Help Needed On Stonefly

[Brian Wise]

Nice Mic! I stopped using regular rubber legs and the silicone rubber legs (sili-legs) a few years ago, there is this stuff called Life-Flex that is SO MUCH better. It is stronger but also moves better than both rubber and silicone per correct porportion. It also winds on as a body better too.....looks like it would be awesome for that pattern.

Life-Flex Link Here

I agree with Eric....I would probably trim that dubbing down a little too. If it is that long it will probably end up getting laid against the body and almost defeat the purpose. I usually use the hook gap as a good comparison and cut mine even with the point of the hook or maybe a 'touch' longer.

Well done man, Stones have been my thing for YEARS and messing with new patterns is a ton of fun. This is what I have been messing with for about a year now....still making small tweaks but here are a couple of videos on a stone of mine (both of which have Life-Flex antennas and tails.)

(Sorry for the commercial part of those videos but we try to do that now and then on the Tying Contest.....show people new tying materials in video-form that they may not have seen yet)

Wiggle Dub Stone:

Chewee Skin Wiggle Stone (WAY better quality)

[mic]

Well done man, Stones have been my thing for YEARS and messing with new patterns is a ton of fun.

Brian,

Do you happen to know if these bugs exist at Bennett also? If they do, I thought broken water in blue pipe hole and below the rock darn in zone 1 might be a good place to try them out. I'm there for a week at the end of the month.

[Brian Wise]

Wouldn't suprise me to see them in Bennett, but I honestly couldn't tell you for sure. I can say that I have caught fish in the Niangua on a stone though.

[eric1978]

There are golden stones in the Niangua. Wrench turned a few over last fall.

[Brian Wise]

I absolutely dig the Niangua....need to launch my drift boat there.