Guest tallieho Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Beads a Plenty...Northland Mall calgary...lotsa to choose from..
DonAndersen Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 God do I hate those tiny BC chironomids. Got enough for the early season opener done. All on Mustad C68 #14's & #16's. All but a couple with tungsten beads for those fish that seem to be feeding @ +20'. Been laid up for a while so got time to do some tying.
InvermereAngler Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 God do I hate those tiny BC chironomids. Got enough for the early season opener done. All on Mustad C68 #14's & #16's. All but a couple with tungsten beads for those fish that seem to be feeding @ +20'. Been laid up for a while so got time to do some tying. Don do you want to give the recipe for a of those chironomids? I have been cranking through a bunch of the wicked patterns in the book Modern Midges. Some of the ones you tied up look pretty nice as well. Cant wait till the ice breaks up to hit some lakes in BC.
Guest tallieho Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 very nice Don..Hope your feeling better...good eyes & good use for the static bags..
DonAndersen Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 InvermereAngler, Will take some individual shots in the morning + recipe. tallieho, No static bags on these guys - just 4>6 coats of Sally's Hansen's Hard as Nails. Started on some more static bags this PM. catch ya' Don
DonAndersen Posted February 24, 2010 Posted February 24, 2010 I'm not a single fly kinda guy. This is just one of three chironomid boxes. Over-kill - depends on where you go and how you fish. Some tying notes: 1] Notice Mustad C068 hooks. Have landed fish + 6 lbs. on #16's - tough hook - only thing close is TMC 2457 2] Bodies are all protected with one coat of super glue + multiple coats of Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails 3] Thread for ribs is twisted prior to application 4] Herl is used for some heads. 5] Gills are nearly impossible with 1.5 mm beads 6] Gill materials are various things - Super Fly, Antron, Oral B Floss
DonAndersen Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 This one tied using invisible sewing thread - wire rib This one used a yellow body over wrap of cereal box liner This one used a body of bronze Flashabou c/w jewelry bead vinyl wrap
nebc Posted March 16, 2010 Posted March 16, 2010 Yeah, that's exactly where they came from. 11/0 Japanese seed beads or something like that. Had to rip half the label off to open the vial so I'm not 100% sure that's what they're called. The hole in them is pretty small so if you're tying in the antron like I did you need to be very minimal on thread wraps. I used 12/0 Giorgio Bennecchi thread with one base layer and one layer over the antron and I still had trouble sliding the bead back over it. I get mine from artbeads.com Low cost, good stuff and a pile of selections. Where I live it is not practical to visit a shop to look at them before buying all the time.
Wanny Posted April 12, 2010 Posted April 12, 2010 Well this shitty weather called for some tying, been trying to stock up on dries the last few weeks.
jordo Posted April 18, 2010 Posted April 18, 2010 I got stuck at home this evening, after browsing the web for a while I saw a nifty extended bead body stone pattern posted over at flytyingforum.com and took a crack at a Golden Stone version.
cdejan Posted April 18, 2010 Posted April 18, 2010 I got stuck at home this evening, after browsing the web for a while I saw a nifty extended bead body stone pattern posted over at flytyingforum.com and took a crack at a Golden Stone version. Good job
CTownTBoyz Posted April 19, 2010 Posted April 19, 2010 There are some awesome ties in this thread, nice job guys. My latest are some stone-buggers. Had a lot of success on the Bow with them this year. Radical. Great Tie!
Guest Jeremie Posted April 28, 2010 Posted April 28, 2010 Last night i had some buds over and after a few whiskeys we came up with these.Man that Crown Royal is good stuff. Ill bet you that first one looks amazingly buggy under water! Really like the boatmen pattern and blood leach! Nice ties
Wanny Posted May 10, 2010 Posted May 10, 2010 Been tying some 'intruder inspired' streamers. Using marabou and a regular streamer shank. Used olive buck tail (hard to flare) and it really comes through when wet. I like the movement and profile when wet.... and it's been working!
bowbuster Posted May 11, 2010 Posted May 11, 2010 Been tying some 'intruder inspired' streamers. Using marabou and a regular streamer shank. Used olive buck tail (hard to flare) and it really comes through when wet. I like the movement and profile when wet.... and it's been working! hmmmm....looks leechy
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