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Here's a pick of the material under the chenille on the Ned Rig fly that richmce developed to mimic the Ned Rig. Questions should be directed to him as I am just the messenger. The chenille is lil bunny yarn from premier and those look like Silli legs but rich can confirm. Here's another picture of the fly and a picture of what's underneath, I'll let richmce fill in any other details or recommendations. Bass and bluegill and Crappie are stables of my fly fishing, as I am envious of all you trout/steelhead/salmon fly fishers. I am 3+ hours away from trout that aren't stockers and I would move closer but then I would be 3+ hours away from the kids and grand-kids. Tight Lines

Hey Rich Good to meet you as well Can you message me your info and how to contact you. I meant to get back to your table to get some materials but time and hunger had us out the door about 2:30 and we still had a 2+ hour drive. You can use the message function on the Forum Board. Killer fly

See you there.

I plan on being there with a buddy. What booth or what area will you be in?

You are until you get your post count up.😉

Sally Hansen Hard as Nails (nail polish)

I was going to say my clip on +3 cheaters right off BUT the cheaters don't help much without good lighting. So my tying desk lights get the nod, with adequate lighting I can better see what I am doing. Just my opinion, YMMV

Nicely done G'pa!

This is something I saved that Silver Creek posted on a different forum. I use it and it works GREAT. For those of you looking to thin your SHHAN. This is from @Silver Creek The ingredients of Hard as Hull are Ethyl Acetate, N-butyl Acetate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Nitrocellulose, N-butyl Alcohol, and Camphor. Sound familiar? Slightly different order of ingredients and Camphor. Nail polishes contain camphor as a plasticizer. Does the list sound familiar. Check it against the Sally Hansen’s Formulation. Since the volatile head cements seem to be formulations of nail polish, I recommend a thinner such as the Beauty Secrets Nail Polish Thinner. It is the house brand at Sally Beauty Shop and sells for about $4.50 for 4 ozs. The ingredients are Butyl Acetate, Ethyl Acetate, and Heptane. The evaporation index is less than acetone and so the head cement will last longer. Both ethyl acetate and butyl acetate, the two primary solvents used in nail polish, evaporate more slowly than acetone. Both the ethyl and butyl acetates will be the first two ingredients in nail polish. The mixture of the two controls the evaporation rate. Dissolving Solvent Relative Evaporation Rate - lower number = slower evaporation Acetone * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *5.7 Ethyl Acetate * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 4.1 Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) * * * * * 3.8 Isopropyl Acetate * * * * * * * * * * * * *3.0 Heptane * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *2.8 Methyl n-Propyl Ketone * * * * * * * *2.3 Propyl Acetate * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *2.3 Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (MIBK) * * 1.6 Isobutyl Acetate * * * * * * * * * * * * * *1.4 Butyl Acetate * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *1.0

Matt Hawkins at WFC is a good dude. Quick shipping, responsive to requests and I have had no problems since he purchased the company. I have had only good transactions with WFC.

For bucktails this is the best place I have found: 3 grades of bucktails, you pick your price point and quality Whitetail Fly Tieing Supplies

Wow, Artistic, creative, a great memory to go along with it. Well done!

There is a FREE app that I use on my desktop that I use to keep track of flies I have tied and flies I want to tie. I can access it on my desktop and carry it to my fly tying bench on my iPad. It is all synched so that when I make an changes it all gets updated. My memory is NOT what it used to be and this helps me a ton. YMMV Here is a screen shot from my desktop, where I have created a section called Tied Flies, you can see some of the flies in the column on the left. All my notes are searchable, so if I am looking for a pattern that uses a certain material, they come up in a search of my flies. You can find more info about OneNote on the web, I keep fly patterns along with links to YouTube tying videos and any other additional notes. It's super easy to use and easy to add/delete info as needed. Great question.

Not familiar with Skip's Dragon, just found that online. Will give me a few new patterns to try. Tight Lines