Cabin Fever Retreat

[grumps]

PADave

Check the winter 2010 copy of Fly Tyer magazine. It has a good article on making spoon flies. If you can not locate the magazine pm me and I will scan the article and send you a copy.

grumps

[iaflyfisher]

Bass_Bug I have tried the nail in the Dremel and that worked but I had trouble with the emery board shaping. It didnt seem to file the foam off very well. I will try your suggestions on the speed, thanks for the ideas.

I saw the post on the swap but got busy and didnt think I had time to do the swap. Guess I will pay closer attention next time. It sucks to get old.

iaflyfisher

[PA Dave]

Thanks iaflyfisher and grumps for pointing me in the right direction on the spoonfly!

Dave

[Bass_Bug]

iaflyfisher,
I found that when turning the soft craft foam that the actual shaping is more melting it that actually sanding it off. I've used toothpicks as a mandrel which actually holds fine, until you put too much pressure from the emery board, then the toothpicks break. After switching to the nail, problem solved. By the way the nail I'm using is a paneling nail. It's about the diameter of a standard round toothpick, but has small ring shanks in it that hold the foam great. If you put too much pressure on the foam, you can stop the foam and strip out the hole rending the body useless. Like anything else, it just takes a little practice.

[Byron haugh]

Spring brook or Springbranch??

[kelkay]

I especially liked the spoon fly. Great job!

[Byron haugh]

Every year of bunch of fly tyers get together at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Springbrook State Park Conservation Educaton Center for a weekend of fly tying and other fun things. This is a fantastic place to have a group meeting.

This year I wanted to experiment with some new patterns and here are some I tied up.

Spoon Fly - This is a saltwater fly used on redfish. I hope to use it on walleyes and smallmouth bass. It has a fantastic action in the water.
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af163/iaflyfisher/Spoonfly-red.jpg

Video of the action of the fly:
http://s1004.photobucket.com/albums/...t=Spoonfly.mp4


A co-worker wanted some bumblebee patterns so here are some I came up with.
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/...fisher/bee.jpg

http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af163/iaflyfisher/YellowBassPopper.jpg

http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af163/iaflyfisher/BumblebeeBassPopper-Neal.jpg

Devil Bug - this is an old pattern that I want to try on bass.
http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/...r/devilbug.jpg

I have a feeling she meant Spring Branch?????

[iaflyfisher]

All - it was Springbrook, north of Guthrie Center on Hwy 25 in the western part of Iowa.

Here is their website:

http://www.iowadnr.gov/springbrook/index.html

There is a DNR hatchery at Spring Branch but there is very little space to meet.