DonO, Go for it! Will send you some other stuff.
Wes On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:16 AM, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote: > Thanks, > I’ll tie some up this week. Do you mind if I post yours on my Juice-bug > web-page tutorial? > DonO > > *From:* Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:02 AM > *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Where is every?one : Wes's season so far - damsel > > Check that...the Fulling Mill hook is a #12 > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:59 AM, Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com> wrote: > >> Hi DonO, >> >> I use Stretch-Magic .7mm (available at craft stores in the beading >> department) for the wingcase. Jelly Rope will do, of course. The cording >> is topped with either Liquid Fusion urethane cement or a UV-cured product. >> >> Recommended hooks are Tiemco 206BL #14 (for the hook-point-upward >> version), and Daiichi 1150 #14 (1XH) and Fulling Mill Competition >> Heavyweight (3XH, 2XS) #16 for the down point versions. >> >> There are one or two strands of a micro flash in each tail. I use a >> fluorescent yellow green in the olive version, and a bright red in the >> olive-brown. >> >> I use a matching color thread to tie down the eyes (then super glue >> 'em). The rest of the fly is tied with a clear polyester thread. I use >> Coats Transparent, available at Jo-Ann. >> >> Wes >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 7:10 AM, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote: >> >>> Wes, >>> >>> Very nice. I got one of your juice-bug damsels in the juice-bug swap, >>> didn’t I? I need to go find it in the swap-fly box and make some copies. >>> Need more clear Jelly-rope first, tho. >>> >>> What size were the ones you used? >>> >>> DonO >>> >>> *From:* Wes Wada <w...@wadaworks.com> >>> *Sent:* Monday, July 29, 2013 8:04 PM >>> *To:* VFB Mail <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> >>> *Subject:* [VFB] Where is every?one : Wes's season so far >>> >>> Hi VFB! >>> >>> Spring fishing in central Oregon was Gone with the Wind. At one point, >>> had scheduled eight trips, only to be able to make two, due to wretched >>> weather. I was getting depressed! Felt like the whole season was going >>> down the tubes. >>> >>> Had a couple of very good days at Davis Lake for Largemouth Bass. >>> >>> Then finally the weather warmed in July, and this month has been >>> incredible. I have mostly been fishing Crane Prairie Reservoir for the big >>> rainbows, and in the last 12 days, have C&R two 27", two 26" and three more >>> over 20". >>> >>> The fly of choice was my Juicebug Damsel, both in the original version, >>> and lately an olive brown, copper-eyed, heavy hook version. The light wire >>> hooks in the original pattern were no match for these fish, so ended up >>> going to a 3X heavy Fuling Mills Competition Heavyweight from the UK. >>> That's done the trick. The tails and abdomen are dyed Arctic Fox body fur. >>> >>> Also in the third season of restoring our 1975 vintage Dodge Maxivan >>> camper. The camping has almost been better than the fishing. >>> >>> We are tinder dry here, and fires seem to start every day, but have been >>> quickly extinguished. 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