dremel?????

I have heard alot of talk about the dremel fly. Does anybody know a recipe for it?

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tight lines, and taught thread

It's made out of clay.

(no it's not...)

Is this a bit like the lady that walked into the tackle shop for her hubby to get a dupont spinner???

Unless I'm mistaken, the Dremel Fly you're referring to is really a generic name for a seies of poppers/sliders that are made from dense closed-cell foam (flip flops) using s dremel like a small lathe. Jim Hatch on this board is the master of this process and you should be able to find his excellent article on the Dremel Bugs on this site.


Jim Smith

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Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL

"Flip a fly"

a fellow countryman of yours, Chris Wodja (did i spell that right chris? if not i'm sorry) ties wonderful dremel flies. you should drop him an email.

Turning foam slugs on or with a dremel is more of a technique than a pattern. Patterns are what ever you decide works for you. The dremel just opens up a whole world of possiabilitys with a wide range of readly availiable materials. Flip flop foam being just one, cork, soft woods are some of the others. With small tool bit adaptions applied to fit the dremel for different materials, some stunning creations are within your own imagination. Over the nearly twenty years Ive been teaching this technique Ive witnessed some very interesting creations. I still get a smile out of Jims "When pigs fly, fly."

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Captn. Paul Darby