New direction ho! That's worth a %&*# side more than 2 cents Don.
What say a few of us try crease type squids and swap out our attempts? Deb, Mark, Ginger, john?? David ----- Original Message ----- From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Squid-fly, was Crease Fly > Deb, Flex-o makes way beter squids heads, and you're right- the legs are too > long for the mantle on that crease-fly squid. Will get a lot of short > strikes with that fly. > > I would re-do that crease fly as a top/bottom flat pattern with no crease or > a crease on each side and the seam on the middle bottom. That would make it > plane better, rather than drop during a pause. Squids move forwards and > backwards, and the flat surface would accomplish that. The body could be > built up a little to give a roundish appearance, and the flat edges would > mimic the 'wings' of the squid well. You could even trim the material to > put the wing-fins up front where they are on some squids, and sandwich in > some marabou feathers at the wings as you glue the top and bottom halfs > together to add some undulating movements. > > Just my 2 cents worth. > > DonO > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Deb Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 9:13 AM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Crease Fly > > > > Here is the pattern I came across for it. The legs might be a little > long > > for a real squid profile. > > Deb > > http://artsnflies.com/pages/crease2.shtml > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Colyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 10:57 PM > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Crease Fly > > > > > > > Fish alive! > > > > > > Its going to be me and that vice again this weekend. You have been a > > great > > > help Deb. > > > Would you tie the squid backwards ?? > > > > > > David > > > > > > ______________________________________________ E-mail Disclaimer and Company Information http://www.absa.co.za/ABSA/EMail_Disclaimer
