BilletHead Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 Anybody going Saturday? http://plateauflyshop.com/ Mrs. BilletHead and I are planning on going. Got some flies for the raffle box tied up. Based them off of Stouffer's Shuttlecocks. Sized them down some and used Fox tail guard hair for the three rounds of deer buck tail. The tail underfur separated from the guard hair was used in the dubbing loop for the head. Since they are sized down I call them the Stouffer's little cocks. I even tied a couple for myself and gave them a try on a pond this past weekend. Bass love them! BilletHead trythisonemv, Johnsfolly and podum 3 "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
podum Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 Sexy BilletHead and trythisonemv 2 I wish I had more time more than I wish I had more money.
mjk86 Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 How do you get those eyes to stick to hair? Sorry if that's a dumb question.
BilletHead Posted March 18, 2016 Author Posted March 18, 2016 mjk there are no dumb questions. This is how we learn. If questions were dumb I would excel in that category. The heads are coated in fabric paint. When dry it is flexible but gives a solid base to adhere the eyes to(oxymoron right there). The eyes have an adhesive back but I also give a coat of light curable epoxy around the edges, then hit it with the UV light. Got a real good look at the action of them yesterday. I went up a small clear creek yesterday in the boat. Had sink tip line on. Looking down in the clear water twitching the line these would dart and dive. Use a non slip mono loop. 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
mjk86 Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 Hey thanks for the info, I always wondered about that. I have similar lures but they are on 1/8th oz jig heads and I wanna put eyes on em. Nice to know they work!
Foghorn Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 I bet Jimmy will like the name of those flies! BilletHead 1
BilletHead Posted March 18, 2016 Author Posted March 18, 2016 Yes I hope it will get his goat ! I can rename the little ones can't I ? Incorporating different materials. I found using the fox gave me a fuller fly as in smaller bunches the buck tail looked sparse and using more buck tail made tying an unruly bulky hook shank. 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 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 Those look awesome. I'm sure Jimmy will love the name. BilletHead 1
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