Rene,
You could try a foam underbody, but a good weave must be quite tight. If the
weave is not tight the knots will be all over the place. And that sort of
defeats the purpose of using foam, I guess. You could do an Emerger with a
submerged body. I tied one in one of the swaps a while ago.
It's here:
http://home.planet.nl/~westb001/Wovenbodyparaloopemerger.html
This weave is a Pott's weave if I remember well
Mart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rene Zillmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Woven flies
Mart,
idea was to tie a hopper, but Schollmeyer says that woven bodies are
used only for subsurface flies. Therefore, current plan is to tie a
stonefly nymph.
But I'm wondering, if a should try a foam underbody, and weave a hopper...
Rene
Martin Westbeek schrieb:
For nymphs Rene? I use thread or antron over lead
Mart
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Zillmann"
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:04 PM
Subject: [VFB] Woven flies
Hi,
when I joined the woven fly part of Rick's 4 swap madness, I already
admitted, that I'm a newbie on woven flies. But a swap is always a good
way to dig into something new.
And I own the fly tier's bible - benchside reference - with lots of
information about weaving. So I'm playing around weaving on small and
larger hooks...
And here is the question: If you want a tapered body, how do you
construct the underbody for such a detail? Dubbing? Foam ? chenille?
Epoxy?
Rene
