April Flies From The Vise

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Elegant.

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Not my tie but one of my favorites from my collection.
Bill Logan - Realistic Hopper



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Not my tie but one of my favorites from my collection.

Bill Logan - Realistic Hopper

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Wow that’s a nice hopper pattern kimo

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Another from the vise of Bill Logan
Realistic Wasp



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Soon, very very soon. I can't wait.

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If you want to get a fluffier larger dubbing brush vs a rope like one I've found it helps to put the dubbing on the loop careful not to go to thick and then trim each side back a bit to cut off any long pieces that go through the loop twice.

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I was approached to tie some mysis shrimp for someone via IntheRiffle.

We get these request all of the time and usually turn them down

because it is just not worth the time.

This one was a bit unusual in that they wanted them sized up

to a size #10. Previously I had gone up to a #14 or #12.

To keep things in proportion you also have up size your materials.

I had to go to Standard Tubing, Boar's hair for the intestinal tract

and antennae and a larger clump of Flourofiber for the legs.

I also had to use a different pair of hemo's to crimp the abdomen to get a

better spaced segmentation.

Threading the boar's hair thru the tubing was a challenge.

It took a lot of saliva and dubbing wax to get the BH to come

to a point so I could thread it thru.

The smaller shrimp is tied on a TMC 2487-#18. The larger shrimp is

on a TMC 2457 #10. He wanted the heavier hook to fight 6-8 lb. steelhead

in heavy current. It was a bit of a challenge.

What do you think?

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Holy sh!t, those are nice. I have to thank you for taking up intheRiffle for your tarcher style nymph too

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Nice fiber shrimp FG. And pinfish?

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