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steelsmith04

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  1. Thanks. I'll have to check into getting some of the raffia. see if i can get it to look that amazing. someday Seth,
  2. Whats raffia? Is it a paper-like material? They way i use the paper is by tying a section on and then pulling part of it back over the section i tied on. It makes an individual segment. I'll post some pictures. Maybe some of you guys have used a similar technique before. :dunno: I think there is some potential with this technique. More experimenting will tell me if it produces good enough results for what Im looking for. Seth,
  3. I was doing some experimenting the other day with making bodies for my art flies. The foam works nice for fishable realistics, but i wanted a more convincingly realistic art fly. I was certain about one thing, I needed each segment to be tied on seperately for the most realistic effect. That was the biggest problem with wrapping latex. When i looked at it i could tell it had been wrapped. Maybe not at a glance but i could if i looked at it for a few seconds. I thought about what i had a lot of that may work as an art fly body. I came to the conclusion that it needed to be easily colored, semi flexible, and didnt have to be able to stand and extended period of time underwater. I eventually decided on paper. I can tie on individual segments. It doesnt have the wrapped look you get with latex. and chances are you have a lot of it anyway. It may even be able to be fished if you apply enough thin coats of varnish. I will be posting some of the results i have gotten from trying paper bodies soon. i havent tried coloring it yet but i think it should be just as easy as any other material. or because the paper is weak after you dampen it, you could let it dry, varnish it, then color the first layer of varnish. I still have some experimenting but im pleased with the results so far. I'll keep you posted on how it goes. Seth,
  4. Troutguy, I think we can pass it as a wooly bugger. And if not we'll pretend :j_k: It's a great job man. If the rest of them are this good I might be afraid to touch them in order to put them in a frame. :headbang: Seth,
  5. Ok I thought I'd get a start on them but I came acrossed a personal conflict with it. I wasnt able to decide if everyone would be ok with the color scheme I decided on. I started off with green for the tail Then I used peacock herl for the body. If you guys would prefer a different color body then tell me i can get a different color. I know the peacock herl isnt pretty but they're amazing little workhorses. and of course I ended up using brown feathers as hackle. I dont have hackle feathers and brown is the only color feather i have that would work as a hackle. All the other feathers are soft and fuzzy such as the tail. I form a dubbing loop and put the fibers in it and twist it. once twisted it looks like a pipe cleaner. sorta. Then wrap it, the hair on the pipe cleaners or peacock herl make sure the "hackle" fibers point up. Front view of hackle I know this one isnt great. I just wanted to tie a really quick one so everyone could get an idea of what they'd be getting if you guys dont have me change the color scheme. When I find out if I'm gonna be changing the colors I'll finish tying them up. Seth
  6. I'm in. This is my first swap so i think it'll be good. i think i'll tie them on 8 or 12. I dont have any 10's. Seth,
  7. Like everyone said, MERRY CHRISTMAS!! And a Happy New Years! Seth,
  8. Ok i can finally post. First i had to tie the fly. then the computer wouldnt let me put the pictures on. So finally all of that is done. I have my fly. It not as good as i would have liked it but its ok. Any areas that need work would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Seth,
  9. mine is in the vice about half done. looks so good i dont wanna touch it :j_k: i'll try to finish it this week end. schools kept my tying time so limited it seems i never tie anymore. great work so far guys. hopefully i dont mess mine up from here. keep you posted with how it goes. Seth
  10. I got the body, legs and the antenna tied on last night. I was about to bend the legs when mom made me go to bed. I think next time i'll tie the wings in while im still working on the body after i have the legs tied in. I think it will turn out fair. I'll let you guys know when its done. Seth,
  11. Ok I know i haven't posted a lot of flies recently. Schools in session and my grades take first priority then the soccer team. I try to make time to tie flies but i usually end up tying imitations for fishing sometimes i get some fishable realistics. This is a bumblebee i tied the other day. i just found the time to post it. Its not fishable. I didn't have time to make the wings so i found some wings off another bug and tied them in :wallbash: If i didn't have the real wings it would be fishable.tell me what you think. Seth,
  12. i agree with everyone. I am also new to fly tying but I will try to help if you need anything. I don't have much i can really send but if a bunch of us are going to send some stuff over I could tie up a bunch of my favorite flies and send them on over. Its addicting. One day your content fishing with a spin cast rod then you think wow those flies look cool and try tying one in a mechanics vice. It sucks and you know it but you start to dream up tons of others to tie and before you know it your stuck with an addiction. and a need for a fly rod. Seth
  13. that is a truly amazing fly that you are working on! It seems there is a recent interest in this topic. I think i will hit the mayfly again. I haven't gotten any pictures of my flies posted recently. Will attempt a new mayfly soon. Seth,
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