BilletHead Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Well sort of, When doing poppers late last Summer I had remembered where Gavin had posted one time a small prop fly. So I tried and made one then. Worked but not too happy with it. They not too far back he sent me one of the Greg Coffey's coffee grinders. So not that I have one in my hands I got to make one. So out came the balsa and the knife, soon wood shavings were coming off and then sanding, painting and epoxy. I like. Really light too. I thought to myself I have thrown streamers, articulated ones that weighed more than these. For sure some big lead eyed clousers that I have used for hybrids weigh a bunch more than these. I gave them test throws on the river after I have give up on walleye just to see how well they worked on the eight weight and how they worked in the water. Yowza another me like! I also made a walk the dog balsa too and gave it a go. Another worker. So here they are. My version of the Coffee Grinders are an inch and a half long. the walk the dog is two and three quarters long. Tied up a Duane Hada's creek crawler too last week. BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Flysmallie Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 I like treble hooks on flies!! Those are really nice.
duckydoty Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Good looking stuff Marty! A Little Rain Won't Hurt Them Fish.....They're Already Wet!! Visit my website at.. Ozark Trout Runners
jdmidwest Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 That should work. Nice paint jobs. Care to elaborate on the methods of painting? "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Wayne SW/MO Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Very nice, they should fish great. What weight rod are you going to use to push them? Today's release is tomorrows gift to another fisherman.
BilletHead Posted March 8, 2014 Author Posted March 8, 2014 JD there is a couple of threads from last year where I kind of talked on how to do it. Had a lot of feedback from the folks on here. and I kind of use brush, spray and stippling. Finish off with coat of 30 min epoxy on a drying wheel. Wayne I'm using an 8 wt. Weird too when casting those prop blades sound like your getting buzzed by a plane. They weigh very little like I said so it's more wind resistance. BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
jdmidwest Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Be careful and don't bounce one off a rod, it would do a number on the graphite. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
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