Garhan Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 I really dislike tying extended body flies made from deer hair. Yes, I know they work well and float well, but still are bothersome to tie. So last week after watching a few videos on them I decided to take up an old challenge from a buddy. He asked me to tie him a assortment of flies. Starting with a #16 extended body Adams (jokingly). This was a challenge to me. He got all 300 flies but not a single extended body. This year he will get the new design I came up with and it should be a surprise to him. Here are a few I have tied so far. They are easy to tie, durable, float very well, versatile in tying techniques. You can tie any traditional pattern on the base body, palmer it, rib it, dub it, use it on Mayflies, Stonefly Adults, Damsel fly adults and nymphs.....etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhurt Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Sweet ties dude. Personally I have only been ting for 2 years, so haven't tied any extended bodies myself but very intresting..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CopperJonny Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 I really dislike tying extended body flies made from deer hair. Yes, I know they work well and float well, but still are bothersome to tie. So last week after watching a few videos on them I decided to take up an old challenge from a buddy. He asked me to tie him a assortment of flies. Starting with a #16 extended body Adams (jokingly). This was a challenge to me. He got all 300 flies but not a single extended body. This year he will get the new design I came up with and it should be a surprise to him. Here are a few I have tied so far. They are easy to tie, durable, float very well, versatile in tying techniques. You can tie any traditional pattern on the base body, palmer it, rib it, dub it, use it on Mayflies, Stonefly Adults, Damsel fly adults and nymphs.....etc... Great job man ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petti Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 ive tried to tie a few extended body mayflies and there no easy task. great lookin flies Garhan!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDone Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Great flies Gary!! I'm not against using synthetics in my patterns, there are a number of pre-made extended bodies on the market that work really well, and I always keep a few patterns in my boxes. This is a damselfly/mayfly nymph (callibaetis) that I've had some success on over the years. Body is larva lace with a few strands of antron and flash pulled through, very durable. Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinglibin Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Nice Flies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrookedHooker Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Nice Tie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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