FeedEmFeathers 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2011 As I'm sure you all do, I'm always looking for new materials to tie with and recently walking a trail near my home in Appalachia I was looking at the tiny cones of a hemlock tree. I noticed that the scales along the cones were tapered and overlapped one another perfectly this brought about the idea of dissecting the cones and using the scales to create the segmented bodies of a variety of bugs. I ended up creating a crawfish, hellgrammite, stonefly, beetle, and salmonfly using the scales. What I do is dissect the scales from the cones, play around with them until I find scales that perfectly overlap and taper, five-minute epoxy those scales together, tie the pattern, and epoxy the segmented line of scales over the bug. Take a look and let me know what you think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riffleriversteelheadslayer 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2011 looks great but you might have to change your name to feed em wood pieces Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnorton 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2011 Brilliant.....Nice looking flies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Mac 0 Report post Posted November 3, 2011 Clever use of materials. I would imagine that coating with flexament or similar product would seal them quite well for fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridleyffo 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2011 I have a hemlock in the front yard. Ill gather some cones up and give it a try. Great creativity! Be happy to gather for others. Pm me to discuss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites