I had a fellow come into the store the other night and bought 4 Rapala Floating Fire Tiger lures. He said it was the hottest thing on any water that doesn't have a bite going on. Being a fly fisherman and wanting to try these things but unable to buy them, I set out on a journey to make them.
First a friend turned me onto the Copic Air Brush System which I used to paint the bodies. Believe me there was a lot a 'lets build this and not buy it" mentality behind this step.
Next I got them painted and then went to apply a nice gloss coat of Sally Hanson's. WRONG!!! The polish dissolved the paint and I was back to where I started. My neighbor, the painter, suggested I use a water based finish. I had some MinWax polycrylic that went on milky and dried to a perfect smooth shine. This is good stuff!

Last night I got the feathers and flash applied and decided to share these monsters with the world.

SO here is my version of a FireTiger fly:

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