Sea Slater/louse

The forums are very quiet

The Global FlyFisher forum has existed for almost as long as the site, and the oldest posts are more than 20 years old. Forums aren't what they used to be. Social media has taken over a lot of their roles, and the GFF form is very quiet ... to put it mildly.
We keep everything online for the sake of history, and preserve the posts for as long as possible, but as you will see, quite a few of them aren't in a good shape, but rely on old images hosted elsewhere, which are no longer available, odd codes from old systems and much more, which can't be shown in a decent way.
But the posts are here, and you can - if you insist - start new threads. But don't stay awake waiting for replies, because they are unfortunately few and far apart.
Martin

Patterns

Mk1 Sea Louse/ Lice

Floating, tied on a size 4 mustad long shank.

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Andy

Awesome tie there! Just curious, what was used for the back/ carapace? An evafoam- like product, or perhaps a swiss straw? Just curious - whatever it is, it was used with great success!
Tight wraps,
Pete

Hi Pete

Its packaging foam I kept from a camera ... its similar to the closed cell foam you would buy for making gurglers, perhaps not so dense

I made a crab fly out of it too ..

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Andy

Looks great - and thanks for the crab pattern as well!
I'll have to try something similar with evafoam, which is similar but thicker.
There's also a product out there called "mayfly spent-wing material", produced by a top- notch gentleman in Ohio, Jerry Belfour. It looks like what would be used to wrap electronics, but is far more durable (in my personal experience) and somewhat more flexible as well. http://www.mayfly-material.com/ is the site (no affiliation shy of being a VERY pleased customer!) and I may be wrong, but he used to send a small sample upon request...
Anyhow, great tie and I look forward to many more!
Tight wraps,
Pete

I can see it now...

Airport Customs/Agriculture Inspector:
"I'm sorry Sir...Please follow me into the 'QUARANTINE' area..."
"You cannot procede until we fumigate you and your baggage..."
"Worst case of Sea Lice infestation we've seen since we stopped a guy named Martin from Denmark!"

NICE TYEZ !!!

Awesome tie there! Just curious, what was used for the back/ carapace? An evafoam- like product, or perhaps a swiss straw? Just curious - whatever it is, it was used with great success!
Tight wraps,
Pete

Hi Pete

Its packaging foam I kept from a camera ... its similar to the closed cell foam you would buy for making gurglers, perhaps not so dense

I made a crab fly out of it too ..

[img:a1314ce299]http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2163/imgp0720resizejx1.jpg[/img:a131…]

[img:a1314ce299]http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5339/imgp0721resizeno1.jpg[/img:a131…]

[img:a1314ce299]http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/338/imgp0722resizene3.jpg[/img:a1314…]

Andy

Looks great - and thanks for the crab pattern as well!
I'll have to try something similar with evafoam, which is similar but thicker.
There's also a product out there called "mayfly spent-wing material", produced by a top- notch gentleman in Ohio, Jerry Belfour. It looks like what would be used to wrap electronics, but is far more durable (in my personal experience) and somewhat more flexible as well. http://www.mayfly-material.com/ is the site (no affiliation shy of being a VERY pleased customer!) and I may be wrong, but he used to send a small sample upon request...
Anyhow, great tie and I look forward to many more!
Tight wraps,
Pete

I can see it now...

Airport Customs/Agriculture Inspector:
"I'm sorry Sir...Please follow me into the 'QUARANTINE' area..."
"You cannot procede until we fumigate you and your baggage..."
"Worst case of Sea Lice infestation we've seen since we stopped a guy named Martin from Denmark!"

NICE TYEZ !!!

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