Fly Tying Friday - 6 March 2026, Eric Austin Tying Historical Patterns

Описание: On 6 March 2026, Eric Austin wowed us with a great presentation of historical flies - the Mickey Fin Married Wing (from Joe Bates book, Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing) and the Hen Wing Sulphur Spinner (an AK Best pattern). In the WEEKLY TIP, Al offered another option to Elmer's Rubber Cement, Aleene's Fabric Fusion (link below). In the Sharing section, Barry Webster offered another Aleene's product option (link below).
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Equipment we use in our Zoom Studio
We get many questions about our Zoom Studio and offer the following Amazon affiliate links to give you a starting point in assembling your presentation platform tools. We are assuming you already have a laptop or desktop computer you can use, however a good presentation can be made using nothing more than the camera in your smartphone. Our smartphone is a Samsung Galaxy S-20 5G which is an older model that still does a good job today in the studio. Here is a list of equipment you might consider:

In addition to a laptop computer and a smartphone, we (and Fred DuPre’) suggest adding a simple MANUAL focus USB webcam as your on-the-fly vise camera. If you go this route, be sure the camera is manual focus like this one - https://amzn.to/3gS1MEy. This is not the best but will get you started.
The best camera for the fly-in-the-vise is a Mokose C-100 4K, HDMI-USB with a 10-50 mm lens. A less expensive model is available with a 2.8-12 mm lens that is good for a materials camera but get the 10-50 for the vise camera. Here is a link to both versions - https://amzn.to/3DM5msX. Also, some DSLRs will do a great job but cost more than the C-100.

When you add cameras to your laptop, you find yourself running out of USB ports in short order and NO you don’t want to run cameras into Zoom through a USB Hub – a computer crash will be in your future. We had a bunch of people on a Zoom class when this happened to us. We had to finish the class using a smartphone. Here is the best HDMI camera switcher for our type of livestreaming or Zoom presentations. It is the Blackmagic ATEM Mini – a “Pro” version is available for $500.00 but the less expensive Mini will serve you well. Here is a link to the Mini - https://amzn.to/3UsbXOP.

A microphone is a good way to improve your Zoom audio. We used two of these in our studio, but many other options are available - https://amzn.to/3U7Kn9h.

We use several inexpensive LED lights like the two options we offer here. The clamp version works well for around the vise applications - https://amzn.to/3DpfAxJ and the table mount is good for the talent lighting - https://amzn.to/3fenDWs. Before buying lights, look around the house. We started with a couple of shop lamps we had in the garage.

Camera support can be simple or complicated. Here is a real simple option for placing a camera or smartphone on the opposite side of the vise from the tier - https://amzn.to/3NmRTuw, we started with this type of setup. We evolved to the same side of the vise as the tier and after several mistakes we ended up with a Manfroto 244 Magic Arm with camera mount - https://amzn.to/3sK10fq. It’s expensive but holds any of our cameras rock solid. Other good items to have in your inventory are Flex Arm (https://amzn.to/4qx8vC7), 3.2mm extension rings for the Mokose camera lenses (https://amzn.to/4ktgEWt), Flexible-ball head camera mount (https://amzn.to/4tySApE), Connection device to hook two or more Flex Arms to each other (https://amzn.to/4tySApE),




Materials camera jib arm - https://amzn.to/3TRCQLQ. This isn’t the most expensive but is strong enough to support a DSLR. Don’t go cheap on these unless the only thing it will support is a smartphone.
Smartphone support clamp - https://amzn.to/3Nm0Pk2. Just about anything can work. We started with a couple of pieces of board and a rubber band.
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