Need a printable hackle gauge

[jack1266]

Hi folks. I'm trying to save a trip to the shop later today since it'll probably be snowing. Does anybody have a scan of a hackle gauge (to scale) they can post so I can print one out for use. I figure I could glue it to a block of wood with some spray adhesive and bend the hackle around a push pin. I swear I'm not being cheap!

Jack

 

[serotonin]

I tried... but I can't get a good scan (in-focus) w/o completely ripping the post from it's roots.
This one's glued in there pretty good. I'd have to destroy it to accomplish the mission.
I also tried peeling off the print. No Go.

So sorry...

 

[serotonin]

There's probably something on-line w/a ruler for scale printing.

 

[sstasiak]

Try this:

http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=13610&hl=gauge

There's a post below the one with the gauge that says what the print size should be so the measurements are scaled properly.

 

[jack1266]

I knew you guys would come through. Gonna try and print one up. Thanks!!

 

[jack1266]

FYI: For anyone else interested, I clicked on SStasiak's link in his post below and from there went back to the original link (below).Then I copied / pasted the gauges into a Word document and printed them. I checked the measurements against those stated in the first link and they seem right on.


Thanks again.


http://[URL="http://www.njflyfishing.com/vBulletin/www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/112904fotw.html"]www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/112904fotw.html[/URL]

 

[serotonin]

I knew you guys would come through.

Thank sstasiak... He didn't send you Here:



In Bergen County, is that what you call Snow...?
:rofl:

 

[sstasiak]

In Bergen County, is that what you call Snow...?
:rofl:

Snow....what's that look like? Oh yeah, we should be getting a good dumping of that stuff tonight.

 

[serotonin]

sstasiak,
Come over here and I'll personally find the time to show you a Good Dumping.
And don't forget your iron snowshoes...



...and Don't worry your pretty little head. I'll supply the chains.

 

[Fishin Technician]

Anything over 36" is considered snow..........less than that is a flurry!!....I think in the past Metz hackle had a printable hackle gauge.not sure if they still do F/T

 

[stumpy]

when I was first learning to tie flies, we were taught to use the hook as a hackle gauge- one and a half times the hook gap, but they can't charge for that one, so someone came up with the idea that you needed a special piece of apparatus for correct sizing. Then they wanted us to buy fishing rods made of fiberglass, if you can beleive that! I guess times change...

 

[Fatman]

If you have Whiting hackle on back of the cardboard they sometimes have a hackle guage printed on it.

Fatman