Thread: I've been threatening

That is going to look like a full meal deal to them fish nice job a lot of work. Gary

I'll bet they've never seen anything like that before.

I got to tie a few more today and thought I'd share them with y'all. The pink one has lead eyes where the Chartreuse has bead eyes. The others are just some bugs with 2 of them being ants. The left one sinks and the others are from foam bodies, the ant shape trimmed down to work, sort of. The bottom pic is of one of the ants that I fashioned the body from black micro chenille and after tying the hackle collar in the middle, coated all the chenille with Sally's. Here's hoping it holds up. It's been fun to duck into the bench and see what comes out. Thanks for looking.

Boy o Boy those look nice, u got to go try em and give us a report.
You going to keep on and i;m going to have to go to the shop, fire my heater up and start tying. lol

Legend, there are no special talents that I brought here with me, I've learned them all in the past few years. There are many sites and publications, and books from yard sales that my Wife and I have found that have helped in the education. Just like chasing crappie, you gotta have a "Bag of Tricks". It's only hard if you don't try. And I will keep you posted as to their effectiveness.

Skeet I know just what u are talking about, I really try to do to many different things, woodworking,bowl turning, crank bait carving, grand parenting,[ 7 grandkids] santa claus ,crappie fishing, jig tying, house painter, cook and the list goes on but my first love is fishing and always will. Got the fever when I was about 5 yrs old and can,t seem to get rid of it, I should be in bed on medication.LoL

What size hook are you using on the ones you posted yesterday? Better yet what hook did you use. Those look great buddy.

Bobo

They are streamer hooks. They look a lot like an Aberdeen but much stronger. If someone wanted to try one they could get by with an Aberdeen but the flex of the hook would make it much different to tie. The ones I used were Eagle Claw L058S in #4. The shank is easy twice what an Aberdeen is and the temper is much harder. I have some smaller Mustad's but I'm just now getting used to the bigger ones, I'll go small some other day. I tied one in blue shades last night that I really like but the only thread I had for the job was 70 denier. I broke it twice. I don't tie these fast and now understand why things like this bring a better dollar at the store. The Bugs are #8 plain shank Eagle Claw that really aren't designed for this. At this point I'm learning the technique so I use what I have on hand. The Clouser minnow uses the streamer hook also and is a versatile fly and a bit easier to tie.