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I've never tried to tie any bugs before.But have used thousands of hellgramites through the younger years.attica sparked me.It looks more like a black scorpion,lol,so,it just might work out here in Arizona.Going to try it out this weekend.Think it will work?I hope so,takes kinda a long time to tie,but really fun.If it catches something,It will be called "The Black Scorpion"lol.Great name,I think.
i bet it will catch u afew
Nice and buggified. What size is this Black Scorpion of Death?
It's a 1/16 steelie do it jighead with no collar,and one of them Mustad thick BLN size 4 hooks.
Does anybody sell legs with a half circle in the middle that would go around the body and make it easier to tie in?
Does look buggy, and you should catch some fish! Think you said you have some smallie chasing relatives in PA.... send him some of those!!!
When you start adding appendages, they take longer and longer to tie. I've spent 30+ minutes on 1 jig trying to tweak it just right, finish it off, then put another in the vise and start all over. The second one is always faster. ;) Rubber legs give me fits as well.......
Oh yeah.... whatcha gonna call it if it doesn't catch fish?????? :eek: Careful, this is a family site. Ha! :D
May just catch something, but then again you may scare one of them fish huh? LOL!
Nice tie,
Skip
I need some hard legs,lol.Even if they don't have any action to them in the water.My buddie said the same thing,skip.I think that he would be scared tying it to his line,lol.
Why hard legs? Just curious. If you want a stiffer material there is Larva lace body material and Body Stuff from Hagen's. You could also use craft lace for a really solid stiff leg.
How are you tying them in? There is an easy way to do it and get them to stand straight out but it is hard to explain. Basically an hourglass wrap as follows:
Wrap thread to point where leg is going to be
Wrap once over leg
Wrap once over hook shank
Once back over leg in opposite direction
Over hook and repeat until secure I usually wrap 3 times in each direction
Remember to make a full wrap over the legs and hook shank, not a half, maybe it is 1 and half wraps each time. Lie I said hard to explain but you will see the difference when you get it right. Secures legs really well without a lot of wraps.
I will see if I can find the tying diagram, is on a fly tying site I used to visit a lot.
I was thinking hard legs so my thread did'nt cut them in half,lol.I'm learning how much pressure that I can put on them though.They are just a pain,just starting though.Everything is a pain.lol.I'll try your way and see.I don't know how exactly I did mine.
say that creature may do the trick it definitely looks like a buggy buggy.
Hope I can make it again,if it does work.Better not try till maybe May though.
The hourglass wrap will prevent the cutting through most of the time.
I certainly am not an expert on how to attach rubber legs . But it seems to me that there is a little tool you can make that will simplify it. If I remember right it involves a thick needle with a big eye. You epoxy or glue mono leader loop to the eye of needle in the form of loop. After glue or whatever is dry you sand gently around loop and mono joint. Let me see if I can find website and I will post it.
At The Bench - Warmwater Fly Tyer - by Ward Bean
I knew I had seen it somewhere. It is supposed to be used for deerhair bugs but it ought to go thru other materials such as used for bodies. You stick rubber leg in loop push needle and connected loop thru. Do not pull on loop itself wait until rubber is sticking out far side and pull gently on it. I would then drop a dab of glue on leg and center it on bug.
That bug ought to be a killer on smallmouth and trout!!!!!!!
What did I get myself into now,lol.
Here is another way to add legs that works everytime and is quick.
After you tie on the chenille, take a embroidery needle, thread on a leg,
push it through the chenille (may take a needle nose pliers to push it through)
pull to the desired length and clip off. Before, I used to cuss everytime I tied legs and they were never straight.
Saw someone that used moose hair for legs. Looks good, AZ. Fish in the future on that one.
I ordered some legs,lol.From some fly tying Duguen,Active Legs.Maybe a Bug Tyer I will be,lol.
Nice looking jig, should catch them just fine!!!! Tying legs in can be a pain in the butt but it does get easier.
Fatman