Mike: Thanks. Can you post a pic?? Chuck
From: Michael Bliss
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 5:53 PM
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [VFB] I need step by step instructions to tie this fly
Chuck,
I have a damsel fly pattern that is similar to yours but for the tail it has a
foam cylinder which are available at many fly shops or from Rainey's . Very
easy to tie and quick. They are a great pattern on Strawberry Lake in Utah.
We do them in green and blue. (if you could find a foam block I guess you
could make your own tails .)
Mike
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Gary Webb <glwranger...@gmail.com> wrote:
It wasn't me. For the eyes I like to use the plastic bead chain you can get
from Hobby Lobby and other crafty places. The foam cylinder will provide more
floatation.
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Chuck Alexander
<chuckalexan...@centurylink.net> wrote:
Folks: I found this awesome looking, realistic looking blue dragonfly while
going through some boxes of materials today. if I tied it, it must have been on
one of my best days LOL, because outside of the “mussed up” Poly Yarn wing
material (mussed up because I failed to store it properly, NT because it wasn’t
tied properly). it looks identical to the blue dragonflies we have on the
lakes, rivers, creeks, ponds etc around here in the Summertime. And I have been
reading the book “Sunfishes” by Jack Ellis, the late, great sun fisherman from
Texas, and he shows in that book how, when these dragonflies are seen on the
water, instead of flying around, or landing on bush branches, it’s because
that’s when they are laying their eggs, and that’s when you see every
sun/panfish from bluegills, to crappie, to large mouth bass, POP them right off
the water. This is why I think that if I start now, I can have myself a good
amount tied up for when this happens in my part of the country in June and July
mostly. But, I nee a site/video that can give me step by step instruction f
anybody knows where one can be found. . And, the other day, my wife bought me a
bunch of peel and stick 2mm craft foam at Hobby Lobby and they come in
“metalflake” colors, and there is a blue metal flake she bought that (to me)
looks even more like the “real McCoy” than this solid blue one does, if that is
possible . Like I said, I don’t remember tying this fly, and if I did, it
probably wouldn’t look half as good as this one does, so hopefully this email
will reach the person who actually tied this one. I hope so as you did one heck
of a great job. The eyes appear to be made of a short 1/16” cylinder (that I
now have the cutters for to make these thankfully) and the body appears to be
“doubled over, and then has the segments tied every 1/8” of so with black
thread, with the wings tied in between two of those segments. I don’t think
it’s really that “hard” to tie, but one that, if you don’t get your steps in
the EXACT order, you’ll have to start over from square one, and I’m a pro at
doing that mess up LOL.. Thanks in advance. Chuck
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