How Ichthyo-Sys started on the words of its owner, Bob Deibel: "It was during the process of tying up many dozens of baitfish patterns, mixing the epoxy and then using a Bar-B-Q rotisserie in my home office to rotate the drying flies that I realized there had to be a better way. I also was not happy with my fly box full of yellow-headed flies after a saltwater flyfishing trip to Southern California, Baja, or Florida. In addition to a desire to increase tying efficiency, I always had headaches from the epoxy. Losing brain cells from the harmful epoxy vapors was not a risk I wanted to take, regardless of how much I loved tying the flies. So I spent many hours, weeks, and months thinking about how to make tying baitfish patterns more efficient, safe, and yielded a better product than one could produce at the vise with epoxy or silicone. That is the genesis of the Ready Head. Once developed, I realized that the Ready Head had cross over applications in the conventional market as shown in the Options page of this website. Conventional anglers along with fly anglers can take advantage of the versatility of the Ready Head. With the support of my wonderful wife, we decided to take the big leap and invest into producing this product. We chose the company name Ichthyo-Sys® as it is derived from ichthos (fishlike) and sys (short for systems). She is the CEO and I am the product development specialist (i.e I get to go fishing and test the product!!). The photos attached to this site and Testimonials are proof that the system works on fish in addition to helping the fly tier. I look forward to hearing from you on patterns or uses of the Ready Head and your success stories."
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