Byard, thanks for your work. Very helpfull description. Seems for me to be
difficult to wrap the herl around the quill without the support of a vise
(OKOKOK, i know that the old boys tied their flies without vises). The trick
with the monofilament is great. I'll give it a try.
Thanks again
Rene
Rene,
I've tied a few of these using that method. I was using stripped Duck quill to wrap around the porcupine quill and I would insert a needle into the porc quill first to give it something to fasten to the vise. I used Superglue to attached the stripped quill to the porcupine at the tip and let it dry for about 5 minutes before wrapping. This really helped. The whole process is really time consuming.
The extended body looks great but I'm not really enthused with the fly. The porc quill is very stiff and hard. The mono attachment is important because the quill can split at the tie down location from movement.(BTW, you can skip the mono-attachment since the microfibbets will extend through the end of the barb and can function in the same way for anchoring).I haven't caught lot of trout using this fly either, as I believe that once the trout gets a feel of not only the hook but also this stiff quill, the spit out is going to be instantaneous.
I've got a photo of one of these at : Ed Gallop's site, http://www.flytyingworld.com/PagesS/ss-bwoextendedbody.htm
Steve Schalla
