kody 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2014 Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyTyer15 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2014 wow that looks amazing. Is it fishable? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fish For Life 0 Report post Posted February 24, 2014 What is the body made of?? It looks like the legs are made of peacock or something like that, but cant figure out what that body is made of. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2014 Nothing "semi" about that fly. That one should be posted in the "realistics" forum. Beautiful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corney 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2014 That is really great! I too am curious what material that is? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kody 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2014 Thanks, mates ! It's fully fishable, I don't make display flies! The body is made by kitchen gloves' 5 mm strips, colored brown, using permanent markers. The result is very authentic texture... The legs are from Pheasant tail fibers. Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyTyer15 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2014 I never thought of using kitchen gloves for bodies. Im going to have to try that out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fishypieter 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2014 Now that is one stunning dragon fly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thursthouse 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2014 Kody, every fly I've tried tying that uses kitchen glove, the flies comes out extremely bulky.. any tips? Do you need to really strech the latex with each turn? Amazing looking fly btw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
corney 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2014 A rubber glove, hmmmp! Never would have thought of that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene L 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2014 What color was the glove before you colored it? The ones I see are either blue or yellow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandflyx 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2014 looks like it was yellow or cream color. stretch the material. a olive one would be good too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thursthouse 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2014 It took me a lot of searching to find unscented green kitchen gloves for caddis pupae.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psychoprince 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2014 Great looking fly. I have tried to tie with the gloves before and always ended up with a pretty ugly fly. After seeing this I am going to give it another shot! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kody 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2014 Hi, mates ! The original color of the gloves is creamy. Kody, every fly I've tried tying that uses kitchen glove, the flies comes out extremely bulky.. any tips? Do you need to really strech the latex with each turn? Amazing looking fly btw There are different gloves with different thickness of the material, so you have to choose the right one for the propper fly regarding to the size and shape. One of the main reason for bulky fly is , that you don't pull strtip enought when you wrap.The another is that you don't match the size of the hook with the size of body to the thickness of the latex you use.The good thing when you use latex strip is that you could relatively change size of the fly according to strenght you apply when you strech with every wrap. To create that sort of fles is very important to guess what would be the result after using latex strip regarding to the thickness of the material,and create smooth and appropriate underbody before start wrapping. I hope it is useful, guys ! Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites