In reply to "Re: oarlocks on a balsa boat", posted by Sandy on Nov 13, 2001:
>Hello Tom:
>
>Drill your holes parallel to the side of the boat,
>not perpendicular to the floor of the boat.
>
>For oarlock sleeves in a balsa gunwale, I bore
>a 7/8" hole, soak the hole with resin, coat the hole
>with wet resin putty and then slide
>in a length of 1" plastic pvc pipe--that has a
>5/8" inside diameter (just right for oarlocks)--that
>has been roughed up with sandpaper on the outside of
>the pvc pipe. Let the ends run wild up to 1/4" past the
>gunwale surfaces. Sand that down smooth and flush after
>the glue has set. Put a patch of tape over top of the
>pipe ends, top and bottom, after sanding flush.
>
>Then, when that is dry, cut out the paper-thin clear
>glass plug at each end of the oarlock hole, and you
>are ready to paint it and use it.
>
>By the Way Tom, thanks again for those small foam hopper patterns you sent.
>I've been using them as strike indicators (bobbers) above small bead head
>nymphs...in flat water, when my own foam hoppers are too big.
>And they work great. They're damn good flies. Can I add photos of
>those hoppers to the fly tying pages, if I give you credit as the
>designer? What do you call those flies?
>
>Sandy,
I would love to take credit for those flies, but, I cant. They are the flies of Don Puterbaugh. Long time Colorado resident and flyfisherman/tier/guide of nearly 60 years. At 72 years old, he guides for us 100days a year. If I remember, I sent two of Don's foam flies. The yellow body is called "the yellow foam stonefly tied for our small goldens and little yelow sallies. The black body is called "the black foam caddis" tied for the Mothers day caddis hatch. ILl ask Don about posting photos, but I doubt he'd mind.
about the oarlocks, is that a 7/8" hole and 1" PVC, or the outer way around. Also, Thanks for your hoppers, they work great in the fast water of the Arkansas. "Throwing the Whole Mullet" as they say.
Thanks again.
Tom