Dragonfly

[johan-p 0]

Hi Guys,

 

Here is my new dragonfly.The wings took way to much time , every vain in is lay in separately.

 

Johan

 

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

very nice fly I love the wings

[rockworm 0]

Those wings are a work of art!

[British mike 0]

As always Johan a great job with the wings and the whole tying................good to see your work again

Tight threads

Mike

[arkle 0]

That has to be the best dragonfly tying ever. As soon as I saw it yesterday on facebook, I sent it to about 30 of my friends. The work is epic, it must have taken days. As well as the obvious features, I especially like the minute claspers at the end of the body. Congratulations.

[Paul vd Driesche 0]

Finally some wings the way the are supose to be done It takes some time but it's worth the effort. Scratching can be nice but it's the quick and easy way and will never give you the nice and clean results like this.

 

Nice work buddy.

 

Greets Paul

[johan-p 0]

Thank you so much guys I really appreciate the nice comments.

I think the whole tying process took somewhere around 50 hours.

 

Johan

[mnorton 0]

Johan..absolutely awesome looking dragonfly..nice work

 

mike

[Jeremy Parker 0]

:bugeyes: :bugeyes: :bugeyes: Wow!!!

 

Would you be willing to share how you did the wings??

 

Blessings,

Jeremy

[paulf 0]

...whoa...super cool job...I too am in the planning stages of tying up another dragonfly...I only hope that the one that I tie turns out as great looking as yours...fantastic tie Johan...it was Graham's dragonfly pattern that got me started several years ago...I can truly believe it took 50 hours or more to tie...thanks for sharing this wonderful fly... :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:...

 

paulf

[SpeiserStudio 0]

That is really beautiful!

[johan-p 0]

Ok here is how I do the wings.

I take a print from the wings of a dragonfly then I lay on top of it a sheet of thin clear plastic like from an overhead sheet but thinner.

Then take fibers from a paintbrush, stick one end whit some varnish on a vain and then whit a needle sock in varnish follow the vain and cut of where the vain stops, repeat the process whit every vain, and that way you get some nice wings.

Then draw the outside of the wings and cut the out.

It is very time consuming but the result is very nice and worth the effort.

I hope you guys can understand what I try to explain.

Any more questions, please let me know.

 

Johan

 

[SearchingSolitude 0]

Thank you so much guys I really appreciate the nice comments.

I think the whole tying process took somewhere around 50 hours.

 

Johan

 

 

Yeah, but will it catch fish???? J/K!

[johan-p 0]

Thank you so much guys I really appreciate the nice comments.

I think the whole tying process took somewhere around 50 hours.

 

Johan

 

 

Yeah, but will it catch fish???? J/K!

 

 

Well I don’t think so because it will never touch water.

But do you know the meaning of ‘’realistic fly tying’’??

 

Johan

 

[SearchingSolitude 0]

Thank you so much guys I really appreciate the nice comments.

I think the whole tying process took somewhere around 50 hours.

 

Johan

 

 

Yeah, but will it catch fish???? J/K!

 

 

Well I don’t think so because it will never touch water.

But do you know the meaning of ‘’realistic fly tying’’??

 

Johan

 

 

Hmmm, I think so. Do you know the meaning of "sarcasm"??