Dr. Magill
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What do you think:
Glass hourglass eyes with rattle
Eyes can be glued onto each flattened end
Glass hourglass eyes with rattle
Eyes can be glued onto each flattened end
What's in your vise?
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Divad
Whitefish
Yes Hareline yes!!! *cough* wait, only if the plastic is corn, the ball is a petrified squirrel nut and the processing was done while sniffing farts.
Adding them to the shopping list. I love stuff like this that bridges the gap.
kinda small....
j/k, those are dope....
oh, lmk if they work best on top or on the bottom....tough to tell if the weight of the bb will off-set the air pocket....n/m, I think the fact that they're glass should answer my question
Dr. Magill
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Good to know these are available.
May need to buy a pack of these and doctor them up so they'll take a beach beating....
SF
Dr. Magill
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I was thinking about the head on a smaller fly.
It is glass so there’s that
It is glass so there’s that
Dr. Magill
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“Secret Weapon”
Oliver1329
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Massacre Midge
Hook – Sprite S2499 or equivalent
Thread – Olive
Foam – 1/16-inch diameter foam cylinder
Rib – Small olive/green wire
Dubbing – SLF Dragon Fly dark dubbing
How to tie the Massacre Midge – AvidMax Blog
I saw this pattern on another forum and thought I’d try it.
I absolutely suck at getting the grizzly saddle hackle to lay straight and flat on the back. Maybe the wrong type of hackle? Any suggestions on how to get it better would be appreciated.
SF
I absolutely suck at getting the grizzly saddle hackle to lay straight and flat on the back. Maybe the wrong type of hackle? Any suggestions on how to get it better would be appreciated.
SF
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Easdon's Blindside Midge
Hook – Tiemco 2487, Sprite S2499 or equivalent
Thread – Gray
Ribbing – XS Copper wire
Dubbing – Ice Dub UV Pink
Collar – White ostrich herl
How to tie Easdon’s Blindside Midge – AvidMax Blog
Is that supposed to be fished as an emerger? I have fished that style of fly a lot, and found that they need to have a much bigger chunk of foam than that, and be tied on a very fine wire hook to actually stay on the surface. They do work with the small chunk of foam, but they fish as a slow sinking fly.
Massacre Midge
Hook – Sprite S2499 or equivalent
Thread – Olive
Foam – 1/16-inch diameter foam cylinder
Rib – Small olive/green wire
Dubbing – SLF Dragon Fly dark dubbing
How to tie the Massacre Midge – AvidMax Blog
How are you tying it in? Strip everything off and tie the stem, or leave some fuzz and tie that in?
I think leaving a little fuzz can help, but it's not 100%. I've also had some success with crimping the stem/fuzz with some flat nose pliers.
Stripping off the end and just tying the stem in. I’ll try your suggestions.
Thanks
SF
Oliver1329
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brmtn
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I used to tie a lot of flatwings which require getting a hackle to lay flat/horizontal. There are some good videos out there on tying flatwings which show how to do this - basically it's like James said - a little fluff pillow under the stem gives it something to rest on... when you strip the fluff from the bottom of the feather you can dub it onto the string, make one little turn with it and it can help you seat the feather the way you want. Good luck. It's a cool pattern.