April Flies From The Vice!

[Chefben4 0]

Some Shrimp for your eating pleasure...

 

(tutorial & write-up as well): http://www.flyfishfood.com/2013/04/the-chupacamaron-shrimp.html

 

 

Great as always! I also see it making a good carp fly by changing a few colors! keep em coming!

[Fishypieter 0]

Sweet Looking Shrimps

[Crackaig 0]

Clyde Style meets the Peter Ross

 

Cheers,

C.

[Kirk Dietrich 0]

Damn Ben and Crack, those are some great looking flies. Here is one I tied up last night, the UV Beerbelly.

 

Kirk

 

I reverse tied in some white Congo, pulled it back and tied off for a tail and pulled it up to make a loop and act as the form for the UV to make the belly. I saturated with some thin Solarez and came in and filled it with some Thick/gel Solarez and sprinkled with fine glitter and came back with another coat of thin; tied the wing, put eyes and used a couple coats of resin to formt he head. It tracks nicely, hook point up, when ticked along slowly, a fast strip will make it roll and rock a little. I may try putting a little bb in under the eyes to see if I can remedy that.

 

[planettrout 0]

 

ICE VOODOO MIDGE – Smethurst/Variant – Daiichi 1140, #18 -#22, Daiichi 1250, #18…

 

 

P ‘n P MIDGE – Daiichi 1130, #16 – #20…

 

 

PT/TB

[FlyFishin'Jam 0]

phwoar, some fine ties!

 

Kirk, quick question as i know you were doing a bit of research with the uv glues, how are u finding the Solarez? Are the products comparable?

[Crackaig 0]

Nice one Kirk, I think I see where you are going with that. I saw something recently, don't recall where, that would interest you. A very similar fly tied on a hook for soft plastics. Weight was applied at the apex of the bend in the shank. Tail tied in on the shank. Wind tied in at the head on the short level section of shank. It gave a similar overall shape with the point of the hook in the wing. I have some of those hooks somewhere, if I can find them I'll tie one up to show you.

 

Cheers,

C.

[shoebop 0]

Great looking shrimps for sure!

[Kirk Dietrich 0]

Mike, with the poweful UV laser I got from Silver Creek, it dries it tack free in a comparable time. I'm waiting on some CCG Hydro and Brushable and some Deer Creek that I'll be able to do a comparison but for one fourth the price, even if it takes a minute longer, it may be worth it.

 

Thanks Crack, I'm really not going anywhere with this other than making a somewhat deepbodied minnow that I can pull over the weed mats of my fishing area. I'm still interested in what you're talking about though.

 

Thanks,

Kirk

[Crackaig 0]

Couldn't resist another of the Clyde style flies. Teal & Green.

 

Cheers,

C.

[Christopher K 0]

Been a busy month

 

Double articulated hog snare

 

 

chartreuse diver

 

 

burned goose spey (hackle stem should have been trimmed more)

 

 

and my first dee

 

 

will post more pics when I have time.

[Wavey1988 0]

Black Gnat, on a size 14 Kamazan B160

 

[flysmallie 0]

Not sure if it qualifies for a fly, but it was created and will be fished as a fly.

 

[Kirk Dietrich 0]

Flysmallie, that is some great airbrush work and shaping. I'm assuming you made that out of balsa? I make bugs very similar and just call then Flures (Fly/Lure). Looks great!

[flysmallie 0]

Thanks Kirk. It was my first successful attempt at balsa other than just a standard popping head.