Over the years I have experimated with lots of styles of extended body flies. I've used ...

- dubbing and super glue over a sewing needle mandrel
- dubbing and adhesive tape, rolled into a tube
- feathers with coated with glue, stroked into a body shape
- deer hair wrapped with thread
- twisted yarn, furled into a body shape
- hollow feather quills
- polypro fiber fused with a lighter

Most of them look great in the vise, but fall apart on the first fish. To my way of thinking a perfect pattern must be efficiant to tie and be durable enough for several fish (even better if they can survive a lot of fish!)

I really like the proportions of an extended body may fly pattern with tails. Does anyone know of a method that will produce a fly body that could last all day?