02-10-2013, 02:15 PM
Your scuds look fine. Looks like you're well on your way. Mine didn't look so hot when I was 14!
To improve more, try using some shorter hackle on your dry flies and they'll fish better. I like hackles to be just longer than the hook gap, and often I even cut the hackle to 1/2 the length of the hook gap before I fish them. You might also "spice up" your black ant with just a few wraps of hackle right in the middle of the two segments you made. You could use brown, grizzly, or black for a leggy effect.
Keep tying, you'll only get better and more creative, and your fishing will get better right along with it.
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To improve more, try using some shorter hackle on your dry flies and they'll fish better. I like hackles to be just longer than the hook gap, and often I even cut the hackle to 1/2 the length of the hook gap before I fish them. You might also "spice up" your black ant with just a few wraps of hackle right in the middle of the two segments you made. You could use brown, grizzly, or black for a leggy effect.
Keep tying, you'll only get better and more creative, and your fishing will get better right along with it.
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