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#1 User is offline   P.Dieter 


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Posted 17 February 2010 - 02:01 AM

I have some small mouth fishing coming up early summer so I gave a couple of these a try tonight....fun stuff.



Also have a new tube fly head for my nor vise so I thought I should combine the two new experiences




this is a fun addition to my tying I can see it getting a lot of my attention. Deer hair poppers too but they need even more work (for display they're fine for fish).

critique welcome.


Have Fun
Paul

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Posted 17 February 2010 - 06:42 AM

Very nice ties, Paul. Yes, Hard Foam is nice to work with. I find hard foam is easier to shape than deer hair biggrin.gif which is one reason I like it so much.

Curious as to what you used to lighten the bottom of the first one. Is that fine sand?

Also, what kind of paint did you use and clear coat?
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Posted 17 February 2010 - 07:47 AM

Sweet ties! So what you think on tem tube style poppers. I like it when you have the options of different size and length of hooks that you can use with them. I am using the new hybrid tubing for the junction tubing as I like it slimmer profile better.
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Posted 17 February 2010 - 10:24 AM

- I put glitter paint on the bottom of the first one and had some Acrylic Enamel Craft Paint sitting around that I used for paint seems to work fairly well.
- My 5 min epoxy is at my jobsite so the first one isn't coated yet and I tried some sally hanssens on the tube (probably epoxy over that)
- I have no idea about the tube popper as I've yet to get a tube fly wet. I wasn't even sure they worked as poppers when I tied this one but have since googled up some examples and found there are folks using them.

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Paul

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Posted 17 February 2010 - 12:55 PM

I am finishing up my last batch of tube poppers and sliders so I will post them when I get some picture uploaded. They have been around for awhile.

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Posted 17 February 2010 - 03:22 PM

great ties! really like the tube popper! i might have to try that for some of my larger poppers!
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Posted 18 February 2010 - 12:56 AM

That is some really fine work! Nicely done!
The great thing about catch & release is that the fish can live to grow even larger.
In fact, I've known some fish to grow quite a bit larger before the fisherman even returned home.
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