Joni

SWEET! I love those!

Slow day for sure, but the non articulated version worked great. Those are beads with mono melted in the middle. I do have some of the LEAD I-Balz, but I try to stay clear from them. One they are lead and two, I like my lines to put the fly where I want, not the fly.

hey thanks man. glad you like it! Okay, because of your fly, and the fact I am remodeling my House and watch ALLOT of DIY, I came up with what I call "KITCHEN RENOVATION" LOL Starts off with a Hot Chocolate by Bill Schiess, then into Kelly Galloup's Egg Sucking Sculpin / Sex Dungeon. Gonna try it at Strawberry this weekend:

Thanks...that is a great looking fly!

Interesting...so how big are yours?

Looks a little like Kelly Galloup's "SEX DUNGEON" which is a great pattern. I like the up, tailing hook. Add a little glow bug yarn under the chin, maybe?! Very nice! I would fish it! What is the body made out of?

They look like great catchers, a guide fly. I would love to see a recipe. Here is the You Tube that got my attention: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAoxP1SfxRU

BUZZERS! Thanks to a great guy GREG of FAOL I finally got my BLUE BIOT, plus many other colors so it is Crayola Buzzers:

Rocky, real simple. I am using a Mustad #14 hook and of course matching bead (WHITE) I Lay down a layer of red thread and tie in some flashabou for a shuck. I then tied in some fine, fine silver wire and the hubby being a rod builder had some silk laying around. I am paying more attention to custom rods lately because of that and I notice, rods wrapped with white, if you don't add color preserve, they disappear. SOOOOO, I thought, that could make a cool effect on a fly. So I tie the silk ( I don't think brand matters, this is VLI, but Gossomer would work also) I left a small tag of red and then wrapped. The silver wire is almost invisible when dry, so alittle tuff getting it segmented even. I made SOFT HACKLES out it also.....way cool.

I have been playing with SILK. Came up with this Chironomid I call "TRANSFORMER - C" It is white dry... but wet!!!!!!!!!!

You do, a little less these days....getting to old for this stuff LOL

Hans....LOVE THOSE SOFT HACKLES! You rock on them!

Messing with the Stones:

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Hi Jeremy, yes it is. I have streamers on the top, then scuds & 200R's, then dries then nymphs Sooooo much easier, but I do stick with one style of hook for each. I prefer longer hooks.