Jere, a buddy of mine for years has tied his adult damsel bodies in the manner you described for the 'extended body'. Richard -----Original Message----- From: Jere Crosby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, January 06, 2001 4:14 PM Subject: tying >Wow, did the guys at "Jimmy's Fly shop get me pumped up to get out and fish >today! Some of these guys ice fish to stay active in the winter time. They >catch some huge trout through the ice. The commercial tier that I just >finished watching ties a mean looking chartruese "jig". It has heavy, >dumbell eyes on a shorter shank #10 and a flashabou wing. They jig it up >and down and you can see the jig deep down below the hole. It helps to like >to drink beer a lot. Tom Banyas was the guy I watched tie. He was from >Pocatello, Idaho. An extended body using only Zelon was one of his patterns >and I will be tying many of them. He twists the zellon tight, presses the >sissors against the twisted zellon where he wants the extended body to end >and it twists up against the tail of the hook. He then wraps back on it >good so that it doesn't untwist, wraps the abdomen with the rest of the >zellon, loops the zellon into a post and wraps the rest to the eye, adds a >hackle and parachute ties it and finishes off. It was fast to tie and >fishes well as an adult damsel and larger drake patterns, (ie) green, brown >and grey drakes. You just change the color concept. He then tied a damsel >nymph using just a bunch of marabou. It formed the tail with the tips, >abdomen, stop 1/3 back from the eye, move the thread forward with small >amount of dubbing,(I think) to behind the eye, pull the marabou over the top >for a wing case and then he split the remaining barbules out to the side for >action legs. On some patterns he adds small eyes as a last step. The last >fly was a hopper/ large stone tied the same way only changing the color. >Tail fibers, an orange yarn strand and a hackle at the back. Wrap the >abdomen 2/3, then hackle the abdomen, then wrap to the eye and add a 3/8 >wide inch of closed air cell foam like on the Chernobyl Ants. Tie it down >tight behind the eye and back to the abdomen tight. Then he adds an >underwing of pearlescent flash. The wing is deer or elk hair flared over >the black foam that is bound down. Then rubber legs on each side and a >hackle tied in between the rubber legs. He then trims the rectangular piece >of foam that is over the eye and behind the hook bend by slant cutting both >sides of the head and tail sections. He gave me one of each as a pattern >and I've been home tying them. These are all awesome patterns and the >hopper/stone tied in appropriate color schemes will work super, I'm sure. >If you didn't follow my directions and want further info you can Email me at >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
