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  1. Thanks for the great replies guys. I'm not sure I set the bar high, but I do my best. gopher
  2. Hey guys, All your stuff is looking great. I think its great too see some of the great work being produced. I just finished mine, I need to add more color, but I just had to post it. I guess mine is an almaganation of all the techniques I've learned, Plus A few of my own. The legs I think I've improved on. color is a problem, but I'll try and fix that soon. Also, as for wings I used the leaf vein wings as well. But I tried somthing new. It's difficult to pick out in the photo, but instead of using scotch tape, I coated the wings in three coats of hard as nails.. So no tape, but still makes the wings translucent. Pretty cool. Give it a try, see if you like it. Gopher
  3. Hey everyone, I've just created a new stone. Its my first in a long while, but I think it turned out pretty well. I had major problems with the legs, which I have to work on for my next one. But for now, It's ok. Though you might like to see. Gopher
  4. Hey, I've just got back to the forum after a long time away, and I just thought it was pretty cool to see someone else online with lots of insects. I actually have a nice little colony of stick insects, which I have now bread to the 6th generation. Its been quite an adventure. You will definatly have some fun. If you have never had mantis before they can get quite big, so be prepared. I've seen females that were 6inches long. Very impressive. I was actually also wondering where you got them from. I've been unable to obtain any mantis, or new stick insects, without gettting some from a entomology lab. Well have fun, my favorite is watching them eat. Gopher
  5. Its a spined stickleback right? Gopher
  6. So over the past while I have been focusing my attention on realistic flies. But a friend who is heading out to the coast (Vancouver Island) is planning to do some ocean fly fishing, and asked me to make him some flies. Problem is I don't really know any saltwater streamer patterns. Most of mine are for rivers, and lakes. To my shame I don't even have a book with many saltwater patterns in it. Can you guys and gals give me a hand. If you know of a site, or pattern descriptions. I would appreciate it. Gopher
  7. HUH, I really didn't find the broom brostles to be to bad. BUT if they don't hold up. Screw the broom It's going back in the closet. I think I'll follow experience over my small scale attempts to trial and error. Back to the Vice. Gopher (Graham)
  8. I used japanese nymph legs, for the legs... But I have actually found a really cheap substitute that works just as well, since I tied that fly. Bristles from a broom. Basically pull out some of the bristles from the bottom of a hand broom, and use those. They are strong, and flexible. And with a touch from a hot pin they will stay in the right place. Also you can crimp them with a pair of flat nosed pliers and flatten them....This was a tip from a fellow tyer.
  9. Hey, been working on my realistics with some help from some friends. I think this one turned out well. gopher
  10. I found this one on the net a few years ago and it has worked great for me. Basically take a piece of rainy's float foam and cut it down the middle. This gives you a long strip. Then put some glue on it and curl it up tightly. After its dried slice it down the middle about half way and stick it on a curved hook. I always have a little nub of foam at the end to use as a head. After its on the hook, take a piece of mono and put it throught the head and melt the mono to use as eyes. Also dont forget to weight the hook because rainy foam floats, and you dont want your pattern to. So in the end you get a snail pattern that is not only curled up like a actual shell but it is also rounded, so it looks real. ANd they work great. Gopher
  11. I can't say this is the perfect solution, but what I have done in the past is take strands from both sides of a feather, not just clipping from the same side. So when you do a soft loop even if somthing goes wrong and they all flip, some from the other side (bright side) will show through. gopher
  12. Good tip. And it does work on all types of hackles. I use this technique to straighten the wings on full dressed atlantics if I mess up on the initial placement of the wings. I just steam them and remarry. Works like a charm. gopher
  13. First, I like the fly, looks really good. I actually have had this similar problem bulking up the underbody on my realistic dragonflies, and stones. I found that using V-rib works quite welll. Basically I just put a strip down each side of the hook. It ads bulk and not too much weight. If you need to add the weight, what I do is then put a couple of strips of flat lead on the top and bottom. Hope you find similat results. gopher
  14. Hey, So I'm new to the forum and thought that I might drop everyone a line and say hello. So HI. First I think the site is great, especially the forum on salmon flies, and tying tips. Even though I have been tying for some time, I still check as many tips as possible to try and keep improving and learing. I'm from Vancouver and have done 99% of my fishing there. Actually in Whistler. The other 1% has been done in Alberta, trying to find trout and fly fishing amoung all the spoons fishin and pike in the waters. Though I do like fishing for any fish. Well thats it for me, I'll see you in the forums. gopher
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