Trying Out This Foam Stuff :p

[MaxDrown]

Increased the size of my photos, too.

[Geoff]

WOW. Great photographs, congratulations. Very sharp and on a clean neutral background that accents the flies.What type camera were you using?Rolan

hehe... Camera is a Canon 30D with a Canon 50mmF2.5 macro lens with a 550EX speedlite bounced off a white card with a white foam background. Oh yeah...i guess i forgot to mention im a camera junkie as well.

Increased the size of my photos, too.

i see that, they look very good, i like the middle colors in them, prolley will tie something up like that soon too. I got a HUGE pack of foam tonight from hobby lobby, for 4.50. has 25 colors, 50 sheets. i cant even see why i wouldnt use any of the colors in the pack.

[MaxDrown]

Try adding some flash, too.

[Geoff]

Its there, hiding under the wing. The big one, which i profile shot, has pearl, which didnt show up very well. When i went to make the second i was rumaging thru my stuff and found some brighter flash, so that went into the smaller one. You can see it in person, but my flash kinda burnt it out

[MaxDrown]

Ooops, I see the flash now. Very nice.

[Arofishing]

Here are the hoppers I made using your pictures as a guide. The dark one was my first attempt, kind of bastardly looking. I'll be sure to give it to my novice friend to tear up .

[Kayser]

Geoff- what size are those?

[Jason R.]

Cant beat foam for hopper patterns... I kinda tie all my dry flies with foam if I can- does that make me a cheater?

[Flysmallie]

I kinda tie all my dry flies with foam if I can- does that make me a cheater?

In my book it makes you smart. Nothing floats like foam.

[Arofishing]

Tried them out yesterday and they held up pretty well too. My friend lost one of the wings, not a big surprise, as he has a penchant for getting caught in trees and then yanking as hard as he can until it comes out .