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Mumford's Irresistible Grasshopper (variation) SBS

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Found this in Trout Flies of the West. Original extended body was tied with deer hair spun on a core of non-tox which seems a bit counter-intuitive; switched to mono core and dubbing loop-spun deer instead.

 

 

hook Dai Riki 280 #8

thread - UTC 140 yellow

core - 20lb mono

abdomen - deer hair dyed yellow

underwing - squirrel tail

wing - pheasant church window feather

head - deer hair dyed yellow

legs - medium rubber cornsnake

 

 

mash barb, start thread at 60% mark; put a loop in a piece of mono, brush with Super Glue, tie in, hook the loop in the gallows

 

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wrap up the mono (gap width past bend); make a loop

 

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clean, trim a clump of deer hair, insert in clip, trim ends

 

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insert clip into loop, release, spin

 

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wrap down the mono core, stroking fibers back

 

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repeat loop sequence as necessary; finish up at 2/3 mark on the hook, tie off/trim

 

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trim to shape; trim mono

 

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move thread to eye; clean, stack, measure (shank length) a clump of deer hair; trim to length

 

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2 soft loops around the butts, pull tight and let it spin

 

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clean, stack, measure (tips to butt) a clump of squirrel tail; tie in/trim

 

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coat pheasant feather with Sally, stroke to shape as it dries; tie in/trim

 

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push deer hair back making sure it surrounds the hook

 

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pull deer hair to the rear, capture with thread wraps; pull tight

 

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add legs

 

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trim out deer hair underneath

 

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whip finish, SHHAN

 

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Regards,

Scott

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Yes, I've been wondering about this too.

 

Could someone please comment?

On my computer, I see "Please update your account blah-blah-blah...."

on a grey square which also contains a 100% 'speedometer' type image.

 

So.......is this my computer or is it the outside world?

 

(I've become a computer Luddite and am rather of proud of that)

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This has been discussed, ad nausea, on another thread.

As I understand it ... Photobucket is now requiring a membership fee to post your photos on another site.

I guess you can still store your photos there, and retrieve them. But, you can't use the site to post photos directly to another site for free anymore.

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As Mike said, it's a Photobucket issue. I've started downloading my new pics to Flikr and will see how much of a pain it is to migrate at least some of the older stuff from PeeBucket. Sorry about that folks.

 

Regards,

Scott

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Fixed this one, but it was a bit labor intensive/time consuming to transfer to Flikr and then edit the photo links. Don't plan on doing this on a regular basis so older SBSs won't be viewable unless PB has a change of heart; don't hold your breath waiting for that to happen.

 

Regards,

Scott

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SBPatt,

 

Some very good thinking went into that one! Some other uses -- dragon flies etc -- leap to ind.

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Unfortunately, the PhotoBucket thing also applies to all previously posted pictures. So any picture anyone has posted to any site is now showing just that warning box.

I am so glad I never put my pictures there.

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Thanks Scott for posting and for posting all your SBS in the past. They were great. It would be a shame not to view those in the future. Lots of effort went into them.

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