Spider!

[waynep]

There is a spider on my tying desk . . . . .

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It only took about 3 hours this evening to tie. What do you think?

[CharlaineC]

wow i love it

[Bluegill222]

Very nice!

[Steve Molcsan]

Really nice...

[Moscow]

Love it - great job on the legs!

Moscow

[fishdog54]

Yikes! Your gonna need a bigger spider swatter!! Very nice tie. I've only been on one river where I've seen spiders on the water in significant numbers and that was on the Escanaba River in the U.P. of Michigan. There were so many that you could not help but notice. Don't know what the source of them was, nor what kind they were, nor was I going to scoop one up for a closer look - Mayflies - OK, spiders - NO WAY!!!

Best Regards, Dave S.

[Wes]

excellent aracknodidd! are the legs mono and how to join the segments?

[billhouk]

"Wow" is right! BUt, I agree with Wes, a little education for all of us on how you did those legs would be great and appreciated!

[Normand]

nice looking fly

[waynep]

I have to admit, I had instructions so it's not my original pattern. I was in a fly shop earlier this week and saw a spider like this one. I admired it and the guy who tied it happened to be working in the shop and told me about an article he used to guide him. It's in the May 2004 Fly Tyer on page 31, by David Martin. The legs are mono. The upper portion is 20lb mason, bent with a heated bodkin. The lower sections are 2x tippet attached using the only thing I had available, Shoo Goo. In the article, David uses Dave's (Whitlock) Felxament, which I was out of. After seeing the spider in the shop, I decided to try one. It was fun, something different to tackle. I don't think another one would take me near as long as the 3 hours I spent on it last night. I was just being very careful and tedious to make sure the first one came out looking decent. I think I could do another one in less than 2 hours now.