Ashley I saw an old book where a guy was using latex to make his bodies and then coating with epoxy. He had to add paint to color his latex and that seemed like too much work for fishing flies. I figured this might work. I don't think you could make it strong enough for claws even if you dipped them in softbody. I'll have to work on that. Maybe just stick to feathers to keep it simple. Deb
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 6:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [VFB] t-shirt eye/back on the list Deb, I think theres something along these lines on brahamssaltwaterflytying.com,so it should work. Ashley > Ginger they loved the eyes!! Especially the glow in the dark eyes. I'm > using those on my crease flies now. None of them had heard of you but now > they have... :0) I'm going to try making crab bodies out of it. You > could make the shape of the back out of fabric paint, let it set up and > color it with permanent markers, if need be even trim it. Then I can glue > it on the hook shank after wrapping barbell eyes and feather legs and epoxy > over it. What do you think will it work? > Deb >
