02-19-2010, 12:06 PM
Tied up a damsel with realistic wings just thought I'ld share it.
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02-19-2010, 12:06 PM
Tied up a damsel with realistic wings just thought I'ld share it.
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02-19-2010, 05:04 PM
now that is awesome looking.. :-)...
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02-19-2010, 05:39 PM
[center][font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000]Nice work tailgrabber. What hook did you use?[/#008000][/font]
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02-19-2010, 08:52 PM
Nice!
What did you use for the wings? [signature]
02-19-2010, 11:41 PM
The hook is a TMC 101 size 10 straight eye 1x fine wide gape. The wings are made of tape, thread and clingwrap I colored with markers.
I found a vid on youtube for making the wings. They used hackle where I used thread. I couldn't get the hackle to lay nice. [url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNDbEc8BV9M&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNDbEc8BV9M&feature=related[/url] [signature]
02-20-2010, 03:28 AM
What an awesome idea and as usual, great work TG.
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02-25-2010, 08:43 PM
That looks great.
Have you tried casting it yet? [signature]
02-27-2010, 12:14 AM
Haven't tried to cast it yet. but have cast some I made with featured wings. That one cast fine. I will post something once I get a chance to throw it.
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03-05-2010, 02:59 AM
That's an awesome looking fly tailgrabber
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03-06-2010, 01:55 AM
Thanks. Here is the latest fly I've been working on. A friend showed me a pic from a company in england that makes them. I can't seem to get the tapper right on the body though.
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03-06-2010, 02:16 AM
Very NICE!!!! WOW
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03-06-2010, 03:45 AM
awesome.. as for the angle I think there was a recent post on that on this forum.. but Im not sure who posted..
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03-06-2010, 04:29 AM
I'll have to look around for the post. I made a few with an extended body made of dubbing which looked nice and tappered. But this fly is claimed to float all day because of the foam body. Here is a pic of the dubbed body
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03-06-2010, 04:35 AM
both look awesome to me..
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03-06-2010, 02:40 PM
tailgrasbber, you are awesome! Just remember, the tighter you wrap foam, the less buoyant it becomes. When making a fly that small, I am betting the dubbing is going to float better. Now if there was a way to make that taper from a cylinder piece of foam...now that would float. Then you have to be sure it floats upright.
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03-06-2010, 08:56 PM
I haven't put it in the water yet. I'm a little sceptical on the foam fly myself. The first flies I ever tied were made out of foam. They all sunk faster then any soaking wet dry fly. This one is only tied to give it a ribbed look.
I did see some bugs on the water yesterday so it won't be long now. [signature]
03-07-2010, 04:27 AM
[center][font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000]Likewise I have had difficulty getting the body taper proportionately right.[/#008000][/font]
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