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So...the space heater makes my tyeing bunker toasty/warm on this snowy/cold day...
After yesterday's curious exercise in epoxy...
I decided it's time for a Tuffleye acrylic BLS (blue light special)...BRILLIANT!
The clarity is Swarovski and the overall effect IMHO is beyond ACCEPTABLE...
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P1280130.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P1280132.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P1280135.jpg

The plastic on some cotton swabs are a bit thin.
Another good source of plastic tubes are the plastic tubes on lollipops. They are much stronger.

Submitted by Mark on

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Lovely image - would make a great wallpaper!

Tobias,

Welcome to the forum. No, it's not the most visible part of GFF and has never been very busy. But the tone is friendly and people generally helpful.

Martin

Submitted by norm on

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That is a great idea to use Q-tips, just tried one and it worked great.
Thanks for the idea

The temperature of the epoxy and the mixing surface will affect clarity and cure times...
A space heater was a bit too close and my glass mixing slab was warm to the touch...
'Resulting in an abrupt cure, bubbles, and deminished clarity...
Colour transmission was less precise and somewhat muddled...
Definitely fishable but not as crisp and defined as it could be...
The Striped Focus Group will have the final approval...or NOT !?
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P1270129.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P1270124.jpg
http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa176/Phracas/P1270123.jpg

Pete:
Great variation on the Surf Candy. Now I know what to do with those mylar scale stick ons I brought.

Hi folks....great comments and questions! Allow me to respond to a few...

LONG TAILS: I tie them with longer tails because the BWO's out here in Colorado tend to have longer tails, at least on the water I fish. There's nothing preventing you from tying them longer and trimming them to size when you are on stream.

PMD vs BWO: The difference between a PMD and this BWO pattern is how it sits on the water. Both patterns can easily imitate any mayfly if the colors and size are right. This BWO pattern sits just slightly canted above the water surface while a PMD pattern typically rides right on the surface. I think for all intents & purposes, either pattern will work well for BWO's, if tied in BWO colors.

Thanks to all who have commented!
steve.

Tobias Herrmann wrote:
Hi anyone,

my name is Tobias and I'm new in this forum. I've visited the GFF homepage a couple of years until I realised, that there is a forum! Anyways, now I'm here. My hometown is Lübeck/Germany and my main ifocus is fishing the coast for seatrout. Beside and for the summer month, I fish at a small creek near Hamburg for brownies and even seatrout. I hope to find a lot new perspectives on flyfishing in this board.

Tobias

Tobias

Welcome to the board I just joined myself this week

Jocelin

This would make a good additon to my brook trout flies that imitate sand eels and capelin

Thanks for the fly

NICE work
Jocelin

Submitted by Bruce Tomaselli on

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Hi: Can I use my motorized drying set-up to apply my guide finish, too? It seems the finish would be easier and more conistent than turning the rod with one hand while applying finish with the other. Is a drying motor too slow? I have a buddy that's old school, that's teaching me to build rods, and he turns his by hand while applying the finish. He doesn't recommend using a motor.

Helge,

Never tried tying a Magnus with copper eyes. I used to paint the eyes on my Magnuses, but these days I use unpainted silver beads and even black thread. I have kind of hybridized it with the Grey Frede, but it's still one of my most productive patterns.

But I'm sure it would catch equally well with copper eyes.

Martin

Marrk,

You can do as you please. It makes little difference. Some argue that the fly will turn over when the eyes are on top of the shank, but I honestly think it matters very little. Personally I like the eyes under the shank, but mostly for the look of the fly more than anything else.

Martin

Submitted by Mark Wood on

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Is the bead chain eye tied in above or below the hook shank? The examples look like they are tied both ways. Great looking fly.

Submitted by Helge Juergensen on

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Dear Martin,
beautiful always beautiful I like these butter and bread fly. Did you try copper eyes as well??

best regards

Helge

Submitted by pete 1737246381 on

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to be honest I ve never seen such a monster bevore
great picture- nice job gues

Submitted by Kir on

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Did somebody tried a tube version of this fly? Some photos?
Pattern looks quite siutable for tube :)

Submitted by Larry Bryant on

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Hello Trout Bums some really great footage, and many exciting days catching big trout .I operate in Kamchatka Russia if you guys ever like to try out the big Russia Rainbows give me a shout.we operate on streams so remote it is fly in only no people,roads,boats just hundreds of miles of the best wild trout streams in the world

Submitted by Per Gröan Jönsson on

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Wonderful picture.
I'd love love to drop a fly in that stream.

Submitted by Gustavo Castano on

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Hi guys just get clothes pins those that look like this -----------o then color them with hard as nails polish, cut them to lenght.Have a block of foam and stick them to dry, they are cheap and fast to make.
Gustavo.

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