FlyFishin Fool 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2013 Made this for my dad for Christmas. Hobby lobby has the cheap wood boxes and I Stainded it. Cork for the base and put my flies in it. Added an extended bodies fly at the bottom. Really tied it together. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rolf Jacobsen 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2013 That man should be very happy and proud. Nice job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldtrout58 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2013 Nothing better than a gift made by you for your dad, great job! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshrmanms 0 Report post Posted December 29, 2013 nice gift! bet he'll be proud to display it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flyfish007 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2014 Very Nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mooxe 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2014 I did the same thing for my Dad to actually. Instead of using cork I glued them sideways to the matting. I did a lot of research into how to best mount them... I chose glue as it was pretty easy and the end result was good. Some of the hackle got a bit squished from the the flies laying on the side though. One of the methods I seen was using fishing line to tie them down to the matting with tiny spacers between the fly and matting to raise them up a bit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henrik Thomsen (DK) 0 Report post Posted January 6, 2014 I use tubes intended for tube flies. Then set the hook into the tube forsmall sizes, or use thread loop through the tube for larger hooks. That way no hackles get squished. Henrik Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
