that I label, or I have them in the Euro style dubbing storage which are very thin and measure about 4” x 5-6” on average. I use one for each type of dubbing and all colors are labelled. I have +/- 20 of them and I store them in a small mesh wire cabinet drawer. I found that office desk organizers work well for the resins, Magic Tool elements, and other things that you use often. I also have the Stonfo premium dubbing spinner. I think its the best thing made for it’s purpose. I also have the large and several small Hareline pads. I light my desk with 2 ‘natural light’ lamps that flip up and out. My vise light is also bright and helps light the center portion of my Ikea corner desk section that I have one large rounded extension piece connected to. I really like your organizational concept and logic. It’s definitely works. All my best!
That flood light on the tying area is awesome... I've got some super bright direct light options and they offer, too much light when directly aimee, and not enough when not.
Hate to burst your bubble but no one makes a roll-top desk big enough for a fly tying station! Now there are really big wooden fly tying stations out that would fit your needs but they are not cheap!
Lots of the doodads in the video have links in the description above... 👆
Fully stocked and well organised you cant go wrong, theres only 2 things missing....
a bed and a refridgerator
After 40 years on “the bench” last week I decided to clean up my tying bench and go thru all my materials etc. I knew I had several identical saddles, bags of mohair, pounds of peacock herl and on and on. I packaged up the stuff I knew I would never use or had a lot of and donated it to the local fly fishing club. My suggestion would be 1.) commit to taking the time to getting organized and staying organized and 2.) find a tier who wants to split the cost of materials with you for like the hard to find primo necks that don’t come in half necks, $60 is a lot less than $120 especially when after 40 years you have 17 and although they’ve been used over and over they still look like they have a whole lot of feathers still on them. Thanks for the vid, good tips.
Looking at all those materials reminds me of my sons Legos, specifically how much we've spent on them.
thanks for sharing your tying space. I have to say that it's quite similar to my own right down to it being a mess most of the time. I really like the idea of putting the glues into a box, I've had a few spills over the years and with a messier desk, it means I lose a few things when it happens. Cheers
Awesome set up. Your pet Panda is also adorable
Great bench, cool ways of organizing. I ordered a few things to clean up my tying desk. Thanks for doing this video.
Curtis, I went with the book binder rings to keep the dubbing bags on and I cut the corner out of them to access the dubbing. Works for me as I have each type of dubbing on its own ring. I have lots of those rubbermaid like organizers but very limited space to work with. I am thinking about moving the station to another room. All the best, Sean
Thanks for the tips and love the videos. Been tying for 2 years and I keep losing tools in materials. I'll try to incorporate some of you tips.
I also use the Craft Mate boxes. I also use a label maker, every storage drawer or box is appropriately labelled. I also label my hook boxes exactly the same way that you do. Your logic follows mine almost point for point. Great minds think alike. I have a single draw in a 5 drawer tall chest where I put my dubbing. 90% of my dubbing is in the 12 compartment boxes, either from the manufacturer, pre labelled, blank boxes that I label, or I have them in the Euro style dubbing storage which are very thin and measure about 4” x 5-6” on average. I use one for each type of dubbing and all colors are labelled. I have +/- 20 of them and I store them in a small mesh wire cabinet drawer. I found that office desk organizers work well for the resins, Magic Tool elements, and other things that you use often. I also have the Stonfo premium dubbing spinner. I think its the best thing made for it’s purpose. I also have the large and several small Hareline pads. I light my desk with 2 ‘natural light’ lamps that flip up and out. My vise light is also bright and helps light the center portion of my Ikea corner desk section that I have one large rounded extension piece connected to. I really like your organizational concept and logic. It’s definitely works. All my best!
That flood light on the tying area is awesome... I've got some super bright direct light options and they offer, too much light when directly aimee, and not enough when not.
Great setup. 👍
Coming from a new tyer this is inspirational. Thanks for sharing.
I have a Sheepadoodle too!! Great video notwithstanding the cool dog 😉
very nice set up
Awsome! Nice set-up. Love your dog too
Very informative. Thanks for posting.
Good stuff Curtis, how about a pod or vlog on threads and why you select various types for different applications
I need all of that
Great dog.
Can we get an update on the tying setup for 2021/2022? Please and thank you
Hate to burst your bubble but no one makes a roll-top desk big enough for a fly tying station! Now there are really big wooden fly tying stations out that would fit your needs but they are not cheap!
Which label maker do you use? I've got a large amount of reorganizing I need to do coming up and I don't want to trust sticky notes!
Steady that camera bro!
I love the hook container for both hooks and beads. Where did you get them? I am talking about the one with the purple on the side. Thanks in advance
Link is in the description. 👆
so all the flies you sell on your online store come from that Desk??
Why do all the fly tying desks look like a bomb went off on them my desk got hit on August 6th 1945 looks like . Good video and job thank you for it .
That pink tool at 3:41 , 42 , looks suspicious...
Muy lindo todo!!! Hasta que aparecio el gorro de boca, ahi se pudrio todo!!!
praxisjuridica de acuerdo hermano. Yo (Cheech) soy de River!!!
my dog sniffed my only whiting gold cape once and I almost 💩myself
Alexa tie me a flie.
Damn
Gwen dubbing...