Tony,
Great looking crawfish there! Looks like it would make a great fly-of-the-week candidate...
Thanks for sharing the pic.
Tony,
Great looking crawfish there! Looks like it would make a great fly-of-the-week candidate...
Thanks for sharing the pic.
Do you think this is the same stuff?
http://www.pennscreekangler.com/imag...ed%20thick.jpg
Ducksterman, It looks like the same thing. I cant really tell how thick it is or its characteristics. If you try it let us know what you think.
Tony
The eye's on this Snook-A-roo was made out of Slick Tulip paint. The center of the eye, is black acrylic paint.
Tony
Last edited by Tony.A; 03-16-2008 at 02:49 PM.
Keep Flyin & Tyin
A great post, on using a great and easily available tying product!
I've made various casings and eyes, etc. with Tulip paint, but always pour it onto a piece of glass I have, instead of the paper plate w/P-jelly.
The skins peel right off, once nudged with a single edged razor blade, to get them started and the eyes pop right off just as easily. No residue to remove.
Just "another I-deer", to consider!
Saint Paul-"The Highly Confused"
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great idea Flybinder. The less pores on the platform you use the better. Were you able to get your sheet very thin, and what type tulip did you use? What did you use to dry it out?
Tony
Last edited by Tony.A; 03-16-2008 at 09:05 PM.
Keep Flyin & Tyin
As well as any other synthetic material I have used, and maybe better. Depending on the thickness of the sheet you make. I have caught Spanish macs on a fly made with Tulip and it held up very well.
Tony
Keep Flyin & Tyin
Tony;
I usually use the "sparkle paint" for most things. I've made sheets down to the thickness, so thin, that they unfortunately were "too thin" and I couldn't use them without them tearing. (about the thickness of tying paper, way too thin, for my use!).
I speed up the drying by setting the glass sheet under a 100watt light bulb, usually, or if in no hurry just let it "air dry" overnight. (the light bulb's in a clip on lamp and about 12" above the piece of glass)
Saint Paul-"The Highly Confused"
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I had the same problem when I started making Tulip sheets. I had to adjust the amount of water I used also. I also realized that when the sheet dried, the sheet shrank down to half or more in thickness.
Tony
Keep Flyin & Tyin