mikechell 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2015 Here's my SBS for the Katydid. I guess you could say it's a modified crease fly. Cut a template from cardboard, to give the eye and hook bend room. Cut the foam sheet into shape. White rubber legged can be barred with a sharpie. Secure one end, twist the other and run the sharpie down the top. When you untwist it, it will have a spiral stripe. Start thread about 1/4 from the eye. Tie in one strand of flash (doubled over) as an attractor and ovipositor representation. Bring thread back to original tie in point. Tie in antenna material, hold it back and wrap thread to the hook eye. Half hitch and cut thread. Apply superglue to one entire side of the foam cut out. Fold up from the bottom. Be sure to secure the antennae in correct position. Using a sewing needle, pull one rubber strand from the bug's eye through to about 1/3 body length on the opposite side. Leaving enough for long read leg, apply SMALL dab of glue to leg and pull into body. Trim at eye position, leaving a small protrusion to represent the bug's eye. Repeat on the other side. Sew a strand of leg straight through the body just front of the rear legs. Trim short with two strand extending from each side. Use a sharpie to add coloration to the katydid as you see fit. I was trying to mimic this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kentuckysteve 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2015 Great SBS mike.Thanks for posting.Pretty good looking fly.We have a lot of katydid's around here also.I will be tying a few of these. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlaFly 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2015 Nice job Mike. I like your creations. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goose77 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2015 Thank you for the work in posting. The SBS is clear, and the fly looks like it would be a winner. Cheers, Ed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2015 Thank you for the comments. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retrocarp 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2015 Found IT !!!!!! LOL Thanks Bud ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted October 29, 2015 You're welcome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trs 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2018 How do I view the attachments to the original post??? New to this forum and am interested in katydid patterns, thanks in advance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2018 My fault, trs. I cleared out a huge cache of attachments (over 1500). I didn't know, when I was doing it, that it was actually deleting the photos from my posts. Oh, and welcome to the site. I'll see if I can re-insert the photos. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjm 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2018 Mike, did that happen as url to a storage site or as uploaded files? It affected a ton of your older posts, btw Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2018 Okay, I got the pictures back into this one. tjm, I started getting messages that I couldn't upload any new pictures. I've always attached directly from my computer. So, I went and looked at "My attachments". I had to get rid of more than 1000 pictures before it would let me post any new ones. I went wild deleting attachments. Only after I was done, did I realize that the pictures in the posts weren't part of the posts. They were displayed from my attachments. So, now, all of my posts that I did are pictureless. If I reinsert pictures in all of them, I'll be over my cache limit again. Vicious cycle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjm 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2018 gotcha, didn't realize they had limits, dummy me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trs 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2018 Mike, thanks, that's a good looking pattern Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2018 Thank you, trs. I tied those up for a couple of small creeks I fish in the Houston area. When I walk them those little hoppers are everywhere. The flies floated like the real ones and got hits on every cast. Actually, I need to tie up some more, soon! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted October 14, 2021 I have bumped this SBS because I got a PM about making the fly I used in my recent video. I don't tie in antennae anymore, but the rest of the fly is like this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites