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On Fri, March 3, 2017 2:28 pm, DonO wrote: > Hopefully got rid of the album photo format. > > > > Renee, > > > I’ve named this streamer ‘Matlacha Rainbow’. ;o) > > > > > Wing: (10) > 2 Fl. Green Barred. 2 Fl. Orange, 2 Fl. Pink, > Plus 2 shorter Purple barred & 2 Fl. blue > > > Cheeks: (8) > 2 Peacock neck fans each side (4), > 2 green peacock body fans, > 2 Jungle cock body spears > = 18 feathers, and all the colors play in. > > > Body: Silver braid, colored with yellow, pink, and blue hiliters. > > > The belly fibers are buck-tail- yellow, orange, pink, and dark pink. > > > Tip 1: > It really helps to use ‘Wing Things’ to build the wings and cheeks. > Getting 10 wing feathers to marry closely is very hard if tying them > right on the hook one at a time. So I mate them first in a Wing Thing- > (http://www.fantasyflies.com/streamers.php). (Also find it on Darren’s > Streamers 365) > Same with the cheeks, I experimented for a while with many cheek-feather > combinations in Wing Things to come up with a good complimentary cheek, > over-laying each design over the wing to test it. I may take one cheek > set-up and overlay it over 10 different wing-sets to see how it looks on > different color schemes. > > Tip 2: Experiment with the right side of the wing and cheek first, then > when you get a combo you like, build the left side to match. Less > feathers to handle while designing. > > Glad you enjoyed. > > > I have Wing Things, ver. 2.0 coming soon- an expansion of the technique. > Lots more follow-up tips on wing control using the Wing Thing method. > > > Cheers, > DonO > > > > From: Rene Zillmann > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2017 2:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VFB] New FOTD Matlacha Island Theme Streamers- Finals > > > Hi DonO, > > > nice ones. 18 feathers, great. What feathers are these? > > And glad, that you were not affected from the snow loads and wash outs. > > > Rene > > > > > > On 03/01/2017 07:20 PM, DonO wrote: > > > Finished the last two streamers before I store everything away. > > > The colors on this one hit the Matlacha theme well: > (It has 18 feathers and 3 colors of belly fibers) > > > > If anyone wants the recipe, just let me know. > > > This one really catches the eye. > > > > Starting to get warm enough to go fishing. Who-hoo! > Worst winter here since the mid-80’s. > Lots of collapsed roofs from snow-loads and recently a lot of flooding and > road wash-outs. > > DonO > > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] 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 [email protected]. 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