I was wondering that myself. I'm looking at spinning the clown fish. I'm guessing he glued them in place after he spun and cut the deerhair. Except for the tail. He probably tied that in. You can spin the back of the bug cut it and tie in the rear legs than spin again and cut back to the rear legs ... add front legs and spin the rest of the body. It's hard to cut around the feathers without cutting them. Deb
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Gramp Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 7:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [VFB] Patterns in Spun Hair? Hi everyone, First off, a WELL DONE to mike bliss for hosting the go- to swap!! I just got the bunch of flies back, and all i can say is... WOW! I have to apologize, yet again, for being so late with my flies... On another note, congrats to DonO for his deer-hair flies in the recent issue of 'The Art of Angling Journal'! These flies (and admittedly others) got me thinking... How, exactly, does one incorporate 'tiger-print patterns' into the spun hair? I have the fly tyer's benchside reference, but don't even know what to look up... Also, how does one incorporate feathers in the fly and still spin completely around the feather? (I'm thinking of the turtles using english jay for the flippers, for those who have access to the recent journal). I hope these questions are clear enough... Tight wraps and lines, Pete
