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foam frogs what your favorite

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Posted 16 February 2009 - 11:46 AM

saw a few foam frogs and decided i had to make a few since i have never tried tying them before so i was wondering what every ones favorite foam frog is and maybe a pic of it
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Posted 16 February 2009 - 12:50 PM

I like the STP foam frog
http://www.riverroadcreations.com/TieFrog.htm

I also messed around with these for a while...lots of fun to tie, but not something you want to sit down and tie 10 dozen of:
http://www.flytyingforum.com/pattern4819.html
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Posted 16 February 2009 - 02:15 PM

ya i saw the top one and liked it, but i have to order the cutter for the bodies, i tried one cutting by hand and it turned out ok,but could be better

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Posted 16 February 2009 - 02:22 PM

save yourself some money and use the templates from here

http://www.onlineflytyer.com/article_foamfrogs.asp
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Posted 16 February 2009 - 02:29 PM

QUOTE (flytire @ Feb 16 2009, 01:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
save yourself some money and use the templates from here

http://www.onlineflytyer.com/article_foamfrogs.asp


thats what i used and they came out perfect. i now have moved on to deer hair though.
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Posted 16 February 2009 - 03:53 PM

thanks for the link i will have to try a few here soon as i get that printed

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Posted 16 February 2009 - 04:31 PM

well heres my first attemp, not the best but it should catch fish.............any suggestions on what i should change

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Posted 16 February 2009 - 06:22 PM

there's nothing wrong with that fly, just tie in longer front legs, but not as long as the rear ones
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Posted 16 February 2009 - 07:40 PM

monkey.......shoot me a pm with your addy and I'll stamp out a couple using the foam cutter for you to try (i have the medium size)
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Posted 17 February 2009 - 07:07 AM

QUOTE (flytire @ Feb 16 2009, 01:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
save yourself some money and use the templates from here

http://www.onlineflytyer.com/article_foamfrogs.asp


looks like a great simple pattern. I was wondering what size hooks work the best with these templates, for the large, medium and mini templates. it doesn't really specify the hook size to use with the templates.

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Posted 17 February 2009 - 10:00 AM

To tie this pattern, The STP® Frog Foam Body in three sizes: 2, 6 and 10 (using Tiemco® 8089 or equivalent hooks)

I know the TMC hooks are sized accordingly, but the Daiichi stinger hooks are different sizes and I'm not exactlly clear which ones would fit the templates
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Posted 17 February 2009 - 12:37 PM

QUOTE (VERN-O @ Feb 16 2009, 05:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
monkey.......shoot me a pm with your addy and I'll stamp out a couple using the foam cutter for you to try (i have the medium size)

hey thanks for the offer, but im thinkin about getting a stamp next time im in town i think there is a few at the shop so ill save you the time
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Posted 17 February 2009 - 01:13 PM

Here is another "easy fun" tie
http://www.flytyingforum.com/pattern1281.html
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Posted 17 February 2009 - 03:51 PM

I tied up a few of the STP frogs a couple years ago. I think Norman pointed me to the template. Thanks Norm. I found I didn't like fishing them. They always wanted to land bottom up. Any remedy for this? The frogs didn't go to waste though. My wife and daughters thought they were "cute", and promptly stole all of them from my fly box. I think there is still one stuck in my oldest's cork board in her room.
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Posted 18 February 2009 - 12:10 AM

What can I say...

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