ridderbos, you got way more patience than me...great work.
Are those Mustad hooks? Do you like'em?
......lee s.
PS - Interesting bugs.
yes those are mustad stinger hooks. I like them, never had a problem with them.
john
Great looking bugs John.
You should come to SowBug and make those.
Rick
Great job! Have you tried to cast any of them? Just wondering if you experienced any trouble with the tail length fouling or hanging up on the eyes.
I have not tried to cast them yet. Our water is still quite frozen. I will be using my eight weight, even though they are quite light. I dont think the material will foul, it is relatively course material.
I know it's fun playing with tool's. But, I have been looking at the same pre-made foam and simular flies at [url=http://www.rainysflies.com:1ac01]www.rainysflies.com[/url:1ac01]
I am still using mostly deer hair for my pike flies but, may try some foam this year.
that is where I got my shape inspiration from. Nobody around here sells rainy's , and I am sure it cost me less to make them than what they would sell them for.
I will probably be adding weedguards to them before I fish them, that should help in keeping the tails from fouling too.
ridderbos3,
IF you should find you have problems with the Mustads, Tiemco 8089's seem a good replacement for our stuff. Early on we had problems with the stinger hooks losing fish (bass) in the weeds. May have been a bad batch?
We now use the Tiemco's for that stuff (bass, stripers, and pike), especially if the targets are sub 20#. Oops.....except albacore. We have had them straighten tiemcos, 20# or not!
......lee s.