For the balsa bodies I actually punch cylinders along the grain with sharpened brass tubing. I then split the cylinders in half using my pocket knife. I use a needle file to file a shallow notch for the hook shank to fit into I then epoxy the balsa pices together around the hook shank using 5 minute epoxy. To shape the balsa I then use wood files and emery boards. (Before I split the cylinders I put a cup in the face using a Dremel).
Mark Delaney
Chuck Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mark: It has been a while since I visited your site. I just went and checked out all the panfish and bass flies as we have no trout to speak of here in Bama either..AWESOME flies man, just AWESOME.. On the balsa wood bodies, do you cut a slit in the wood, slip it on the hook, then super glue the slit closed??? Also, I had forgotten about catalpa worms...We have a LOT of those here and when I was a bait chunking kid, with live catalpa worms, I caught bluegills, shell crackers, war mouths, Green sunfish, pumpkinseeds, all manner of brim, along with crappie, bass (both large and small mouthed" and even some channel catfish with those, so I must try that pattern.. Chuck----- Original Message -----From: Mark DelaneySent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:05 PMSubject: [VFB] Scud webpageI've created a webpage for Jimi's scud that he's been working on. The webpage is at http://chemprof.tripod.com/scud.htm . I put his fly, complete with recipe under the bass & panfish section of my website (there are no freshwater trout in Louisiana, and the website is titled "Fishing in Southwest Louisiana."). You should be able to navigate to the scud page easily from the main page in my sig below as well. The scud is also announced as the newest fly in the links to the Bass & Panfish section on the main page.
Jimi wants some critique of his pattern. Personally I think it will be quite effective on panfish here in southwest Louisiana.
Mark Delaney
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"So much water, so little time!"
http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html
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