11-07-2011, 09:28 PM
[quote flygoddess]I hope I didn't come off as a downer as these are fabulous flies. Just a few suggestions for down the road. Sorry.[/quote]
I think "fabulous" is a bit of an exaggeration!
Blessed be NO! Excellent feedback. Experience and talent like YOURS - anyone would be a fool not to take it under wing (so to speak).
Thanks for all the feedback - all of ya. Little things like starting with the tip of the hackle - I've been all kindsa backasswards. And I mentioned a stinger w/o a real clue how I'd add it. Yup - there's a U-Tube-Vid for THAT!
Fly-buddy just learned me up a bunch of materials - guess there's a lot to making a floating vs sinking fly.
Looking back over some patterns in a Fly-Book - I see now, most of the streamer-wings start at the eye of the hook, not the tail. And I've always wondered how long any fly will tolerate even Trout Teeth.
I'll have to start looking into more materials too (plastic finger nails maybe!) I got ideas now for using some of those old Wine-Corks for Poppers!
I'd like to learn about Eyes too. How do ya make THEM pop?!
I'll have to try some under ice. Do they make thread that glows?
I think "fabulous" is a bit of an exaggeration!
Blessed be NO! Excellent feedback. Experience and talent like YOURS - anyone would be a fool not to take it under wing (so to speak).
Thanks for all the feedback - all of ya. Little things like starting with the tip of the hackle - I've been all kindsa backasswards. And I mentioned a stinger w/o a real clue how I'd add it. Yup - there's a U-Tube-Vid for THAT!
Fly-buddy just learned me up a bunch of materials - guess there's a lot to making a floating vs sinking fly.
Looking back over some patterns in a Fly-Book - I see now, most of the streamer-wings start at the eye of the hook, not the tail. And I've always wondered how long any fly will tolerate even Trout Teeth.
I'll have to start looking into more materials too (plastic finger nails maybe!) I got ideas now for using some of those old Wine-Corks for Poppers!
I'd like to learn about Eyes too. How do ya make THEM pop?!
I'll have to try some under ice. Do they make thread that glows?