Thursday, April 11, 2024

Wemoc flies

 Went ahead and started tying some catskill flies: dark cahills and a fly called the Wemoc fly (similar but using grizzly hen tips for wings, instead of “wood duck”

I’m not the greatest Tier, but feel these are fishy enough for some back-of-the-class trout to eat.

Thursday, February 08, 2024

Dusting off the Soldering Iron

 I finally decided to try my hand soldering again.

First step was some light soldering building a digital clock kit. PC board; an IC socket. Plenty of capacitors. Letting solder flow, it was fun and worked first time.

Next step was restoring a broadcast radio receiver. Recapping is not easy for a newcomer to the art, but there are web sites out to help guide.