I use the beads covered with soft clear goo, and then float it below a foam wing with parachute hackle. Work great. Must try this summer in Idaho.
Have half of my swap-flies tied, hope to finish them this weekend. Welcome Donna to the vfb DonO www.fantasyflies.com -----Original Message----- From: jerryp...@comcast.net Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 6:57 AM To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [VFB] RE:Doing a wee bit of tying Very nice, Wayne. Several years ago, Harry Steeves came up with an epoxy ant which required the epoxy to be colored red, black or brown to match the ant being imitated. I tried them but had difficulty getting the dyes in small quantities to do the coloring. So I switched over to using beads or making the under-bodies with Kreinik thread and coating them with epoxy to get the right shape. I gave up after a while because i didn't have much luck with the sinking ants. The floating foam ants worked much better. I'm in the frame of mind where I'm tying patterns that I haven't used in awhile. May have to resurrect all three and add yours to the mix and see if they'll work for me know. ----- Original Message ----- Tying some beads ants this evening: Wayneb Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- -- 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 Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- 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 Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
