Don, nice bodies. What size are the hooks? Wire looks strong. Say hi to Buggs and Veronika. BTW: Seldome hear from Dr.Dimento, hope he is well. Rene
Don Ordes wrote: > Thanks to Larry J. and Scott Bearden, I got a chance to play with > rope-dubbing a /tough/ material. > I tied 4 fly bodies last night and took a photo, shown below, 1st try > on top, & #2 is well segmented. > #4 (bottom) is literally hare's ear hair from halfway up the ear. > The rope-dub worked very well with no wax needed, but would /not be/ > for beginners. > Nice spikey flies for Idaho demos. Will do some finished hare's ears > with them. > Ideas: > Blend with about 5% body hair, and the dubbing would go a lot easier & > look the same. > Add some super-fine gold dubbing for some flash and better segment > definition. > Thanks Again, Larry and Scott. > DonO > P.S. Buggs was a real basket-case by the time I was done. He couldn't > even /watch./ > It bothered him to see his relatives /de-faced/. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
