Bart, DonO, Wally, interesting quest. I found in a book a pattern wich resembles a stickleback. Probably this is what you are looking for.
The pattern is called Polystickle and is made mainly from floss and swiss straw. Hook: streamer hook, long shank Thread: black Body: black floss for the rear 2/3 of the body, red for the front 1/3. The body is covered with clear plastic foil Beard: red hackle Back and tail: Brown raffia. Funny enough, the pic shows a fly whith a white and red body - although the pattern description calls for a black floss... Tie in the raffia at the hook's bend. Cut a fish tail form into the raffia, leave a second part for later use. Form the body with the floss and ty in the heard pull the second strip of rafia from the bend to the hook's eye to form the back. Tie in, varnish and paint some eyes on the head. The pattern was invented by Dick Walker in 1966 and published in "trout and Salmon". Different color combinations are allowed! Regards Rene -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: Don Ordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Sonntag, 5. Mai 2002 20:13 Betreff: Re: [VFB] Stick Bait Pattern?? >Don't know where a pattern would be, but the combination of Softex and >braided mylar tubing opens a world of 'stick-bait' patterns up for the >creative tier. I've done quite a few, even articulated, and some lipped, >like rapalas. Combine "sticks" with feathers stuck in the wet Softex, >rubber legs, etc., and a host of possibilities open up. Markers, glitter, >lots of stuff to doll up the finished 'plug'. Since they're hollow, a >larger size fly can be cast. > >You can also push styrofoam pellets inside to shape the 'cigar', then tie >onto the hook- will float forever without using Softex, too. I've used >waste MyFlyfoam to stuff them- works well, too. > >I've also made stick-baits (and popper heads) out of McFlyfoam. Tie a thin >cigar-shaped fly on a streamer hook, add vinyl cement, squeeze into the fly >(use gloves), squeezing out all excess, shape and let dry. The vinyl is >light and waterproofs the fly, making it bulletproof when it solidifies, but >not hard at all to the bite. Tie on feathers, legs, etc. after it dries. > >My 2 cents >DonO > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 8:42 AM >Subject: [VFB] Stick Bait Pattern?? > > >> Does anyone know where I can find a stick bait pattern, I thought I had >seen >> one a while back but can't remember where it was. Thanks in advance. >> >> Bart >
