Shhh.. dont tell anyone i did this

[Steeldrifter 0]

Ok you warmwater guys dont let this get back to the coldwater section or they might take my trout card

 

[Troutman 0]

Nice plug you trader . I'll be expecting that trout card by this weekend

 

Seriously though Nice tie.

 

Jim (hopingforsteelheadsoon)

[vices 0]

Nice tye.. how did you paint it..

[Guest]

Beautiful paint job Steveo

 

I would recommend maybe making the tail a little fuller, "sparse" doesn't apply to Bass flies

 

Welcome to the club

[Steeldrifter 0]

QUOTE (Troutman @ Dec 2 2004, 09:12 PM)

Nice plug you trader . I'll be expecting that trout card by this weekend

ahhhh i cant find my card right now let me look for it and get back to ya

 

 

Vices another hobby of mine is doing airbrush work so i airbrushed it white and then shaded green halfway down. Then i took a piece of the foam kitchen draw liner that has the little "block" pattern to it you can buy in rolls and held it over the body and sprayed a darker green to give it spots.

 

SD

[Steeldrifter 0]

QUOTE (SmallieHunter @ Dec 2 2004, 09:27 PM)

I would recommend maybe making the tail a little fuller, "sparse" doesn't apply to Bass flies

naw cus then it might catch a bass and.......that means i'd have to *gulp* touch it

[bentflyrod 0]

Nice bASS fly SD!!

 

BFR

[B-rad 0]

nice popper

I love making them they are so fun to paint

[Steeldrifter 0]

Took Wills advice and redid the tail...this enough of a tail now?

 

[Guest]

Yea baby

 

Looking good bud

[lewy271 0]

Thats nice, is the body that perfect popper foam body or did you use something else...

[Steeldrifter 0]

Lewy i cant remember who makes the popper body but it comes preformed and has i slit in the bottom for the hook so all you have to do is open the slit up a bit and fill it to cover the hook. Then i sand the body lightly and airbrush it.

 

I think i paid around $10 for a pack of 8 ir 10 of them if i remember correct.

 

SD

[mgj 0]

pretty nice.

 

I'm primarily a trout tyer and fisher, but truth be told I fish for bass and bluegill a hell of a lot more often. makes sense since I live in a complex of fifteen lakes surrounded by more than I can count. so I'm fishing the warmwater pretty much every evening (not tonight too cold-40degrees f).

 

so...shhh...I tie a lotta bass flies too.

still not as many as trout flies. nor are they as challenging...

 

mgj

[skeet3t 0]

Keep your trout card. Right now I am heating up some tar. Anyone have a feather pillow and a 2 by 4? Really, nice popper! I plan on fishing for bass and bluegill, along with trout, this spring and summer with my grandson who is 13 years old. Got him a flyrod about year and a half ago but his sports schedule and my work schedule prevented us from fishing together. I want to get him to tie some flies and have a bluegill popper kit to put together. Great job!!

[cornmuse 0]

Hmmmm, trout..... They're like fancy bait, right?

 

Joe C.