Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I am submitting this to Flyanglersonline, to hit their FOTW, so hope i get it published there..any ideas let me know Daiichi 1260 - #6 Tail - Brown barred Fly Legs Weight - Lead on both sides of the hook, then wrapped over top Underwrap - Yellow ice dub, top darkenned black by permanent marker Overwrap - Orange Vinyl Rib Shell back - Brown mottled Thin Skin Thorax - Rusty Brown Ice Dub Legs - Brown Barred Fly Legs Start your fly off by covering the shank with your thread, color to your choice. Tie on the lead on both sides of the shank and tied down Lead then wrapped overtop of the shank, tied down Tail tyed in. Its easier to tie them to split apart if you put a little ball of dubbing (i used rusty brown to match the thorax) and tie them on the opposite sides, keeps them nice and split through out it, and also gives it some more action in the water Tie in your vinyl rib. When you wrap this forward you're going to have to hold one of the tails away, otherwise it will catch, or try to join the other tail Wrap your Yellow Ice Dub Forward Color the top of the ice dub black with a permanent marker. When you do this, the marker will pull out a bit of the dubbing, so i trim off the top, otherwise it bulks up when you're wrapping the vinyl rib Wrap your vinyl rib forward and tie down. Tie in your first set of legs (note that they are not trimmed yet). Then dub forward with Rusty Ice Dub Cut yourself a stonefly wing case, should look like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Tie in your wing case Repeat the previous steps. Tie in the next set of legs, and use your rusty ice dubbing, and move it forward. Then Tie in another wing case Your Front Case / eye needs to look like this. I trim both ends, so they tie in easily Front Case Tied in, same with the front set of legs. Dub Forward with the rusty ice dub again. Bring the front case overtop and tie in. Whipfinish and tie off View from above and back Finished Fly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Din Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 nice tie...thought you said that you throw dumbells or some sort of eyes on anything big...either way looks sweet...that fly wooven with too ribs would be killer. but i cant do any of that S*#%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I never leave myself enough room on this fly to tie in the eyes, and when i do it looks haggard (not necessarily a bad thing)...got a few with the eyes on em..mediocre in my mind I have to agree, woven flies are way too much work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regdunlop Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Eyes Brent! I think you can do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regdunlop Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Killer looking fly though either way. What about antennae on the head? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishietales Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Nice looking fly BBB, I've always woven them, but I think your way looks good to me,I'll try it but with darker shades for over here though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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