Frog legs

[Michael E.]

Does anyone know how to tie deer hair frog legs?

On this video it shows how to tie up the frog but he makes refrence to a previous video that shows how to tie them the legs. I couldn't find that video so I wondered if any of you guys knew how to do it. It looks like you might you might use a similary technique as an extended body fly.
http://www.youtube.com/v/z1NMbw-y2Kg...</param><param

Fishin' squirt,
Michael E.

[Bass_Bug]

Like the Messinger Frog?

http://www.fedflyfishers.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4478

The link was copied form the frog page but it goes back to this list. Go Down to December 1999

http://www.warmwaterflyfisher.com/cl...cmessinger.htm

This one is the best I've seen so far for tying the Messinger.
http://www.warmwaterflytyer.com/docu...ktail-Frog.pdf

[CoachBob]

The legs in the video are pretty sparce but any size is easy to tie. Put a sewing needle (large size for upholstery) in your vise with the tip pointing out. Make a couple of overlapping thread wraps to secure the thread to the needle. Don't worry, it'll slide off. Cut bucktail (works better than other deer hair) and stack it. Lay the bucktail along the needle with tips of the tail toward the needle point. You can put all one color or one on top and the other on the bottom. Wrap over the bucktail leaving up to 1/2 inche of unwrapped tips. Wrap a smooth leg of thread for as long as you want the legs and whip finish. You should not have a thread cylinder over the bucktail with a flaring flipper at the end. Coat the thread with Hard As Nails.
You can take two of these legs and finish one and remove it from the needle. Then when you finish the second, tie the two legs together with thead wraps at the end nearest the needle eye. You with then have a "V" of legs which are easily attached to a hook shank.
Note, if you wrap a small bit of the leg, then skip a space and wrap again, the leg will bend where there is no wrap. That's not always a good thing.

[quivira kid]

All I know is now I can't wait for July 1 to get here.... mmmmm frog legs!

[jmeyerc]

Thanks for this lesson on the frog's leg's - I was wondering how to do this. Thanks so much for sharing Coach Bob.

Jeanne