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1 hour ago, mikechell said:

I tried that, once.  The flies tied with them did get hits.  But the tail only lasted one hit, whether I hooked the fish or not.  Turns out, the silicone isn't strong enough to hold the dubbing fibers together when a fish grabs it.

Good luck with yours.

I started using UV resin instead of silicone.

Here's some more of them, tried a blue one for a damsel fly too.

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Here's the first one with the new bodies. It had three tails when I started, don't know what happened to one of them.

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Got a bunch of these hooks in with a lot of vintage stuff at an auction. They seem perfect for these ext. body mayflies. These are size 16.

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4 hours ago, chugbug27 said:

Looking forward to that SBS, those extended bodies look great @Mark Knapp, and the Hornbergs both look great.

Adams Midges for me today

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Thanks Chug, Nice bug.

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2 hours ago, mikechell said:

I tried that, once.  The flies tied with them did get hits.  But the tail only lasted one hit, whether I hooked the fish or not.  Turns out, the silicone isn't strong enough to hold the dubbing fibers together when a fish grabs it.

Good luck with yours.

Well I added tails to mine, that are pretty sturdy, the tails are throughout the entire body and stick out the front..  here is a fly tied with them.  Hoping that will help.  Who knows though 
 

 

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It looks good, McFly.

I never took pictures of mine, because of the lack of durability.  Mine had three cat's whiskers for tail, that also ran completely through the abdomen.  First hit, and all the dubbing/silicone got stripped off the tail.

I'm sure it was something I did, since there's other people using the process.  I hope yours last better than mine did.

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1 hour ago, mikechell said:

It looks good, McFly.

I never took pictures of mine, because of the lack of durability.  Mine had three cat's whiskers for tail, that also ran completely through the abdomen.  First hit, and all the dubbing/silicone got stripped off the tail.

I'm sure it was something I did, since there's other people using the process.  I hope yours last better than mine did.

Good to know, shoot, I was hoping it would help to do that.  I saw some people like you did online talking up the style.  I’m not sure I did anything better or different now than you so, hmmmmmmm.  I’ll let ya know what I find out.  

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18 hours ago, Mike West said:

Dfoster

Nice example of Hornbergs!

Thanks-  I'm not Norm but they'll catch fish!

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Muddled Chuck Bug

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Joining Peabody and Sherman on a trip in the Wayback Machine; the original, a Sparrow variation, was an early victim of Photobucket’s avarice.  

hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread - UTC 140 black
tail/body - pheasant “marabou”
rib - small wire gold
body hackle - grizzly
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar/head - deer hair

 

Muddled Chuck Bug II

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hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread - UTC 140 black
tail/body - pheasant “marabou” dyed olive
rib - small wire gold
body hackle - olive
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed olive
collar/head - deer hair dyed olive

Regards,
Scott

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Just getting back into tying, only my 3rd Prince Nymph I have tied.  I don't have any hen capes so I used some nat. brown strung rooster saddle. Looking for critiques.  I tied in the peacock at the base of the Herl and it seems to give my issues with my taper (i.e. thicker abdomen than thorax).  

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2 hours ago, Meeshka said:

I've got lots of those hooks too Mark, they are great

Do you know who makes them? Where I can see more? Thanks.

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5 minutes ago, TWall said:

Just getting back into tying, only my 3rd Prince Nymph I have tied.  I don't have any hen capes so I used some nat. brown strung rooster saddle. Looking for critiques.  I tied in the peacock at the base of the Herl and it seems to give my issues with my taper (i.e. thicker abdomen than thorax).  

 

I think it looks great. I don't know about traditional form on that fly but I bet fish will eat it up.

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