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TexFly,
Several years ago I made a shadowbox from a kit for a friend. The Co. where I got it (forgot the name...) is no longer on the web, so I assume out of business. Another that's now off the web is Sawdust to Stiches. But you might try http://www.rothangling.com/shadowboxes-kits.htm . Their kits are much like what I bought. The kit came with very small diameter clear lucite rods, from 1/8 to 5/32" X 6". I cut the rods into short pieces, their length depending on the cross-sectional width of each fly. I superglued one end of each rod to the mat, and then glued each fly to the piece of rod at the hook bend. The finished product looked most like Kit #3 on Roth Angling, but had a more detailed cherry frame.
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How's this one fer a display ? Its a box. Wood frame with glass pannels and a mirror pannel in the back... Mounted the flies on some drift wood...
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/SNV32322.jpg
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Here is one of several I made. I just use a foam sheet backing, and a Wal-Mart picture frame.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...yHanger001.jpg
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Nice displays guy's , I hope mine
turns out that nice.
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Little late to the party, but I use a small plastic case to display individual flies like streamers or buggers that the kids have tied. You need some small plastic boxes like what you would use to display 1/64 scale cars, small, thin rectangular wooden craft pieces and a section of small dowel rod. You can put several small flies in a case or one big one. Customize Drill a hole in the center of the wooden base. Cut a short section of dowel rod using a razor saw and use carpenter's glue to glue in the hole. Use the razor saw and cut a slit in the top of the dowell to slip the hook into. Check and see if you need to shorten the dowel rod by placing everything on the base and put the top over it. Adjust as needed. I usually stain the wooden bits before I cement the base to the bottom of the case and put the top over it.