drgulian 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2009 A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by drgulian: Gulian's Not For Sale Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
john adams 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2009 Super fly deer Rapala. :headbang: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harold Ray 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2009 That's quite a deer hair bug!!! How long did it take you to tie it? How long is it? Ray Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drgulian 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2009 Thank you. It measures about 7 inches or 18cm long. I worked on it on and off for a couple of months, about 15 minutes per day. It has 150 separate stacks of deer hair. Two light yellow and one white on the ventral half and one dark yellow and two black on the dorsal half. So, six stacks per iteration for 25 iterations. The next one I make will most likely only have 4 stacks per iteration, though. Easier to cut and cleaner patterns for the eye... Cheers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
john adams 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2009 I admire your patience. Good luck on the new work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Derington 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2009 Great job on the rapala, deerhair is a fun material to work with and with imagination the sky is the limit, lets see more! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smallieFanatic 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2009 Sick :headbang: Nice Rapala fly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drgulian 0 Report post Posted October 15, 2009 I originally started tying these as tube flies, but then moved on to using the double waddington shanks. Maybe I'll post a picture of some of the tube flies that became "work in progress". Thanks for kind words. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigDaddyHub 0 Report post Posted November 3, 2009 fantastic homage to the Rapala line of plugs....great craftsmanship with the stacking....beautiful piece of work overall. I would consider myself a world talent if I had only half that skill with deerhair. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stonefly1 0 Report post Posted November 3, 2009 All I can say is ......AWESOME! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drgulian 0 Report post Posted November 10, 2009 I just got some materials in the mail for the next couple of versions based on the last one, so, once I get my fly tying area cleaned up and organized, I'll tie some more... Should be ready in a couple of years... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tyrite 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2009 Great looking Lure! Deer Hair can be one of the most universal material that you can create any thing. tyrite Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevan J. Evans 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2009 ok for jointed stuff I started with mono, then I moved to dacron, which works awesome for streamers. Resently I've been working on Bruces frog and the dacron sucks for that. So here's my question --- where do you find the little split rings? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drgulian 0 Report post Posted November 11, 2009 Here is one option for split rings. http://lurepartsonline.com/cart.php?m=prod...tail&p=1377 I'm sure there are many more... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fly Tyer Guy 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2009 Now that's a nice bit of deer hair work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
