The New J-Ferg Bench (ORDER ONE NOW!!!)

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Inevitably, when you start fly-fishing, you will soon begin to feel the urge to start tying your own flies. And so the journey of learning how to tie those delicate size 22 BWO's and the articulating circus peanut begins. As most tiers progress, they begin to get particular about their tying setup, tools, and desk. This definitely sums up my journey as a tier.

Seth, AKA the Prez, got a very nice fly-tying bench from Oasis for Christmas, and this thing is nasty. After seeing it, I decided to take on the task of building my own bench in an attempt to save some scrilla. Below, you will see my creation. Though it is not 100% complete, it was a fun project to cure my fishing blues.

All the materials you see in the pictures below are from Walmart and can be purchased affordably. The tools I used consisted of a skill saw, screw gun, chop saw, and a little bit of sweat. See my step by step process below:

I bought 2 TV trays from Walmart 

I started by deconstructing both TV trays by removing the legs

I used a skill saw to rip one of the cutting boards into 3 pieces, 2 side trays, and one box tray for the back

I used the leg material of the TV tray stand to prop the sides up and screwed them to the base tray

Both side trays are installed, and hey, I even used the screws that came with the TV tray! Resourcefulness! How about that!

I installed the back box tray, then used a dark walnut stain to cover my cut edges ...

And believe it or not TOSFly readers, all this was done for a VERY reasonable cost! All I have left to do is layout my holes for wood dowels to hold thread, and the holes for my tools!

It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to build one of these, you just have to be creative and have fun! I loved doing this project because I built a fly-tying table that fit my needs. I encourage you to try building your own! Or, if you don't feel up for it, just shoot us an email and you can order a custom table from TOSFly! Contact us for pricing! Either fill out the contact form, or shoot us an email at info@TOSFly.com!

Until next time ... Cast to The Other Side!

- J-Ferg

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