Trina's Stimi Stone variation SBS

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psf75fa4db.jpg

Floatation should not be an issue. Golden stone shown here; change size and color to suit your local emergence.

hook - Dai Riki 280 #8
thread - UTC 140 tan
egg sac - 2mm foam black
body - 1mm foam tan
body hackle - ginger (undersize by 2)
rib - x-fine wire gold
binder strip - 2mm x 2mm foam
wing - yearling elk
legs - medium rubber barred tan
thorax - Ice Dub golden brown
front hackle - grizzly


Part 1


insert needle in vise, then black foam on the needle; start thread

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4e68d334.jpg


fold foam forward; 2 soft loops (so the foam isn't cut), pull tight and create first segment

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psfd69fd22.jpg


pull foam back, move thread forward on needle

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8d33dc3b.jpg


create next segment; repeat, repeat, repeat, then cover with thread to create underbody

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps550e8a31.jpg

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps41558f91.jpg

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps50e5ed58.jpg


tie in tan foam, tie in rib

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7ff2b26b.jpg

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3352d641.jpg

Part 2


brush on a little Super Glue, then wrap body; tie off and trim

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psd4341f06.jpg

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psaaaa0ea8.jpg


tie in hackle

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps746eb200.jpg


wrap hackle to the back, capture tip with wire, rib body, tie off and trim; slide it off the needle

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psb1d7d977.jpg

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps254d4242.jpg

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0fac4072.jpg


mash barb, mount hook, start thread; tie in binder strip (sorry, forgot to take a picture)

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...pseda709c1.jpg


mount body on hook (extend back about shank length); a little Super Glue on the binder strip would be a good idea

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3c7297ab.jpg

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps92247b6e.jpg

Part 3

clean, stack, measure (body length) a clump of elk; tie in, trim butts

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psda931904.jpg

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psa8020a06.jpg


add legs

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4e43dfd1.jpg


tie in front hackle

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psd4699b2a.jpg


dub thread, dub thorax

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0f302a8e.jpg

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...pse73c5244.jpg


wrap hackle, tie off, trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psfd785498.jpg


trim appendages

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2b283b44.jpg

dorsal

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...psb97995f0.jpg

semi-ventral

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/...ps340a3ee7.jpg

that would float....but...

ain't nobody got time for dat! LOL

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Originally Posted by maodiver

that would float....but...

ain't nobody got time for dat! LOL

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First time through under 8 minutes. Tie one that floats all day or a bunch that you have to swap out when they get soaked? :D

Regards,
Scott

Great job, as always, Scott! Quick question: In the photos of the body, it looks as if the tan foam is trimmed at the tie-in for the body hackle. But with the body mounted on the hook (last photo, Part 2) it looks like there is tan foam right behind the eye of the hook sticking out of the thread wraps. Did I miss something?

Thanks!
Arnie

Arnie,

I'm the one that missed something - forgot to mention the foam binder strip (fixed that), which really helps anchor the body to the hook. Thanks for pointing that out.

Regards,
Scott

Now I get it! Thanks Scott!