My crochet basics

[fish_4_all]

Well I figure I need to explain some about how I get the body to look the way I do. The crochet is easy enough once you get it down but the wide body is harder.

The main idea is to use whatever you can to make an almost flat body before you start the crochet/weave. Tie in some 20-50# fishing line on the sides, lead core leader line, anything that will stay stiff and give the hook shank some body. One smaller jigs and flies I use lead core leader line tying it in, wrapping the shank with it and then using pliers to smash it to a oval cylindrical shape. This give the body of the jig the right look when I crochet them. I have used all of the above to do it on any size jigs and flies. On larger ones I use lead free solder to give them bulk. I have even used decoy weight cord for it.

That is the key to what I do. It is the only way I have found to do it and get a body that looks like it has a true top and a rounded bottom. The crochet/weave leaves one color on top and the other color wraps around the rest to give it a true body shape.

Give me a day or two and I will hopefully be able to get a series of pictures showing the steps, that is if anyone is interested.

[Decoy Carver]

I am interested.

[Yodibuzz]

me too

[bowhunter23]

I would be interested to...

[Buckeye Mike]

Would Love to see it, i like trying new things.

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

I have the time to do it,not sure if I have the patience and would love to see how it's done.I'm from Missouri,show me.Is there a video on this?

[fish_4_all]

The enlarged instruction for Fly Crocheting
The Fly Bench Woven Flies
Phil Rowley: Fly Craft Angling - fly fishing and fly tying techniques with Philip Rowley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XyHNZfb3Vk this one has a basic weave and is a video. Not the same as the crochet but looks close.

I will try to get pictures of the process I use to make the body wider. None of the sites I find do anything on a large scale but all show the crochet/weave technique.

Smaller ones are a lot easier because all you do is build a body out of thread or floss or whatever. Might give them a try until I can get the basics on camera of what I do.

[Buckeye Mike]

fish 4 all, Thanks for the links, checked out the first one at the top of your list, and found the link for Woven Flies by Seith Green, and was checking them out, and well, i dont know if i have the patience to tie them, but will give it a shot. THANKS

[skiptomylu]

I only did a couple of body weave jig and that was a couple years back, but would like to learn more techniques for sure.

I keep getting lost in my own weave, LOL, but I have not done enough to be profecient at that yet, but I guess I will.

Skip

Here is one of my weave jigs....

[fish_4_all]

YW/ Skip, that is the difference in the weave and the crochet. Just takes time to learn. If you don't want to learn it then you can always send me materials and I will tie them for half the materials.