Furled Foam Skwala SBS

[ScottP]

A take-off on yarn furled-body flies like the Fluttering Stone, John Scott's FEB series. I was looking for a body that provided a bit more floatation, trying to find a way to incorporate foam.

Got the idea while watching Jim Slattery making dubbing brushes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkxT...HaAIq&index=37

Unfortunately, a lack of additional appendages preclude photographing furling sequence so here's the text version:
1. Use a clipboard to hold one end of the foam strip (instead of my pant leg)
2. roll the foam across the surface (putting a foam sheet down greatly increased friction, making it easier to create uniform twist)
3. slide a bodkin underneath the noodle at the mid-point, lift and allow the foam to twist back on itself, creating the furled body




hook - Dai Riki 280 #10
thread - UTC 140 hopper yellow
body - 2mm foam strip (furled)
wing - deer hair
head/collar - elk hair dyed olive
legs - medium foam brown
indicator - foam orange

Part 1

mash barb, start thread to establish width of head; finish a bit back from the eye




clean, stack, measure (hook length) a clump of ungulate hair, trim to length (add width of head to the equation and the tips usually end up eve with the bend of the hook)




two soft loops (spin the bobbin beforehand to tighten up the thread/minimize diameter); holding the hair, pull slowly/firmly on the bobbin to flare the hair, release, allow it to spin, take a few wraps through the butts








trim butts




measure body for length (extend gap width past bend), tie in, brush on a little Super glue, trim