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Could someone tie something like this for me?

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Hey Leif , bigtroutflies,Tyrite and Fly Tyer Guy. How about you guys show some progression photos. It would be great to see how many different techniques are used to tie this Gecko.

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Fred, I've not started mine yet, I'm tying for a contest, then I have an order to fill, then I hope to get to it. I do notice that the way you are building yours is close to the same method I use for my realistics, though I do not make a "skeleton" out of wire, I build a "backbone" and build the whole thing up. I also use wire for the legs just like you are doing.

 

Airedale, so the feet do not have fuzzy or anything on the bottom?

 

 

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No. Leopard geckos are a non climbing species. They have claws, but they can't climb glass or anything. They have claws that are see through and are about 1 mm long. They are so small that you can feel them on your skin, but they are really hard to see. I can see these will trun out great. Thanks Guys! :headbang: :headbang:

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Fred, are you using dental supplies to make the body, or are you using something we laymen could get our hands on?

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Fred, are you using dental supplies to make the body, or are you using something we laymen could get our hands on?

Dart , for the body I used craft wire and foam from hobby store and some medium chenile.Then covered the entire body with a thin coat of 5min. epoxy.After that a thin coat of acrylic white paint.I like to paint the entire body one color at this stage to spot flaws.You can probably see many in the photo.

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Fred, you never cease to amaze me with your realistics. I showed my sister because she used to have a leopard gecko and she wouldnt believe me that it was a fly until I zoomed in to see the hook

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Thanks Ms, Dart , Andres and Paul.

Paul you keep joking about that German shepard and someone is going to tie it for the most unusual. But it wont be me.

Fred

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