February 25, 2010

Stonefly Swap Entry






I signed up to participate in a Stonefly swap on Utahonthefly. I decided to experiment a little at the vise tonight. Here's the result.

7 comments:

  1. Great looking stone fly nymph. What material did you make the legs out of.


    carlp

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  2. Thanks Carl,

    The legs are just two strands of sili legs tied together with an overhand knot. I tie the leg in and then snip off one of the tag-ends.

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  3. That is a nice looking fly - what is the wing case material?

    Anthony
    http://castingaround.anthonynaples.com

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  4. Thanks Anthony. The wing case is skinny skin form Montana Fly Company (same as thin skin). I think something like speckled brown. This was just my prototype. I'll post a picture of the final fly and recipe soon. I got some great feed-back and made a few tweeks that really helped.

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  5. Nice looking tie! Check is in the mail for a half dozen ; )

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  6. Brian,

    Maybe we can work something out. But with 30-45 minutes per fly, that check better have gold lettering!

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