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#1 User is offline   sniksoh 


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Posted 20 November 2008 - 12:54 AM

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by sniksoh:

Fruit Cocktail


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Posted 20 November 2008 - 12:58 AM

this is my best deer hair bug to date. a few things to note on this photo, you have to look closely but the layer of deer hair between the yellow and red is actually green but it looks black. and another thing, the orange layer doesnt look like it is trimmed flush with the rest of the hair but it actually is.

any feed back, positive or negative, is appreciated.

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Posted 20 November 2008 - 07:02 AM

Nice work Sniky!



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Posted 20 November 2008 - 12:44 PM

I have caught plenty of bass on the fruit cocktail. Its a great pattern! Nice job!
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Posted 20 November 2008 - 01:12 PM

The head looks a little bit big, but this is a nice deer hair bug! Great work!

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Posted 20 November 2008 - 02:39 PM

QUOTE (Fly Tyer Guy @ Nov 20 2008, 12:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The head looks a little bit big, but this is a nice deer hair bug! Great work!


the head of thread, or the deer hair itself?
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Posted 20 November 2008 - 03:37 PM

Well done! It honestly looks like an example you'd see in a catalog or book. Good work.
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Posted 20 November 2008 - 10:08 PM

thanks for the feedback guys it has really improved my tying over the years.
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Posted 21 November 2008 - 09:03 AM

buddy your tying just gets better and better headbang.gif
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Posted 22 November 2008 - 08:28 PM

WOW bugeyes.gif Great job on this pattern, I think you have got this Deer Hair well under control, keep up the much improved work headbang.gif
Here's a semi-realistic for you to think about cool.gif

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Posted 25 November 2008 - 11:31 AM

I meant the thread, the deer hair is nice!

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Posted 25 November 2008 - 12:00 PM

Great looking bug mate!! I don't know if I ever mentioned this to you before,but I'll do it again,'cause it bears repeating!
I am well aware that Chris Helm has pretty much assumed the role of "deer hair guru to the masses" and rightfully so! However, before I ever heard of Mr.helm, I was able to rent a video by a guy named Jimmy Nix. It is titled,aptly enough, "Tying Bass Flies with Jimmy Nix". Without going into endless detail, it is a full 90 minutes of some of the best fly tying instruction I've ever seen! It is (or at least WAS) available at a place called chartingnature.com (they have an extensive selection of fly tying and fishing DVD's) I learned more about deer hair work in the 90 minutes of that DVD than I had in a lifetime of reading books! Give it a look!! You appear to have more talent for working with deer hair in your little finger than I have in my entire box of tricks! And I was able to put together some pretty decent bugs after watching it ONE time!!
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Posted 25 November 2008 - 03:57 PM

QUOTE (JackScott @ Nov 25 2008, 11:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Great looking bug mate!! I don't know if I ever mentioned this to you before,but I'll do it again,'cause it bears repeating!
I am well aware that Chris Helm has pretty much assumed the role of "deer hair guru to the masses" and rightfully so! However, before I ever heard of Mr.helm, I was able to rent a video by a guy named Jimmy Nix. It is titled,aptly enough, "Tying Bass Flies with Jimmy Nix". Without going into endless detail, it is a full 90 minutes of some of the best fly tying instruction I've ever seen! It is (or at least WAS) available at a place called chartingnature.com (they have an extensive selection of fly tying and fishing DVD's) I learned more about deer hair work in the 90 minutes of that DVD than I had in a lifetime of reading books! Give it a look!! You appear to have more talent for working with deer hair in your little finger than I have in my entire box of tricks! And I was able to put together some pretty decent bugs after watching it ONE time!!
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ill see if i can find it, i love watching videos on the internet to learn new tricks so a dvd wouldnt hurt.

thanks for pionting it out to me,
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Posted 25 November 2008 - 04:24 PM

since im still living at home and i have little brothers i still get "santa" gifts so i just told my mom to tell santa to get me that dvd.

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Posted 25 November 2008 - 05:04 PM

I think you've done a great job, sniksoh! I hope you get that new fly rod/reel combo so you can fish this bad boy. It looks like a bass magnet. headbang.gif
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