BEST LEGS

[banks 0]

Whats your favorite legs material , for grasshoppers , crickets , hellgramites , beetles ,stoneflys any bug im looking for some new / old and different ideas for legs , want to hear about materials you use and procedure , what legs are most lifelike and which have the best action and attraction qualitys , all ideas will be appreciated

[mikechell 0]

I can't say I am into all the qualifications you are. I am pretty stuck on rubber legs, since they last longer than just about anything else.

[FlaFly 0]

Can't say they're my favorite since I've never used them (yet) but I came across these just yesterday that look good, and seems they'd be sturdier than peacock, etc. Worth a try.

 

http://www.mytroutfly.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-make-grasshopper-legs.html

[shoebop 0]

 

Sorry, I couldn't resist

[Piker20 0]

Hope she applied sufficient midge repellent.

[flytire 0]

too many options to choose from

[SilverCreek 0]

I use these:

 

http://www.montanafly.com/mfc_tyingmaterials/centipead.html

 

[FlaFly 0]

Shoebop.... is that a floater or sinker (dry or wet)?

[shoebop 0]

I think she'll float...judging by the size of her ...floaters.

[mikechell 0]

I'll go with those kinds of legs, too !!!

 

[bighornbuster 0]

I had the same thoughts as ShoeBop. I is interesting to know that you guys spend time on Moldy Chum as well. Check out Buster Wants to Fish.

[Guest]

Hen hackle for nymphs, rubber legs for topwaters.

[mikechell 0]

Never saw "Moldy Chum" until you mentioned it. Didn't even know it existed, since I don't follow blogs.

But they must be looking at the same web search pictures I've seen, sometimes, by mistake, when I am looking for other fishing related material, really.

[mikechell 0]

A while back, I did a leg for my hoppers. I was trying to come up with a variation of one done by a much better tier ... Cordaba or one of the other realistic guys, I think.

Anyway, I was looking for something with some free movement. I don't have a picture of the original, but here's a diagram of the leg.

 

 

The large part of the leg (I think of it as the muscle) is the plastic sheath of a piece of fly line. Once the mono is glued in place, and the braid is tied on, the fly line can be glued together to make a smaller profile, or left open to create a larger profile.

I also use a marker to make lines on the muscle.

[FlaFly 0]

Is this the one you mean Mike? I think you posted it some time back. Somehow I got the idea you called it a katydid, but I could be wrong. Maybe you said Sadie did. Anyway I've always wanted to know how these legs were made. Look like striped bloomers.