Great, Jack.
I'll be headed to the surf a couple times in the coming months so will have to try some on stainless hooks as mentioned. I'll bet w/ an all white body you could get pretty creative with markers, paints and dressings!
Cheers,
Kev
From: Jack Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [VFB] Bass Bug Swap received in Texas Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 22:11:46 -0600
Got my flies yesterday, only had time to open and appreciate them today. Ya'll did good.
Little piece of the story on my Firetiger Popper. This was one of my first atempts at building and shaping custom colors for fly poppers. Mayhaps they were a little long, I'll get it better next time. Glued 2 and 3 mm craft foam together with M77 and cut out cylinders using sharpened tubing chucked into my drill press. Then they are shaped using Sleazy Steve's (http://www.jvlnet.com/~swinters/) dremel tool shaping bits and common emery boards. SS also sells cutters, but I don't like the large drill bit he puts in it. The face is shaped with a different, rounded bit. Glue onto a #2 stinger hook and finish as you would any popper. The orange stuff is kool-aide dyed artic fox. Same body on a long stainless hook and no hackle and its good in the surf.
Jack Austin
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