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steely34
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2010/12/05 08:29:49 (permalink)

I have no idea.....

what to call this - other than big and ugly......
 

 

"They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it..... you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore."

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    Flyguy638
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 08:36:58 (permalink)
    nice job on this realistic. really like the legs, super realistic and proportions look right on. Its obvious you have put some time into this pattern and it has paid off.
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    bingsbaits
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 08:37:27 (permalink)
    Wow...
     
    Looks like a good fly to enter in that contest...

    "There is a pleasure in Angling that no one knows but the Angler himself". WB
     
     


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    KJH807
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 08:56:48 (permalink)
    YES!

    now where is the tutorial?
    post edited by KJH807 - 2010/12/05 08:57:06



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    steely34
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 09:09:21 (permalink)
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    YES!

    now where is the tutorial?

     
    I'd love to do one .......... but I'm embarassed to say how long it took me to do this and the tute would most likely take alot longer.  Call me obsessed I guess.

    "They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it..... you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore."

    John Gierach

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    dick bush
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 10:15:28 (permalink)
    Longhorn Beetle.

    You say ugly... Looks awful pretty to me. Eye of the beholder I guess.

    What did you use for the legs? Almost looks like feather shafts.
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    steely34
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 10:43:19 (permalink)
    DB - The legs are two seperate pieces of porcupine quill with a material called Japanese nymph legs (basically it's the same as a single bristle from a paint brush - but they're stiffer) inserted through the quill. Bent to the angle wanted.... painted with black prismacolor pen and rolled between the fingers to give a mottled look. They are then all lightly coated with clear cure goo (epoxy).

    "They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it..... you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore."

    John Gierach

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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 11:21:56 (permalink)
    NICE!!!

    "If I'm not going to catch anything, then I'd rather not catch anything on flies." Bob Lawless

    "Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly." John Gierach
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    dick bush
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 11:22:00 (permalink)
    Very nice.

    I just started tying this year, but I have an extensive art background so I'm catching on. I've been making those Hise wax worms and have been using single scrub brush bristles in place of nymph leg. They are nice because they are already bent into a u shape. If you ever need a substitute for the nymph skin, latex glove or strips of those long skinny balloons work well depending on thickness required.

    F.Y.I. I had to learn to tie with the money in my change jar as a budget. I love the dollar store.
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 12:56:30 (permalink)
    I call that sick! Great work and coloration. Well done. I can't touch realistics.

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    dano
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 13:17:55 (permalink)
    Outstanding. I'd try to kill it if I saw it on my desk. 
    You know what's going to happen if/when you ever decide to cast it.
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 13:42:27 (permalink)
    nice choice of that pheasant feather (???) for the under wing tied on the flat... nice stuff
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 15:12:26 (permalink)
    that fly is wicked...
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 15:59:51 (permalink)
    Steely we could call it Deetz and be done with it but you would have to put some orange marabou up by the head first.  just playing.
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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/05 20:13:00 (permalink)
    Very nice! If you want it tried out I'll give it a go when i get back on my foot. I bet that thing bounced just off the bottom would be killer. Or don't you fish them?

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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/06 09:07:16 (permalink)

    ORIGINAL: bingsbaits

    Wow...

    Looks like a good fly to enter in that contest...


    Agreed!

    Geez, Steely. You're messing up the bell curve for us newbies!

    I'd be afraid to fish it because I'd probably go postal when I lost it!

    Spectacular tie.

    "For the supreme test of a fisherman is not how many fish he has caught...but what he has caught when he has caught no fish." - John H. Bradley

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    RE: I have no idea..... 2010/12/06 09:13:26 (permalink)
    ORIGINAL: steely34







    i wouldn't let this one set out of the water too long. a bird might just scoop it up!!

    i'd use it as a hat pin. wouldn't risk losing it.
    great tie.

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