Spider!

There is a spider on my tying desk . . . . .

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It only took about 3 hours this evening to tie. What do you think?

wow i love it

Very nice!

Really nice...

Love it - great job on the legs!

Moscow

Yikes! Your gonna need a bigger spider swatter!! Very nice tie. I've only been on one river where I've seen spiders on the water in significant numbers and that was on the Escanaba River in the U.P. of Michigan. There were so many that you could not help but notice. Don't know what the source of them was, nor what kind they were, nor was I going to scoop one up for a closer look - Mayflies - OK, spiders - NO WAY!!!

Best Regards, Dave S.

excellent aracknodidd! ;) are the legs mono and how to join the segments?

"Wow" is right! BUt, I agree with Wes, a little education for all of us on how you did those legs would be great and appreciated!

nice looking fly

I have to admit, I had instructions so it's not my original pattern. I was in a fly shop earlier this week and saw a spider like this one. I admired it and the guy who tied it happened to be working in the shop and told me about an article he used to guide him. It's in the May 2004 Fly Tyer on page 31, by David Martin. The legs are mono. The upper portion is 20lb mason, bent with a heated bodkin. The lower sections are 2x tippet attached using the only thing I had available, Shoo Goo. In the article, David uses Dave's (Whitlock) Felxament, which I was out of. After seeing the spider in the shop, I decided to try one. It was fun, something different to tackle. I don't think another one would take me near as long as the 3 hours I spent on it last night. I was just being very careful and tedious to make sure the first one came out looking decent. I think I could do another one in less than 2 hours now.

Waynep,

My wife, VEE, tied up a bunch of those for a swap several years ago, just after the magazine came out. As I walked past her tying desk, with a dozen or so spiders on it, I had the urge to grab a rolled up newspaper and start swatting. Leonard Keeney AKA Nightangler1, let her know that he landed an 18 inch brown on the spider he got. Not only do they creep people out, they also catch fish.

REE

I showed it to my wife last night, she freaked out . . after I told her I had tied it, she got back in bed . . LOL . . She then decided she wants to take it fishing next time. I'll have to tie her a quick and dirty fishing version to fish with. That one took too long last night . . .

Nice fly. I'm gonna hunt down those directions too.
-and if the only thing you have is Shoe Goo, you can get by in life pretty well.

Wow... COOL fly! I really like it in your house! I can't stand arrrrachniidsss... I'd rather be around snakes than spiders!