This Is What Ive Been Tying This Weekend

[Bloop 0]

This is my first go at tying up a selection of crease flies. Ive tied 5 each of sizes 2/0,1/0 and 2. Before I do anymore tying I want to make sure Im on the right track.

 

Tail material used is DNA Halo Chromosome tied in about equal length to the body. I stuffed some small round pcs of foam in the mouth to open it up a bit. I made my template so the height of the foam is about equal to the gape of the hook.

 

Ive tested them in the bath and all seem to land hook down. I read on here that some tie them to actually sit on their sides but I wanted a bunch to run with hook down.

 

Im waiting on my copic marker(which I found out about on here) so hopefully my paintwork will get better. These are just done with a sharpie marker then rubbed to blend.

 

If there is anything you would do or change please chime in.

 

 

TIA

[Henry Franklin 0]

Tie them to your line,and hang on!!!!!

your gona catch fish for shure.

 

Henry F.

[surfbunker 0]

I would change the subtitle of your post from criticisms to compliments!! Great Job!!!!

[ditz2 0]

Looks like a fish catcher to me. I usually paint the mouth red but that is just me.

[Kirk Dietrich 0]

I would put the stopper in the face closer to the face. You don't need to recess the plug very far to make a good pop. Many poppers have a flat face and pop really well, the deeper the cupped face, the more water it will grab when lifting the fly off the water for another cast making the pickup a little more difficult.

 

Those will catch fish for sure though its just a little detail that would make casting a little easier.

 

Kirk

[-smc- 0]

If there is anything you would do or change please chime in.

 

 

 

Tie them to MY line . . . !

[Bloop 0]

SMC How far can you double haul?

 

Thanks Kirk. I filled them with another disc. Just a slight cup now. Going to do the red mouth thing on my next bunch.

 

Cheers fellas