BilletHead Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 First of all I am not a hair packer or spinner or claim to be. Got a hankering to work up a Dalberg diver. Chucked up a size 2 B10s. Heavier than needed but it was easy to grab. Worked up some flash and hackle for legs. Added some red to the behind. I could of spun up the whole head and make a striped head but wanted to do some stacking for a spotted effect. Had some spin so the head is off some but the fish are not going to care . The very tip of the nose is spun up on purpose. Went to trimming, what a mess! I will be doing more for fun and for fishing too. Thought I would share it with you all. Some views, You can really see were the deer hair spun here, BilletHead ness and Johnsfolly 2 "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
Danoinark Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 Nice BilletHead 1 Glass Has Class "from the laid back lane in the Arkansas Ozarks"
fishinwrench Posted March 31, 2017 Posted March 31, 2017 Not bad ? For what it's worth...If you trim the head in a squared off wedge shape (instead of rounded off) the fly has way better action. Try one like that and you'll see. Stick you some googly bubble eyes on the side edges and that dog will definitely hunt. ness and BilletHead 2
BilletHead Posted March 31, 2017 Author Posted March 31, 2017 Yes and thank you Mr. Googly eyes . I had forgotten how possessed you and Ronnie were about Googly doll eyes. Next one I will do that and put a small rattle out of it's rear end. I had thought about leaving the head larger but the more I trimmed the more packed and pretty the flared hair got. Almost got carried away. You know you cannot put hair back on . BilletHead fishinwrench 1 "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 April 1, 2017 Posted April 1, 2017 Ronnie is NOT a fan of googly eyes unless we are making sock puppets. ness and BilletHead 2
fishinwrench Posted April 1, 2017 Posted April 1, 2017 Ronnie is more concerned about how a fly looks in a picture with a cool background than he is whether or not it catches fish. ? BilletHead and Flysmallie 2
Flysmallie Posted April 1, 2017 Posted April 1, 2017 Probably more truth to that than I care to admit. BilletHead 1
BilletHead Posted April 1, 2017 Author Posted April 1, 2017 I guess I need fly tying lessons from Wrench and photography lessons from Ronnie. Fishing lessons from everyone , What I really need is to get out of the house and fight the mud, rain and cool weather and try to catch a fish, BilletHead tho1mas, Deadstream and Flysmallie 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
fishinwrench Posted April 1, 2017 Posted April 1, 2017 Nothing wrong with your fly-tying skills, that's for sure, I was just suggesting you try one a little more squared. It won't look like a squared off wedge after you fish it awhile but for me that is a better way to initially shape them at the vice. That might just be because I don't pack the hair super tight though. BilletHead 1
Deadstream Posted April 1, 2017 Posted April 1, 2017 So Wrench you are saying make the nose more pig snoutish? I seriously ask that question.
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