April Flies from the Vice

[eide 0]

Some sealfur scuds for seatrout here in Norway, really got the taste for this during easter. Filling up a new box with this now!

[Piker20 0]

Mike- haven't noticed whiskers lying about but keep thinking they'll be great for salmon flies to use as shrimp feelers. What age is your cat that drops them. Mines just one yr now.

[mikechell 0]

As far as I know, cat whiskers are shed and replaced naturally. I don't know the mechanism, but a cats whiskers are only a certain length. Basically, if the whiskers fit through, so does the rest of the cat ... it's how a cat knows what spaces it can pass through.

They fall out when they get to the maximum length, like our eyelashes.

The main thing is to notice them before they get vacuumed up.

I've got three cats, and I still only find one or so each week. Good luck.

[Gene L 0]

How about microfiblets? Or bristles from a white paintbrush?

[mikechell 0]

How about microfiblets? Or bristles from a white paintbrush?

Read post #110.

[Gene L 0]

Ah...I stopped reading at 109.

[Li'lDave 0]

Some flies to fish on the weekend.

 

2/0 and #2 clouser minnows... I've put weedguards on the #2's....

 

And I've been shown some cool new techniques for crabs and shrimp that I'm trying to perfect... I've a ways to go (especially with the shrimp) but am looking forward to testing them out Saturday

 

[portlyjoe 0]

very Cool Lil' Dave.

 

eide: those are ridiculously good! what is the body material?

 

Mike: and I thought I was a scrounge for materials! You make me look like an elitist snob, whilst I dragged a dead turkey into my work truck. Thank You....

[portlyjoe 0]

 

Kinda Patriotic , kinda Nerdy. this is what happens when I ty at two am.

I call it " stars and stripes".

[add147 0]

portlyjoe,

Nice looking fly! What did you use for the head? I mean what did you use to make it nice and shinny?

[cjsnyder1234 0]

Few purple haze.

 

[portlyjoe 0]

portlyjoe,

Nice looking fly! What did you use for the head? I mean what did you use to make it nice and shinny?

Thanks Add, I really appreciate the compliment, this was my first attempt at a hairwing streamer. Im going to use this design in a classic streamer swap. I used Sally Hansens, Hard as Nails for the head. I had my wife pick it up for me at Walmart ( I think it was 2.00). I personally like it better than head cement. ( my head cement always got too thick before I used it all).

[portlyjoe 0]

Few purple haze.

 

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very cool man, very cool.....

[eide 0]

very Cool Lil' Dave.

 

eide: those are ridiculously good! what is the body material?

 

Mike: and I thought I was a scrounge for materials! You make me look like an elitist snob, whilst I dragged a dead turkey into my work truck. Thank You....

Body is seals fur dubbing that I brushed out after ribbing the body.

[portlyjoe 0]

 

very Cool Lil' Dave.

 

eide: those are ridiculously good! what is the body material?

 

Mike: and I thought I was a scrounge for materials! You make me look like an elitist snob, whilst I dragged a dead turkey into my work truck. Thank You....

Body is seals fur dubbing that I brushed out after ribbing the body.

 

where does one get seal fur dubbing.? id like to get the link for that because, those are the best dubbed bodies and I'd like to use it for shrimp and crab patterns.