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Ellis Mendiola Registered: March 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 628	This is my latest weave done on a 4/5 wt. Tiger Eye blank. Wrapped using size A white NCP Gudebrod as the background and Madeira thread in the pattern and trim bands. Flexcoat CP and Thereadmaster finish.
	· Date: Tue May 8, 2007 · Views: 2,531 · Filesize: 26.4kb, 26.4kb · Dimensions: 950 x 402 ·
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Raymond_Adams

Registered: May 2005
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 2,187

Tue May 8, 2007 1:53pm

Nice job Ellis! Killer weave!

Tom Kirkman

Registered: March 2005
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,459

Tue May 8, 2007 2:27pm

That's really sharp. Well done.

Mike Barkley

Registered: March 2005
Location: Southgate, Michigan
Posts: 1,103

Tue May 8, 2007 3:34pm

Great Job, Ellis!!!

Ellis Mendiola

Registered: March 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 628

Tue May 8, 2007 6:24pm

Thank you gentlemen.

Phil Richmond

Registered: April 2005
Location: Yokosuka, Japan
Posts: 168

Wed May 9, 2007 6:27am

Ellis- you've got way too much time on your hands. Go kill some fish already! Awesome to say the least.

James Labanowski

Registered: March 2005
Location: Oxnard, California
Posts: 2,046

Wed May 9, 2007 10:53am

Sorry Ellis I thought I had responded to this the other day. Great Job and man has you weaving taken off lately. Keep up the good work.

Ellis Mendiola

Registered: March 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 628

Wed May 9, 2007 1:52pm

Thanks Phil, Doc. I was thinking the same thing. It hasn't been that long that I wished that I could do a decent weave. One thing that has really helped me-besides using a Wonder Weaver-is that as I am weaving, I keep going over the things you teach in your video. For example, how to tighten the weave, and how to use the tools after the CP has started to set; it really does make a difference. Jim Upton recommends laying down the largest number of threads used in the weave first or should I say cut and tape those threads first. It makes a lot of difference. I am mainly building fly rods now so I have been concentrating on weaving bugs, flies, and fly patterns. Thanks again for your help.

Mick McComesky

Registered: March 2005
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 556

Thu May 10, 2007 11:15pm

Really cool, Ellis! Those thin lines had to have been a pain.

Ellis Mendiola

Registered: March 2005
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 628

Fri May 11, 2007 8:32pm

Actually no, Mick. The legs are very easy to weave. Where you have s slight probllem is on the back of the bug. The threads tended to pile up over eachother. A little tightening took care of that.