POPPERS, the swap

[Gravytrain 0]

is it Christmas again ?

 

great set of bugs guys.

 

thanks to all

 

craig

[vicrider 0]

Flies flew in this morning. It shows me that before I get in another popper swap I'm going to do some serious practice, get some bodies on order besides the foam, and try my hand at the air brush setup we bought for a daughter years ago and she never got into it. Maybe I can make use of it.

 

Thanx for hosting and thanx all the guys for some great work.

[Steve P 0]

I'm not sure if I have the requirements to host Kevin. I'll read through and see though.

 

Steve

[Stippled Popper 0]

"Stippled Popper I hope to see that video soon.

 

Kevin"

 

 

It will more likely be a heavily imaged SBS.

[Steve P 0]

Ok it looks like I do qualify. I'll get the swap up in a day or two. I'm gonna put a little thought into this one.

 

Steve

[eastern fly 0]

ok Steve just let me know. Ron any help on that fly will work for me.

 

Kevin

[Jolly Red 0]

Got my set in today, and all of them look a lot better than the one I tied. Looks like I need to get in more practice, also. Thanks to all for the great poppers.

[Crackleback 0]

Got mine today. Great set of poppers.

 

-Mike

[GLoy 0]

got mine yesterday, thanks to all of you. now got to get some time off to try them.

thanks

gary

[fshrmanms 0]

the mail was good to me today!!!! thanks guys nice ties!!!

[Bruce Derington 0]

Got mine

[Li'lDave 0]

What an awesome set of bugs!

 

 

Thanks everyone. Apologies for my simple little critter.

[Henrik Thomsen (DK) 0]

Thank you all for the beatifull selection of art. Thought it a fly swap, not art swap. ;-)

Seriously a nice set of poppers, and definitely a lot of inspiration to get from these flies.

 

And, thank you for hosting this Kevin.

 

Henrik

[Henrik Thomsen (DK) 0]

As promised to Kevin, an SBS of my little frog pattern:

 

The materials:

Hook, thread, Foam for top and bottom and tongue, marker for painting, eyes and glue...

 

Cut the foam top and bottom according to the prepared shape

 

Tie in the foam in a place, whew the tip of the head just exceed the hook eye.

 

Secure the foam with multiple thread turns

 

Tie in legs with turns of 8, both hind (4 "fibers") and front (2 fibers) legs

 

Tie in the tongue, that forces the mouth open and the popper effect to take place

 

Glue top foam, only on the frog body

 

Place the top on the hook, and place the legs right in the still liquid glue

 

Glue and place bottom. Press the two half tightly together

 

Tie off the thread around the neck of the frog. Use glue instead of whip finnish.

 

Place a tiny droplet of the liquid glue on the knot of the legs. NOT the legs, since glue and stretching of the legs will make ugly things happen to the legs.
Tight the not so the glue is in the knot, and only in the knot.

 

Use the gel glue to make to droplets where the eyes are supposed to be placed

 

Place the eyes in the glue and make sure they are secured

 

Use marker to decorate the fly

 

Finally when all glue is hardened, cut the legs to the length desired, spray the "fibers" of the legs to form feet.

And cut the tongue to a length that alows tying the leader onto the fly and still keep the mouth open and ready to pop...

 

Henrik

[eastern fly 0]

Great job thank you very much.

 

Kevin